PS3 Home To Feature 18+ Casino Area

The PlayStation blog Three Speech featured a new post which shows that Sony chiefs has confirmed that the PS3 Home service will have 18+ areas for trailers and casinos.

The 18+ areas will include a roon to watch 18+ rates trailers for games, movies, etc. They want to have the power basically to try and protect the rooms. The luxury of this though is that if they can make the room 18+ they will be able to have these types of casinos and such and not have to worry about getting in trouble for it.

[SmokeyMcBear]

that would actually be really cool, to add money to a bank account, play in the casino.. if you win, that money can be used in the play station store to buy games and things, this could be an excellent idea.

[lonestarmt]

I love that idea!! I hope sony is listening. I can just see it now the kinda of nasty rooms now some people will make. lol

[Syko]

A) Without strict regulation that would be considered gambling for real money.

B) In the US ALL internet gambling has been squashed. (Because they couldn't tax it)

C) I predict PORN rooms a plenty.

Still a good idea to be able to seperate M content from T and under content. It will give HOME much more freedom in the end.

[nasim]

I will have hot CHATS with chicks and people would be staring at my achievements in the form of 3D TROPHIES.

XBOTs on the other hand would be having backdated and boring 2D TEXT ACHIEVEMENTS for the CARTOON GAME HALO 3--which features powerpuff kids in GREEN DIAPERS

[Sylo]

Wow Nasim,
I was sitting here wondering how you would tie in the xbox to this. I had no clue you'd bring halo up though...

A lil surprised you didn't mention your usual nonsense of dead systems/formats, or low preorders, but maybe you're growing up.

Pretty cool for the PS3, though.

[DrWan]

about the texas holdem poker game, if they can be linked to real money, yah it could be a virtual gambling machine.

[tplarkin7]

If you do the math, it is impossible to win. You don't even get a 50/50 shot. At best you will win 48% of the time. This means that you lose.

Besides, Man must work since God says so. When you work, you earn money 100% of the time.

[Newmanator]

PS3 can have a casino and Xbox can stick to their crappy UNO game! (I do have an xbox 360 btw)

[tplarkin7]

Many games for 360 have casinos. Full games, XBLA games, and mini-games within full games.

[PimpHandHappy]

you cant play for real money. I REPEAT you cant play for real money!

but and this is a big but

maybe you can play for something free. Maybe they can make you a PS3 world poker tour hat/jacket that you can wear around Home? I do like the idea of that. If you had a casino with 18 and over thats a winner. I would love to sit a table with other ppl and talk sh!t while i try and take all there chips and make them mine.

I wont play online anything for money but i will play just for fun and to talk with the other ppl at the table.

sounds cool if they can do it and keep it free

[resistance100]

We can in europe ^_^

lets hope they open a Euro 18+ poker/casino room

[Droynas]

We in Europe can do it so I really hope they have Europeroom for us :D

[SimmoUK]

Home is shaping up to be a really great service, i can't wait for all the studios to get involved some already are and the general public which will have creation tools as well so sweet!

i'm looking forward to TGS so much...

[resistance100]

Yer it will be great to see what rooms the developers create.

I get the feeling the EA one will be huge

[popup]

If there is an EA room, I bet it runs at 30fps.

[Rockstar]

Haha, Funny stuff there.

I just wanted to add...30 FPS if there are no more than 2 users, any more and we'll be looking at some slow down.

[Delive]

Don't forget, Every year, the EA rooms would make updates like, ummmm, Changing 1 picture in the room, Maybe the color of the carpet, change the names of the NPC's, call it an upgrade and charge full price.

[DwightOwen]

Can't wait to visit the Virtual Red Light District! ;-)

[HeartlesskizZ]

I just hope we can have disco lights in the house then turn all regular lights off and have some club fun with some tech-no!!!

All I want is a bar so me and my friends can hang out at,

[Droynas]

I'm going to be 18 in 10 days and I think this is one hell of a good idéa. Something to do when your games run out (or in my case, don't have money to buy all the games out there ;D)

[VirusE]

Wow, kudos to sony! That is a brilliant idea! The profits that could be made are limitless.

[PimpHandHappy]

but its really shaddy.

I have a buddy who plays online poker and he has a team of 3-4 ppl that he talks to on the phone. They all sit down at one table and rape the poor souls who want to just play for fun.

Thats a big reason why i would never play poker for money online. You dont know what is going on at your table.

much love to the EU

peace

[Honcho]

This would be crazy!! I can't wait! But the more sweet features they add the more I worry about there being a fee for the service..

[Darkiewonder]

Who's in?!

[heroman711]

wouldnt this be illegal. i dont really know the gtambling stuff so can someone explain to me if it is or not

[therealwillie]

if this is gambling for real money,even psn credit, then its a really really bad idea, ive enough problems being addicted to gaming never mind gambling

[SimmoUK]

lol sorry but you are the minority on that, you personally need to learn when to call it a day that's not anyone else's problem but your own, so i think it's a good idea...

not that i don't feel bad for you, just that everyone else shouldn't suffer...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Not only will the US Govt. come in hard and fast on it, but Every childrens activist group in the world will step forward clamoring about how kids can still get in, blah, blah, blah....

I love the idea....but know for the US...its just screamin for trouble.

[SimmoUK]

exactly, look at how much grief violent games get but we all still play them and stick up for them because they were a good idea...

[Jamaicangmr]

So whats to stop my 12 year old from creating a seperate account to access this area? I mean it's a good idea but how secure will it be?

[beavis4play]

social security numbers for example. they might try identity theft but are just asking for trouble from feds.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

This is pretty cool. But I hope they have strict securities in place, for keeping kids out.

Because that would be a PR disaster for Sony.

"Sony let's 12-year olds gamble and get their c0cks blown digitally at the same time. Oh the horror."

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

turdsandwich

[Syko]

Plus, How cool would it be if Playboy decided to set up a virtual "Playboy Mansion". I bet it would still be invite only, lol

[Cat]

i thought we were trying to reduce the number of stupid people in online gaming? do you think bringing the likes of kendra and her biggest fans into the mix will improve the situation? lol

[Frances-the-Mute]

virtual casino sex lol

[beavis4play]

hmmmm, interesting. you wouldn't care to elaborate on that would you?

[purin]

there should be a place on the home feature where adults can hang out

[Xemnas]

But how is it going to work your account birth date? if so that can be change easy X_x

[Nameless]

Damn it Sony stop talking you loud asses & start releasing

[prayforjoejoe]

Promises that we havent seen yet. I have a hard time believing a lot of this when the current Beta is complete crap. I have wasted my time with this game. In fact, the Beta Forum boards are pretty much completely dormant now. Most of th new posts actually only consists of people complaining about the lack of things to do in Home right now. All I can say is that if the service is suppose to come out next month(and there is no update between now and then)Home will pretty much be expected to not work, crash, and have a lack of content that will continue to block its tremendous possibilities. Everyone knows now that Home hasn't lived up to the GDC 06 conference and the E3 07 conference(due to some leaks to IGN and other editorial websites). Honestly, I hold out hope this service will work out, I hope everything works out.

[tehcellownu]

sounds awesome!!

[Blaze_rtk]

it's gonna be awesome and odd!!!!

[demolitionX]

go SONY go

[J5Howard]

I guess just off the top of my head one way they might be able to regulate it is accounts with credit cards registered to them, that would show if someone is 18+, and if kids have parents cards on their account saved then the parents should supervise it and take it off and only use it when purchasing things

[XxZxX]

texas holdem baby.. texas holdem for the win

[Robotz Rule]

+Bubble+ for you for making me lmfao!XD

Anyways,awesome idea:)

[Huey_My_D_Long]

Crap...damn 1991 BD...Hope I can get into 18 and older rooms easily.

[Chriswsm]

I am very interested in how then intend to police the 18+ only access to these areas.

How do you prevent kiddies pretending to be over 18. They may be young but a good proportion are clever enough to circumnavigate most age restrictions by using the identity (credit card, national insurance details etc) of someone over 18 or faking their own.

I do not think it can be done.

I bet this will be the approach:
Click here if you are over 18 ~~>[ ]
OK in you go....

[Wackpanther]

It's the possibility of 18+ porn HOMES that concerns me. I'm a grown man so if Home turned into pornoville it might finally give me a reason to spend over half a grand on a game system, lol. But as a parent I wouldn't want my kid virtually walking into the VIVID house, gambling or watching porn trailers. As far as computer savvy minors are concerned, 18+ rooms no matter what the content is a very bad idea.

[kornbeaner]

but gamble for PSN points instead of money would be a great idea. $5 buys you 500 points (a penny a point). gamble earn more points cash out then use said points to buy games on the PSN. 4000 points, warhawk
3000 points Tekken DR:online bundle and so on. But of course for this to work they would have to have games where the player plays against the house (blackjack, Roulette, Slots) to prevent people from gambling their points/money against other people.

But an 18+ room sounds very cool indeed.