Microsoft Calls PlayStation Home Outdated Tech

[ratix2]

my experience is this, home will be something that most people with a ps3 will check out for the hell of it but not ever really give much, if any, time or attention to. probably the only people that will use it are those who have no life and/or jaded fanboys who give sony their undying affection no matter what.

the problem with home is that there is no integration outside of the service. with xbl everything is integrated so you and everyone can see everything easily at pretty much all times, with home you have to start up the "game" just to take advantage of its features.

home in my opinion was a waste of resources. sony has no idea what they are doing, or at least no idea of what they should be doing. the online features that the ps3 has are lackluster at best. the online stor has very little content.

home is a niece service for lifeless sony devotees and the resources used in making this second life CLONE would have been put to better use improving the online experience.

 

[laikenf]

This is the kind of thing that fuels fanboy existance.

 

[CoverYourHead]

Microsoft saying they're better then everyone else?! What will happen next?!

I do agree with them though; Home is kinda outdated and seems like Second Life.

 

[scnj]

To be fair, at least the "Second Life clone" gives the avatars a reason for being there. I haven't found any use for my Xbox Live avatar other than just standing there looking out of place on a mostly adult orientated console.

 

[Radelaide]

I don't see what the point of Home is... You create a house in a virtual universe? Why not build a REAL house in THIS universe? I dunno... Just seems like a strange idea to me.

 

[Gormers1]

Sony always has something to tease players with. So fanboys can always say "well 360 will suck ass next year when home or killzone 2 is released". Although both shouldnt be that far away so Im a little exited, though home does not appeal that incredibly much to me.

 

[Vlane]

Microsoft says that Home is bad but in a year the Xbox 360 has "Live" (theory). It's Home but it looks idfferent! That's what Microsoft does.

 

[radiocaf]

I think Home has more of a better concept than the Avatars that Microsoft are offering. Outdated or not, Sony are taking a leaping bound towards a better gaming community. Microsoft are just picking at it because they couldn't think of it first.

I realize my post makes me sound a bit fanboy-ish, but I assure you, I'm just speaking my mind

 

[Darkwolf9]

my experience is this, home will be something that most people with a ps3 will check out for the hell of it but not ever really give much, if any, time or attention to. probably the only people that will use it are those who have no life and/or jaded fanboys who give sony their undying affection no matter what.

the problem with home is that there is no integration outside of the service. with xbl everything is integrated so you and everyone can see everything easily at pretty much all times, with home you have to start up the "game" just to take advantage of its features.

home in my opinion was a waste of resources. sony has no idea what they are doing, or at least no idea of what they should be doing. the online features that the ps3 has are lackluster at best. the online stor has very little content.

home is a niece service for lifeless sony devotees and the resources used in making this second life CLONE would have been put to better use improving the online experience.

Actually over the PSN everything is quite integrated. Home is just like taking the scenic route. There is no reason to play Home unless your tired of playing your games that you have or for the same reason one might toss in wii sports. There isn't much to gawk at the moment, but I've had a lot of fun doing social experiments with friends and just learning how to play the minigames on there. It's also a great place to meet like minded people to create teams for multiplayer games. Yeah it is a just a IM program if that's all you want to see it as, but there are plenty of ways to make your own fun in the game as well. The way I see it is that PSN is always improving and it has almost everything that XBL has except the price tag.

 

[Darkwolf9]

Sony always has something to tease players with. So fanboys can always say "well 360 will suck ass next year when home or killzone 2 is released". Although both shouldnt be that far away so Im a little exited, though home does not appeal that incredibly much to me.

You'll be happy to know that Killzone 2 has been finished for a while, but the publisher decided to push back because they thought it would do better after the holiday season. Not to mention by time your finished with you can jump on God of War 3.

 

[BrotherRool]

Well the Microsoft guy seems to have come over as incompetent to me. Home and Live aren't directly comparable. PS3 users don't just get Home for free, they get the PSN. If he thinks Home alone is close to Live then I'm wondering why I should pay for what must be an inferiro service if only one aspect of the opponents product is at a comparable level.

 

[D_987]

home is just a waaaay better version of that new xbox live thing they released; niether producs are stictly neccesary oor groundbreaking, but sonys is clearly better. And free. and the xbox avatars are blatant mii ripoffs

This guys hilarious, all he has done is post anti - Microsoft for some reason.

Home IS a glorified IM service, get over it. If your trying to get your point across, some decent spelling might be nice.

but Sony's is clearly better

I bet you, you can't back that up with clear evidence that ISN'T opinion.

 

[Dommyboy]

The obvious copy that Microsoft did on the Mii's was worse. Not many people like them and some people just want the old pictures back. At least Sony is being a bit more original.

 

[Alphavillain]

Sony shot themselves in the bum by not releasing HOME a year -or more- ago. That was a huge mistake. If you're aiming to make your console the centre of a home entertainment experience, you have to have a platform to make it feel like that. HOME is that, but it has come too late.

 

[Darkwolf9]

I don't see what the point of Home is... You create a house in a virtual universe? Why not build a REAL house in THIS universe? I dunno... Just seems like a strange idea to me.

Despite the crap Home isn't supposed to be the end all internet social experience. What it is, is a different experience. It's like the wii. The wii is the only console in a while (and no Sony your sixaxis does not count)that's done something different with their console. Sony sees this and is trying to do something different to draw in people who are tired of doing and playing the way we have since the NES. A lot of gamers are totally content to stick with the whore that is Microsoft. The only thing they haven't thing they haven't tried to recreate is the motion sensitivity stuff (which is probably best on their part). Microsoft has literally started a console war that is in my oppinion, suffocating the gaming industry by taking everything someone else does and tries to one up it (much like an attention whore). So with the ranting aside Home is something that is free that allows customization for your avatar and their home so when you invite your friends over for some file sharing, they can look at your trophies that you won, like achievements, from games and say, "wow dude you have too much time on your hands!"

 

[Jumplion]

Holy shit!

Am I about to say something that's been said before? In this very thread?!?!

"This just in, Microsoft Employee says claims Sony's not as good as they are!"

Preposterous!

At the rist of sounding fanboyish (yeah right, you know I'm going to sound fanboyish), atleast Sony is trying something different enough to separate itself from the group. As someone said before, most people don't like or care about the Avatars that MS pushed on them mainly because they're freakin' Mii's! The average hardcore, beer guzzling, homophobic Xbox player isn't going to like those freakin' cutsey puppetts! (<----not to be taken literally)

But I agree with Darkwolf9 (hopefully the post above me by the trime I post this). It's not meant to be a killer app game, AAA title, or a game in general. It's something to keep your attention for a good 10 minutes or so every now and again.

This really just sounds extremely pretentious of this guy, and this is obviously a grenade-response meant to start flamewars.

 

[Digikid]

Microsoft attempts to justify overpriced services, refuses to admit product faults and blatant copying, claims that their product is better and gives no proof. Same old story, same old song and dance.

And I point out once more - I'm in Home, you're not. I can judge it, you cannot. Sound fair?

I am also in Home and I agree with Microsoft. It looks dated. TOO dated.

 

[HeyZeus_Ezekiel_Jesus]

I'll render my judgement when Home is complete.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Microsoft Calls PlayStation Home Outdated Tech

Microsoft group product manager Aaron Greenberg didn't mince words when commenting on Sony's recently released [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88052-PlayStation-Home-Enters-Open-Beta-December-11] Home service for the PlayStation 3, referring to it as outmoded technology and saying there's "a huge gap" between Home and Xbox Live.

ok the funny part about this is this

home is a second life kinda thing, you can walk around, go to a friends place, enter games together, run around game levels and so forth
the "new" xbox live experience is your avatar standing next to a wall with NO interaction with anyone else, oh wait sorry you can look at your friends standing next to their walls

yes in comparison there is a HUGE gap and that's because live is so outdated now

i think someone should swing by m$ with the romerocopter and put Rick Romero on the job of reporting about how m$ doesn't think sony is up to snuff