Social network is ‘for the people, of the people, by the people’ according to senior SCEA director
Home represents arguably the biggest single development in next-gen gaming, and is certainly massive news for PS3 – so it’s not surprising that talk of a public beta for the virtual world service has sent the internet into a frenzy.
A poster on Sony’s US PlayStation blog has uploaded scans of what is claimed to be the latest edition of the US Official Playstation Magazine, which seem to suggest public access to a Home beta is very close.
SCEA senior director of PSN Susan Panico is quoted as saying: “To say that Home is going to change the way you think about online communication and entertainment is a massive understatement.
“It puts a human face onto social networking, but in this case, the social structure is based on a common passion – games. It’s made for gamers by gamers. Its core value is a “For the people, of the people, by the people” philosophy and we want to achieve this in the most entertaining way possible.
“We’ll be opening up the Home beta to the public very soon and hope to see you there.”
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PS3 Home public beta nearing
i watched a beta video on youtube today dated 7th april and in the beta video it showed a message to the beta tester
"don't forget 27th - launch night"
intresting...
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**** this it's not coming any time soon!!!
It's benn like 5 billion trillion years PS3 needs to get in the zone and finish that ****!!
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Sony should really consider releasing what they have with some sort of "work in progress" disclaimer attached. Even us diehard PS fans are getting frustrated with this one.
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This game is gona hav to com oot soon ciz a canny w8 n i wil complain suposenly they were workin on it before the ps2 came oot n it was suposed to be for ps2 aswell but cmon...pfff
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im just pissed aff because most of friends on my friends list all have the home beta and keep annoying me about not having it aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh i want to go HOME lol
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Well, they've said this "coming soon" **** like 5 times. The last being late October. Oh, look Sony, ITS ****ING NOVEMBER!!! JESUS CHRIST IF YOU HAVE A PRODUCT DON"T HYPE UNTIL YOU HAVE **** TO SHOW!
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