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The Playstation 4's Disaster At Home

GP writer Jared discusses his miserable experience trying to watch the PS4 unveil on Playstation Home back in February and how it ended up being a disaster and a less than ideal way to watch the conference.

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iGAM3R-VIII4042d ago

Well I would probably never watch the event on home. I remember I had 7 tabs open in case one of them went down and I had my phone on the live stream. If you were smart you would relise something could go wrong which it did. Either way Sony put up a 10min summary and the entire conference on YouTube. You should of been smarter

wildcardcorsair4042d ago

To say it is smarter to expect Sony to fail to broadcast their own conference is really only furthering the idea Sony will run into far greater problems with the PS4.

Utalkin2me4042d ago

What like a 57% failure rate? Nah don't think so.

iGAM3R-VIII4042d ago

Sony didn't fail the stream, if YOU were smart enough you would realise that if a lot of people are watching a stream, it would overload thus making the stream break down. That is why most of the streams I had open had a limit of the amount of people that can watch the stream.

Jazz41084042d ago (Edited 4042d ago )

Spin it but make sure all blame goes to ms first and never and I do mean never gets back to Sony the sinless one.

GraveLord4042d ago

These 2 things aren't even remotely related. Try harder.

Winter47th4042d ago

Did we actually reach the point in 'gaming journalism' where we approve articles of individuals having technical difficulties with their shitty internet connection?

Diver4042d ago

So the dude that lost weight at Subway writes for some blog nobody cares about?

What's he doin trying to spin another problem into a career?

kreate4042d ago

I watched it on the xmb and it temporarily stopped in the beginning. So I turned it on in the pc and the pc side also had issues. After like 5 mins, It was running smooth again. Later I back tracked and saw the few mins that ive missed. I dont think this issue is exclusive to HOME. Not that HOME doesnt have any issues of its own already.

dafegamer4041d ago

nothing can ever match the 57% failure rate of the xbox 360

Hellsvacancy4041d ago

I watched probably 5 minutes of it using Home, I couldnt stand it, all the boxes/options on the screen, I couldnt get rid of it

Told my missis shes gonna have to get off the laptop, which I then plugged into my tv, left me thinkin *why didnt I do this in the first place"

maddfoxx4041d ago

Have you ever watched a live stream before? A lot of them go down if too many people are watching them.

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aceitman4042d ago

it was bad at alot of sites a lot of people where watching

3-4-54042d ago

Yea I started on 1 feed...it stopped about 10 min in so I was scrambling for another and I found a crystal clear picture and feed that went the remaining 2 hours or whatever it was.

I thought it was a really good conference.

Derekvinyard134042d ago

If your a girl and u use home it's a guarantee your going to be harassed

Knight_Crawler4042d ago (Edited 4042d ago )

LOL...Perverted old men who stock young boys are every where in home.

When ever a girl avatar pops up in Home, you always see like 100 dudes around the person disguised as a girl.

Is Home still in Beta stage? If yes then this has got to be the longest Beta in history.

kreate4042d ago

Its actually not like that anymore. It was like that when Home first came out and like the first 2 years.

SilentNegotiator4041d ago

Guys harassing women online?

Well! That certainly never happens on YOUR service of choice! /s

clintagious6504042d ago

This is exactly why I would love home to be on the ps4. Make good use of that ram. =]

OSIRUSSS4042d ago

Do they have open mics on home yet? Or is it just people on your FL!

Silly gameAr4042d ago

You can chat with anyone in Home. You can use the phone a friend option and it works pretty well.

MysticStrummer4042d ago

They had open mics before the beta opened. It was disturbing what people went around saying. There won't be fully open mics again because humans can't handle it.

Godmars2904042d ago

Betting there's nothing about the several other streaming events from Home that worked.

Blackcanary4041d ago

I've watched E3 on Home worked fine.

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Jim Ryan Praises PlayStation Home for Being '10-15 Years Ahead of Its Time'

Other "game-type metaverse" projects in the works

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Jin_Sakai207d ago

Would love PlayStation Home 2 on PS5 with seamless transitions between different areas.

-Foxtrot207d ago

Yeah, although I’m worried if it does come back idiots will say it’s jumping on the metaverae trend not realising it did this years ago

zeuanimals206d ago

They'd have a hard time doing that if it's called Playstation Home 2. That raises the question of what the first one was.

Si-Fly206d ago

You’ll enjoy life much more if you stop worrying about what other people think :)

darthv72207d ago

...in VR2 would be awesome as well.

Godmars290206d ago

Given you're talking about online speeds and connectivity, not the PS5 itself, you're not escaping loading screens.

Tacoboto206d ago

SSD speeds so quick you could open a door in PS Home to walk your Avatar through a portal to launch a game.

They could do something like Peach's Castle in Mario 64 and your library of titles are the portraits

ChiefofLoliPolice206d ago

Agreed wholeheartedly. Playstation Home was amazing!

ThEusAisPoisonous206d ago

You’re being silly. It was stupid as shit.

Ashunderfire86206d ago

Second Life did that before everyone.

1Victor206d ago

@ Jin:” Would love PlayStation Home 2 on PS5 with seamless transitions between different areas.”
I second that plus a vr option added to it

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gold_drake207d ago

it really was.

miss it.
it had alot of potential.

Inverno206d ago

There's still IMVU and Second Life but they're not quite like PS Home. Btw folks the Home restoration project is still going and they have brought Home back online through the PS3 emulator. So if y'all interested in goin back HOME there's that.

Yui_Suzumiya206d ago

I'm interested! I was wondering if that project was still live or not.

Elda206d ago

If he praises it why did Sony shut the app down.

Jin_Sakai206d ago

He just said it was ahead of its time. Super slow HDD made it awful when traversing areas.

OptimusDK206d ago

It was trash 🗑️ and it still is. Walking around to go into stores etc is cringe and makes no sense at all. The hype around metaverse is totally overblown

Jin_Sakai206d ago (Edited 206d ago )

@OptimusDK

You don’t speak for everyone. Many people enjoyed it. But I do agree with the Metaverse being overblown.

__SteakDeck__206d ago

@OptimusDK You don’t know what you’re talking about. This was a good place to meet people.

Majors206d ago

As good as it was It missed the opportunity of becoming huge... Imagine if just eat or similar and you could order food from within checking out menus of local restaurants, Or items direct from Amazon etc whilst in shop in game checking out the items in real time, or even clothes from your favourite shops. The thing could have been Enormous ! I realise it could be dangerous in over spending but hell kids max out parents cards on fortnite, just need to keep control of them.

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PlayStation Stars Items Would Be Perfect for a PlayStation Home Reboot

The new loyalty program PlayStation Stars boasts an array of rewards, many of which would be perfect for a display in a reboot of PlayStation Home.

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PlayStation Home Is Back Online This 2021 Thanks to Fans

Thanks to the Destination Home Team working in tandem with the PSOne Emulation Team, PlayStation Home is back online this 2021 on the PS3.

SullysCigar880d ago

Now bring it into the PS5 era as a PSVR2 social hub and we're talking!

Silly gameAr880d ago

That would be awesome. Wonder if the fans can pull that off.

bouzebbal880d ago

It was a sad day when they stopped this service.. the community gave them so many good idea they chose not listen.. people want the trophy score to be used in home, or simply get rewards from unlocking the trophies..

excaliburps880d ago

If there was a time to do this, it would be now. Imagine PS Home intergrated with Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc. It could work, and open a new revenue stream for Sony, and new earnings potential for influencers, etc.

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Mr_cheese880d ago

While I understand why you said it, I hated the idea of everything you just said.

Lore878d ago

And expand on the housing and furniture offerings, allow for quick jump-in to HOME from the startup screen, and integrate a way for unique items to be acquired for games that platinum trophies have been earned in

GoodGuy09880d ago

Ah yes good times. I remember bowling, making psn friends, dance parties, flirting with girls, and pretending to be a girl with hoards of dudes following me lol. I even created eu and jp accounts because they had their own unique hub area and game spaces. It was just dumb fun.

boing1880d ago

In hindsight, this would have been great in the current climate.

Darkborn880d ago

I still think the ps5 is getting it with London studio making an "online game" they keep posting. They also have experience making VR games so who knows. It would be amazing as a free game packed with the psvr2.

OptimusDK880d ago

HOME was a broken mess last time, and it still makes no sense now. This whole META verse hype - i just dont see it. VR or not makes no difference. We are far off!

Godmars290880d ago

Far off from VR chat type platforms being on a game console?

Very likely aren't btw, just more the question that if one existed would it support interactive games within itself. Offer flawless launching into other games with a spectator option.

I mean, imagine hosting a DB FighterZ tournament at you lunar mansion where guest can see it in realtime on a massive screen. About the actual level stage with some as DBZ characters commenting while waiting their turn.

Nitrowolf2880d ago

Far off? Lol the virtual spacing has taken off already, since the PS4 era.

Home was released a bit ahead of its time when it should have came out later in the ps4 life cycle instead of 3.it certainly would have found loads more success today than back then

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EvertonFC879d ago

HOME was 10 years ahead of its time, dam I miss Xi

Mr_cheese880d ago

VR and the META are here to stay and they're only going to keep on growing.

There will be something for everybody.

Godmars290880d ago

Issue there is META's trademarked by a notorious info miner who plans to lock you out of your own VR rig no matter how much money you've sunk into it.

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