Why PlayStation Home Did Not Meet Expectations

Playstation Home (what, you’ve never heard of it? Go look at your PS3 menu screen) was… well… never as huge of a success as Sony had planned. But why not? Let GoGoGamer take you through the steps as to how Playstation Home did not live up to the expectations that were expected of it.

[Adva]

Failed? I still see millions logging in each day. Still see loads of content every month. New games, items, features etc. Plus, Home is making a profit.
This articles fails.

[Nitrowolf2]

HOME still has a far way to go. It isn't a failure at all, but i am still waiting on a few things (Trophy Room http://image.com.com/gamesp... and such.
Never got 3D trophies either like they said that they were working on.

Sodium one was a nice addition to HOME and many new spaces and games are being added to HOME each month.

Don't see it being a failure. I think Sony just had to much stuff they said would be there that aren't there yet, which cause many to be disappointed with it.

I don't understand what happened with this
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I don't use HOME that often, but when i do I See a lot of changes that are actually quite cool.

[NukaCola]

Changed the title so it seems less flamebaity?

It is not a failure, tons of people use it everyday. It's just not fully intergrated into XMB which makes it stand off and that is why it isn't as used. Outside apps like Life with Playstation just aren't as popular as netflix hulu etc.

Look at the Game Room on 360...That isn't successful either. But when things are more in you face and integrated well, then it works better.

[Dramscus]

I think home's more of a thing for people to use when they first get they ps3 and don't have any games to play really.

Boot it up play maybe the one game they own, get bored check around the xmb go into home play the free games. It does have at least a few hours worth of content for anybody willing to navigate their wat to it through the online world.

Also a clan I was in used to have meetups in a group space in home before and after sessions sometimes. Get a bunch of people in their voice chatting about game stuff it was pretty good. Petered off after a while though

[bruddahmanmatt]

Home is free. How anyone could ever find the time to write a bitchfest piece about it is beyond me. I agree that there are some things in Home which could be better implemented but for the most part, it's great at being a break from traditional gaming. It's loaded with fantastic casual content and all kinds of goofy s***. One visit to the "Burn Zombie Burn" dance room at the end of the hedge maze will convert even the most stubborn Home hater.

[Anon1974]

Um, so the article is going to make a claim like this and not even attempt to back it up? Where are the facts? Where are the user numbers? Where are the revenue figures? Where is a shred of evidence that anything stated here is true?

"PlayStation hardware is, and always has been, for hardcore gaming."
- Huh?

"Right away, anyone should realize that a feature like Playstation Home is no place a gamer of this mind frame wants to be."
- How so?

"Sony gamers want to network to find their friends to do one thing: game"
- And apparently run around in Home. Millions using Home prove this.

"Personally think it was clear from the beginning that something like the Playstation Home was a worthless endeavor."
- Yeah, and you certainly aren't going to let a little thing like reality change your mind.

If you're going to have an opinion about something, at least attempt to back it up with some facts. It's like me saying "I don't like the Wii because it causes testicular cancer. Gamers don't like it either which I'm guessing because I don't like it. That is all."

Seriously, what good is an uninformed opinion? It's embarrassing.

[darthv72]

to me it feels so detached from the rest of the service. As if to say it take some motivation to visit as opposed to it being the standard interface for playing games and movies and the store.

Had sony opted to use home in place of the xmb I would probably be more explorative in it. Also, a theme park with bumpercars and roller coasters and carnival games would be fun. If that is already in home...my bad. I havent signed in to home in so long. The desire just isnt there. It could be in time.

[TrevorPhillips]

Playstation Home did not fail =/

Millions still log on it daily and we see new contents from time to time.

[Brian5247]

Article has it backwards.

[firemassacre]

ps home is great, theres just too many awesome ps3 games that i need to play to find time for playstation home.

oh yea, and go figure -_-

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[hiredhelp]

Ok after reading parts of this article. This guy needs more than a Secondlife"
This is not secondlife wasnt made to be secondlife.
There are some down sides to home but theres a awfull lot of good sides too.
home maynot be for everyone but youll be supprised just how many there is in home.
As for ps3 being for hardcore gamers great thing about sony is just like the psx ps2 b4 .they cater for every style of gamer. Like home gives you a vary of choices styles weather be choosing to buy a apartment that suites you or choosing a fancy dress.
Apart from the kids running after the girls and having some bad languag. Doesnt mean home bad place there are alot genuine people of all ages.
Some days i like to chill chat. Some days ill go on have game pool. Have a laugh start shaking my booty dressed as a rabbit.
Its a community with many things to try.
I think you need to be greatfull at what sony have done with home and maybe just maybe. Get a life"

[AntsPai]

Home makes alot of money and has lots of users, it's still in beta mind

[--Onilink--]

well i guess it all depends on you point of view of home. To me it did dissapoint based on the idea the Sony placed on my head that Home would be, then again i was so disappointed that i probably havent even accessed it for over a year if not more, so who knows maybe it has changed for the better.

One of my biggest complaints about Home was the loading times and the constant installing of just about everything, if that has changed i might give a try again

[nycredude]

Dude you haen't used it for a year and you are talking? Shit changed so much and there is so much content it will take you another year to get through it all. LOL

[--Onilink--]

well one of the reasons i havent even tried to go into home is that if you still have to download and install every new place, then its just not gonna work for me, the idea of 100 new places is great, but the idea of 100 diferent downloads and installations is not. Home should work like all MMOs and just do periodic updates that include a lot of locations at once so once i go in i can go anywhere without having to install something

[user858621]

Meh... still waiting for that trophy room, whatever happened to it sony???..

[showtimefolks]

that there was no way to meet those exceptions. Look at it this way something was and is free where you can do a lot of things and play many free games so from when it launched to where it is at today i do see a big difference

and i don't think home is something sony will just abandon i think moving forward it will be part of playstation brand and will launch will ps4.

go play some free arcade title or play some free pool or watch some trailer and stuff while dancing around

--Onilink--

I think home is still like a beta for ps4 to be quite honest with you. It makes sony a lot of money or atleast good money so things are improving. I haven't used home for quite some time too and i also did have issue with load times. So here is hoping sony can get feedback from actual users who are using it or have used it and make it better

even if this gen home stays in beta but if we get something that we actually help create and improve and launch with bunch of free games on launch with ps4 think about how awesome that would be

also to add go karts racing in home would be pretty cool. In my opinion Home should be like mixture of an free to play MMO and sims series from EA.

But i will go back to home later today i know i will have to download a huge update but here is hoping moving forward it improves

--Onilink--

True i think sony hyped ps3 and home too much but as you can see with the price point and features of ps vita that they have learned some lesson so hopefully going forward they will do better

from where ps3 started when it launched and the psn at that time to now and the exclusive games now they have done a lot of things right

so here is hoping they stay committed to the core gamers and take care of its core audience

[--Onilink--]

well you cant really blame people for having high expectations when it was Sony who made it look like it was gonna be like SecondLife.

[EmperorDalek]

I still dont see the point of Home. Its like a dumb version of Facebook but with more ads and less ability to share info about you with your friends.

[Close_Second]

Home is boooooooorrrrriiiiiiinnnnng. Honestly, it only marginally succeeded when Sony had a lul in between the release of some quality games.

Honestly, give me a system to manage my clans via the XMB and Home becomes absolutely pointless.

[EmperorDalek]

Stop posting comments with my account!!!

[Myst]

Home is okay that much I will say I only really log on to play Sodium 2 every now and again but other than that not much really. If more developers like them take to home and make games like that then I would probably step into home more often. I mean literally Home could be a good ground for some interesting concepts. Limited in some ways but ultimately would still be interesting.

[gotgame1985]

i remember when microsoft first announced avatars every body said they were crap but MS lets u use them the right amount and don't over do it like home. you just custamize ur avatar and your done.

[SuperBeast811]

MS avatars suck they dont do anything cool just sit there playing with guilty spark 343 ..........well thats all mine does LOL

[Santa-Claus]

Does it snow in HOME?.
Ho Ho HEY HEY, uh..i meant to say 'Ho' again.

[NIRVANArazor]

yes

[Ricardoportillo04]

i found it extremely boring about 20 minutes later..-_- i was heavily disappointing with it

[KNero]

If they they didn't make an XMB and just went straight to HOME when you turn your ps3 on it could've been successful.

And if you don't have internet, they could've made your avatar just stay in your house(go to your "HOME-TV" to play movies stored in your HDD, go to you "HOME-sound system" to play music and go to your bed to turn your ps3 off)

[Hazmat13]

i dont like it cause every sad lil gamer like gang rapes any females that enter the room