'Home' a "huge success" for Sony . . .right

"Buser explained that the average user session is 70 minutes, with 85% of users returning back to the service more than once, and has currently clocked over 14 million users worldwide"

70 mins with the dloading of stuff?? ive been on this and yeah if you get locked in a game of pool i can see why, there isnt a great deal else though seriously

85% of the user returning back - yeah after spending half the day dloading the areas, you damn well better . . .and its free

14 million users worldwide - compared to xboxlive and warcraft which do this WITHa subscription this isnt that great seeing that 21 million machines have been sold

Home is a massive flop. what exactly does it do, ive been one of the suckers included in those stats and my last visit was short lived with the super slow download and boredom. All the kids that have the ps3 will be on this and the 5 games they probably have all day and night eeking out their purchase, just like gold kid subscribers on xbox live have every single demo and community game. Home is flop fact.

Home is absolutely terrible IMO, but that doesn't stop it from being a huge success for Sony. If they are making a lot of money on it, it did what it was intended to as it comes off as more of a cash cow than anything else.

I've been on it a few times and its kinda cool. Lost its appeal for me after the 3rd or 4th time I went on it as it got old and repetitive. It doesn't help that my friends don't get on it all the time, I think it would've been more interesting had they... Community and all. Its there, I don't pay much mind to it.

I guess when you're 4 billion in the red anything that doesn't cost you millions is a sucessohthemanatee

If they think Home is a success story, this must be true.

Yup afraid so. You must not have been on recently, it's still mega busy and you can loads of people wearing and using purchased items. Doesn't appeal to me though, I've only used it like 3 times ever. Some people really dig this 2nd life type stuff.

I went on there once when I got my slim back in December. Haven't been back since.

Home was not a terrible idea, but it's execution is plain bad. It lacks interesting things to do.

But more power to Sony if they are making money off of it.

Obviously haven't been on recently. Regardless, it apparently makes Sony some nice cash regardless of whether you think it's a success or not. They could do more to make it better but as far as content and things to do, it has improved.

"Buser explained that the average user session is 70 minutes, with 85% of users returning back to the service more than once, and has currently clocked over 14 million users worldwide"

70 mins with the dloading of stuff?? ive been on this and yeah if you get locked in a game of pool i can see why, there isnt a great deal else though seriously

85% of the user returning back - yeah after spending half the day dloading the areas, you damn well better . . .and its free

14 million users worldwide - compared to xboxlive and warcraft which do this WITHa subscription this isnt that great seeing that 21 million machines have been sold

Home is a massive flop. what exactly does it do, ive been one of the suckers included in those stats and my last visit was short lived with the super slow download and boredom. All the kids that have the ps3 will be on this and the 5 games they probably have all day and night eeking out their purchase, just like gold kid subscribers on xbox live have every single demo and community game. Home is flop fact.

rholding2000

I guess when you're 4 billion in the red anything that doesn't cost you millions is a sucessohthemanatee

gotta look on the bright side of things :P

Yeah it is, 12 million active users, 1/3 of the PS3 install base is on home, its not for me though.

Hard to be a flop when it is free...

I mean really. Sony may have hyped it a bit to much at the beginning, but now they just supliment PSN with Home content. It's great for those who want a socail networking game on PSN.

Again, hard to flop when it is free.

granted ive not been on recently, tell me 3 things what have changed, after the mini arcade, pool, chess and checkers what else is there, i tried to get me and my mate in the same are (talking to each other through xbox while we did this) and couldnt. really wheres the success, are people really buying content? its almost as bad as that avatar xbox stuff . . . but i did buy the halo hog . . . we need to define success. which is more successful, home because anyone with aps3 cab have it or the fact xbox, wow, eve, tigerwoodsonline has members PAY and they are achieving numbers, well maybe not twoods but its a hell of a specific market which isnt doing too bad

Hard to be a flop when it is free...

I mean really. Sony may have hyped it a bit to much at the beginning, but now they just supliment PSN with Home content. It's great for those who want a socail networking game on PSN.

Again, hard to flop when it is free.

Wasdie

It's actually a great business model when you think about it.

No entrance fee to get people in, but you'll have to spend money to actually get anything out of the experience.

Home is okay. It makes Sony tons of money. Nonstop-Madness

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Hard to be a flop when it is free...

I mean really. Sony may have hyped it a bit to much at the beginning, but now they just supliment PSN with Home content. It's great for those who want a socail networking game on PSN.

Again, hard to flop when it is free.

GreySeal9

It's actually a great business model when you think about it.

No entrance fee to get people in, but you'll have to spend money to actually get anything out of the experience.

i bet Home is a hug success it's pretty awesome.

Tons of things to do, alot of free items.

I like it :)

It may not be your cup of tea, but it is a supplementary service available to every online user for free. I know they hyped it up too much, but it's no flop. It's just one more supplemental feature, I'm not sure why it garners so much hate. It's not like anyone got ripped off by downloading it for free, and It's not like Sony makes people use it. It makes it possible to meet new people to game with, provides a few simple (often too packed to play :( ) games that anyone can play.. I mean it's got some value and it's free. Sony makes money off of it, how can it be a flop? Did you honestly expect this free service to surpass games in quailty and excitement and content?

People can hate home all they want,but the simple fact is sony gains from it. So in the end its all good.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Home is okay. It makes Sony tons of money. KittenWishes

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Hard to be a flop when it is free...

I mean really. Sony may have hyped it a bit to much at the beginning, but now they just supliment PSN with Home content. It's great for those who want a socail networking game on PSN.

Again, hard to flop when it is free.

Swift_Boss_A

It's actually a great business model when you think about it.

No entrance fee to get people in, but you'll have to spend money to actually get anything out of the experience.

I didn't say that everything on Home costs money. But to really have the optimum Home experience, you're going to be opening up your wallet.

Not that there's anything really wrong with that if somebody has the disposable income. I would never pay for that kind of stuff though.

[QUOTE="Quaker-w00ts"]

i bet Home is a hug success it's pretty awesome.

Tons of things to do, alot of free items.

I like it :)

KittenWishes

that post didn't make to much sense.

why don't you like Home?

if you've ever tried it :)

im sat here talking to you lot and really REALLY dont want to turn on the ps3, which will more liely need an update, then update home, then want to play aother game, which willl need an update. I hate the fact i cant leave this system fora bit withouta wait fest coming. I can update EVERY xbox game before a standard patch dloads with this thing, i cant image homes loading has DRASTICALLY improved, the core design is pretty slow and i run a CS server

I like HOME. It's a nice way to just talk to some friends. Even if my guy looks nothing like me.

Profitable = success. Fun for you = irrelevant.KHAndAnime

i agree with most of what you said. slow downloads - check annoying users - check returning back?? most people return back to figure out why in Gods name they went there in the first place. i admit i visited that cesspool of retards in the past as well. and ill make another admission, ill never return. but home is a gem some, i mean literally dozens of people find the downloadable clothing and accesories worthwhile, and that in of itself is a success....slvrraven9

sorry I am not a retard.

i guess you don't actually know why people return back to home.

alot of clothes are free and some are .50 and 1.00 and some ridiculous stuff is $5-$10

Don't be ignorant if you don't like it

and don't call people names when clearly your the name you called all the other users of home.

o wait, i forgot, you add to your ignorance when you say slow downloads their actually quite fast now. :)

It's obvious you haven't been on Home recently.

Home is a success for Sony. The service not appealing to you doesn't change that fact.

Slashkice

I guess when you're 4 billion in the red anything that doesn't cost you millions is a sucessohthemanatee

EDIT: Sony are 3 billion in the green, MS are at -9 billion and Nintendo absloutly destroy the competition with 23 billion since 1981

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]I guess when you're 4 billion in the red anything that doesn't cost you millions is a sucesstoast_burner

EDIT: Sony are 3 billion in the green, MS are at -9 billion and Nintendo absloutly destroy the competition with 23 billion since 1981

great, except that tells us nothing, companies always reinvest their earnings and after a few years they sink their costs

also i'd like a link

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]I guess when you're 4 billion in the red anything that doesn't cost you millions is a sucessohthemanatee

EDIT: Sony are 3 billion in the green, MS are at -9 billion and Nintendo absloutly destroy the competition with 23 billion since 1981

great, except that tells us nothing, companies always reinvest their earnings and after a few years they sink their costs

also i'd like a link

Before you say "lol VGcharts" the numbers come straight from Sony, MS and Nintendo

I know it doesnt tell us much I just find it kinda funny how some people act like MS are a money printing machine.

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]

I find it funny that nintendo are the only ones of the big 3 who have actually made a profit from entering the game industry.

EDIT: Sony are 3 billion in the green, MS are at -9 billion and Nintendo absloutly destroy the competition with 23 billion since 1981

toast_burner

great, except that tells us nothing, companies always reinvest their earnings and after a few years they sink their costs

also i'd like a link

Before you say "lol VGcharts" the numbers come straight from Sony, MS and Nintendo

I know it doesnt tell us much I just find it kinda funny how some people act like MS are a money printing machine.

so... where exactly is sony 3 billion in the green?

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]

great, except that tells us nothing, companies always reinvest their earnings and after a few years they sink their costs

also i'd like a link

ohthemanatee

Before you say "lol VGcharts" the numbers come straight from Sony, MS and Nintendo

I know it doesnt tell us much I just find it kinda funny how some people act like MS are a money printing machine.

so... where exactly is sony 3 billion in the green?

Probably a typo that then tricked me into thinking thats what i meant to write (my brain works very wierdly)

"Buser explained that the average user session is 70 minutes, with 85% of users returning back to the service more than once, and has currently clocked over 14 million users worldwide"

70 mins with the dloading of stuff?? ive been on this and yeah if you get locked in a game of pool i can see why, there isnt a great deal else though seriously

85% of the user returning back - yeah after spending half the day dloading the areas, you damn well better . . .and its free

14 million users worldwide - compared to xboxlive and warcraft which do this WITHa subscription this isnt that great seeing that 21 million machines have been sold

Home is a massive flop. what exactly does it do, ive been one of the suckers included in those stats and my last visit was short lived with the super slow download and boredom. All the kids that have the ps3 will be on this and the 5 games they probably have all day and night eeking out their purchase, just like gold kid subscribers on xbox live have every single demo and community game. Home is flop fact.

Im not sure where I got that number from :?

Probably a typo that then tricked me into thinking thats what i meant to write (my brain works very wierdly)

toast_burner

anyway just wanted to point ou that chart does not include sony's fiscal year of 2010