Was Home a success or flop?

[QUOTE="TheGreatOutdoor"]

Every time I scroll the forums and see this thread, I am left wondering "How can something free be a flop?". So, how can something free be a flop?

fadersdream

which means i would rather have nothing, than have home.

It is an immense flop. It was so bad that I never used it after the first time I went on (I know this would happen way b4 it came out). It is so bad that whenever I pick PS Home instead of the store on the XMB, I get pretty close to chucking my controller......but then PS Home will be stuck on the screen, so I tap the PS button like a mad man so I can quit the game.

Tulak_Hord

How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.hoosier7

The amount of content in Home still needs to be fleshed out but as a lobby for people to talk its fine.

[QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.Verge_6

[QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.Verge_6

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.PBSnipes

i like home and think its a great app.

it was a flop, is a flop and all ways will be a flop why would any user use a seperate application with all its loading times...ect when you can do it easier and faster outside of that application.

red bull air race is fun

so is guitar hero

its just something to do when your bored of pwning people in killzone 2

why is it a flop tho?

it was a flop, is a flop and all ways will be a flop why would any user use a seperate application with all its loading times...ect when you can do it easier and faster outside of that application.

WilliamRLBaker

from a marketing pov then yes it was a huge flop for sony even if they have made over 3 million dollars off it,

to gamers however i dont see how it can be a flop since its neither a game nor a console, so it wasnt expected to "sell" units nor was is reviewed so i still dont know how it is a flop, that being said, it is still a useless service that as you said everything is easier and faster outside of home, its not even that great as a social app at this point in time

Work in progress....let see what happens in the coming future.

This sums it up.

home is an epic win for me. i was in a bowling event in home on tuesday and won a copy of siren blood curse. THNX SONY:D

[QUOTE="fadersdream"]

[QUOTE="TheGreatOutdoor"]

Every time I scroll the forums and see this thread, I am left wondering "How can something free be a flop?". So, how can something free be a flop?

TheGreatOutdoor

which means i would rather have nothing, than have home.

[QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.Verge_6

[QUOTE="TheGreatOutdoor"]

[QUOTE="fadersdream"] something free is a flop when you never have the desire to go to it, and you feel it takes unnecessary room on your hard drive.

which means i would rather have nothing, than have home.

fadersdream

yea cuz we all know that if it were MS then they would have totally made a non gaming app for the xbox a manidory install :roll:

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.fadersdream

actually a lot of people do talk about what the ps3 has right now, but funny thing is, thats not good enough for alot of people so then they talk about whats coming out in the future... huh thats funny isnt it?

[QUOTE="fadersdream"][QUOTE="Verge_6"] Beta crutch strikes again.hyperboy152000

actually a lot of people do talk about what the ps3 has right now, but funny thing is, thats not good enough for alot of people so then they talk about whats coming out in the future... huh thats funny isnt it?

people say that Home sucks and they consider it a game. well home isn't a game. its just the PS3's community. you can't say its a success or a flop. its basically the dashboard on PSN. it doesn't make PSN better or worse. just adds more things for you to waste your time on.

people say that Home sucks and they consider it a game. well home isn't a game. its just the PS3's community. you can't say its a success or a flop. its basically the dashboard on PSN. it doesn't make PSN better or worse. just adds more things for you to waste your time on.

SilverChimera

[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.PBSnipes

Great idea. MS should definitely do that next gen. :)

Never was interested in HOME... If I was Sony i would have invested the moneyspent onHome in a different way, maybe not cancelling games such as 8 Days, which would eventually sell copies and return some profit..

Home is rubbish and a waste of time logging in to. It's a complete waste of time and money that would have been better spent improving PSN. Way to go Sony.

How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.hoosier7

Well, depends on who you ask. As for myself, I have no intentions of ever using it. Just never got into the whole Sims sort of thing. I just need my PS3 for gaming, same with my 360.

just adds more things for you to waste your time on.

SilverChimera

Never was interested in HOME... If I was Sony i would have invested the moneyspent onHome in a different way, maybe not cancelling games such as 8 Days, which would eventually sell copies and return some profit..

Malta_1980

I don't know how anyone could consider Home a success.

sammyjenkis898

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"] just adds more things for you to waste your time on.

Verge_6

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"] just adds more things for you to waste your time on.

LosDaddie

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]So, a service that was flaunted and hyped for literally years on end, had millions invested in it, and was supposed to be one of the defining services that the PS3 could offer....is just "something you can waste your time on"? Sounds like an epic fail to me.

Nike_Air

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]So, a service that was flaunted and hyped for literally years on end, had millions invested in it, and was supposed to be one of the defining services that the PS3 could offer....is just "something you can waste your time on"? Sounds like an epic fail to me.

Nike_Air

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

Because communicating on a text based forum is far different that a voice based virtual world. They are structured very differently from one another.

Really, the only similarity is that both are online.....oh and centered around gaming. I too use Home from time to time to see what's new, but every time I come away thinking "Nope, still doesn't do anything for me".

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

3picuri3

[QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.3picuri3

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

At first I thought Home sounded like aneat idea, but the more I thought about Home, the more I realized it was destined to fail. It really only appeals to gamers who like MMOs and Sims-type games.

I mean, who really wants to walk around a virtual world to meet gamers to play games? Why not just insert the game you want to play and find other gamers in the game?

LosDaddie

Because communicating on a text based forum is far different that a voice based virtual world. They are structured very differently from one another.

Really, the only similarity is that both are online.....oh and centered around gaming. I too use Home from time to time to see what's new, but every time I come away thinking "Nope, still doesn't do anything for me".

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="Nike_Air"]I don't play the Sims or MMOs (no desire to) and I use it from time to time. I'm not sure why people that use gamespot.com forums a lot should really be so perplexed that people like to communicate or participate in things like these.

Nike_Air

i don't agree with that assessment. if you were right Home would be more popular, more populated, and more critically acclaimed.

to me it comes off as a shill advertising space for people to have closed chats in what looks like a shopping mall. discussing whatever you want in an open and public way with a mature (somewhat) audience that abides by the ToU without having to basically intrude in to a conversation is something completely different. so to answer your question, i guess we're perplexed at why people would find the concept of Home, or rather it's current implementation, appealing in any sense whatsoever, unless they already live in a socially deprived environment where having avatars stand in a virtual environment somehow makes it more appealing than say - coming to GS to discuss a variety of topics without having to walk around awkwardly wondering if any particular group will kick you or not accept you joining them in conversation.

i find it fake. fake and full of adverts and shallow and poorly implemented. i guess that's why i'm perplexed as to why people would use it at all, and why i'm not shocked that it was critically panned and hardly anyone uses it relative to the total install base for the PS3.

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="hoosier7"]How can something that isn't even finished be a flop? It has great potential and in 2 years will be an incredible service.hoosier7

Home is for people without any real friends. I tried it out a few weeks which made me come to this conclusion. Not only that, it's full of horny little kids asking for naked pictures of girls.. It's also boring and there's nothing to do.

[QUOTE="hoosier7"][QUOTE="3picuri3"] lol. no it won't. it's not even a service... it's a social / advertising hub. what does it provide that the PS3 with voice chat didn't? the ability for lechs to stalk female avatars? the ability to walk around in racist gangs and harass other racial avatars? they've already had to dumb the service down because of these people... i think it's a hardcore fail. it didn't live up to any of the hype or promises sony put out when they first started running trailers.3picuri3

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]I don't play the Sims or MMOs (no desire to) and I use it from time to time. I'm not sure why people that use gamespot.com forums a lot should really be so perplexed that people like to communicate or participate in things like these.

Nike_Air

Because communicating on a text based forum is far different that a voice based virtual world. They are structured very differently from one another.

Really, the only similarity is that both are online.....oh and centered around gaming. I too use Home from time to time to see what's new, but every time I come away thinking "Nope, still doesn't do anything for me".

I get your point. But if we're to go by this thread, then we can conclude that Home doesn't appeal to the gamers it what supposed to. It seems it only appeals to a very small subset of gamers. You yourself admitted to only going in HOme occasionally, not regularly. The gaming press (mainly console gamers)has been largely negative on Home.

I think Home could've been more successful on PC, but not on a console. That was my point.