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PS3 Home Official Thread

To those DL the WB games, if they are taking to long, log into home and download the 100 items, since it isnt overpopulated right now. Cause when it is, it will be a bitch to grab them or theyll take to long to download. Go to the plaza now.
 
Man. You have to select each item to place in a "basket" and you can only check out a certain number of items at a time. When I try to check out I'm greeted with "This content can not be selected at this time". Do the people who make Home go out of their way to make things as inaccessible as they can?
 
Tkawsome said:
Man. You have to select each item to place in a "basket" and you can only check out a certain number of items at a time. When I try to check out I'm greeted with "This content can not be selected at this time". Do the people who make Home go out of their way to make things as inaccessible as they can?
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If you you're trying to download the costumes just select the fist item, (the full costume), you will get all the parts.
 
Andvary said:
If you you're trying to download the costumes just select the fist item, (the full costume), you will get all the parts.
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Good to know, that will help.

Edit: Download is working now. Maybe there's an error with one of the individual items.
 
Went on this weekend to get this stuff, of course there's no easy way to get it all at ONCE, so had to set up downloads for all the items individually. Sigh.
 
Home sees record levels of users upon PSN return: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/3512..._Record_Activity_Levels_After_PSNs_Return.php

At E3 2011, Sony’s Jack Buser revealed to Gamasutra that the company’s social platform PlayStation Home reached an all-time high in user activity levels since the PlayStation Network came back online.

“We’re having record traffic in Home,” said Buser, who serves as director for PlayStation Home. “The week we restored the service, we hit a new record in terms of weekly unique users.”

“We were watching the numbers and we were just so excited. We were just dancing in the streets. The numbers are through the roof, he added. “I think it speaks to the loyalty of our user base, and to the power of these kinds of platforms."
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Metalmurphy said:
Anyeone else having problems watching the videos on the E3 space?

I get near a screen and nothing shows up. Can't get the rewards :/
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You have to watch them in order starting at the vita area. Look for the blue beam of light that shines upward.
 
Confused me too, pretty stupid really. You only have to wait until the stream starts to get the reward so luckily no need to sit through the whole trailer every time.
 
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/06/15/playstation-home-sodium-2-project-velocity-is-here/

There is some very exciting news this week for PlayStation Home users. Lockwood Publishing are proud to announce that Sodium2 – Project Velocity, the sequel to the immensely popular SodiumOne Salt Shooter, is now here. This free-to-play, futuristic racer makes full use of PlayStation Home’s true potential as a gaming platform and players can expect the following awesome features:
A free to access gaming experience – Get straight to the grid and out on the track, anyone can play for free right from the get-go.
Real-time multiplayer Action – Challenge your friends to exhilarating supersonic showdowns to see who has what it takes to cross the finish line ahead of the rest.
Customisable Racers – The game’s XP and Sodium Credit systems allow you to continually modify and adjust your craft with new upgrades. Head over to the Sodium Garage and tweak your craft to pick up the pace and stay in the competition.
Explosive Soundtrack – A relentless track listing from CoLD SToRAGE, Future Funk Squad and Subjex increase the immersion and further add to the sense of power and speed.
Following a hugely successful closed beta period, during which the game was tweaked and tuned in response to the feedback of brave test-pilots, the game is available now to all PlayStation Home users.

Head over to the teleportal in the Sodium Hub or your Blaster’s Paradise apartment now to jump right into your Velocity Racer and get ready to feel those Gs!
The velvet glove to Sodium’s iron fist sees Lockwood indulging their softer side with the release of the Stitchkin range of companions. After the huge success of the Lockwood kittens there’s been a push to get even cuter. So Grandma Lockwood’s been knitting this week and the results are magical.
So check out this collection of crocheted cuties. These knitted Bulldogs, St Bernards, Bunnies and Monkeys now all have little woolly lives of their own! Mischievous and cute, the Stitchkins have escaped the knitting basket to roam about in Playstation Home and into the snuggliest part of your heart!
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I played the training part of that Salt Shooter the other day, didn't hold a lot of appeal for me (although the tech is OK). I'll give this a try over the weekend maybe.

Also from that article:

For those wondering about the Welcome Home Pack, details are being finalised and we’ll post more information about this in the coming days.
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I've been spending a little time in Home recently checking out the new spaces and unlocking things (Pixeljunk Shooter unlocks reminded me I hadn't checked it out for a while).
 
Do people still use PS Home? I never bothered with it after the first week. What sort of additions/improvements have they made since it launched?
 
CrankyJay said:
Do people still use PS Home? I never bothered with it after the first week. What sort of additions/improvements have they made since it launched?
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I'll just say a lot. Just login and check things out. New navigation menu, background downloading, etc. If you were last in it the first week it launched you will notice many improvements right off the bat.
 
tirminyl said:
I'll just say a lot. Just login and check things out. New navigation menu, background downloading, etc. If you were last in it the first week it launched you will notice many improvements right off the bat.
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Yeah, one of the main complaints people had early on (myself included) was that you had to walk anywhere you wanted to go (and it must be said, that does promote the community feeling) - you can do all of that from the menu system now.

Had a wander around the WKC, Pixeljunk, Sodium, Dead Nation and WO spaces last week and there was plenty of activity in each.
 
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Some pics I took from the Sodium 2 space. It's a good game although it could do with less microtransaction shit and more gameplay. That said though it plays well and is a lot of fun. Think WipEout with bigger and heavier ships and less technical tracks.
 
spats said:
Some pics I took from the Sodium 2 space. It's a good game although it could do with less microtransaction shit and more gameplay. That said though it plays well and is a lot of fun. Think WipEout with bigger and heavier ships and less technical tracks.
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The microtransaction stuff is a bit bullshitty, but look at the items you get as you unlock -- some have credit versions equivalent to the buyable stuff. Those are Sodium credits which are synonymous with Sodium One credits. If you've bought S1, go in there and grind for credits there (goes by really fast if you've got a maxed ship) and buy your gear in S2.
 
Eurogamer: Home users the most hardcore:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-01-home-users-the-most-hardcore-on-ps3
Jack Buser said:
here are people that are "literally spending their lives inside of PlayStation Home", he told Giant Bomb - and they are "rabid consumers" of content.

"If you look at the average Home user, they are the most hardcore gamer on the PS3. They buy more games than the average PS3 user, they play more games than the average PS3 user. They also watch more movies than the average PS3 user, who is already a highly self-selective consumer," said Buser.

"We're talking about rabid consumers of media and hardcore gamers. That's who these people are."

"You have different kinds of users," he went on to explain. "You have users who are spending a tremendous amount of time on the platform, literally spending their lives inside of PlayStation Home. You have other users that are using PlayStation Home as something that they do between games. They'll have a big game they bought, they beat the game or otherwise get tired of the game, so what do they do with their console between that and the next time they buy a game? They use PlayStation Home."
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PjotrStroganov said:
I get an error on many of the free items in the PS Home section.
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It's because you've added both the bundle and the individual items to your basket. Just get the bundle, and when you go back in you'll see you have all of the items.
 
No45 said:
It's because you've added both the bundle and the individual items to your basket. Just get the bundle, and when you go back in you'll see you have all of the items.
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No, I can't get the items in the basket. Where the price should be 0.00, it says error.
 
Are you waiting each time you go into each section/sub-section to make sure it's all properly loaded? Perhaps it's a caching issue.
 
Ok why do we not get stuff like this?

The PlayStation Home Network for the PlayStation 3 console will host the "Macross Frontier Super Live" concert, which will have 3D renditions of the characters Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee performing for free in Japan. The series of concerts will take place over four days, starting at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. EDT) on July 23. The concert is then repeated twice a day at 1:00 p.m. (12 midnight EDT) and 8:00 p.m. (7 a.m. EDT) on July 24, 29, and 30.

A venue was previously created for the concerts as well as special "guard training" and free screenings of Macross Frontier within Playstation Home. The anime will be running until July 21.

The concert was first announced by Macross Frontier voice actresses Megumi Nakajima and Aya Endo at the Macross F Jōhō Kyoku short program in January.


They have an area with Veritech fighters too?
 
Hex said:
Ok why do we not get stuff like this?

The PlayStation Home Network for the PlayStation 3 console will host the "Macross Frontier Super Live" concert, which will have 3D renditions of the characters Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee performing for free in Japan. The series of concerts will take place over four days, starting at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. EDT) on July 23. The concert is then repeated twice a day at 1:00 p.m. (12 midnight EDT) and 8:00 p.m. (7 a.m. EDT) on July 24, 29, and 30.

A venue was previously created for the concerts as well as special "guard training" and free screenings of Macross Frontier within Playstation Home. The anime will be running until July 21.

The concert was first announced by Macross Frontier voice actresses Megumi Nakajima and Aya Endo at the Macross F Jōhō Kyoku short program in January.


They have an area with Veritech fighters too?
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For anyone that's curious about what this looked like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQ8D2I0p3c
 
SolidSnakex said:
For anyone that's curious about what this looked like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQ8D2I0p3c
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Wow, that is pretty cool. I was about to ask if it was all westerners there or if they were the only ones chatting, but I found a part where someone was chastising someone else for running a bubble machine, saying it was rude to the Japanese. :/ Fortunately, it looks like the camera is usually far enough away from the audience that it's not a problem.
 
Just in case some miss the EVO thread

From Friday, July 29th until the final battle on Sunday, July 31st we will be streaming the event live from the Rio Resort in Las Vegas to the PlayStation Home Theater. Watch as competitors from around the globe duke it out on PS3 across five competitions: Marvel vs Capcom 3, Tekken 6, Mortal Kombat, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II, and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. Players include 2009 and 2010 Street Fighter champion Daigo Umehara who will attempt an unprecedented “3-peat” victory. Along the way to his goal he’ll face one of the strongest fields of competitors ever assembled, including US legend Justin Wong, Korean wizard Poongko, French phenom Kayane, and UK champ Ryan Hart.

The purpose of this event is twofold: First, bring the world’s top fighting game competition directly to your PlayStation 3. Secondly, we have some new video streaming technology to test in the PlayStation Home Theater and what better opportunity than this? Join us for this special event and help us test this new video streaming technology by posting about your experience in GlassWalls’ EVO 2011 World Finals Stream Test thread on the official PlayStation Home forums. Attendees will receive a line of exclusive PlayStation Home/EVO virtual items: Visitors on Friday will receive a limited edition EVO t-shirt for their PlayStation Home avatar; on Saturday players will be rewarded with a special fighting stick companion item; and on Sun all viewers will receive a replica of the EVO trophy for their PlayStation Home personal spaces.
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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/07/25/watch-the-2011-evo-world-finals-live-in-playstation-home/
 
Cruzader said:
Are you speculating? Cuz I saw non of that in that video.
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Yep, I can't back any of those up in any way. That's why I was willing to take a bet. :P The video just showed that they clearly haven't abandoned development of the platform. And what better time to show off some substantial new stuff than one of the two conventions.
 
spats said:
Yep, I can't back any of those up in any way. That's why I was willing to take a bet. :P The video just showed that they clearly haven't abandoned development of the platform. And what better time to show off some substantial new stuff than one of the two conventions.
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oh ok. Thought I missed something. Im sure Home will continue to 'evolve'. Im sure they will have Vita version. If they dont, they will lose alot of revenue. Think about it. Home casuals aka hardcore Home users(lol) will eat that shit up. I've seen folks spend more on Home than on PSN games or games in general. Thats crazy.

I wish the graphics would get a reboot. Hate the faces.
 
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/07/25/playstation-home-playing-host-to-more-creeps.aspx

Deep Silver and Sony are teaming up in a special takeover event, which will transform the area(plaza) into a Dead Island-themed tropical resort. Players will be able to check out 10 new minigame challenges, and those who complete 'em all will get access to an exclusive in-game item: exploding meat.

The challenges encourage co-op play between up to four players, who will have to build items and stave off zombie attacks. The zombies are relentless and awful, giving visitors a glimpse of what it's typically like to be a female user of the Home platform.

In addition to earning the exploding meat, players can also score an exploding zombie outfit if they preorder the game from a special Dead Island kiosk within Home.
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