Buzz! dev: 'PS3 Home starting to realise potential'
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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User Comments
Mr_Ninjutsu
soo...I'm guessing you didn't read through your post?
Ghost_Dog
Perhaps you should try something new, like venturing outside. It will be good for you.
A ban can't be far off for you young man.
El-Dev
Karlius
Steg is a saint in comparrison!
mikejosh1978
pblive@ Mr_Ninjutsu
Both consoles are getting updates all the time and MS is no doubt planning something similar to Home as well. It's good that they're keeping up the competion and it forces both companies to constantly update their console with new features.
Home has actually come a long way from when it started with a very sparse world. It has a load of fun little games from people like EA now and an event space that changes depending on events coming up, the other month it was tomatina festival with Buzz and then Dizzee Rascal (I'm sure I didn't spell that right) etc.
It's not for everyone, there are still going to be a lot of people left scratching their heads over it, but as with Second Life and even MMOs it's really caught on among a set of people who now love it.
I think this is the issue as there are quite a few gamers out there who don't want anything other than games and possibly the odd movie, and these people tend to be on gaming forums so you get quite a negative feedback despite Home being far busier now.
Stegosaurus-Guy-II@ thompo555
*spits out tea*
Mr_Ninjutsu@ Mongo
Mongo@ David-Macphail
Also, you spelt "Isn't" wrong you freaking dumbass - LOL."
Glad to see you grew up. What are you now, 12?
Mongo@ David-Macphail
Listen McFail. You will never, and I repeat never, win an argument with me. You want to know why? It's because people like you are bottom feeders who are way too attached to their game console. You see, around grade 8 I used to make fun of people like you. However the sad thing is judging by your picture you look a lot older. Now this just saddens me. So why don't you just do everyone a favor and stop breathing out of a paper bag before you make anymore comments.
It's pretty bad when the developer who's supporting the Home space comes out and says Home doesn't appeal to them. That just shows how Home is made for people who are either under 18 or those with an I.Q. of less than 60.
Oh and McFail, Live does have social features. It's called voice chat. Maybe you should mention that to Sony when you fill out that resume to them.
Mr_Ninjutsu@ David-Macphail
thompo555@ David-Macphail
I dont have a brother.. Or a sister.. so you fail!!!! Oh its not 'in - breeding' its inbreeding... God...
Its cald SPEED TYPING!!!!
El-Dev
Inbreeding is one word. If you're gonna insult spelling and grammar make sure your own is perfect or you'll be made to look really dumb...well dumber.
Mr_Ninjutsu@ David-Macphail
David-Macphail@ thompo555
Also, you spelt "Isn't" wrong you freaking dumbass - LOL.