PlayStation HOME, Um... hm... Options

[Vitamin D]

So the official public beta went live yesterday I think it was? From what I've been playing, I can honestly say, I don't "get" it. Now to be fair, I only just wandered around by myself and played some bowling and other random stuff, but overall, it doesn't excuse the fact that it feels so... lifeless. It can also be argued that this is a great deal because PSN is free. That's fine, but I don't think many if anyone would drop money on this. In any case, maybe I'm jumping the gun here. Perhaps some of us can get together and I dunno... chat or something? That seems to be the extent of what you do. Outside of spending real money on that sweet new couch! Anyway though, I think we have some new Podcast content if nothing else haha.

[Crushinator]

Yeah, I got to try the beta a month back or so. Its just completely stupid. Its basically a virtual chat room with a constant barrage of sony advertising and microtransaction opportunities. There's no interactivity, or anything to "do" really aside from the cheap parlor games, which are sub newgrounds level diversions.

The "theaters" are also lame as hell, why would you want to virtually WALK to the theater, virtually SIT DOWN, and virtually WATCH the movie/trailer/commercial when you could more easily download the video on the PSN Store?

For all the hype that Sony seemed to be putting behind this, like its some revolutionary new way to connect or interact online, its really just pathetic. Its less ambitious or flexible than even something like Second Life. The characters have the "uncanny valley" look, where they are just too lifeless and a bit off-putting.

If you have a problem with people behaving like asswipes in an online game, give them NO GAME TO PLAY and watch them go hog wild. That's Home.

Can I uninstall it from the HDD and get those 7 gigs back?

Perhaps some of us can get together and I dunno... chat or something?

That is the crux of the problem, thats all we could do! AFAIK its not even like the parties on XBL where you can take your group into a game (like Resistance or MGS4 or whatever). You just type/talk to each other and do stupid emotes that look like humping till you get bored.