PS3 will become the best home for multiplats and achievements. (Poll)

Virtual prizes are a more tangible version of XBL's achievement points. 3D avatars realized in PSHome make Nintendo's Miis look shallow. - GDC07

WHY?

Because of PSHome's Trophy System that awards players achievement trophies ranging from figurines, artwork, clothing, and costumes - PS3 will become the best home of all multiplats. Also, specific games and blu-ray movies only need to be used on your PS3 to unlock a certain trophy.

ADVANTAGE:

Already, players spend hours unlocking Xbox Achievement Points for rank and pride within the online community. But points are just that; they represent a number, not experiences. People competing over "who has the larger number" should be a thing of the past.

Imagine completing a PSHome Achievement to unlock a dragon statue from Lair or a GTAIV sweatshirt for your PSHome avatar - the possibilities transcend mere points.

Who needs a Gamer Tag when you have a personalized PSHome Hall of Fame? Uploading videos/pictures from the harddrive and being able to put them in TVs/showcases is a huge step in showing all of the people who visit your Hall of Fame what kind of gamer you are.

FREE:

PSHome is free to download and use. For XBL you have to pay. Both PSHome and XBL have advertisements and online gaming - yet PSHome is free.

If you want to buy designer brand clothes, furniture, or a bigger apartment the options are available for you to make premium purchases but the service, avatar creation, apartment and hall of fame space is free.

You could designate your apartment to be your SOCOM clan hall, full of pics from your harddrive and videos on your TVs of your clan's deathmatches. Or... you could decorate your apartment to be a Final Fantasy shrine, and fill it full of Final Fantasy pictures and videos while playing uploaded Final Fantasy music - then give private invitation to your friends or other Final Fantasy fans.

This is a great approach to community, from hardcore to casuals, and it's only in beta so we can expect the evolution of PSHome to get even better.

DISADVANTAGE:

Unlike XBL, in PSHome you have to go through the lobby system in order to join games or make private games. As a subscriber to XBL, which I think is simple to use and fast, PSHome might be a bit slow in it's game matching. This is an area that Sony needs to work on so that when games like Warhawk come out, people can just login to PSN and play.

Unlike Miis, in PSHome our avatars don't seem to be used in any games - yet. Sony should recognize that people like to use their avatars in games, just like the Miis, and perhaps in future development, we can see our PSHome avatars used in products like SingStar or whatever.

CONCLUSION:

PS3 owners had nothing like Miis or XBL until PSHome was announced.

PS3 really needed PSHome, not only for an online gaming interface, but something to compete against the 360's point system and the Wii's Miis. Sony really played its secret card well and PSHome has heads turning - let's hope it's an ace.

-Philosoma

Credits:
the-very-best 

How do you explain a game such as Virtua Tennis 3 from Sega that has no online play for the PS3 but has online play on the 360. Also Tony Hawk's Project 8 - No online for PS3 but "Xbox Live support really make the Xbox 360 version stand out" says GS.

PSN is free to the users but not the developers so it will always have less games online.

PSHome has less features than XBL but is presented in a virtual 3d world. I prefer to look at someone through my xbox live cam while playing a game such as BB2 and talk to them. I was playing co-op GEoW today with my Brother on XBL, the PS3 is years away from providing an experience like this.

How do you explain a game such as Virtua Tennis 3 from Sega that has no online play for the PS3 but has online play on the 360. Also Tony Hawk's Project 8 - No online for PS3 but "Xbox Live support really make the Xbox 360 version stand out" says GS.

PSN is free to the users but not the developers so it will always have less games online.

PSHome has less features than XBL but is presented in a virtual 3d world. I prefer to look at someone through my xbox live cam while playing a game such as BB2 and talk to them. I was playing co-op GEoW today with my Brother on XBL, the PS3 is years away from providing an experience like this.

lazerluke

ADVANTAGE:

Already, players spend hours unlocking Xbox Achievement Points for rank and pride within the online community. But points are just that; they represent a number, not experiences. People competing over "who has the larger number" should be a thing of the past.

Imagine completing a PSHome Achievement to unlock a dragon statue from Lair or a GTAIV sweatshirt for your PSHome avatar - the possibilities transcend mere points.

Who needs a Gamer Tag when you have a personalized PSHome Hall of Fame? Uploading videos/pictures from the harddrive and being able to put them in TVs/showcases is a huge step in showing all of the people who visit your Hall of Fame what kind of gamer you are.

FREE:

PSHome is free to download and use. For XBL you have to pay. Both PSHome and XBL have advertisements and online gaming - yet PSHome is free.

If you want to buy designer brand clothes, furniture, or a bigger apartment the options are available for you to make premium purchases but the service, avatar creation, apartment and hall of fame space is free.

You could designate your apartment to be your SOCOM clan hall, full of pics from your harddrive and videos on your TVs of your clan's deathmatches. Or... you could decorate your apartment to be a Final Fantasy shrine, and fill it full of Final Fantasy pictures and videos while playing uploaded Final Fantasy music - then give private invitation to your friends or other Final Fantasy fans.

This is a great approach to community, from hardcore to casuals, and it's only in beta so we can expect the evolution of PSHome to get even better.
Philosoma

1.  IMO Achivements were never about bragging rights or trophys, but about extending the life of a game.  It's a way for developers to say, "Hey, Mr. Hardcore, lets see you do this."  It's about challenging yourself as a gamer, not showing off.  Also, MS has talked about adding real value to achivements; you could, for example, get prizes, free stuff on the marketplace, games, etc. 

2.  Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore.  And Home offers nothing XBL doesn't, as far as i've seen.

[QUOTE="lazerluke"]

How do you explain a game such as Virtua Tennis 3 from Sega that has no online play for the PS3 but has online play on the 360. Also Tony Hawk's Project 8 - No online for PS3 but "Xbox Live support really make the Xbox 360 version stand out" says GS.

PSN is free to the users but not the developers so it will always have less games online.

PSHome has less features than XBL but is presented in a virtual 3d world. I prefer to look at someone through my xbox live cam while playing a game such as BB2 and talk to them. I was playing co-op GEoW today with my Brother on XBL, the PS3 is years away from providing an experience like this.

shungokustasu

No, Sony is CHEAP & LAZY. It doesn't have everything XBox Live has. It's getting better, but it still far, far from Xbox Live, even with Home. You guys can't even play online against gamers in U.K. & Japan regions. Where as, almost ever XBox 360 game will be online, many of Sony's game won't even have any online support because developers don't want to foot the bill with extra expenses. M$ provides developers with a cheap online solution, whereas Sony doesn't. That's the main difference.

Home sounds time consuming. I want a quick simple interface that displays the information I want but doesn't take time and focus away from the actual games. Sir_Graham

The Ps3 has more than games on the plate. Ps3 owners can play pool and bowl in Home and do little dances in front of each other. Can you do little dances in front of other people on XBL, no? Didn't think so!

[QUOTE="Sir_Graham"]Home sounds time consuming. I want a quick simple interface that displays the information I want but doesn't take time and focus away from the actual games. PS3_HOME_ALONE

The Ps3 has more than games on the plate. Ps3 owners can play pool and bowl in Home and do little dances in front of each other. Can you do little dances in front of other people on XBL, no? Didn't think so!

:lol:

Virtual prizes are a more tangible version of XBL's achievement points. 3D avatars realized in PSHome make Nintendo's Miis look shallow. - GDC07

WHY?

Because of PSHome's Trophy System that awards players achievement trophies ranging from figurines, artwork, clothing, and costumes - PS3 will become the best home of all multiplats. Also, specific games and blu-ray movies only need to be used on your PS3 to unlock a certain trophy.

ADVANTAGE:

Already, players spend hours unlocking Xbox Achievement Points for rank and pride within the online community. But points are just that; they represent a number, not experiences. People competing over "who has the larger number" should be a thing of the past.

Imagine completing a PSHome Achievement to unlock a dragon statue from Lair or a GTAIV sweatshirt for your PSHome avatar - the possibilities transcend mere points.

Who needs a Gamer Tag when you have a personalized PSHome Hall of Fame? Uploading videos/pictures from the harddrive and being able to put them in TVs/showcases is a huge step in showing all of the people who visit your Hall of Fame what kind of gamer you are.

FREE:

PSHome is free to download and use. For XBL you have to pay. Both PSHome and XBL have advertisements and online gaming - yet PSHome is free.

If you want to buy designer brand clothes, furniture, or a bigger apartment the options are available for you to make premium purchases but the service, avatar creation, apartment and hall of fame space is free.

You could designate your apartment to be your SOCOM clan hall, full of pics from your harddrive and videos on your TVs of your clan's deathmatches. Or... you could decorate your apartment to be a Final Fantasy shrine, and fill it full of Final Fantasy pictures and videos while playing uploaded Final Fantasy music - then give private invitation to your friends or other Final Fantasy fans.

This is a great approach to community, from hardcore to casuals, and it's only in beta so we can expect the evolution of PSHome to get even better.

DISADVANTAGE:

Unlike XBL, in PSHome you have to go through the lobby system in order to join games or make private games. As a subscriber to XBL, which I think is simple to use and fast, PSHome might be a bit slow in it's game matching. This is an area that Sony needs to work on so that when games like Warhawk come out, people can just login to PSN and play.

Unlike Miis, in PSHome our avatars don't seem to be used in any games - yet. Sony should recognize that people like to use their avatars in games, just like the Miis, and perhaps in future development, we can see our PSHome avatars used in products like SingStar or whatever.

CONCLUSION:

PS3 owners had nothing like Miis or XBL until PSHome was announced.

PS3 really needed PSHome, not only for an online gaming interface, but something to compete against the 360's point system and the Wii's Miis. Sony really played its secret card well and PSHome has heads turning - let's hope it's an ace.

-Philosoma

Credits:
the-very-best 

Well said, and wow at some of the responses.

Anything to bash a free, excellent service hey?

Anyway, it's nice to know Sony are working hard to get the best online on their system for free. I know there are microtransactions available but the basic service is free and should be a good way for 3rd parties to get revenue from advertising their games in their lobbies and in turn allow us to decide what game we should get next.

When Home launches, Sony will officially have the best online of all of this gen's systems...and it's free.
the-very-best

You forgot to talk about the little dances people can do in front of each other with Home

MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
texasfight54

[QUOTE="the-very-best"]Well said, and wow at some of the responses.

Anything to bash a free, excellent service hey?

Anyway, it's nice to know Sony are working hard to get the best online on their system for free. I know there are microtransactions available but the basic service is free and should be a good way for 3rd parties to get revenue from advertising their games in their lobbies and in turn allow us to decide what game we should get next.

When Home launches, Sony will officially have the best online of all of this gen's systems...and it's free.
PS3_HOME_ALONE

You forgot to talk about the little dances people can do in front of each other with Home

lmao fakeboy?

[QUOTE="texasfight54"]
MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
the-very-best

I feel like a broken record, but here goes...

Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore. 

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="texasfight54"]
MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
StephenKing_1

I feel like a broken record, but here goes...

Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore.

[QUOTE="StephenKing_1"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="texasfight54"]
MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
the-very-best

I feel like a broken record, but here goes...

Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore.

I know that. :|

If that's true, then why do you keep boasting about Home being free? Toppling the competition? etc

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="StephenKing_1"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="texasfight54"]
MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
StephenKing_1

I feel like a broken record, but here goes...

Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore.

I know that. :|

If that's true, then why do you keep boasting about Home being free? Toppling the competition? etc

[QUOTE="lazerluke"]

How do you explain a game such as Virtua Tennis 3 from Sega that has no online play for the PS3 but has online play on the 360. Also Tony Hawk's Project 8 - No online for PS3 but "Xbox Live support really make the Xbox 360 version stand out" says GS.

PSN is free to the users but not the developers so it will always have less games online.

PSHome has less features than XBL but is presented in a virtual 3d world. I prefer to look at someone through my xbox live cam while playing a game such as BB2 and talk to them. I was playing co-op GEoW today with my Brother on XBL, the PS3 is years away from providing an experience like this.

shungokustasu

I'm gonna ask this again for the 80th time because I never get an answer and I still don't know the answer. Does PSN have cross game messaging, universal friends list, cross game invites, and a unified friends list?
Blackbond

[QUOTE="StephenKing_1"][QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="StephenKing_1"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="texasfight54"]
MS will be MS and top this. Seriously though. MS will kill competition if they add something similar to this on live.
the-very-best

I feel like a broken record, but here goes...

Gamertags, game demos, game trailers and videos, achivements, voice chat, video chat, the marketplace, are all free to use and explore.

I know that. :|

If that's true, then why do you keep boasting about Home being free? Toppling the competition? etc

Why would MS reduce the price?  They have over 6 million people more than willing to pay for their service, and the number is only growing, not shrinking. 

[QUOTE="Blackbond"]I'm gonna ask this again for the 80th time because I never get an answer and I still don't know the answer. Does PSN have cross game messaging, universal friends list, cross game invites, and a unified friends list?
the-very-best

I didn't expect poll results to be so good...Timesplitter14

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]I'm gonna ask this again for the 80th time because I never get an answer and I still don't know the answer. Does PSN have cross game messaging, universal friends list, cross game invites, and a unified friends list?
Blackbond

Some people (fanboys) might be quick to say PSN > XBL but personally some of us know that XBL is the best service for online gaming.  I wish and hope PSN gets to the point where its close to PSN so I get the same experience playing Ratchet and Clank or MGS4 like I do playing Gears of War on 360.

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]I'm gonna ask this again for the 80th time because I never get an answer and I still don't know the answer. Does PSN have cross game messaging, universal friends list, cross game invites, and a unified friends list?
Blackbond

yes! yes!....lets all thank nintendo and microsoft for inspiring sony for coming up with the home idea....they were very late gathering ideas*cough*.....seriously, sony has no brain at all....when 360 came out it was all ready and prepared with the achievement system and xbox live equiped.....sony came out with nothing innovative at all, the sixaxis is lame compared to rumble and blu-ray is just a poor excuse to advertise the product which damaged the launch.....nintendo and microsoft owns alot of the credit for sony comming up with the home idea and they opened sonys eyes for relising how bad their online system was compared to live.... Yakuza_Pride

Why would MS reduce the price? They have over 6 million people more than willing to pay for their service, and the number is only growing, not shrinking. StephenKing_1

PSHome looks a lot better than MS and Nintendo offerings.KeyWii

You know one of the good things about achievements and gamerscore. It is a guranteed in every game, even if its a xbla game. Call em when Gamergat pics get replaced with home pics. I personally will take scores over a pic of a trophy. I do think stripes and rank are good within some games. To play house not my thing.ps3-nikita

[QUOTE="Blackbond"][QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]I'm gonna ask this again for the 80th time because I never get an answer and I still don't know the answer. Does PSN have cross game messaging, universal friends list, cross game invites, and a unified friends list?
the-very-best

[QUOTE="KeyWii"]PSHome looks a lot better than MS and Nintendo offerings.Philosoma

Are you kidding me man? Tons of cows are saying PSN > XBL even before these updates were even announced lol
Blackbond