PS3 Home updates – Improvements still needed
We always knew Playstation Home was going to have problems when the great unwashed rolled in, so it’s not surprising to find that just a week after launch we have a new update. But while this should start to fix the connection issues being experienced, it won’t do anything to actually make Home more entertaining.
I like Home. It’s a brilliant idea that has been implemented really well. I wish it hadn’t have taken Sony so long to get it out on the streets but now it’s here it’s quite a cool addition to the library of PS3 services. But it could be improved massively.
Today has seen Home version 1.04 roll out to everyone’s PS3. This update is the start of Sony trying to fix the connection issues that some Playstation 3 owners have been experiencing since the virtual world went live last week. Some people haven’t yet been able to sample Home while other get continual error messages.
Unfortunately, one of the by-products of this update is the loss of voice chat, albeit temporarily. Sony hasn’t officially given a reason for this move but it’s highly likely that live voice chat was causing bandwidth issues that have lead to the server connection problems. Text chat will still be available and Sony is promising voice chat to return in the future.
Sony has moved quickly to repair the connection problems and that’s great, but when is it actually going to start adding more features to Home to keep us all occupied? I just feel there needs to be more “stuff” to do on Home because otherwise there’s a distinct possibility of the service becoming tired and boring really quickly.
For starters, our avatars could do with more clothes to choose from, even if they have to be paid for with real life money. I don’t want to dress the same way as everyone else. Hell, I don’t even want to see one person wearing exactly the same outfit as me. Yes, I am Victoria Beckham in another life.
I’d also love to see more things to do when I’m not chatting to friends or playing games. Install some more arcade machines, and a few more pool tables while you’re at it. I’m sick of standing waiting for a go on something when there surely should be enough of everything in each area to make queuing a thing that only real life saps experience.
I know Home is still in open beta and is likely to be for some time. And the beta is obviously paying dividends because it’s already helped Sony identify and try to fix a big problem. But I want more updates on a regular basis so that Home truly lives up to its ambitious nature. Otherwise Sony may as well scrap the whole thing and forget it ever existed.
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December 18th, 2008
needs improvements like… “Make it fun so I dont have to entertain myself by humping others”
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/12/
December 18th, 2008
Funniest moments of 2008 (In no particular order);
- Ivan_PSP’s moustache
- Ivan trying to convince us that lagers are in an Xbox
- Ivan’s web page
-Ivan
- Poo smearing
- ‘Ivangate’
- The reaction to Rebma Boss’s article about how home will be a trainwreck
- Johnathan Schlafer copping the blame for the article mentioned above
- Denis Dyack getting banned from NeoGaf
- The Future Of Sega getting banned from Gamer.Blorge
- Going into someone else’s game of Fable 2 and tearing up the joint
- Halo 3 teabagging
That’s all i can think of right now, it’s early.
December 19th, 2008
It’s just not LIVE is it!!!
December 19th, 2008
And thank god for that, otherwise I’d have to pay to download demos on release day.
December 19th, 2008
Can anyone tell me what the beards are like? I currently have one (not like a ZZ top one) but i couldn’t put it on my avatar because they all have stupid moustaches. Also has anyone seen the flying sofa glitch? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tzs1q15iVac&feature=related
December 19th, 2008
SW
I still need to look into that. I don’t believe you can’t download a Demo.
December 19th, 2008
That is using a silver account.
December 19th, 2008
I was under the impression gold members (oh…behave) got the demo a week before silver members…..
December 19th, 2008
harry sachz:
2009 Goals for this fag:
A Life
A Girl
A PLAYSTATION 3
Money
A Brain Check
I don’t try to bring people any where they just feel like doing bitch own again…
The rest of you that own a PS3 or Xbox 360 or both please don’t follow your fanboy leader he obviously is a loser with no life wow birth worst mistake. harry sachz if the Xbox has a vagina i know you will fuck it lmafo. I like PLAYSTATION 3 but i don’t live for it i just enjoy i don’t care if it blows up or even get’s rob i just live a real life.
My 2009 Goals.
Earn Mad Money
Work Hard
Spend Less Money
Stop Coming Here
Will Buy 2 More Xbox 360 and my second 60GB PLAYSTATION 3 and my fourth PSP and maybe my 7th fat PlayStation 2.
Xbox Live Gold
The Entire PLAYSTATION Store
December 19th, 2008
Ivan, you’re so gangta.
You rollin’ on twenty fows too?
December 19th, 2008
I feel I die a little inside every time I read an Ivan post.
December 19th, 2008
hahahaha… Ivan is a weirdo… *singing* Ivan is a weirdo…
harry… I wonder why less people play Gears 2 on LIVE… I WONDER WHY!!! how long does it take to match up??
sigh… I die a little inside when I make fun of a game… *sadface*
December 19th, 2008
LoL… I already know I’m cool. Thanks.
December 19th, 2008
Ivan_PSP, can you please explain to me what ‘mad money’ is?
DWH_PSP, huh?
December 20th, 2008
Thankyou Ivan. You’re homepage has given me a much needed laugh. Merry Christmas!!
December 20th, 2008
*your
December 21st, 2008
jesus christ… those pictures… I will never get them out of my head…. AAAAAH!!!!
what are you trying to say harry??? I dont have a PSP… I just listen to the loco roco theme song… to contain my sadness…
December 22nd, 2008
phranc – “I feel I die a little inside every time I read an Ivan post.” so true. LMAO!!!
it’s like a trainwreck…i don’t WANT to look…i just can’t turn away…
December 22nd, 2008
merry xmas fanboys…
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/12/22/home-loses-your-items-returns-voice-chat-merry-christmas
great service that Home… lol…