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[SolidusDave]

Why don't games unlock home stuff? There's like every other xbox game unlocking things for their avatars, but nothing for PS3. I'd love for trophies to unlock stuff then I'd be interested in unlocking them, like the stupid SF4 shirts.

yeah it's kinda strange that only some random games support it:
http://www.alphazone4.com/store#cat1347

(and not even everything is related to Trophies)

 

[spats]

Finally fired up 1.4 and ran through a bunch of areas to check the iq and try out some of the new features. SolidusDave made a pretty solid summary, but this felt like it loaded faster than the previous version. Avatars still pop up really slow which is really annoying.

Best thing yet though is that previously it felt like the engine had to work its ass off to keep the frame rate from dipping below 15-20, but now it was a really smooth 30fps almost all the time.

Now that they've fixed most of the fundamental tech flaws they can start integrating trophies and other persistent character development to really flesh out Home.

edit: also the new spotlights in the harbor studio look great.

 

[Norml]

I like the update,wardrobe works way better/faster.

Old vs new AA- Looks much better in bottom left.
http://oi50.tinypic.com/2em25g4.jpg
http://oi55.tinypic.com/2zyzxo7.jpg

 

[Oni Jazar]

I really like the mini-golf game in Home. Each course has a bunch of different objectives. I really hope Home has more games like that.

 

[Norml]

I really like the mini-golf game in Home. Each course has a bunch of different objectives. I really hope Home has more games like that.

Needs Liar's Dice.

 

[Majine]

Me trying out my new COD outfit lol:

Strike that Pose!

I hate that harbor in the background. Would love to actually visit it, but it's just a background. Boatrace!

 

[Winterblink]

I wonder how many years will go by before they take the Beta tag off of Home...

 

[Man]

It's still there?

 

[spats]

It's still there?

Yup. There were rumors earlier this year that Home would exit beta this year but I'm starting to have my doubts.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

It's still there?

And constantly improving.

 

[Majine]

And constantly improving.

I wish the Home dev team could replace the PS3 OS team somehow.

 

[StealthGoblin]

UPDATE: Sony's just got in touch to say the stores have not been opened yet and will not be available until after the regular Thursday weekly update maintenance that will commence at 8am GMT tomorrow.

ORIGINAL STORY: GAME will open a shop in the PlayStation 3's virtual world, Home.

Two new areas of Moonbase have become available: Moonbase Shop and the GAME V store.

From terminals in the Moonbase, you can view and order boxed PS3 and PSP games for home delivery. New releases and back catalogue games are all available for purchase.

The GAME V store, accessed via a "jump hole" portal within Moonbase, sells branded merchandise and virtual items for Home avatars and personal spaces. We're promised new items every month.

Lots of interesting developments are on the way it seems. I wonder if Sony make a platform holder royalty fee on the games, and a percentage of the cost if its bought through Home? They could start raking in money if lots of people use this.

Source

 

[Carl]

Lots of interesting developments are on the way it seems. I wonder if Sony make a platform holder royalty fee on the games, and a percentage of the cost if its bought through Home? They could start raking in money if lots of people use this.

Source

That's really pretty cool actually.

 

[StealthGoblin]

That's really pretty cool actually.

Yeah. I think we'll start to see more brand cross promotion with Home.

I'm not sure why GAME do not have an actual stop in the shopping centre. We'd walk in, choose a game, buy it and it would arrive at our doors. We could even buy used games.

What Sony need to do is have exclusive DLC unlock through Home activities. That would drive more people into Home. Imagine if a premium car for GT5 could only be unlocked through a GT5 space?

More retail games need to unlock home rewards too.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Will there be a GT5 space? The game is upon us.

 

[Majine]

Will there be a GT5 space? The game is upon us.

In the last episode of PULSE they showed an avatar in GT gear, and some sort of circuit stadium in the background. Wouldn't surprise.

 

[AndyD]

In the last episode of PULSE they showed an avatar in GT gear, and some sort of circuit stadium in the background. Wouldn't surprise.

You can get GT5 avatar clothing now from the Schick promotion. And there is already a race theme personal space. So maybe it was those two combined?

Schick items:
http://us.playstation.com/psn/events/schick.html

Home racing space:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqkOEMYc8E

 

[anonymousAversa]

Is it still true that in the harbor apartment there are STILL no other objects you can decorate with besides that one stupid couch, chair, and cube??

I saw some of those Christmas items in the shots above, but in terms of default content there is literally nothing there besides one couch and a few cubes.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Is it still true that in the harbor apartment there are STILL no other objects you can decorate with besides that one stupid couch, chair, and cube??

I saw some of those Christmas items in the shots above, but in terms of default content there is literally nothing there besides one couch and a few cubes.

Sony says if you want more stuff, buy some.

I've got posters on my walls, lots of lights, some sofas etc. Haven't paid a penny for any of it.

 

[Oni Jazar]

Sony says if you want more stuff, buy some.

I've got posters on my walls, lots of lights, some sofas etc. Haven't paid a penny for any of it.

There's tons of free stuff in Home. You need to check the spaces and play the games.

 

[AndyD]

Is it still true that in the harbor apartment there are STILL no other objects you can decorate with besides that one stupid couch, chair, and cube??

I saw some of those Christmas items in the shots above, but in terms of default content there is literally nothing there besides one couch and a few cubes.

Right. It comes set up with a few items in the room layout by default. But its the basic white furniture.
But you can win so many items from the various minigames and spaces, hundreds of items. And that's without paying anything, let alone the amount of stuff for purchase.
The point is to get involved and travel through the spaces, play minigames, talk and interact. If you just want to walk in and setup your pad with many options, then the store is there for you, no traveling, work or interaction needed.

My favorite item has to be the poster you get in the LBP space. Its large, colorful and a nice glossy look to it. There's a similar one in the Motorstorm space. I hope the new video feature will extend to other TV's in Home, such as the humongous TV you get from the Assassin's Creed space. It must be 60-70 inches diagonally.

 

[Byakuya769]

that mansion with theaters and televisions really showed how incredible home would be if you could play netflix or psn content through it

 

[AndyD]

that mansion with theaters and televisions really showed how incredible home would be if you could play netflix or psn content through it

Yep. I see no reason why you can't have video channels in your private space. Stream everything that they are streaming in the movie theater, each item in a different channel.

Add youtube as a channel and it would be perfect.

I can see still their issues with streaming video from your hard drive though for others. Legal wise. Gamer wise, I would love that feature.

 

[Majine]

EU Home this week:

Announcing a revamp of SingStar Rooms and the grand opening of SingStar Store! Celebrate the release of SingStar Dance & SingStar Guitar by rocking out in designer clothing, complete with exclusive animations. There’s plenty of new music, videos and craziness to be had! For the launch of the SingStar Store you’ll find five female costumes and three male costumes alongside SingStar song packs. Within the SingStar Rooms you’ll find an expanded range of music playing.

Check out the GAME Moonbase this week, where GAME launch real and virtual stores in PlayStation Home. Starting tomorrow, games will be available on the moon…well sort of. The GAME Moonbase in PlayStation Home will open it’s doors to the GAME V virtual goods store selling game-based items and apparel exclusively for Home users, and The Moonbase Shop – a PlayStation Home first – offers direct sale of PS3 titles from The Moonbase delivered straight to your (real) door courtesy of GAME. To celebrate the opening pick up your free GAME T-shirt from GAME V and look out for new releases like Black Ops available from the Moonbase Shop. New content will be updated monthly so watch for new titles, special Home exclusive promotions, apparel and items on sale available from the GAME Moonbase.

Stroll through to the extended Shopping Centre this week, where there are new additions! This week sees the return of an old friend – the Diesel store – and a new store for MyDeco, where you can find all of MyDeco’s content in one place. Finally, stop by Codeglue’s new store – the Cardboard Cartel – to check out their current range, and keep an eye out for new content from them coming soon!
Highlight of the week for me just might be the latest from the V-Store: a range of massive foam gloves in the shape of iconic handguns. These take the ‘Guns’ emote to a whole new level! Still on a gun-related theme, Heavy Water’s “Heavy Strike” cannon will be available in Furniture tomorrow! Place the Heavy Strike cannon in the personal space of your choice and then place your sights over your intended target and tap X to fire away. You can even drop two cannons across from one another and exchange fire with a friend!

 

[agm2502]

Sony are hiring 8 more people to work on Home at their London studios, hopefully means they are looking to improve it a lot faster etc. Also shows that it must be pretty successful for Sony.

 

[Majine]

This week in picture(s):

Wee, It's finally out!

 

[Majine]

This week in EU Home: You PLUS yet?

Launching this week in PlayStation Home is the latest party venue, open to PlayStation Plus members. The ultra-exclusive PlayStation Plus Private Members Club opens its doors to PS Plus members tomorrow. Members will be greeted in a marble foyer by a discrete doorman who will check your credentials. Inside you’ll find a stylish bar area decked out in black and gold décor, while further into the space you will find discrete alcoves for socialising.

Card sharks can find several tables offering Shed, an addictive two to four player card game. With rewards to be earned, this game is sure to keep you coming back for more. The space also offers a couple of great ways to stay updated on all the latest PS Plus news, either by reviewing a cocktail menu or watching the trailers running on the big screen.
Space-based combat arrives in Home with the newest multiplayer action game from Hellfire Games: Novus Prime. Novus Prime offers free-to-play missions in either single-player or multi-player cooperative format. You’ll be piloting a specialist fighter craft while defending the world from invading forces, all whilst gathering the highly valuable resource Nebulon. There’s a wide variety of mission types available, ranging from classic escort missions, mining, intense space battles and more. Upgrade your craft via purchasable add-ons, such as new weapons and defensive systems, to gain that all-important edge over your enemy.

LOOT bring us the next in their expansion bundles for the Modular Stage Set this week. The City Blocks bundle comes with all the bits you need to create your own terrifying giant-monster movie.

Meanwhile over in the V-store, you’ll find two new pool tables: the Judge Dredd table, and Skull table. There’s something fishy going on in the Lockwood store – guys and girls alike can purchase water-tight fish bowl helmets, complete with swimming fish!

Finally, you should follow us on Twitter! It’s the easiest way to stay on top of all the latest news and goings on with Home!

 

[Revolutionary]

DDR in the Konami space is the laggiest thing ever. I freakin bombed in front of like 30 people because it felt like 15FPS for the duration of the minigame. :lol

 

[TTP]

Oh my space combat! Multiplayer too!

Need to check out that Novus Prime game.

 

[spats]

Hopefully Novus Prime will be the next Sodium. That was so much fun.

 

[StealthGoblin]

They really need to make that Plus space better.

As with everything premium, they need to make every aspect of it awesome to encourage more subs.

 

[Man]

Novus Prime trailer! Looks cool.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...er&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=home_120110

 

[StealthGoblin]

For anyone is interested (because it was a while ago), at GDC there were several presentations given about Home.

They were all filmed and are here:

http://www.gdcvault.com/free/gdc-online-10

Turns out the guy who made the LocoRoco space worked on Legend of Dragoon and ICO as a level designer. What a CV!

 

[xKilltheMx]

DDR in the Konami space is the laggiest thing ever. I freakin bombed in front of like 30 people because it felt like 15FPS for the duration of the minigame. :lol

wait theres ddr in the Konami space? ..... *boots up home*

*edit* This is soo laggy! My perfect combos are getting graded as Good and Boo. FUCK YOU KONAMI SPACE!

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I noticed that you can buy Pyramid Head and Bubble Head Nurse costumes from the Konami space. Isn't it a little odd that they would brand it as Silent Hill 2 instead of just Silent Hill? Also, both costumes are based on the designs from SH2. I was expecting the movie/Homecoming designs since those are much more recent.

I'd love the PH costume, but $5? Really, Konami?

 

[ROFL]

Novus Prime should be up and running, at least in North America.. wondering if anyone has tried it out yet?

 

[Oni Jazar]

Novus Prime should be up and running, at least in North America.. wondering if anyone has tried it out yet?

I would like to know this as well.

 

[TheSeks]

I was there only for a couple of seconds and I promptly lefft becasue there wasn't much free stuff in today's update.

I guess if you really want impressions I could re-login tonight and poke around for you.

 

[ROFL]

Well I have to fess up that I worked on it, was just curious how the launch went both sides of the pond..

 

[spats]

I tried out Novus Prime pretty quickly. Did some freighter escort mission thing with a few random dudes and everything worked without a hitch.

There were tons of people in the "hub" playing it so the space took a little while to load up but my initial overall impressions are that it seems cool. I'll have to play around with it some more.

 

[Majine]

This week in pictures:

Couldn't take pictures in the actual game or when I was floating in space. But. It's there.

If you haven't found value in PSN+ yet you won't find it here. They could atleast give you the Plus icon lamp for free.

The doorway that seperates Plus- and Non-plus PSN users. That's bound to be a place of heated discussion. Poor bastards.

 

[Ponn]

This is not meant as a troll but is there anyway to delete Home off the PS3? I'm sure its taking up space and since I don't use it I would like to free that up. I got a slim and it was already installed and in the XMB but I don't get any option to delete it.

 

[TheSeks]

This is not meant as a troll but is there anyway to delete Home off the PS3? I'm sure its taking up space and since I don't use it I would like to free that up. I got a slim and it was already installed and in the XMB but I don't get any option to delete it.

Triangle on the Home icon in XMB->Delete. Then don't click the icon ever again. You can't remove that icon from the XMB. Yes, it's stupid as there is applications like Netflix I don't use cluttering my XMB. Bitch at Sony for that option and to put said items in the PSN store under an "application" section.

 

[60_gig_PS3]

I just tried home for the first time on my PS3. I honestly thought it was going to suck the big one but suprisingly a neat little distraction. Plus doesn't hurt that it's free.

But I can already see myself getting microtransactioned to death since my player looks majorly lame.

 

[Metalmurphy]

I just tried home for the first time on my PS3. I honestly thought it was going to suck the big one but suprisingly a neat little distraction. Plus doesn't hurt that it's free.

But I can already see myself getting microtransactioned to death since my player looks majorly lame.

Don't join the Dark Side!

I've got shit loads of stuff and I got it all for free. Just keep an eye out for events.

www.alphazone4.co.uk

 

[Majine]

EU Home this week: Bomberman!

There’s a lot to talk about this week! New spaces, TRON, Festive fun, and a rather large and varied range of new costumes and other items!
Winter Wonderland & Home Square Dressing + 2nd Anniversary Tees
The Festive season, and the PlayStation Home 2nd anniversary, are upon us! You’ve been asking what are plans were for this year, and today we can reveal all: starting with special anniversary t-shirts, through the return of the Winter Wonderland – complete with all-new rewards – and finishing with a weather warning: heavy snow is predicted for Home Square! Keep your eyes open for the Winter Market, and try not to slip on the ice in your rush to check out all the changes!
For those who missed the Winter Wonderland last year, or have forgotten, check out our blog post from last year. Drop by every day from tomorrow to make sure you don’t miss anything!
Hudson Soft revamp – Bomberman Dome & Theatre

Exciting new additions to the Hudson Gate this week, with the grand opening of the Bomberman Dome and Theatre. Within the Bomberman Dome you’ll find an addictive Bomberman mini-game, where you and other players will need to survive as long as you can whilst collecting the keys to unlock each new level. It’s explosively addictive!
TRON Apartment & commerce

TRON: Evolution. Costumes. Apartment. Furniture. Need I say more? Oh, alright then! Arriving this week from Disney, you’ll find the TRON: Evolution personal space in Estates, where you can experience life on the grid. Decorate with themed furniture, and don’t forget to pick up your TRON costume. Choose from TRON, Flynn, Sark, Clu, and Quorra.
With such a packed week, we’ve needed to save some space. Here’s a quick run down of the new items releasing in the stores this week:
Heavy Ink Pack 1
Tattoo fans have waited patiently, so I’m pleased to announce that tomorrow the first pack of Heavy Ink tattoos, from Heavy Water, will be released. There’s a wide selection for both guys and gals, and more to come in the new year!
Castlevania commerce

From Konami, there’s a Castlevania t-shirt for both male and female, alongside the Gabriel Belmont costume items (male only) and Laura costume (female).
LucasArts Force Unleashed 2 commerce
LucasArts are back again, with a new batch of Force Unleashed 2 content. In this release: Scout Trooper and Rebel Trooper Endor costumes for both genders, and the Starkiller Jedi Hunter outfit for males.
V-Store Batman Hoodies & Caps
In the V-Store this week, continuing the comic theme, are a new range of Batman hoodies and caps.
LOOT Stage Set Bundles
The next collection of Stage Set prop bundles will be available from the LOOT store. Coming this week: the Flat Collection and the Ghostbusters Locker Room.
LOOT Alien Invasion Bundle
The Alien Invasion bundle arrives in LOOT this week, along with 2 bonus avatar outfits – one of which will turn you into a swarm of UFOs!
CoD:BO commerce
Those of you who missed out on the Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-order incentives will now be able to purchase the Woods character outfit from Alter Ego.
So! Enjoy this week’s update and I’ll see you next week.

 

[spats]

edit: shits, beaten!

 

[Carl]

Happy to see the winter wonderland back again this year. I was really impressed with what SCEE did with it last year. Hopefuly the quests will be different and as fun as i remember them being last time around Nice one SCEE

 

[Majine]

I hate how they have Halloween and christmas skins for the Home Plaza, but not Night and Day transition.

 

[spats]

Happy to see the winter wonderland back again this year. I was really impressed with what SCEE did with it last year. Hopefuly the quests will be different and as fun as i remember them being last time around Nice one SCEE

I have a feeling they'll recycle the quests, but throw in new rewards. Still, the space has a nice atmosphere so I look forward to getting back to it.