PS3 Home Official Thread

That new chamber really does suck, it's completely pointless and boring.
It does remind me of that Oasis quest in Fallout 3 though.
 
So let me get this straight... you have to pay real currency to attain certain things in Home? What the fuck?
 
Are you kidding? It sounds ridiculous and I'm wondering why people keep up with it. It'd be like buying gold in an MMO with real money.
 
speedpop said:
Are you kidding? It sounds ridiculous and I'm wondering why people keep up with it. It'd be like buying gold in an MMO with real money.
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It's no different, I payed for Photoshop to use on my OS, I payed for Stageset to use in Home.. they're both used for my entertainment. I don't so how peoples hard work can be given out for free.
 
I'm not going to bother getting into a debate because it'll most likely end up with myself being banned.

I just think it's a bit silly to know that there are people out there paying for these things that they'll never use in reality. I suppose coming from a PC mentality where the community breathes on free patches, modifications and even tool sets is the norm.. and that's what spoils me perhaps.
 
speedpop said:
I suppose coming from a PC mentality where the community breathes on free patches, modifications and even tool sets is the norm.. and that's what spoils me perhaps.
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But that's just getting more out of a product you payed for, hence why patches/mods are free.

If I had to pay to use Home, then I'd probably agree with you.
 
Cruzader said:
Please avoid that "new" free apartment. The thing sucks. Cant believe this was released and is gonna be paid content after a week. Its so useless and doesnt really fit into Home.
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What does it matter? It's free...

Might as well get it while it's still free.
 
Yeah, speedpop, just think of it like Second Life if you're more familiar with PC stuff. Free to use, extra things you have to pay for but there are also free extras and rewards as well.
 
Cruzader said:
Please avoid that "new" free apartment. The thing sucks. Cant believe this was released and is gonna be paid content after a week. Its so useless and doesnt really fit into Home.
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u mad?

Why did you place "new" in quotes? It IS new, it has never been released before. And hey, good thing it's free, right?

And no, it's not going to be released as paid content. Not next week, not ever. This is a limited time, free gift to our community. We could have just as easily of charged $5 bucks for it, just like every other personal space we've released in Home (see also: last weeks "Log Cabin" and "Stage Set" spaces) but we had an idea to do something different and we did it, for free at that. How is that possibly a bad thing?

Sometimes, haters of the Home try too hard.
 
Mr Jared said:
u mad?

Why did you place "new" in quotes? It IS new, it has never been released before. And hey, good thing it's free, right?

And no, it's not going to be released as paid content. Not next week, not ever. This is a limited time, free gift to our community. We could have just as easily of charged $5 bucks for it, just like every other personal space we've released in Home (see also: last weeks "Log Cabin" and "Stage Set" spaces) but we had an idea to do something different and we did it, for free at that. How is that possibly a bad thing?

Sometimes, haters of the Home try too hard.
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i'd try not to get hung up on GAF hate too much, will spoil your time here :)
 
BeeDog said:
Is the log cabin supposed to be free? When I select it in the Home store, it says 45 kr (~5$).
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Nope, just the "Chamber" apartment is free ... and it'll be gone by next Thursday, so you'd better snap it up now :)

gcubed said:
i'd try not to get hung up on GAF hate too much, will spoil your time here :)
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Haha.. This is NeoGAF, dude :lol I've been here for years, I know what it's like. I totally accept criticism in regards to Home, but when it's complaining about a free gift and telling people to avoid it like its SuperAIDS? C'monnnn..
 
Mr Jared said:
Nope, just the "Chamber" apartment is free ... and it'll be gone by next Thursday, so you'd better snap it up now :)
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Ah, alright. I'm a retard when it comes to Home, but where do I find this Chamber apartment?
 
BeeDog said:
Ah, alright. I'm a retard when it comes to Home, but where do I find this Chamber apartment?
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In the "Estates" store, located in the mall. It's actually the same store you were just at, where you saw the "Log Cabin" :X
 
Mr Jared said:
In the "Estates" store, located in the mall. It's actually the same store you were just at, where you saw the "Log Cabin" :X
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Hmm, I swear I just saw Summer House and Log Cabin there. Will take another look a little bit later, thanks for the fast reply.
 
Jared,

Forget all that noise and let's talk about something more interesting, upcoming Home Spaces.

What upcoming Home spaces are coming that you can tell us about (just confirming it would suffice like you did for Ratchet)? We already know of Buzz, Motorstorm, LBP, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, SOCOM, Ratchet, will there be a Singstar Home Space? How about inFamous? GT5? Uncharted 2? MAG? Or any other 3rd party spaces that you can tell us? :D
 
Mr Jared said:
u mad?

Why did you place "new" in quotes? It IS new, it has never been released before. And hey, good thing it's free, right?

And no, it's not going to be released as paid content. Not next week, not ever. This is a limited time, free gift to our community. We could have just as easily have charged $5 bucks for it, just like every other personal space we've released in Home (see also: last weeks "Log Cabin" and "Stage Set" spaces) but we had an idea to do something different and we did it, for free at that. How is that possibly a bad thing?

Sometimes, haters of the Home try too hard.
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If you've truly been here for years, you would know the difference between 'of' and 'have'. :)

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Anyway peoples, if you look at the video that was posted on the PS Blog today for Home, there was a code that was graffiti'ed on a wall at the 0:24 mark and when you input it in 'Redeem Code' in 'Account Management' or the PS Store, you get a free hat. I think it's a fish or something.
 
Mr Jared said:
u mad?

Why did you place "new" in quotes? It IS new, it has never been released before. And hey, good thing it's free, right?

And no, it's not going to be released as paid content. Not next week, not ever. This is a limited time, free gift to our community. We could have just as easily of charged $5 bucks for it, just like every other personal space we've released in Home (see also: last weeks "Log Cabin" and "Stage Set" spaces) but we had an idea to do something different and we did it, for free at that. How is that possibly a bad thing?

Sometimes, haters of the Home try too hard.
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I meant to quote free as in dont waste your time DL the useless space, my bad. And before calling me a hater, please. I love Home and will continue to use it but this stuff should never been released. Its a wast of resources but whatever its free. I'd rather the Home team keep working on the 1st party Home spaces then pointless crap.
 
Uhg, BeeDog, I just reread your post and saw that you're speaking in Euro monies. The Chamber apartment is US Home only. That's why you can't find it :(

What upcoming Home spaces are coming that you can tell us about (just confirming it would suffice like you did for Ratchet)? We already know of Buzz, Motorstorm, LBP, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, SOCOM, Ratchet, will there be a Singstar Home Space? How about inFamous? GT5? Uncharted 2? MAG? Or any other 3rd party spaces that you can tell us?
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Wait for E3. That's about all I can say.

Anyway peoples, if you look at the video that was posted on the PS Blog today for Home, there was a code that was graffiti'ed on a wall at the 0:24 mark and when you input it in 'Redeem Code' in 'Account Management' or the PS Store, you get a free hat. I think it's a fish or something.
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This is true. You get a, uhh, very unique hat :lol
 
DMeisterJ said:
If you've truly been here for years, you would know the difference between 'of' and 'have'. :)

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Anyway peoples, if you look at the video that was posted on the PS Blog today for Home, there was a code that was graffiti'ed on a wall at the 0:24 mark and when you input it in 'Redeem Code' in 'Account Management' or the PS Store, you get a free hat. I think it's a fish or something.
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Ok see this is what I'd like more of. Thats so cool. Checking out now. Thanx man!
 
Mr Jared said:
Uhg, BeeDog, I just reread your post and saw that you're speaking in Euro monies. The Chamber apartment is US Home only. That's why you can't find it :(
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:(, but thanks anyway.

Does the code at least work for ze EU shores? :lol
 
Is this awesome or what?

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Nngh! NRrrrrrrrrrr!
 
Dre said:
That new chamber really does suck, it's completely pointless and boring.
It does remind me of that Oasis quest in Fallout 3 though.
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It's probably the best personal space yet. At least it's somewhat interactive with a nice look.
 
Zen said:
It's probably the best personal space yet. At least it's somewhat interactive with a nice look.
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yeah
especially since all the personal spaces are pretty pointless so far anyway
this one at least do something lol
 
Anybody got any pictures of how the log cabin looks? Is it the same one that Sony have been showing off for the past 10 years or is it different?
 
Didn't see it posted... the code for the fish (male) and shark (female) hats is: MC56-BXBC-349K

I logged into Home for the first time in over a month and had to re-download everything again, pretty much. Just to make sure... when you download the latest version of a place in Home, does it overwrite the old version? I really don't want HD space going to like 3 versions of the Central Plaza, for example.
 
Mr Jared said:
Nope, just the "Chamber" apartment is free ... and it'll be gone by next Thursday, so you'd better snap it up now :)
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I like the space. Now I just need costumes and furniture to match this style.
 
Zen said:
It's probably the best personal space yet. At least it's somewhat interactive with a nice look.
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It's fancy looking I'll give you that, but to me it's still pointless due to the fact that it feels inept to the whole concept of Home being realistic.
That's why I don't think that I'll use it that much, but I greatly appreciate that it is for free (although it should have been a worldwide release).
Maybe Mr Jared can elaborate why this is US only and why the euros get the cold shoulder.
 
I kind of liked the chamber in that at least it's not sterile and character-less.

The 'cafe' thing is laughable though. They just took the Famitsu space from Japan, took everything out, and called it a 'cafe' :lol
 
Ok, it seems they've locked my thread, but I don't see anything but a passing mention of it even here...

A picture of the free home apartment that's being given away this week:

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1.21 Patch is coming on May 21st Very extensive. For SCEA Home, we finally get picture frames. Along with tons of other updates, to the EA Space, and in General.

http://community.eu.playstation.com...ssage?board.id=b_EN_PS3_Home&thread.id=175729

General


Threads will have another relatively small influx of fun and varied clothing for those of you who like to mix and match, and you'll also find a few more hairstyles available to you in the wardrobe. And we can't resist listing them: Sleek Crop, Crop, Forward Spikes, Short Hair, Spiky Hair and last but not least, Shaggy Sleek.

Home Square


Some elements of Home Square have been updated behind the scenes and as a result you'll need to download the new version of the space. We are assured you will not notice the changes but for those of you interested the elements updated are Draughts, Chess and Helicopter Hit.

EA Sports Complex


The EA Sports complex is receiving an update to add the following:

Poker
- Leader Boards
The two screens attached to the roof support pillars in the space will now have leaderboard information for daily winners, and season leaders

- Ranking
The top 100 players for the season and for the day will be ranked and you can see if you have a ranking by looking at the bottom of the leader board

- Red Tournament Table
The middle table will now become the Red Tournament table
You will need to have a positive bankroll to play on this table which means having at least 1000 points in your bankroll

- Point Rewards for Winning
On the tables your rewards will vary based on the number of players and how you finish
Green payouts for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Red tables pays out more than Green

- Improved camera system (L1 to change, L2 to reset)
You now have 4 different views of the table you play on - standard, over head, table top view 1, table top view 2
You can look at the leader board to see how many point the daily and season winners have posted
Watch 1 of 3 video screens
View the Scoreboard slide show
Check the Ticker for updated event information

- Table placement
By moving the location of the tables we will be able to reduce the cross chatter between tables that occurs while texting
This change should also eliminate the annoying "video screen in my ear effect" that occurs on certain seats

- Music (R2 to change volume)
We have added a music track to the Poker game to make things a little more interesting
Volume control will also be added so you can toggle between 3 volume levels or turn it off completely (R2)

- Blind Timers
Now increment based on the number of people remaining at the table

- Blind Time on Status board
When you walk up to a table you now see how high the blind is and when it will double


Bug reporting


As a point of interest we are investigating ways of gathering bug reports from you in the future. Forum threads simply don't work for this as duplicate reports and general chat complicate and greatly increase the amount of work involved in simply finding the facts. In the meantime we will continue to look to our long term beta testers to report through our existing process. We hope to have something usable by all by the next patch.

Patch v1.21


And now onto v1.21 of the Home core client and the changes it brings. The major difference between ourselves and SCEA is that they will be releasing Picture Frames with 1.21. Whilst the moderation hurdles have been overcome our senior management (for better or worse!) are still reassessing their approach to user owned or generated content.

Until these concerns can be tackled we will hold back on releasing Picture Frames here in SCEE. However, our intention is to release this feature as soon as possible and we will let you know how things progress behind the scenes from time to time.

And now onto the lists of changes and fixes:



Improvements


• The chat log has been updated with a number of new enhancements:

- By clicking the left stick you can toggle the chat log between three modes: normal, expanded and minimised.
• It is also possible to switch the chat log directly into expanded mode by pressing up or down on the controller d-pad.
- While minimised the chat log is reduced to a small icon in the corner of the screen. This icon will still fade in and out to indicate whether new chat is being received.
- While expanded you can scroll through individual lines of text in the chat log. By pressing [CROSS] with a line highlighted they are able to open an options menu for the user who spoke.
- Lines of text are coloured in the chat log to reflect the colour choice of the user who typed them.
- Your friends will now have an icon placed beside their ID in the chat log.

• Emotes are now available when text communication has been disabled.
• It is possible to target things while sat on the floor.
• The process of moving between spaces has been streamlined which should make relocating a bit faster.
• The loading time for smaller images, such as thumbnails, posters and map chips, has been reduced.

Changes


• We have reduced loading times when using the virtual stores to browse and purchase items.
• We have changed the way furniture is saved in a Club house. This should stop furniture going missing if the player placing the furniture exits Home immediately after changing the layout.
• When you log in to Home, if there is a problem retrieving your commerce information then you will be returned to the welcome screen with an error message.
• When you attempt to telephone a friend that has voice chat disabled you will now see the warning in an alert message instead of a pop-up.
• If you choose not to download an update patch for Home and then attempt to log on you will be returned to the welcome screen with an appropriate error message.
• We’ve swapped the dark grey and dark blue pop-up colours for magenta and turquoise to make text easier to read in the chat log.
• Club ownership is now indicated by a crown icon instead of a star.
• We’ve slowed down the speed at which you can rotate furniture.

Bug fixes


• Fixed a bug that could cause items of furniture placed in the Club house to go missing (this is separate from the change to make saving the layout more robust).
• Fixed a problem that could cause Home rewards to be lost after a network error.
• Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when the user is signed out of the PSN while logging on to Home.
• Fixed a bug that would send users to the wrong place if they accepted an invitation to a Personal Space just as its owner relocated elsewhere.
• The option to make cross regional telephone calls from public spaces is no longer greyed out.
• Fixed a bug where spawning inside the trigger radius of certain mini-games would result in the user automatically joining them.
• Fixed a bug that would result in a “typing” chat bubble being displayed permanently if the user muted someone while they were typing.
• Changed Game Launching error messages so that line breaks show up correctly in them now.
• Fixed a bug that would cause alert messages to remain on screen after being disconnected.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash if the user was disconnected while making a purchase in Home.
• The furniture placement camera will now respect the control inversion settings specified in the Menu Pad.
• Adjusted the way characters get up from seating to make them less prone to popping in and out of seats that are close together.
• Fixed a bug that would result in characters standing on top of certain types of seating after standing.
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain parts of some animations to “stick” if the character stood up while playing them (for example if the user stood up while yawning, their mouth would be stuck open).
• Fixed a bug that would allow the character to run or slide while performing spot idle animations.
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Patch v1.21


And now onto v1.21 of the Home core client and the changes it brings. The major difference between ourselves and SCEA is that they will be releasing Picture Frames with 1.21. Whilst the moderation hurdles have been overcome our senior management (for better or worse!) are still reassessing their approach to user owned or generated content.

Until these concerns can be tackled we will hold back on releasing Picture Frames here in SCEE.
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SCEE was and is a fucking joke.
 
So I booted this up for the first time in months for the free space. Is there a way to autodownload all the areas at once? It would make sense as to not have to download everything if you want to go to a different area.

How do I manage what I've "purchased?" I only have the Killzone2 clothes (amazon pre-order) and don't see anything like a downloaded list like in the psn store.
 
Zen said:
It's probably the best personal space yet. At least it's somewhat interactive with a nice look.
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err no, no it's not. have you even looked out one of the windows .... horrid.

the orig apartment is cool ..they should be pumping these things out every week. i mean jesus....is it a one man crew making these things now?
 
alr1ghtstart said:
So I booted this up for the first time in months for the free space. Is there a way to autodownload all the areas at once? It would make sense as to not have to download everything if you want to go to a different area.

How do I manage what I've "purchased?" I only have the Killzone2 clothes (amazon pre-order) and don't see anything like a downloaded list like in the psn store.
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No you cant. In Home , you're not force to DL all the spaces thus you have to dl them manualy.(ones you want)

As for Home content you buy, there isnt a "DL History" like PSN Store. When you enter the virtual stores, it shows what you have purchased. The other way is to go to you account management and go to services. In there it shows all your Home content you've bought over time. I supposed if you access Home from a different PS3, you'll have all the items from the get go and wont need to redownload anything.
 
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