Just Got PS Home yesterday.. and WOW, Live better start being free!

Ok, this is in no way meant to bash the 360, i am giving my honest opinion as a owner of both consoles. The other day I made a thread which was praising xbox live and saying how they revolutinized gaming with Xbox live and how Xbox live was well worth it.. Well yesterday I got the chance to finally download home and spend some time with it and Quite honestly I was very very amazed.. What I was more amazed about is that this was all free! Honestly Home is a online gamer's dream come true.. Those times you just dont feel like playing a game you can just jump right into home, chat with people, pool is very fun, chess and bowling are very fun also and the community is great! 

After having this experience with Home, I came to the conclusion that MS charging for Xbox live is complete non sense.. I know i know, I hate bashing the 360 also because it truely is a great system, but im just calling it how i see it..What bugs me is you have to pay for Xbox live just to simply play games online! While the PS3 lets you do that limitless for free and on top of that giving you this vast and virtual world like Home where you can play games like pool, Bowling and Chess online forever for free with no charge whatsoever! I know that MS lets you have cross game private chats and what not. 3 months ago if you where to ask me which is better between XBox live and PSN, I would have said Xbox live hands down destroys PSN.. Today with Home and the ability of in game XMB i would say they are about even with the PSN having the potential to surpass Live.

For those that dont have Home, dont listen to the very few that say things like "its pointless and a waste of time" before I had home I was bummed about it because i listened to those few people that said it was terrible, When I finally spent some time with it, i came to the conclusion that its a dream come true and you guys are in for a real real treat, i know the delays have been bad but trust me, when you guys get it in the next few weeks you are going to love it!!

...nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
WilliamRLBaker

Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
Thats what i've heard of since day one on this beta that and the fact nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
WilliamRLBaker

Like another user said above, all ive seen from Home so far, is The running man, and getting on peoples nerves..its almost like everyone who playes the game has nothing to do, or a rampant pedophile.Pinkyimp

Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
Thats what i've heard of since day one on this beta that and the fact nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
WilliamRLBaker

.....man, you got me turning on my PS3 to look for Home....I guess you got the beta, oh well.Tulak_Hord

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
Thats what i've heard of since day one on this beta that and the fact nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
110million

[QUOTE="Tulak_Hord"].....man, you got me turning on my PS3 to look for Home....I guess you got the beta, oh well.CODjon84

I tried Home and honestly concluded that it sucks. It really has nothing for me. Just my opinion though. I'd rather have high quality matchmaking than some psuedo social service with 60 people lobbies. If it were massive like an MMO, that would be different. As is, it's got nothing for me. Nothing at all.donalbane

I tried Home and honestly concluded that it sucks. It really has nothing for me. Just my opinion though. I'd rather have high quality matchmaking than some psuedo social service with 60 people lobbies. If it were massive like an MMO, that would be different. As is, it's got nothing for me. Nothing at all.donalbane

[QUOTE="CODjon84"][QUOTE="Tulak_Hord"].....man, you got me turning on my PS3 to look for Home....I guess you got the beta, oh well.Tulak_Hord

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
Thats what i've heard of since day one on this beta that and the fact nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
CODjon84

Well, as somebody who has spent extensive time with the app, I have to say that your half-right.  It has the potential to be something great if implemented correctly, but the beta, right now at this moment, is more or less a very limited borefest. Yeah, you can bowl, shoot pool, play PSN games at the arcade, or you can dance, and dance..................and dance. But Live needs to do nothing but continue to add on to what they've already started w/ NXE, as they both offer very different experiences.  This is where having both consoles becomes great, because you can enjoy both.

Those times you just dont feel like playing a game you can just jump right into home,

CODjon84

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
Thats what i've heard of since day one on this beta that and the fact nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
CODjon84

Wow is it that good?Kratos-Sackboy

Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
WilliamRLBaker

I think its time for me to get a PS3.

[QUOTE="Kratos-Sackboy"]Wow is it that good?CODjon84

Sweet! Ive been a PSU (Playstation Underground) member for 3 years and still did not recieve a code :(

[QUOTE="CODjon84"][QUOTE="Kratos-Sackboy"]Wow is it that good?Kratos-Sackboy

Sweet! Ive been a PSU (Playstation Underground) member for 3 years and still did not recieve a code :(

.....man, you got me turning on my PS3 to look for Home....I guess you got the beta, oh well.Tulak_Hord

[QUOTE="Kratos-Sackboy"]

[QUOTE="CODjon84"] Yes!! It adds so so much to the PSN, it really feels like a online gaming console now with a vast community, you will love it!! to me just the fact t hat it comes with free online pool, bowling and chess is worth it alone.CODjon84

Sweet! Ive been a PSU (Playstation Underground) member for 3 years and still did not recieve a code :(

Oh ok thanks dude :)

I got on home beta too and so far my experience has been pretty much the reported Dancing and Perving. If there is a female anywhere teens go straight into testosterone overdrive! Maybe i'm just a little old but i'd rather have the functionality and features of live over a glorified avatar chat room, although the mini games are pretty cool for killing 5 mins!Wats_o

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="CODjon84"] What?! "you have to get up and swap games anyway" WOW, so i guess with the 360 I can have gears of war 2 in my tray and if i want to play Halo 3 with some friends i dont even have to swap discs?! lol give me a break man, damage control at its finest.. thats with ALL consoles, its impossible to play a game while a different game is in the tray unless its a downloadable gameCODjon84

To add to why its flawed, downloading every area is stupid, instead of reserving space, it should just download the basic areas and only make specific game space and such optional. 

I'm really looking forward to Home. Socializing (based around games) with family/friends and utilizing game affecting/related features is interesting. I know Home isn't what it will be, but it's a persistent environment destined to evolve. And knowing Sony's commitment (we seem to forget how much PSN has evolved over the past 2 years) things only look bright to me.Episode_Eve

[QUOTE="russdmoore"]To each there own. I personally find home to be a waste. I was excited for it at first but then I got in the beta. Everything is slow....very slow, long load times for movies, changing areas etc. It is a SIMS/Second Life knock off. I will better there will be some kind of change for home in the future. I am hearing that you have to pay to get into clubs and such. Time will tell. Home is more a gimmick than anything else. If you enjoy this kind of stuff then more power to you. I am perfectly happy with the XMB for the game stuff....er when I use my PS3 for games that is.CODjon84

So I still feel that home is a gimmick and not much more than that. Some will enjoy it. Good! Some will not enjoy it. That is the choice they make.

[QUOTE="Episode_Eve"]I'm really looking forward to Home. Socializing (based around games) with family/friends and utilizing game affecting/related features is interesting. I know Home isn't what it will be, but it's a persistent environment destined to evolve. And knowing Sony's commitment (we seem to forget how much PSN has evolved over the past 2 years) things only look bright to me.CODjon84

As long as the final product is all what they iniatlly promised, I'm good.  If not, it'll be something I use very rarely, if ever.

I got Home yesterday and Wow, the house needed a good cleaning but what should I have expected since I demand the Maid work for free. :P

Seriously, you think because Sony launching Home at some point, who really knows when, that MS must now must offer XBL for free ? :twisted:

[QUOTE="Episode_Eve"]I'm really looking forward to Home. Socializing (based around games) with family/friends and utilizing game affecting/related features is interesting. I know Home isn't what it will be, but it's a persistent environment destined to evolve. And knowing Sony's commitment (we seem to forget how much PSN has evolved over the past 2 years) things only look bright to me.CODjon84

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]...nearly all functionality promised has been pulled infavor of updating it later to fullfill this need.
hiryu3

lol where? what function promised was pulled from NXE? i need some facts man.

P.S: I've read the announce list of options available in NXE and saw nothing different in the actual release.

[QUOTE="Wats_o"]I got on home beta too and so far my experience has been pretty much the reported Dancing and Perving. If there is a female anywhere teens go straight into testosterone overdrive! Maybe i'm just a little old but i'd rather have the functionality and features of live over a glorified avatar chat room, although the mini games are pretty cool for killing 5 mins!CODjon84

I don't game to be harrassed or to watch the doofy people you see at the mall do their thing. I game to game.

The minigames might be useful, but lets be honest, I could get fully functional versions of those games on a PC for the same cost of Home, while not having to deal with jerks. 

Home=dance ontop of people and harras women.
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WilliamRLBaker

and live = harass women and call people gay and trashtalk constantly

im waiting for your point