The Admin of E4G writes "Yesterday EA and Sony decided to release the most anticipated space for Home "The EA Sports Complex". Now there are quite a few features in this home space, you can go for some racing action and play some good old poker. Now this is when EA's Sport Complex was done right. When you go to a minigame that is open, it shows you how many players are in the game or how many are needed/waiting."
PlayStation Home, a community based service created by Sony Computer Entertainment's London and Cambridge studios, launched to the public in the fall of 2008. Since its inception, it has received a massive amount of new spaces, updates, and features. One of the most robust spaces, EA's Sports Complex, has attracted many Home users in part because of the assortment of mini games and free content that they offer. Today TheGamerAccess.com is glad to announce that they have the Lead Producer of the EA Sports Complex with them to answer some of their questions.
I truly feel that the EA Sports Complex is the best space to date in PlayStation Home.
Yea I was going to say that, not only does it have poker but it has stat tracking and your own bankroll. Only thing is they need more tables because there so many people trying to play.
I also think more third party developers are starting to see the benefits of home, and Ea is definitely leading the way.
yes it is. And there is nothing better than the Ward of Despair (in the Siren space) and the Namco Museum spaces imho. The Ward of Despair is a virtual rave - can't tell you how many little honeys I've met there, and just overall cool people on a whole.
With that said these two apps w/i an app only scratch the surface. I just bought NCAA 10 today........now only if EA could make their damn football games a little more ((powerful))......ahh I ask too much don't I? lol
EA stunned me when they launched the space. So much branding and architecture it doesnt just feel like a room it feels like EA heaven. They need to add more to it obviously but I'm telling you now that Home will be huge. Before the EA space I was in two minds whether people would jump on boiard but now it's pretty obvious that those that don't support it will be at a disadvantage.
As far as core gamers go when their favourite game is supported in home they'll have a look. When they best clans in resistance and killzone are launching from Home then we'll know it's truly working properly.
I personally want to see a LBP space in home.
The one thing you do have to hand to the Nintendo Miis is that you can actually use them inside of full fledged games unlike PlayStation Home, but other than that, I agree with you.
Nice interview, good to see EA really investing time into Home, can't wait for other developers to do the same
Thanks. Expect more coming soon. If you have not seen our Killzone 2 interview yet, check out the link below.
http://thegameraccess.com/p...
"TheGamerAccess.com: If you could change one thing about Home, what would it be?
Rob Burnett: I would add more muscles to my avatar, my guy is way too skinny!"
I was thinking the same thing!
I am someone who enjoys Home and loves the updates.
Everyone won't like Home but those who do will have a great time.
EA is doing well with Home and if other devs do the same Home will become even better!
There are nice features that require interactions with other people
such as the Buzz space and Ward of Despair. They even provide lots of solo fun with Namco and the Events Space(play fat princess yet?)
The new theater now has 10 screens!
As I said before everyone won't like Home. But if they come back in a little while I wouldn't be suprised if they changed their minds!
I agree that they are doing a great job of bringing us content, but they need to focus on features and other things to keep us coming back longer and more often. I cannot wait until they get the full movies and tv shows playing in the theater. That is the kind of stuff they need to add besides many of these worthless spaces.
PS3-Sense writes: "Today we have a big update for the European PlayStation Home. With a new space and a contest today we finally get more to do in Home."
I dashed to HOME for the free City Apartment (one of the comments just after the topic) but it is £3.99 as usual.
Also we are now back to four HOME locations as the Announcements area seems to have gone..
same trash site that said Sigma 2 demo will be uploaded 2 weeks ago:/
And why should I trust you???
So who has been waiting for this then ?.I must say I am not dissapointed at all.
Ea's sports complex is the premiere gaming space on Home for all Sports fans alike of EA's PS3 sports titles.Get all the latest info on new and existing EA sports games,watch trailers and even compete in some of the great multiplayer games available.
Good deal. Home is really starting to come around. It actually looks pretty cool and it's free. Have to check it out when I get off work.
Home has taken a few shots to the head from critics. Some of it was justified. I did not have an issue with that. The area where I strongly disagreed with certain persons, and we know the type, are those unwilling top see what Home can become and where it is going.
These person were out to attack home because their console affiliation drove them to do so out of envy and fear. The EA Home space is a huge Tony Montana sized finger for such deniers.
Ye, the U.S Home is coming along very well, as for the Europe Home Space.....
I think we will see this in the EU Home in about 3-4 months time.
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wwoooooo lol, thats great! thought we were gona have to wait ages for this one, hope they hurry up the other spaces though.
The only prob right now in Home (for me) is that you can barely customise ur Personal Space AT ALL (without paying), i think if you were able to put posters up, import your own wallpaper graphics etc it would be 10 X better for me.
But im sure that will come when its not in beta form anymore.
Also, i forgot - anyone else think Trophy rooms at E3 ? Hope they do a live conference broadcast thing in there like last year too, that would be sooo great.
lol man, it's in the European Home (at least in the UK), I was there a minute ago :)
It's in the EU home now,I just finished playing poker with my sombrero and 50's shades.I seriously looked the part.
The space is still in beta so not everything is running yet but it's looking good so far.
There are even dedicated chat shows that go on about home.
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Yes, I'm sure I'll get a PS3 one day but Home will be last think that I'll use, if ever.
you never know, by the time you get one there may be Huge trophy Rooms which look amazing and show off all the stuff you have done in your games and go to other players trophy rooms to see their greatest accomplishments etc.
Or maybe Sony will start announcing stuff in conferences in home instead of using blogs etc, which we can all go to (like E3 last year),im sure you would log in to see that!
SCEE have actually done something useful. They have stuck the US version in the UK home. I think I would rather have this than wait like 2 months for them to change some vowels here and there for a UK version.
what I simply don't understand is how Sony isn't doing anything with their first party stuff yet...
no Resistance 2 space...no LBP space...no killzone 2 space...no wipeout space...etc, etc, etc...
all three of these titles say 'home' on the back of the box...yet none of them even have an announced space coming...they put one up for Warhawk kind of recently, and it is cool...but I hope that isn't a trend...where you get a home space 1.5 years after the game releases...
the potential for Home has always been there...anyone that argues against that is simply an idiot...but Sony surely isn't tapping that potential with much authority just yet...
The Star Trek uniforms are also up on Home and they are all FREE.
But don't wear them in the EA room. I was chased out of there but a group of people shouing Nerd.
lol, its annoying that everyone thinks Trekkies are freaks because they dress up in Uniforms, when MILLIONS of people dress up in their fav sports team's kit and even paint their face and everything
Anyway, isnt there supposed to be an interview in Home with J.J.Abrams ?
The new Trek film is gona own, it already has amazing early reviews.
lol ¦D
It's cool starting to see different costumes and different looking people on it,and I noticed a few new brands in the V store.
"its annoying that everyone thinks Trekkies are freaks because they dress up in Uniforms, when MILLIONS of people dress up in their fav sports team's kit and even paint their face and everything"
I say the same thing and I make fun of people who wear sports kits and I compare them to star trek uniforms. They say but it is different but don't say why.
I think the interview was last monday.
ye thats the same response i get haha, its just more "socially acceptable" to like sports rather than star trek lol.
We should start a Star Trek riot and run in the EA Space all Dressed in Star Trek costumes. That would be a laugh.
lol! that would be so funny! They would have no choice but to convert to a "trekkie"
i am going there now.. i can not wait to see what EA has done.. hotDam!!! fyi i am wearing my captain Kirk outfit inside of Ea home space... haters be warned.. lol
star trek uniforms? haha. when is sony gonna come out with killzone skins? i want to walk around home in my helghast costume.
Future of HOME>XBL
I can't help but feel this strange feeling that Home is still pretty boring.
I'm gonna log in and do everything in the EA sports complex and within 2 days I'll get bored of it.
The damn glitching idiots will arrive, along with the girl avatars that are actually men.
Sometimes I wonder if half the people on Home even play PS3 games.
home will be huge and it will be the next big thing in online
more contents,outfits,functions etc...
it's great
give us trophy room please sony
I appreciate your work EA
I need HELP:I can't get into home,it says "there's a problem downloading content"
???
it happen in each home update but this still going on
gonna check this out today.
Home is starting to look very interesting. A great place to talk to others about gaming. That is the best thing about it I see so far.
When I get a bigger HDD I will download Home again (i am still on the 20GB and its killing me)