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Posted: Oct 30th 2009 8:08AM phobic99 said

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I logged into Home for a total of 15 seconds shortly after it was released.

I haven't been back since. Actually, I forgot all about it until you guys published this article.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2009 8:59AM TexRob said

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I was really excited about Home, have they done anything with it though? It seems to have all but died in momentum. It just feels like something to launch while on your PS3, but a reason to turn on your PS3, and it takes a long time to launch. I know I will get downvoted, but the PS3 doesn't have that "get right into it" feel the 360 and Xbox Live does. You can form a party from the dashboard, and then figure out what you want to play, within seconds. The PS3 is just a huge dissapointment for me. I loved LBP, and I am looking forward to snagging Uncharted 2 soon (too many other PC and 360 games right now), but for the most part I got my PS3 for GT5...and guess what STILL isn't out yet. Polyphony is going the way of Sony vs Microsoft. I think they think they can get away with doing whatever the heck they want, because of who they are. Guess what, Forza 3 is fantastic, GT5 isn't the system seller of the magnitude it once was.

Ok, got off on a tangent, but my point is, Home is a portal..on a system that isn't very popular and is not conducive to community interaction. I understand it tries to create that, but it sure feels like it fails at it. I thought Home was going to be the PS3s Xbox Live Dashboard, and it has not thus far achieved that.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2009 2:15PM Ivasen said

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The point of home was to be a virtual hub for everything media, a 3D playstation/Xbox store.

The problem that happened during launch, it was completely baron aside from one store and a bowling alley.
It felt like a stripped down F2P MMO that you had to pay for your clothing and stand around all day.

Most game companies are learning to not release their product unfinished, it would have been nice to have all the things it was touted to have.

I would have loved their Theatre system, it was suppose to have all the movie previews of up coming games and movies, you were supposedly able to purchase a movie and get your own Theatre room that you could invite your friends to.

They were suppose to have huge arcade rooms where you could play mini games and major game titles together, it was suppose to be the area where you have games like COD, Unreal games, little big planet and other multiplayer games where you could just jump right in and play or spectate and after playing it would send you back to the arcade room where you could jump right into the next one.

Then theres the housing system..nothing was out for it at all, you couldn't buy new furniture, new wall paper, or even a new and bigger house.
You weren't even able to stream music from your HD onto your stereo, nor play movies on the TV from your HD.

TLDR; It wasn't finished on release.

Oh well, I still enjoy all three of my gaming systems, each ones have their benefits.
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