Do you think Home is too early? - Blu-ray Forum

ThePhantomOak · 12-13-2008, 03:27 AM

The other thread is really ticking me off.

This really has several options. There are people who think it could have come earlier (me) by a week or several weeks. There are people who think it should have come later by several weeks or months. etc.

The problem with the other thread is that it assumed that a lunch could be done with out any problems, and as much as problems frustrate me, they are a fact of online systems and cant be hashed out until they actually open the system to the peak loads (in this case millions of users a day).

Feel free to discuss Home here.

Feel free to discuss the opening of home on the 11th here.

silversnake · 12-13-2008, 04:17 AM

Much better poll. I voted for the first option. That being said there isn't THAT Much yet in home. I would have liked to see the game launching app at least already there so it would have some extra function because as it is now it feels like more of a "game" than anything else. There's a few things to do but not enough to make me want to stay a while in it. If the game application launch was already installed I would definitely spend more time before / after I game.

50 cents for clothes is still too much ( just like 2 bucks for LBP is insane). What they need to do is release like a bunch of clothes for a certain amount. like maybe 10 pieces of clothing or more for 2 bucks*. Same for furniture etc.

The club and summer house for 5 bucks is also outrageous. if it came with furniture or stuff inside it would be worth it but as is , it's completely ludicrous to spend that money for that. On top of that , they should have released all if not a lot of the content that was on the beta for free for the new people as well.

I was also reading that there will be a recurring fee / month for the club which is even stupider. If that's the case, I want to see more than only 32 people being along to join. For large communities like ourselves it just won't happen. Give us more space or at least different "clubs" with bigger spaces. I'm sure they have a reason for the limit , but I don't think it's good enough. They can't really expect that many people to buy them and keep buying them if all you get is a private "room".

I'm happy with HOME and how it is now, it's a very good start. I want to see more content (trailers , etc) , I want to see more products to purchase for cheaper or in bundles , and I want to see myself being able to launch my games from inside HOME. I also would like to see the trophy room. I really need to see this before April 09.

j_rocca42 · 12-13-2008, 07:00 AM

anyone hear anything about content updates for home yet? it'd be cool if it were every thurs. like the psn... but with more content added of course since it'd be small things like clothes and funiture and what not...

BluHavik · 12-13-2008, 07:09 AM

To be fair it is still technically a beta. I'd say they should have waited until you actually had stuff to do in it. At the same time I understand nothing like this has ever been rolled out on this scale console wise.

AikonEnt · 12-13-2008, 07:31 AM

The problems people have been having (I still haven't been able to log on to it, error 931 or something every time) says to me that they probably could have released earlier and these things could have been sorted out by now. A month after launch you will expect things to be running fairly smoothly, so if they had released a month ago maybe things would be better today. I'll probably keep trying over the weekend every now and then, but if I remain unable to ever get onto the thing I'll just lose any interest and not bother with it at all. Actually concentrate on playing games on the PS3 and watching Blu.

alkalinesi · 12-13-2008, 08:35 AM

i think its going great so far. i did get kicked out a couple times, but its new and understandable. bowling is fun i think. i would like to see more games like shuffleboard and darts(i havent seen them yet) i would also love to have the condo bigger and customizable so i can throw a 150" plasma on my wall haha the only thing i would really love to see be done, is sony needs to advertise it. i really think a lot of casual gamers would enjoy this. and i think something like this is unique and fun and itll push some units, and i think everybody here would agree with me when i say sony could use alil more units sold.

Copywriter · 12-13-2008, 09:39 AM

I didn't even know it was released. Wrath of the Lich King was released and I forgot I owned a PS3.

Too soon? Probably not. At least now everyone knows there is a Home in development.

jkwest · 12-15-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Copywriter

I didn't even know it was released. Wrath of the Lich King was released and I forgot I owned a PS3.

Bawhahaha!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one...

what server are you on?

stringent · 12-13-2008, 10:11 AM

Technically its not really launched. Its still BETA. When it goes out of beta then it is launched.

Marquoz · 12-13-2008, 10:23 AM

My vote was for other, I'm not an online fan, so I think this was a huge waste of resources. They could have put those people programming it to work on giving me a PS2 emulator for my 40gb PS3 instead.

For those that enjoy it, I hope it takes off, I personally just don't see much use for it.

blu-dave · 12-13-2008, 10:55 AM

Helloooooo. Havn't posted on here in a while.

I got Home on the 11th and havn't been able to sign in once. Keep getting that C-931 error. Not sure about US but it's quite common problem over here. If that error dosn't appear i get a message saying that the server dosn't exisit or that it has timed out. Home has launched too early IMO. We have been waiting nearly 2 years for it. You would think that's long enough for Sony to plan out some sort of decent launch plan. Worst thing is that they are pretty much keeping quiet on it. We need offical news on how things are going.

Avarice · 12-13-2008, 12:47 PM

Wow how many threads does it take to say the "same thing over and over again!!!". THIS IS A OPEN BETA I know it may surprise the misinformed but that is what it is. If you have a PC and have been in any of a thousand betas you know that they do this all the time. Stress test are the norm for most mmo and the like and why would this be any different. Can we merge some of these threads so everyone can get the big picture here.

Terjyn · 12-13-2008, 02:05 PM

I put other as well. Having tried it it has even less point that I thought.

I too think they would have been better off scrapping Home altogether and putting the work into an actual game.

But then it's pretty clear that Sony doesn't really believe in releasing games this generation, just talking about them and how great they'll be (eventually) while releasing one a year or so.

atomik kinder · 12-15-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marquoz

My vote was for other, I'm not an online fan, so I think this was a huge waste of resources. They could have put those people programming it to work on giving me a PS2 emulator for my 40gb PS3 instead.

For those that enjoy it, I hope it takes off, I personally just don't see much use for it.

I feel the same way. I found it increadibly boring and am not one to want to socialize online. I can't see myself using it again after the first time I went on. The kids seemed to like it though, but I am warry of letting them use it much. We have three PS3s so my two kids got on different ones so they could explore together. After about five minutes, the older one decided he did not want to have his little brother following him around and was teasing him by leaving and going to other areas. The oldest is 10 and he sent out the message, I am only 10, and quickly had several other users requesting to be added as a friend. That kind of worries me since you really have no idea who these people are.

ThePhantomOak · 12-13-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stringent

Technically its not really launched. Its still BETA. When it goes out of beta then it is launched.

Technically it may never launch. Beta's like this can last forever. Given that Home is going to always evolve through PS4+ you can count on it never being not a beta. That is why I say the open beta is the launch.

But you are right about it being a beta...I just dont see it ever moving forward from the title "open beta." Imagain Sony saying, "here is the final product, no more updates."

BTW, sorry for the errors in the poll... The second option should be "should NOT have launched"

dk3dknight · 12-15-2008, 02:53 PM

It needed more time to bake the clubs were just starting to form there were still many things to test and now they launch broken...

I'd say they should have gave it another week at least another month or so at best.

Uniquely · 12-15-2008, 05:00 PM

Wow...... you said my simple Yes/no poll was flawed........ but the only choices in your poll are all yes. There is no Should have waited option at all.

NovaBomb · 12-15-2008, 05:03 PM

Installed Home this weekend, play around with it a bit. All I have to say about it is..... Meh

DOOM 2012 · 12-15-2008, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by NovaBomb

Installed Home this weekend, play around with it a bit. All I have to say about it is..... Meh

AND THIS IS JUST THE BETA !!!!! WOW CAN YOU INMAGIN THE FULL HOME

Uniquely · 12-15-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DOOM 2012

AND THIS IS JUST THE BETA !!!!! WOW CAN YOU INMAGIN THE FULL HOME

What's your address? I'll send you a new keyboard with a working caps lock key.

View Poll Results: When do you think Home should/could have launched
Home launched at the right time, even with launch problems	29	31.87%
Home should have been launched; extra time to increase closed beta testing	4	4.40%
Home could have launched earlier (because launch problems will always happen)	22	24.18%
Home should have launched later; extra time to add more content	25	27.47%
Other (post your own opinion)	11	12.09%
Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll

12-13-2008, 03:27 AM	#1
ThePhantomOak Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Reno, NEVADA. "Battle Born"	Do you think Home is too early? The other thread is really ticking me off. This really has several options. There are people who think it could have come earlier (me) by a week or several weeks. There are people who think it should have come later by several weeks or months. etc. The problem with the other thread is that it assumed that a lunch could be done with out any problems, and as much as problems frustrate me, they are a fact of online systems and cant be hashed out until they actually open the system to the peak loads (in this case millions of users a day). Feel free to discuss Home here. Feel free to discuss the opening of home on the 11th here.

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12-13-2008, 04:17 AM	#2
silversnake Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:498 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:32	Much better poll. I voted for the first option. That being said there isn't THAT Much yet in home. I would have liked to see the game launching app at least already there so it would have some extra function because as it is now it feels like more of a "game" than anything else. There's a few things to do but not enough to make me want to stay a while in it. If the game application launch was already installed I would definitely spend more time before / after I game. 50 cents for clothes is still too much ( just like 2 bucks for LBP is insane). What they need to do is release like a bunch of clothes for a certain amount. like maybe 10 pieces of clothing or more for 2 bucks*. Same for furniture etc. The club and summer house for 5 bucks is also outrageous. if it came with furniture or stuff inside it would be worth it but as is , it's completely ludicrous to spend that money for that. On top of that , they should have released all if not a lot of the content that was on the beta for free for the new people as well. I was also reading that there will be a recurring fee / month for the club which is even stupider. If that's the case, I want to see more than only 32 people being along to join. For large communities like ourselves it just won't happen. Give us more space or at least different "clubs" with bigger spaces. I'm sure they have a reason for the limit , but I don't think it's good enough. They can't really expect that many people to buy them and keep buying them if all you get is a private "room". I'm happy with HOME and how it is now, it's a very good start. I want to see more content (trailers , etc) , I want to see more products to purchase for cheaper or in bundles , and I want to see myself being able to launch my games from inside HOME. I also would like to see the trophy room. I really need to see this before April 09.

12-13-2008, 07:00 AM	#3
j_rocca42 Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Recording live from somewhere Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:13	anyone hear anything about content updates for home yet? it'd be cool if it were every thurs. like the psn... but with more content added of course since it'd be small things like clothes and funiture and what not...

12-13-2008, 07:09 AM	#4
BluHavik Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:STL Blu-ray collection:32	To be fair it is still technically a beta. I'd say they should have waited until you actually had stuff to do in it. At the same time I understand nothing like this has ever been rolled out on this scale console wise.

12-13-2008, 07:31 AM	#5
AikonEnt Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Crawley, UK Blu-ray collection:246	The problems people have been having (I still haven't been able to log on to it, error 931 or something every time) says to me that they probably could have released earlier and these things could have been sorted out by now. A month after launch you will expect things to be running fairly smoothly, so if they had released a month ago maybe things would be better today. I'll probably keep trying over the weekend every now and then, but if I remain unable to ever get onto the thing I'll just lose any interest and not bother with it at all. Actually concentrate on playing games on the PS3 and watching Blu.

12-13-2008, 08:35 AM	#6
alkalinesi Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:South Jersey Home Theater Gallery:35 Blu-ray collection:429 DVD collection:20 Trading Score:52	i think its going great so far. i did get kicked out a couple times, but its new and understandable. bowling is fun i think. i would like to see more games like shuffleboard and darts(i havent seen them yet) i would also love to have the condo bigger and customizable so i can throw a 150" plasma on my wall haha the only thing i would really love to see be done, is sony needs to advertise it. i really think a lot of casual gamers would enjoy this. and i think something like this is unique and fun and itll push some units, and i think everybody here would agree with me when i say sony could use alil more units sold.

12-13-2008, 09:39 AM	#7
Copywriter Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Vegas Baby, Vegas	I didn't even know it was released. Wrath of the Lich King was released and I forgot I owned a PS3. Too soon? Probably not. At least now everyone knows there is a Home in development.

12-13-2008, 10:11 AM	#9
stringent Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:UK	Technically its not really launched. Its still BETA. When it goes out of beta then it is launched.

12-13-2008, 10:23 AM	#10
Marquoz Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New Orleans Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:167 Trading Score:2	My vote was for other, I'm not an online fan, so I think this was a huge waste of resources. They could have put those people programming it to work on giving me a PS2 emulator for my 40gb PS3 instead. For those that enjoy it, I hope it takes off, I personally just don't see much use for it.

12-13-2008, 10:55 AM	#11
blu-dave Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:England	Helloooooo. Havn't posted on here in a while. I got Home on the 11th and havn't been able to sign in once. Keep getting that C-931 error. Not sure about US but it's quite common problem over here. If that error dosn't appear i get a message saying that the server dosn't exisit or that it has timed out. Home has launched too early IMO. We have been waiting nearly 2 years for it. You would think that's long enough for Sony to plan out some sort of decent launch plan. Worst thing is that they are pretty much keeping quiet on it. We need offical news on how things are going.

12-13-2008, 12:47 PM	#12
Avarice Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:parts unknown Blu-ray collection:11	Wow how many threads does it take to say the "same thing over and over again!!!". THIS IS A OPEN BETA I know it may surprise the misinformed but that is what it is. If you have a PC and have been in any of a thousand betas you know that they do this all the time. Stress test are the norm for most mmo and the like and why would this be any different. Can we merge some of these threads so everyone can get the big picture here.

12-13-2008, 02:05 PM	#13
Terjyn Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:122	I put other as well. Having tried it it has even less point that I thought. I too think they would have been better off scrapping Home altogether and putting the work into an actual game. But then it's pretty clear that Sony doesn't really believe in releasing games this generation, just talking about them and how great they'll be (eventually) while releasing one a year or so.

12-15-2008, 02:53 PM	#16
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	It needed more time to bake the clubs were just starting to form there were still many things to test and now they launch broken... I'd say they should have gave it another week at least another month or so at best.

12-15-2008, 05:00 PM	#17
Uniquely Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Mobile, AL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:171	Wow...... you said my simple Yes/no poll was flawed........ but the only choices in your poll are all yes. There is no Should have waited option at all.

12-15-2008, 05:03 PM	#18
NovaBomb Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray collection:48	Installed Home this weekend, play around with it a bit. All I have to say about it is..... Meh

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