Buzz! dev: 'PS3 Home starting to realise potential'

By Wesley Yin-Poole - 16/11/2009 - 2:15pm GMT

But has 'no idea why' it appeals to people.

Sony's free virtual world Home is "only now starting to realise its potential", Buzz! developer Relentless Software reckons.

According to executive director Andrew Eades, Sony's much-maligned PS3 space "will only get more interesting" as more developers support it.

Last month Sony Computer Entertainment moved to calm concern that the platform holder no longer viewed the service as a priority.

"Home is still a top priority for Sony and will continue to release quality content and provide a positive experience to our users," explained a PlayStation Home manager.

Speaking during a preview event for Blue Toad Murder Files, Relentless' upcoming PSN-exclusive murder mystery puzzle game, Eades told VideoGamer.com:

"I don't have a Second Life account. It's not for me. But clearly there are a bunch of people who like it. I may well be the wrong kind of person. Home doesn't appeal to me personally that much. I understand that it appeals to a lot of people. I've got no idea why."

Fellow executive director David Amor said that Home "was announced early… and when it was first launched there wasn't quite enough to do in it".

But he added: "If you look at Home now - I think every fortnight now they put something else up - this stuff is starting to come through. I remember we started to do our Buzz! Home space in 2006, 2007. We said here's what we want to do - it's quite a simple premise - run around. And they [Sony] said, yeah the tools can't quite do that yet. All right. We'll sit tight and wait for that to become available.

"Only now you're starting to see that it's realising its potential. Even now probably not quite as much as everyone would like to do. But Sony has to build the tools to allow people to create content for it. The stuff coming through now is more compelling than when it first launched. It felt like a bit of a gap in the beginning when there wasn't enough cool stuff happening. It always seems to be quite busy."

Eades said: "It's got a different set of challenges and it can offer different things. There's a game we're considering doing which only could work in Home. We haven't got the bandwidth to do it right now, but it's about using the right platform for your product. Even though we're exclusive to Sony, we've got a lot of different platform choices. We've got Home, PS3 and PSP."

Episode one of Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle will be available exclusively on PSN on December 17 priced £6.49. Episode one and two will be available on the same date as a bundle for £9.99.

What do you think of Home? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Posted at 19:05 on 16 November 2009
Rickitis	2 2 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Home sucks. Report Reply

Posted at 20:21 on 16 November 2009
David-Macphail	4 1 In response to Rickitis's post Home sucks. » Go to Rickitis's original post Oh dear.........a typical Xbox 360 troll (Quite a few of them on this site, unfortunately) who says anything PS3 exclusive "Sucks" without even telling us why. I'll bet you don't even know what HOME is. You're just ticked off that you have to pay for a buggered Xbox LIVE that has NO social features such as HOME while PS3 owners get a service that actually works for FREE. I was quite dissapointed when i first went into HOME about a year ago but every update to HOME content - wise has been a huge one. The more stuff Sony get in there, the better it is. It really does get better with each passing month......right now HOME is just one of the MANY reasons why PSN is infinitely better than "rip - off LIVE". Report Reply

Posted at 20:25 on 16 November 2009
Stegosaurus-Guy-II	2 2 In response to Article » Go to 's original post PS3 sucks. Report Reply

Posted at 20:37 on 16 November 2009
Mr_Ninjutsu	1 1 In response to David-Macphail's post Oh dear.........a typical Xbox 360 troll (Quite a few of them on this site, unfortunately) who says anything PS3 exclusive "Sucks" without even telling us why. I'll bet you don't even know what HOME is. You're just ticked off that you have to pay for a buggered Xbox LIVE that has NO social features such as HOME while PS3 owners get a service that actually works for FREE. I was quite dissapointed when i first went into HOME about a year ago but every update to HOME content - wise has been a huge one. The more stuff Sony get in there, the better it is. It really does get better with each passing month......right now HOME is just one of the MANY reasons why PSN is infinitely better than "rip - off LIVE". » Go to David-Macphail's original post Home sucks because it doesn't offer any real gaming functionality except launching into the game, that's it. I'd much rather join into a game with a bunch of friends without having to go into Home. FYI go check my PSN StrongerThanYou just to prove that I play my PS3 more. Report Reply

Posted at 20:45 on 16 November 2009
El-Dev	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Downloaded Home when it first came out, played a bit of chess and checkers on it but there wasn't much else to do. Might give it another whirl at sometime, but not at the minute. Report Reply

Posted at 20:45 on 16 November 2009
rbevanx	1 1 In response to Mr_Ninjutsu's post Home sucks because it doesn't offer any real gaming functionality except launching into the game, that's it. I'd much rather join into a game with a bunch of friends without having to go into Home. FYI go check my PSN StrongerThanYou just to prove that I play my PS3 more. » Go to Mr_Ninjutsu's original post I think videogamer should just kick him off tbh. Adds nothing to the site except childish insults and is clearly a blind PS3 fanboy. Report Reply

Posted at 20:47 on 16 November 2009
Mr_Ninjutsu	1 1 In response to rbevanx's post I think videogamer should just kick him off tbh. Adds nothing to the site except childish insults and is clearly a blind PS3 fanboy. » Go to rbevanx's original post Indeed! Report Reply

Posted at 20:49 on 16 November 2009
thompo555	0 1 In response to David-Macphail's post Oh dear.........a typical Xbox 360 troll (Quite a few of them on this site, unfortunately) who says anything PS3 exclusive "Sucks" without even telling us why. I'll bet you don't even know what HOME is. You're just ticked off that you have to pay for a buggered Xbox LIVE that has NO social features such as HOME while PS3 owners get a service that actually works for FREE. I was quite dissapointed when i first went into HOME about a year ago but every update to HOME content - wise has been a huge one. The more stuff Sony get in there, the better it is. It really does get better with each passing month......right now HOME is just one of the MANY reasons why PSN is infinitely better than "rip - off LIVE". » Go to David-Macphail's original post Home sucks... Does that mean im a Xbox fanboy? Whats the need for the brackets here: "Oh dear.........a typical Xbox 360 troll (Quite a few of them on this site, unfortunately) who says anything PS3 exclusive "Sucks" without even telling us why." Stick a comma after "HOME": "NO social features such as HOME while PS3 owners get a service that actually works for FREE." Hyphon??? : "but every update to HOME content - wise has been a huge one." try: but every update to HOME - content wise - has been a huge one. Wordieness & speach marks: "PSN is infinitely better than "rip - off LIVE"." Try: PSN is infinitely better than the "rip - off" LIVE. I've finnished Report Reply

Posted at 20:53 on 16 November 2009
rbevanx	1 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Well by seeing the TD's he's back and trying to think of something clever to say back. I doubt it will be clever mind. Make sure you check "you're" English David-Macphail Report Reply

Posted at 20:54 on 16 November 2009
El-Dev	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Although it isn't the best way but I think VG should think about introducing some sort of way to ignore posters so you don't have to read some peoples posts. Report Reply

Posted at 20:57 on 16 November 2009
Pablo_Escobar	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post I checked out home when it first came out. It had so little to do, that I never went back.Last edited on Mon 14 December 2009 by Rogue_Soul Report Reply

Posted at 20:57 on 16 November 2009
thompo555	1 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Thanks for the TU whoever that was Report Reply

Posted at 20:58 on 16 November 2009
David-Macphail	4 0 In response to rbevanx's post I think videogamer should just kick him off tbh. Adds nothing to the site except childish insults and is clearly a blind PS3 fanboy. » Go to rbevanx's original post While YOU are clearly a blind 360 fanboy who adds nothing to the site whatsoever. If you want to give me a proper reason why HOME "Sucks" then i'll listen but if you're not going to contribute anything meaningful to the discussion then why are you even here you freaking troll? Come back when you grow up. Mr_Ninjutsu - HOME is not a gaming application, it is a social application. Kind of like a virtual world where you can meet and chat to people in the street and make new friends that way. That's why it's appealing to more than just gamers - game launching is a very small part of it. This has nothing to do with how much somebody plays one console or another it's about a bunch of whiny children like Rbevanx, Rickitis and Stegosaurus - Face who have yet to go through puberty coming on here and bashing the PS3 and HOME for no reason other than the fact that they're bitter and jealous because mommy won't buy them one. I can't believe videogamer.com even lets them post anymore. Report Reply

Posted at 21:00 on 16 November 2009
El-Dev	1 2 In response to David-Macphail's post While YOU are clearly a blind 360 fanboy who adds nothing to the site whatsoever. If you want to give me a proper reason why HOME "Sucks" then i'll listen but if you're not going to contribute anything meaningful to the discussion then why are you even here you freaking troll? Come back when you grow up. Mr_Ninjutsu - HOME is not a gaming application, it is a social application. Kind of like a virtual world where you can meet and chat to people in the street and make new friends that way. That's why it's appealing to more than just gamers - game launching is a very small part of it. This has nothing to do with how much somebody plays one console or another it's about a bunch of whiny children like Rbevanx, Rickitis and Stegosaurus - Face who have yet to go through puberty coming on here and bashing the PS3 and HOME for no reason other than the fact that they're bitter and jealous because mommy won't buy them one. I can't believe videogamer.com even lets them post anymore. » Go to David-Macphail's original post Good God man, shut the f*ck up. Report Reply

Posted at 21:00 on 16 November 2009
rbevanx	1 0 In response to David-Macphail's post While YOU are clearly a blind 360 fanboy who adds nothing to the site whatsoever. If you want to give me a proper reason why HOME "Sucks" then i'll listen but if you're not going to contribute anything meaningful to the discussion then why are you even here you freaking troll? Come back when you grow up. Mr_Ninjutsu - HOME is not a gaming application, it is a social application. Kind of like a virtual world where you can meet and chat to people in the street and make new friends that way. That's why it's appealing to more than just gamers - game launching is a very small part of it. This has nothing to do with how much somebody plays one console or another it's about a bunch of whiny children like Rbevanx, Rickitis and Stegosaurus - Face who have yet to go through puberty coming on here and bashing the PS3 and HOME for no reason other than the fact that they're bitter and jealous because mommy won't buy them one. I can't believe videogamer.com even lets them post anymore. » Go to David-Macphail's original post I have told you already that I have a 360 and a PS3, check my profile idiot. I have also used Home and it was rubbish. I have also used LIVE btw David-Macphail. Report Reply