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Old May 16th, 2007, 04:27 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Harry
My position is mostly the same as evrybody else in this thread I like the overall idea of a more modern online interface specifically developed for gamers, and I like the fact that Home will be a great way for Sony to test and experiment online connectivity with their new console.

On the other hand, it is inevitable that users will start to use the service a bit like another Second Life - personally, I do not like Second Life and the community surrounding it, but if there is one console that can appeal to that audience, that's probably the PlayStation 3.

Finally, from a web journalist's point of view, these new developments, while expected and necessary, obviously endanger the future of smaller gaming websites. I think (hope) that some gamers will be interested in visiting unofficial sources about their favorite console, but the strength of a multi-million production like Home can easily make you lose a good part of audience. In brief, it's a very difficult thing to predict how people's online behavior will change because of software like Home, but considering all the delays in the development of PsFantasy.com, it's something that obviously worries me.

We can just wait and see how things goes.
That's my main feeling; I think the idea is pretty interesting and a nice and different idea from Sony. But I fear the type of community it will bring, I've glimpsed into Second Life and it's a madhouse. I don't trust the internet to develop a good or mature community for a second; such exceptions are this place which is not touched by the darker side of the internet.

On the other hand I could actually care less; I'm not what you would call an online gaming kind of guy. The only reason why I want on Xbox Live for 360 is just the extra content for Oblivion and such; I could care less about having a movie play at the same time. Or upload actual videos into a virtual TV in home, all this matters very little to me and is more of a novelty then actual substance. Unless PS3 online gets the same online content for games, better arcade classics and original arcade titles all of this home hype does very little to effect me.

I don't care about walking in a park with a virtual avatar; I'd rather just buy Tekken Dark Resurrection and play that instead "of chatting with mah virtual homies lolz"

Maybe I'm in the minority but online gaming has done very little for me to care about it. There are certain games online I want to play because the online aspect is very unique, but other wise I'd just get online for the extra content and then play my games offline. But I'll have to get online eventually because every day games are going more and more focused online and very little on single player and will have no choice but to ride that band wagon.

Plus the internet just has a way of ruining every single online game I want to play. For a week or two the community is pretty good then it gets kicked in the nads Van Damme style with idiots who ruin everybody else’s good time. Home will be no different, you'll walk into the virtual park and people will be making stupid insults or asking you such things such as "how do I mine for fish?"

But if the PS2fantasy website ever sets up a way for all of us to play PS3 games online and have it organized, I'd be down for that. Now I just need six hundred dollars and a reason to justify that amount of money.
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