Sony begins applications for PlayStation Home Beta

Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual environment.

Slowly but surely, Home is headed to PS3

Slowly but surely, Home is headed to PS3

PlayStation Home is a virtual world where users are represented by avatars and can meet and interact with other users via text chat, voice chat and other unspecified communications methods, according to Sony. In demonstrations given by the company it looks something like a combination of the online Second Life virtual community populated by personal avatars along the same lines as Nintendo's Mii avatars, albeit with an appearance closer to that of a person and less like a cartoon.

It was first announced in July last year and at the time Sony said it would be available globally in the "fall" of 2007 but that was delayed until "spring" 2008 at the Tokyo Game Show last year. Then, earlier this year Sony said it would be delayed again until a beta test in the second half of this year, which is a promise it has made good on.

Applications are initially being accepted from Thursday until Aug. 11 from users in Japan only. Sony expects to offer access to about 10,000 gamers during the beta, which will begin in late August.

During the beta stage users will be able to play the games that make up Bandai Namco's "Namco Museum" package, which include PacMan, in the service's "Game Space."

Similar closed beta tests are due in other markets at about the same time and an open beta test will commence later this year, said Sony.

Comments [75]

post a comment

AANTHUNDER

I tell you, with mandatory DL and PSN games , I'm runnin out of room fast on my 60GB HDD. I wonder how much HDD HOME is going to eat up.

hiphophippy27

AANTHUNDER, i think Phil Harrison said he wants to keep home under 500MB, but idk if that's changed since he left to make shit titles like Alone in the Dark[p]anyway, good news! Home is finally coming it seems! can't wait

soulofawarrior

about motherfuc.king time.....let the truth be told....this is just a beta test....WHEN THE FUC.K WILL HOME BE RELEASED SONY...i mean come on now you lazy son's of bitches....COME ON.

soulofawarrior

AANTHUNDER Posted at: 07/31/08 at 7:36 AM PST I tell you, with mandatory DL and PSN games , I'm runnin out of room fast on my 60GB HDD. I wonder how much HDD HOME is going to eat up.
......... MY 60GB IS DONE.....IS OVER long time ago...with photo's and movies....now theme's also psn games...my 60gb is dead full....i need like a 500gb and fast.

soulofawarrior

Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual environment.
........... in japan only you sorry sack of shit's....

soulofawarrior

thegoodfella Posted at: 07/31/08 at 7:45 AM PST not a ps3 owner until this xmas but... cool i suppose
......... your lucky....home might not get released until this christmas holiday..but your going to miss resistence 2 and little big planet...that's kinda bad.

Post a Comment