# Sony PS3 finally gets something right? Playstation Home details revealed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991 "2007-03-07T20:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/1 "2007-03-07T20:15:36Z")
Hot off the press. [PlayStation Home revealed](http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/playstation-home-revealed/) I don’t own a PS3 or plan to in the foreseeable future, but this looks pretty slick. I’m not really a big Second Lifer / The Sims guy, but I know a lot of other people are. This will probably be pretty popular. Perhaps the PS3 isn’t dead in the water? Thoughts? [be sure to check the video in the link above] ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/2 "2007-03-07T20:19:07Z")
Once you get past the absolute buffoons working in upper management and marketing at Sony, there really are some brilliant and creative people there. This indeed looks pretty cool. I can’t wait to check it out when I get my PS3 a year or two. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/3 "2007-03-07T20:39:31Z")
So, is this announcement the reason SCEA treated Kotaku, and specifically Brian Crecente, like crap last week? [Link to story.](http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/sony-blackballs-kotaku-240860.php) The product idea doesn’t look bad, but it’s already attached to a PR disaster… ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/4 "2007-03-07T20:40:29Z")
It looks neat, but the PS3 still costs $600 and has no great games (and very few games, period). ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/5 "2007-03-07T21:27:07Z")
Well, I guess I’ll be the first to denounce this as total garbage. Keep in mind I base this entirely off of what we’ve learned thus far, so I’ll reserve final judgment until I can try it out for myself. What Sony has done is essentially shoe-horned **Second Life** into the PS3’s OS. This “virtual world” just adds a layer of crap that one must wade through to accomplish what could otherwise be handled via a simple menu system (ala Xbox Live). Do I really want to go to my virtual friend’s house and tap him on his virtual shoulder to indicate I want to play a game? Or sit on his virtual couch to watch a movie? And I’m not too keen on the realistic avatar thing. First off, I’ve found it a pain to recreate someone that looks even remotley like myself in any game’s robust editor. Conversly, I was able to create a near (cartoonish) look-alike Mii within minutes on Wii. Furthermore, Home doesn’t seem to have any style once-so-ever. It looks like the Sims, except with even less style. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/6 "2007-03-07T22:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] And I’m not too keen on the realistic avatar thing. First off, I’ve found it a pain to recreate someone that looks even remotley like myself in any game’s robust editor. Conversly, I was able to create a near (cartoonish) look-alike Mii within minutes on Wii. [/QUOTE] Eh. I have yet to a see a Mii that bares more than a passing resemblance to the person it is meant to represent. And I’ve seen a whoollleeee lot of clones running around. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/7 "2007-03-07T22:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] Eh. I have yet to a see a Mii that bares more than a passing resemblance to the person it is meant to represent. And I’ve seen a whoollleeee lot of clones running around. [/QUOTE] To each their own, but as mentioned, I find it a lot easier to identify a who a Mirr represents than any of their counterparts in the more realstic editors. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/8 "2007-03-07T22:58:42Z")
As announced, it’s not a bad set up. Hopefully every gamer at this point knows that the distance between what a game company announces and what a game company releases is best measured by astronomers, but the system they laid out could work very well. I’m still not sold on the idea that online play is a major factor for console gamers at this point. Still, if it was announced a while ago and attached to a console that wasn’t driving people away then I could definitely see Playstation Home cutting into XBox Live’s market. That is not the case, though. I don’t foresee this package justifying a $200 premium for Sony. On a related note, I finally saw Wii’s on a store shelf last night. Looks like they’re finally hitting saturation and we’ll start being able to get a better measure of how the horse race is going. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/9 "2007-03-07T23:11:00Z")
Obviously there are a lot of question about the exact implementation. I suppose there might just be a text matching thing, and I can’t imagine that you’ll have to slog through the (at least) 1 million+ people who will end up there. There will probably be zones a la XBL (Recreational, Pro, Family, Underground) or possibly more. Of course the exact details are just absolute speculation and as **Just Some Guy** notes, the difference between what’s announced and what’s implemented is usually astronomical. However, I guess my point as the OP was simply that I think this is a good step for them. As most people note, any news item from the last several months dealing even remotely with Sony has been bad – bad decisions, bad PR, etc. I’m certainly no PS3 apologist or even a Sony “fan” per se, but I like to think I’m rational and objective enough to admit when they do something that seems like a good move, even (especially?) when it’s a move I really have no personal interest in. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-ps3-finally-gets-something-right-playstation-home-details-revealed/394991/10 "2007-03-08T01:00:55Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] Well, I guess I’ll be the first to denounce this as total garbage. Keep in mind I base this entirely off of what we’ve learned thus far, so I’ll reserve final judgment until I can try it out for myself. What Sony has done is essentially shoe-horned **Second Life** into the PS3’s OS. This “virtual world” just adds a layer of crap that one must wade through to accomplish what could otherwise be handled via a simple menu system (ala Xbox Live). Do I really want to go to my virtual friend’s house and tap him on his virtual shoulder to indicate I want to play a game? Or sit on his virtual couch to watch a movie? And I’m not too keen on the realistic avatar thing. First off, I’ve found it a pain to recreate someone that looks even remotley like myself in any game’s robust editor. Conversly, I was able to create a near (cartoonish) look-alike Mii within minutes on Wii. Furthermore, Home doesn’t seem to have any style once-so-ever. It looks like the Sims, except with even less style. Ugh. [/QUOTE] That is _so_ true. My boyfriend and I spent hours fiddling with ourselves in Tiger Woods 2007 and we still look nothing like us. My Mii is okay; his is a dead ringer. Most of his friends have dead ringer Miis too - I guess they’re just easily caricatured people.