PS3 Home

[Strawbs]

I did a search and didn't find anything so I thought I would throw this out for discussion. I assume everyone has heard about the upcoming PS3 Home. I read about it and thought it sounds pretty interesting. Any thoughts?

What is Home?

Sony is due to release Home in 2008 (previously due for release in Q1 2008 but it has been delayed indefinitely); it's a virtual world where you can create and customize an avatar and a home for your avatar (ala The Sims). Also, you can access stuff from the Playstation Store in virtual shops, hang out at public spaces with other online PS3 users, and play virtual arcade games. You can text chat using your PS3 remote or keyboard or voice chat using a Bluetooth headset. You can invite your new-made friends back to your private home and share music and videos saved on your PS3, and even invite them to play multiplayer games together.

Here are more Home demonstrations on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWYG2syuhI&eurl=http://www.nextgenboards.com/vb/playstation-3-general/14883-playstation-general-questions-answers.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ore7INF4Q&eurl=http://www.nextgenboards.com/vb/playstation-3-general/14883-playstation-general-questions-answers.html

[mass9]

an ambitious attempt to create a console equivilant of The Sims meets Second Life meets Facebook.

I was really interested in this project, not to 'play' with, but I always saw it as STEP 1 in a truly integrated digital universe. Kind of a glimpse of things to come. Digital Distribution. Easily accesible online friends. Show off 'trophies/achievements' earned in game with avatars (as opposed to (gp)).

The IDEA is cool.

To date, the excecution has been....crap.
see: NO EXECUTION.

get with it Sony. By the time HOME is finished, it'll be the next-gen (again?) :P