PlayStation Home arrives tomorrow
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT announced today that it will open up its Home online virtual environment to all PlayStation 3 users from tomorrow onwards.
Home will allow the users to create their own avatars whilst also enabling participation in a real-time virtual world.
Users will be able to interact with other players though voice as well as text chat using the service which provides mini-games, videos and special events.
Starting tomorrow, Home will be available to any PlayStation 3 user that has their console linked-up to a broadband connection. Once online, PS3 users will be able to download the software from the PlayStation Network section of the menu.
The launch of the beta test has been anticipated for quite a while. It was first unveiled in July last year and initially was promised for global release later in 2007, but was pushed back to early 2008. It was again delayed due to Sony's desire to 'refine' the service and rescheduled for a 'Fall' launch as an open beta.
Kaz Hirai, president and CEO of Sony's gaming unit said, "We are committed to providing PS3 users with exciting gaming experiences with PlayStation Home and together with our partners and users, expand the new world of interactive entertainment as we move forward."
In Europe, the gaming environments available will start with "Far Cry 2" and be joined soon by those for "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune," "Warhawk Resistance," "Motorstorm" and "SOCOM."
European tie-ups include Atari, Electronic Arts, Midway, Sega and Ubisoft on the games side. Video content will also be available from Hexus TV and Eurogamer.
Sony says some content will vary by region. µ
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Think 3D facebook for gamers, and you are on the right lines.
It's not a game in it's own right, but allows you to meet up with your friends (or people you don't know), interact with them via microphone, or text. You have a raft of mini-games in there, clan game rooms, game slot booking facilityies, party chat and a whole lot more.
Just like M$'s NXE, yeah.
The crap M$ calls NXE and Play Station's Home shouldn't even bee mentioned in the same breadth.
NXE is complete garbage, I won't even use the dashboard on the 360 because it is really that horrible.
when microsoft caught wind of ps home their kneejerk reaction was to develop some cory equivilent. the result is the "mee avatars" in the NXE.
I managed to get into the closed BETA there's not much to do download a few extra areas shopping mall, bowling etc no items to add to your house apart from a table and a couple of chairs (someones been spying on me lol).