Each passing year shows more and more that PS Home was WAY ahead of it's time
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the minigames were fun. I especially liked the kinda wipeout racing one and the City tycoon type of minigame, I even spend real money on that last one haha
fortnite showed that for these experiences to really persist they need to be platform agnostic, like how fortnite is on everything and vrchat accepts headsets from multiple manufacturers.
From what I remember it was a Second Life ripoff, which is what should actually be getting props as being ahead of its time, not Home
Yeah a virtual space where every player had a home then could meet up around a town and do stupid but fun things like have a dance party with their avatars or play mini games or watch trailers lol
It was like if Sims had a free starter pack that included multiplayer.
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That's the thing, when I think of PS Home, all I can hear is Phil Harrison's voice and the endless buzzwords.
If astro bot was built into ps5s with some of home's online hub functionality and decorative personal rooms I think it would be a hit. Like some kind of mainichi issho/animal crossing thing.
Damn I only remember ever watching trailers, didn’t know they had full movies
I mean, I think I tried it once and thought it was similar to second life, then I never used it again
It could probably work better now, but most people fire up a console to get in a game, so other than maybe having some live State of Play events where you can watch stuff with other avatars, I personally can't really see the appeal
Maybe I'm just too old though
The other sad and irritating reality was this. The nazi, homophobes, keyboard warriors, and children who thought they were really cool at 10 came out to try and ruin things online yet again.
I think if Sony returned to HOME it could be more about private lobbies you could set up with your friends as a social space, and making your own apartments.
For the delicious MTX stuff Sony could apply a discount for PS+ subscribers, and keep it free to play, with lots of other free items that can be unlock via progressing in small challenges that show off what you can do in a space.
The idea of a large free for all like it was originally will be a nightmare nowadays, and there were lots of moderation challenges that may not be worth their time, but safe spaces for different groups would be a welcome feature.
For the delicious MTX stuff Sony could apply a discount for PS+ subscribers, and keep it free to play, with lots of other free items that can be unlock via progressing in small challenges that show off what you can do in a space.
The idea of a large free for all like it was originally will be a nightmare nowadays, and there were lots of moderation challenges that may not be worth their time, but safe spaces for different groups would be a welcome feature.
I dont understand the premise of this thread. In what way was it ahead of its time? Am I being dense but I dont think the OP laid out their argument very well. What has streaming got to do with anything in relation to Home?
if you are nostalgic for this kind of garbage, i have to recommend Tower Unite.
Home was not at all I thing I enjoyed, just that as OP said, it's a near perfect fit in today's world.
If Home was as successful as people claimed at the time, why isn’t it still around in some form?
Tied to PS3. Likely the people who were pushing it were let go.
Every generation some things change even when they don't make sense. PS4 had the communities section which is gone on the PS5.
Sony likely didn't want to try to "port" it to PS4. That was a big transition as in everything from that generation had to be scrapped. PS4 software going forward has continuity in mind.
HOME on PS5 would be insane. Instant loading, bigger instances, mtx up the ass, maybe VR added. But Sony has moved on from that curiosity phase. Even the MP style games of PS3 are long gone.
I loved it and I miss it. I take solace in spiritual successors like Avakin (on mobiles) and Tower Unite (on Steam). Would love to see a new take it on it accompanying the PSVR2 launch.
It was clunky and segmented as shit, I can imagine a HUGE percentage of people that tried Home out dropped it in the first 10 minutes. The PS3 was just not the place for this, and the team working on it seemingly didn't have the technical skills to pull off something of that scale.
Now I think it could definitely work, but more "party" focused instead of public. Hell just make a VR Chat for parties on PS5 with little activities like Home had.
Now I think it could definitely work, but more "party" focused instead of public. Hell just make a VR Chat for parties on PS5 with little activities like Home had.
