Comments on: Sony Launches Virtual World

By: jpcooper43

jpcooper43 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

now this is the first thing thats interested me on the PS3. I find Second Life to be tedious and it looks terrible. I dunno if i’d wanna spend 600 bucks to “play” this, and if you could do user generated content that would be fresh.

By: Floyd Hayes

Floyd Hayes — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Two words:

Killer. App.

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/9849

By: csven

csven — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Considering that I read Sony has been working on this for two years, I’m not sure they referenced your Fall ‘06 post; but who knows.

As to the announcement, I posted my thoughts ( http://blog.rebang.com/?p=1205 ) which are making more rounds than I anticipated, but more importantly I’ve spent some time surfing through the comments on a number of well-traffic’d blogs and I’m hearing quite a bit of the same thing: the players want more games – not a virtual space to hang out in while waiting for them. The “killer apps” those players/consumers care about are videogames like XBox 360’s “Gears of War”.

I think it’s a worthwhile effort and appreciate it for what it is, but I don’t believe it’ll make much difference to Sony’s bottom line at this point. And who knows, MS might be launching something similar for XBox Live.

By: Strategic Public Relations

Strategic Public Relations — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Sony Launches Virtual World for PlayStation

Second Life Haters, it’s time to shift gears. PSFK tips us to Playstation Home, a new virtual world from Sony for the PS3.Playstation Home is touted as the stereotypical blonde version of Second Life—dumbed down and prettier (did I just type that?).Per…