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Home Beta Invites To Go Out Weekly

On Thursday, August 28, 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will begin an Expanded
PlayStation(R)Home Beta. SCEA will be adding users weekly (starting 8/28/08 ) and continue up to the
start of the Open PlayStation(R)Home Beta.

Besides new users, the Expanded PlayStation(R)Home Beta will include a new Home Central Plaza, and
other core spaces including a new Home Theatre, the existing Game Space and the Mall. At this time,
the Mall will only feature free items. More spaces are expected to be added throughout the course
of the Expanded PlayStation(R)Home Beta.

Please note, the Expanded PlayStation Home beta is by invitation only.

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solidsnakus5708d ago

heres an idea, why not just release the damn thing already. its version .98, its done, just release it!

pwnsause5708d ago (Edited 5708d ago )

because its not ready yet. you have a little brain. they have to see how much stress the servers can take.

chaosatom5708d ago

Servers will overload.

It just isn't how it works for something so big.

Sev5708d ago

The servers are having a hard time handling the influx of new users already.

The whole PlayStation community at once would be a disaster... MGO style.

zo6_lover275708d ago

"SCEA will be adding users weekly (starting 8/28/08 ) and continue up to the start of the Open PlayStation(R)Home Beta."

When this is done, I say in a month(probably more), the open Beta will be released.

TapiocaMilkTea5708d ago

If it's a server problem, why do they have to increase it gradually? Can't they just spend some time/money on having a bigger server and then let everyone in all at once?

vegnadragon5708d ago

@pwnsause:

it may be true but it has been 2 year since they announced, don't you think that they was more than enough time to prevent that?

Wildarmsjecht5708d ago (Edited 5708d ago )

Theres a couple of reasons why they can't do that.

One, if they say spend a crapton of cash on a server that can allow 14 million users with no problem for the time being, they're not being really smart when more and more users buy PS3s and log onto Home, thus making them have to expand servers sooner than expected.

If they get the cash for a server that can withhold 100 million users, thats spending unneeded money for a service that might not have anywhere near that many users. of course doing it this way would be better for us, we have to understand that a company also needs to make viable choices in order to continue to roll out services and products.

pwnsause5708d ago (Edited 5708d ago )

they want this go smoothly. This is the most anticipated service that is coming to the PSN. Servers would just crash like crazy. thats like everyone logging in at the same time for a game of Resistance or MGO. they have to optimize the servers to make sure it takes millions of people at once without a problem.

Nitrowolf25708d ago (Edited 5708d ago )

well they dont have everything set up yet either so wat would be the point of letting everyone in right now and plus it could cause a major crash. They probaly did get more servers btw. And plus wat games currently support HOME? i think btt they release HOME there will be some really good games that support it.

yesah5708d ago

YES! im going to keep my ps3 with the theme on from now on

season0075708d ago

once they get a good estimation, they know what they need to do since maybe at least 60-80% buyers are signing on for HOME and they know how much PS3 they ship each month...They can just add servers according to the shipment of PS3

pwnsause5708d ago

yes it may be true that Home was announced in 2007, and there were people in Home already throughout the beta, but there are things that can really be unexpected. trust me. I have been in the Home beta since last year. sometime during this year, we had a test for home and told everyone in the beta community to be there, and wow, did we find problems, one of them was server capacity. i'll just leave it at that cause i dont want to break any NDAs.

solidsnakus5708d ago

its not like everyone is gonna be in home 24 hours a day. the initial home launch is whats gonna crash the servers, once people use it for a week all the hype will die down and it will go unused for months till the next update. i think people are greatly over estimating the whole home application. you design your home,change your avatar, walk around and play some pool, and then what? how many times can you really continue doing that till you get bored? i think the whole home thing is really overrated, once you play it a couple times theres really no reason to even use it really. unless you like going into a 3d chat room type lobby and just texting with other people.

ATLRoAcH5708d ago

I got mad as hell when I didn't get the email. I'm better now. I totally overreacted. Thanks to this I know I can give my hopes up again.....and get mad.....again. This video shows how I reacted earlier. It's so funny. Credit to ParaDise_LosT for linking me to the vid.

Nitrowolf25708d ago

i can see where the first day would crash the servers or cause some problems and all but HOME will not be forgotten or anything like that.It will always be constantly used by many people, i know if it lives up to my epectation then i would be fine. I mean i would do allot of 3d chatting in there since you can walkaround and do things while your chatting without going into a game. And what about 3d trophies? im sure that will keep us entertain for along time when it comes out. and the theatre, if they show current movies that are out in real theatre then it will be used

Wildarmsjecht5708d ago

You don't know that. Some people might actually just use Home to chat, meet new people, play some pool, and use it thoroughly for game launches or video conferences for gaming events that certain companies will stream through it. It's a virtual world, think of it like an MMORPG without the grinding and leveling up..even though the trophies are like leveling up. More people use it, more people meet up, more friends can be made, rivals, clans, and epic battles. it has alot of possibilities, and thats why its something thats been hyped for as long as it has.

Omegasyde5708d ago

How are they going to make money first off?

oh my god, I finally figured how sony is going to make money.....

HANNAH MONTANA AND CAMP ROCK APPAREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Run.
Now.
While you can.

cito35th5708d ago

I GOT THE BETAAAA WOOOO HOOOO

PiTCHBLaCK5708d ago

It's not about spending a hunk of cash on a massive server.
Even if they did It'll still need to be tweaked, so this is
why they gradually invite more people and Tweak it as they go
along.

If they Invite all of us the server may crash and be down along time, then you'll have angry people, even more so then now, they wont beable
to tweak it correctly.

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Zydake5708d ago

I hope this thing is true

HipHopGamerShowFan5708d ago

I'll just wait for the full OPEN BETA to release. Which aint far from here :)

morganfell5708d ago

Woohoo, got my invite! I am traveling and will be home late Friday night. Can't wait to take it for a spin!

Nitrowolf25708d ago

no invite yet :(
i really hope i get in on i.
@1 just like the other two comment said, it most likely because sony wants to expand the beta slowly and test the servers and stuff. How would you like it if they released HOME and the servers crashed the 1st day? it would suck, and if HOME was ready to be released then i wouldnt like it at all. Why? well probaly because (im not 100% sure on this) but dont they still have somethings that still cant be used? like sharing with others? 3D trophies? Sony will know when it is finished (Hopefully it wont crash or anything the 1st day still) until i can wait (unless i get my invite).

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LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Are Officially Shut Down 'Indefinitely,' Sony Confirms

Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 3 servers on PlayStation 4 will remain offline “indefinitely” following troubles with the service from earlier this year.

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rlow15h ago

Sad day, hopefully they’ll allow a third party server solution. Goes to show game preservation is an uphill battle.

Fieyy5h ago

First the Helldivers launch and then this

Sony still can’t run online services/games.

-Foxtrot5h ago

Do you not get tired creating duplicate accounts...

It's super sad at this point

Knightofelemia2h ago

Last time I remember Helldivers is doing great with players both PC and Playstation.

Fieyy2h ago

And how was it at launch? A disaster for weeks.

arkard1h ago

How was that Sonys fault?

Fieyy1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Is Sony not the publisher?

jjb19811h ago(Edited 1h ago)

It's crazy that you keep making accounts just to be a troll. You went through the trouble of making it just to try to stir the fanboy pot. 🤡 activities.

Fieyy1h ago

Still got your attention though huh ;)

just_looken1h ago

What needs to be highlighted by this is that the series has had 4 main games then that go kart spin off yet sony let them all die.

There is 0 games like this on ps5 and to my knowledge 0 first party main kids games no tech demo crap

Sony purchased Media Molecule studio the ip then tossed it away letting it rot for over 7 years yet the community carried on until now were we have lost 16 years on all games of content along with no replacement.

Everyone goes on about ea killing studios but sony has killed way way more but its fine its sony they can do no wrong.

Before the sony blidboys track me down again go fire up your holy boxes all the dlc they tossed out all the trophies and all the user content needs a server side handshake that no longer works. Yes offline single player version 1.0 works but that is it.

Media Molecule was not cut i know but they only made LBP and dreams it was reported they just missed the chopping block
https://gamerant.com/little...

Do not forget the dreams game was tossed out 2020 but 3 years later support was pulled
https://www.digitaltrends.c...

All in all this is another failure at sony on a long long list in the past 10 years

Tacoboto20m ago

I feel bad for Media Molecule. For the ideas they have it seems they need a publisher that supports games like this and Dreams especially for as many players as possible.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC8h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC7h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer8h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6027h ago(Edited 7h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya5h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde5h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod1d 13h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??