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Playstation HOME open beta goes Live!

December 11, 2008 in News comments 18

It's been awhile in the making, but it's finally up.

Get to your PS3, boot it up and go HOME now!

[ Discussion in the General PS3 Forum ]

PlayStation Home is now available for download to all PS3 users. We’re in the UK and downloading now.

The Home logo appears under the PSN section of the XMB if the download’s available for you.
Cruxis Mana via videogaming247.com »
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  • 0
    Krunal Dec 11, 08
    Thanks for letting me know. I was waiting for it to go up, but whenever I tried it was down. Nice to know they've sorted the issues out.

    EDIT: Spoke too soon... it's still down
  • 0
    kik36 Dec 11, 08
    Is this the public BETA or HOME, HOME? I'm confused.
  • 0
    Shadow2k5 Dec 11, 08
    Kik, it's an open beta that everyone has access to, no codes get sent out, it'll just be on your XMB for dl when it's up. And thank god it's finally released.
    • 0
      kik36 Dec 11, 08
      Ahhh ok sorry was confused by the going live statement. Looking forward to updating when I get home!
  • 0
    Seeker X Dec 11, 08
    Finally, it would make things interesting. I wasn't so into Home at first since none of my friends actually had the Beta.
  • 0
    EOM Bassist Dec 11, 08
    I thought it wa pretty good, until it did some error message on me. It's done it to loadsa people so far though. I was following some old guy round the shopping center for a while aswel
  • 0
    Newcloud Dec 11, 08
    is pretty good more or less what i expected... i cant wait for it to get popular with game developers
    • 0
      Zero and X Dec 11, 08
      Agreed, that would kick ass.
  • 1
    joshthegreat Dec 11, 08
    YOU'RE KIDDING ME? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOMG
  • 2
    dmf_dynasty Dec 11, 08
    Everybody keeps posting things that make it seem like the real Home is up. It's just the beta.
  • 0
    joshthegreat Dec 11, 08
    Thoroughly awesome. I had a huge rave with about 15 people. It was EPIC.
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    Storm* Dec 11, 08
    I guess the place is already overloaded. Tried to get in a few times with no luck. Home Beta was stuck on the 'initializing' screen.
    • 0
      Zero and X Dec 11, 08
      Yeah, for me it just says Signing in... and hasn't changed for awhile.
  • 0
    dmf_dynasty Dec 11, 08
    I wish there was a way to download the full beta to my harddrive so I could just walk around alone without having to sign in.
  • 0
    pooOBKp Dec 11, 08
    I don't get what HOME is about. Is there any objectives to the game? Or is it like that game on Myspace, Yoville? Living a life without ever leaving your chair :-/
    • 0
      Final Blade Dec 11, 08
      quote Silver Mirror
      Home is a free piece of networking software to be on available free on every PS3. Basically it's a bit like how a MMO functions, you make an avatar and can chat with other people's avatar's. You can also directly launch into a game from Home with friends, download content and go to events only available in Home. Overall it's pretty neat.
      quote kevcothirtythree
      At launch, it'll be little more than a 3D representation of Wii's Channels of the "NXE", functionwise. It may be more interactive, does it does the same basic job. As for where it'll be in a few years however, well, that's up for debate...


      In my mind, Home isn't for the Hardcore. It's to attract the Hardcore's brothers and sisters, partners, mums and dads to the PLAYSTATION3. And should this work, this is when we'll see Home take off...
      There ya go.
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        pooOBKp Dec 11, 08
        lol, alright thank you, doesn't sound like too much fun, I guess I'll let my friend go on it and hit on people though, that'll be entertaining.

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