Home: prepare to be a bit bored
Play was invited to the Home beta, earlier in the summer. After much analysis of the PS3’s long-awaited social networking tool, here are their thoughts…
After entering our secret login from Sony, downloading the 200mb file and its 89mb update, Play finally had access to Home on the PS3. The expectations are ridiculously high for this virtual, Second Life-esque social space. Prior to sampling Home, they didn’t really know what to expect, despite months of writing news pieces on the service and interpreting Sony’s idealistic spiel. What were Play dreaming of? GT5 garages? Trophy cases showcasing Uncharted skills? Whorehouses? If not these things, they were hoping for a fresh, vibrant and innovative way of networking on the PS3; this, though, is not the first opinion that strikes you, upon entering Home.
