PS3 Home: Orcs not welcome

Gamers hoping to create a green-skinned and generously fanged persona in PS3's social online hub, Home, will need to rethink their designs as the ability to sculpt any such far-fetched creature from fantasy land simply won't be catered for.

Home's executive producer, Peter Edwards, has explained that outlandish, non-human avatars definitely won't be a feature of PS3's ambitious online space. "It's not the Home ethic," Edwards told Official PlayStation Magazine. "If everyone's walking around dressed as orcs or stormtroopers or whatever, then you lose that welcoming, accessible element that means Mum, Dad and your sister might get involved as well. The idea is to keep it as accessible, mainstream and friendly as possible."

[SuperSaiyan4]

Racially offensive to orcs and especially to storm troopers.

I am a Jedi Knight and find it upsetting that I will be discriminated like this especially since I own a piece of the dark side that is the PS3 lol.

[Phantom_Lee]

I wanna dress up as a ninja...well....I can always walk around naked....

[Leathersoup]

Before you know it they'll take away nekkidness too.

[QuackPot]

AS SACK-BOY! LBP. the ninja one's going to one of the most popular.

[dork0783]

I can't even be myself DAMN!LOL

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Just goes to show you Sony sucks in the online department and Home is going to be garbage that no one will use.

EDIT: Lol 19 disagrees. I was jk droids don't get into petition mode on me.

[Vojkan]

Yeah, those racists! i feel sorry for you ORC people, you are all so cute.... hahahah

[Firewire]

How the f**k would you know? You don't own a PS3, and you will never see or be in Home, you're just a little xbot, that knows nothing about gaming. So f**k off, whinny little turd bot.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Yea I'm whinning about playing good games now instead of looking at a glossy paperweight that does nothing but fold protein molecules. F**k you I'll buy a PS3 when it's worth it to buy a PS3-- meaning no time soon you f**kface.

Home will be stupid most likely with you little Sony droid nerds trying to have virtual reality butt-sex with eachother in your lobbies.

[macalatus]

"Home will be stupid most likely with you little Sony droid nerds trying to have virtual reality butt-sex with eachother in your lobbies."

We Sony droid nerds won't do that. You probably stick your thingy to your 360 while looking at a picture of Bill Gates (which would perfectly explains why you made that comment). So, you only need to worry about looking for some serious help. Freakin' sicko.

[THC PRITCHARD]

LOL

First of all Home is not for Kids Really come on

What are u all the lost boys

Home is not never never land Grow up!!

[id dot entity]

Also can't be a Pirate?

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Only if it's an @ss pirate.

[Bill Gates]

It's understandable. Although I hope I'll still be able to create my "Bill Gates" theme level in Little Big Planet. Anyone else beginning to come up with ideas for themes and level creation for that game?

EDIT:@ all bellow

I will definitely let you people know once my “Bill Gates” level is completed. It’s going to “blow up” and go straight to #1 on the PSN….hahahahaha,…..I’ve already started to draw out the level, and just keep coming up with new ideas. I’m even going to reference some of my all time favorite xbots on this site. Anyone who is a fan of this site is going to find it hilarious.

But seriously LBP is one game I’m really looking forward to.

[Kyur4ThePain]

keep breaking when people try to play it?

[SmokeyMcBear]

haha.. thats funny, maybe just a blue screen with white lettering, that would be good.

[wildcat]

make sure there's a lot of 'windows'

[Keyser]

Kyur4pain,...that was hilarious.

Bill, I have come up with several themes for my Home. Most of them offensive but it sourt of depends on whats offered. I will purchase many tv's so that I can run my own videos and movies in my "home" I'm curious if there is a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and so forth. I've only seen living rooms (large and small).

[BitbyDeath]

Will your level be the only one that costs money and have more red lights than a red light district?

[hfaze]

There they go dashing my hopes to walk around Home as a wookie... ;-)

As long as I can have a foot-tall yellow mohawk, I'm cool with it... :-)

[Odion]

how wouldn't it more appealing to the mass market then to be able to be charaters from Really big movies???? its prob more of a legal issue then what he is saying.

[Rockstar]

Makes sense I suppose.

[Shadow Flare]

what a racist

[Monchichi025]

I wonder if they gonna be raciest towards Gay's as well because we all know that this place is going to be a sausage fest. I mean, like 90% of gamers are guys so the ratio of men and women will be heavily weighted towards men. So you know there will be a lot of gay activity going on!!!

[Kyur4ThePain]

"Gay" is not a race.

*EDIT* Not bashing...I understand what you're saying.
I just wanted to point out a mistake that many make.
Peace.

[Arkham]

That, coming from someone named "Monchichi"...

[SmokeyMcBear]

don't forget all the cross dressers too, there should be a lot of guys dressed as girls there

[IRISHCALIBER]

....lets all go over to Phil's imaginary apartment and watch Spider Man 3 on a 2" virtual television while we all sip imaginary coktails. Don't worry about the kids hunny because Phil's virtual daughter will be babysitting our virtual kids in the virtual room next door. See, there is something for all of us to do @ Home. Wow, they want to turn the entire Playstation fan base into addicted MMO Players. Sony's Evercrack, I mean Everquest and now this. I guess if you can't draw them in with a good console or good games then keep the ones you do have on Crack and maybe they will get their families hooked too! Sounds Like a great Plan Sony!

[BIadestarX]

I hope they change this policy. It would be great if people can make customise their own character witht he freedom people have in real life... I mean, the name "Home" indicates personal and where all kind of people feel like home. They should probably do what microsoft does when it comes to creating Zones where who ever mind seing people dressed as Snake(Metal Gear), and other cool characters will not dare to go in. It brings it to another level.

[IRISHCALIBER]

..anyone on the 360 that wants a glimpse of running around together and speaking through iconic gesture and bubble talk only need to download the free demo for Phantasy Star Universe. There you will find giant futuristic lobbies and games to play with one another in basically the same fashion as @Home has shown in their videos. I tried it when it first came out last year and got bored after an hour, but those that are lonely may want to give it a whirl. Enjoy

[Keyser]

Sweet! Can you jump right into a game of Gears with my friends from Phantasy Star Universe? How about see how many achievements I've got in my acheivements room? Will their be trailers for movies and up coming games too?

No???

I think I'll stick to Home for my gamer lobbie needs.

[solidt12]

So its ok to have a Gay Avatar but not a Wookie. Sony is showing favoritism. LOL LOL LOL LOL

[drtysouf21]

since the Playstation Eye will be out by then.

[TruthHurts]

that would be great and i could see that happening.

[TruthHurts]

but its all good.
i`m ok w/ being myself.

[IRISHCALIBER]

...my fellow commentator, of course you can! I'm sorry I just figured everyone knew about XBOX LIVE, This is a persistent environment that allows anyone even across platform with PC to enjoy the ease of jumping into each others games, checking and comparing each others achievements(which every game has 1000pts to distribute), communicate with voice, or text across any game and PC. Many of the games even include video chat while playing games like C&C 3. Trailers(game and movie + others) and Movies galore as well as entire seasons of your favorite shows mostly all in HD as well. Plus access to over 100 free playable game Demos. Where have you been hiding yourself under a PS3 or something?

[TruthHurts]

where you planning on getting around to a point w/ that statement?

or did you just need to vent on people you don`t know?

edit: makes more sense now.

but i dont agree w/ you. XBL is not the samething as HOME. your acting like it is.

@irishcalibur #22(below)

man, i had a 360.
"achievement" points are for losers who dont find enjoyment in anything besides cheating to get their "achievements".
people just sit around in team multiplayer matches trying to get that one "achievement", and the worst part is it`s so intrusive everyone sees all your "achievements" instead of having to be invited to see what you`ve done. achievements is a ranking system for people who haven`t achieved anthing in real life. i play a games to enjoy them, not to prove something to myself.

[Odion]

lol

Sweet! Can you jump right into a game of Gears with my friends from Phantasy Star Universe?

Actually yes you can, hit the Live button and jump into the game or your friends can start a match and then invite you in.

How about see how many achievements I've got in my acheivements room?

Who needs a room full of stuff when you could have a score, that again you can see at any point by hitting that X button.

Will their be trailers for movies and up coming games too?

No but you can watch full HD movies, play demo's of games and play full games without to much fuss.

No???

I think I'll stick to Home for my gamer lobbie needs.

Thats cool

[TruthHurts]

are you suggesting that 2d text scores are better than 3d trophies?

[ApocalypseShadow]

this is NOT a game.this is an interface.that's it.it doesn't have to be used.there are games in it.but it's NOT a game itself.

some would make outlandish characters,which is creative,but it would kill the clean look of home.

the theme is class.the ps3 is class.if the theme changed to holloween or christmas or sports,i could see them adding costumes to your wardrobe.but that's where it should end.

[IRISHCALIBER]

Absolutely I would much rather have a persistent score that easily shows my achievements with visual "trophiesque" icons that sit right under my name for all see all the time. Rather than to need to be invited back to your virtual pad to see what you have done. Everyone on LIVE can see my achievements whether I know them or not. Besides how many unseen points do you think it will take to get a trophy to show off? Don't you think @Home will get old after sometime sounds like their putting to many eggs in one basket. @Home trophies seems to be very similar to how each XBOX 360 games achievement system works on a per game level. They are thinking small where XBOX thought BIG!

P.S.- Again, By the way you can face map your own likeness on your Rainbow six soldier, it's real sweet seeing yourself taking out Tango's.

@ TruthHurts, I too am not a stat hound but more of a casual gamer who enjoys the game play not the comparing as much. Although, I am proud of my achievements especially the hard to obtain ones. But, please don't fool yourself into thinking that the cheaters are only on XBOX 360, because they are everywhere. That said we will just have to agree to disagree. Enjoy @Home

[Sly]

I think the control of over clothing items are good. I don't want to see anyone walking around on Home dressed like a Pirate or darth vader it can get really annoying. but yet again it can get annoying by seeing people walking around dressed in regular clothes all the time as well..........hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Skynetone]

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[Arkham]

In all seriousness, that's actually an interesting idea. I wouldn't be surprised if they accomodated avatars representing people with different mobility requirements.

[Maddens Raiders]

bladestar you bring up some great points:

-- "They should probably do what microsoft does when it comes to creating Zones where who ever mind seing people dressed as Snake(Metal Gear), and other cool characters will not dare to go in. It brings it to another level." --

I hope they toy around with this idea after the initial release and make something like this a reality as you suggested. Someone else had mentioned the potential letigious nature of using movie characters or something like that and I'm sure Sony is looking into the liability aspect of having Princess Leia walking around the lobby with her "T-shirt and panties on" or much, much worse (as you can imagine) while having the PlayStation & SNE names name attached to / sanctioning such an iteration.

Hopefully little incedentals like these will be written away in disclaimers so that we can enjoy everyone's company in public or "special zones" as you suggested. I like representing myself, but walking around as Apocalypse ever now and again would be cool too. =]

Cheers

[Arkham]

I think one approach would be to allow specialized avatars only within your Home Space, while retaining your normal 'public' face for the meeting areas.

Maybe they'll incorporate the trophy idea into that, allowing you to win a new Home Space avatar.

(I doubt we'll see fully customizable avatars, for security reasons. Imagine going back to someone's space "to listen to some tunes", and he/she turns into a hairy chubber with a powder-blue Speedo and a slippery umbrella. <shudder>)

[macalatus]

He'll definitely say "PS3 truly sucks" when he finds out he can't dress up like a Waffen SS trooper.

[QuackPot]

Future, Fantasy, Jurassic, Medieval etc

AND

make it more SIMS like.

Then the HOME franchise will be the biggest MMORPG ever.

I'm convinced Sony will eventually do this.....but how long will it take?

[Violater]

They wants to steal my hooooome

[nice_cuppa]

also known as HOME.

[BitbyDeath]

Anyways i'm glad they're doing it this way, who wants to walk into a room filled with 100 Solid Snakes? This way it will be much easier to tell people apart as there will be a lot more variety in the differences in people rather than having certain characters.

I wouldn't mind seeing promotional NPC characters step into home, eg Kratos comes in to celebrate the near release or release of GOW3... and even better would be if he could kill random noobs. Make them transport back to their apartments when killed. That'll be a laugh seeing Solid Snake creeping up behind someone and snapping there necks.

[WIIIS1]

Ha! A poor excuse to cover up the limitations of the PS3.

[kornbeaner]

Remember when this site used to be covered with asses (avatars).
And now no more asses. Its not the limition of anything it's having the proper presentions that the product was meant to produce.

[Arkham]

And exactly to which of the PS3's "limitations" would you be referring?

Please either comment appropriately or not at all.