Interesting the differences with the different regions, especially as it was developed in EU yet they have the most cut down version of Home -

Theatre - both Japan and NA have communal screen rooms both drastically different seating arrangement, yet the EU version doesn't let you view with others. But the NA Home only has the one screen yet Japan and EU are multiplexes.
Bowling - Japan has a different layout and a darts game, weird that they didn't include this for everyone, maybe due the Talkman branding on it. The Japanese home also has Namco arcade machines in it, Pacman and Galaga to name a few. Couldn't seem to get these to work, possibly because they need actual money? These machines were not ever in use while I was around them.
Main Hub Area - Each region is very diferent, Japanese has many wide open spaces and teh achitecture is really interesting, yet the NA Home has the 4 player Saucer Pop game, EU unfortunately doesn't have anything substantial.
Extra Zones - NA has Far Cry 2 and Uncharted, Japan has Siren and something else I'm not sure of, and yet again EU has nothing. I would of expected a Wipeout room, Singstar or Buzz lobby.

I'm still curious how Jeff got his crazy Japanese threads, when I met him in Home he said that he had gone to the Japanese Home and they had a Namco Store, but I couldn't find it at all or for that matter export my NA Home dude onto my Japanese profile. Clothes aren't cross compatable either. All in all I like Home, it definitely seems like solid building blocks and looks exciting for more stuff to be added. I wouldn't be surprised if the microtransactions disappear as I'd be surprised if anyone could be arsed buying virtual clothes for real money. I did like that I could unlock Echochrome clothes playin the arcade, so hopefully there'll be more of that. Trophy support would be sweet too. Wow clearly post has gone on too long.....

Maybe Home is the closest thing well ever get to a animal crossing mmo its kinda similar.

Yeah, to be perfectly honest I was really looking forward to Home over the past year or so, but the more I saw of it, the more I realized that it was just a top-down, corporate-run Second Life with no user created content and tons of micro-transactions.  And the loading times?  You kidding me?  It's laughable that first you have to download each area, and then loadthe same area before you can wander around in it.  It's not THAT big a deal, but on top of everything else it's quite a noticeable flaw. 

For all the flack Second Life takes in gaming circles, the beauty of it is that you really can do whatever you want.  Sure, this leads to a vocal minority of pervs and furries, etc., but that's what they are, a minority.  Sometimes it's fun to just find an ocean area in SL, whip out a schooner or a yacht, and go sailing with real wind physics and night and day cycles.  Sometimes it's fun to work on building additions to your house while chatting it up with some friends, and for the more entrepreneurial, you can make serious real life cash in SL by designing and selling items. 

I'm not being a SL evangelical here, but the point I'm making is that Home is just Second Life with none of the freedom while constantly being elbowed toward paying fifty cents for a cowboy hat.  Hell, to get that nice summer home it costs five bucks, and probably an additional $20 to furnish it.  And for what?

No video=FAIL

i love home, playing pool and bowling with friends rocks!

Yeah thats right, Jeff rules the arcades and you don't get to play unless you talk about gears and dance! WOO!

I was hoping for a little more from sony but it`s not bad.

Could this be the Garry's Mod of PS3?

Looks good. I'll check this out on my uncle's PS3.

I'll give it a whirl some time down the road, ignoring the naysayers in the process.

I have a PS3 and haven't played any games on it since, hell, I don't know... the advent of Metal Gear? Probably. Haven't seen Home and don't really care to, but I suppose if it offered some interesting FREE stuff that was sponsored; it could be aiight. Something like... FEED YOUR FRIENDS TO THE KRAKEN sponsored by God of War III. That could be pretty cool.

meh!

I WAS ONE OF THE HARDCORE DANCERS!!!!!!

I kinda thought this would happen with Home.

Between the savage dance fiesta and the mound of couches this article succeeded in literally making me laugh out loud.  Good stuff guys!

I like Home. I wasnt expecting too much so my expectations were not too high. What is there is well implemented and once your logged in, is a tightly controlled online experience.

Character face and body creation is powerful, limited only by hairstyles and a small clothing choice. I have been able to create a convincing representation of myself, Han solo in an Echochrome suit and Albert Einstein.

The Cinema complex is successfully realised. I loved the Watchmen trailer, a movie that Im hugely anticipating (where are the free T-shirts?). Im also potentially interested in the gaming TV channels such as Eurogamer TV.

I dont think I will buy much from the mall. I am loathed to spend any real money at all on virtual items. I would even be reluctant to fork out on an MP3 player for my appartment but this would be a tough call.

I havent spent much time in the bowling alley. The bowling lanes are always full and the experience is unfullfilling - the controls utilizing push button timing rather that sixaxis. Ive spent some time in the arcades in order to get my free echochrome suit (after 1000pts) and a blue wollen hat after level 5 on Ice Breaker. Doubt I will replay these though.

The Plaza is where the most fun is to be had. Communications with other users in well realized. headset sounds are only heard when standing in proxitmity to the wearer. text input while slow using the controller is effective and it is clear who is saying what in a group large group of Homers. This has promted me to buy a wireless keypad for easier text entry. Gestures and greetings are superb. You have to see a 50 person long running man line dance to fully apprieciate it.

Looking forward to some more gamespace areas in Europe such as Redbull Air Race and would like to more ways to customize my appartment. There is currently not much incentive to invite someone back to your appartment - Ability to play MP3s would be top of the list along with customizable pictures to hang on the walls.  I wonder if Sony has "flying penis phobia" with regards to customization?

Im in Europe and I can usally get connected after 4 or 5 tries....Admittedly, this weekend was very busy but I imagine that problem will trail off over the next weeks.

Stupid.

I tried home for about an hour most of that was setting up an avitar and loading different stuff I thought it was pretty boring, It is free but I wisho Sony dedicated thier efforts elsewhere.

I have had a hard time getting on it too.  It takes me like 6 tries before I actually get on.  It really isnt worth all the trouble since it isnt that great.    I find myself playing it for longer that I should at times. 

The Purpose of Home is to meet new people and actually make friends, which you can. But still,  they need to add game launch and the feature which allowed you to invite your friends to your apartment and listen to music and videos.

Just wanted share with you the art of Quinceying in Home which was brought to my attention by Joystiqs Griffin McElroy. Ive spent a large portion of my weekend practicing my Quincying technique and am in awe. Quinceying takes advantage of a weakness in the current console online community, namely a lack of girls. Home is currently over run with sweatshirt wearing dudes with whacky hair. Unsurprisingly, girls get mobbed and sexually harassed. Big time. My girlfriend played for 10 minutes before being intimidated by lonely dudes shouting “nice rack” & “Shake that ass”.
Enter the Quincy - the fine art of suddenly swapping an attractive female avatar (AFA) for an overweight pink haired old queen. Be sure to check out Griffin's hilarious step-by-step instructions on executing a seamless, sickening Quincy.

http://www.playstationhome.com/web/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=62&func=view&catid=38&id=45754

Unlocking stuff in the namco museum beta puts an interesting fun aspect on it. I just hope they do more things like that, I havent played Dig Dug in years. It was actually fun trying to top the high score to advance my level.

OMG i was totally there for the dancing and the bubble machines. LAWL me and my brother were laughing our asses off

Super epic fail for PS3, it's like World of Warcraft (at least the server I'm usually on) but with nothing to do but go from room to room and look around.  I'd rather play spinnerbox on the Pub Games for Fable 2 than 5 minutes of this.

Home = Completely Pointless

i think alotta fuckin fuckers out there think the fuckin side-games are supposed to be the fuckin main attraction.

Home wasn't made for silly fucks to bowl and play arcade games. Home was only meant to meet up with the homies and launch a game or do whatever homie-clubs do or find more homies. if a homie has to get down with the Top Ramen or take a good shit or placate his girlfriend and has to step away for 10 minutes, THEN you kick a dude's asshole in some pool or whatever to kill some time while you wait.

and its a fuckin beta. its a gat-damn skeleton of what its supposed be.

at some point i'm gonna be able to go to some gangster ass dude from New York's virtual apartment, laugh at the pictures of a chicken fuckin a bear on his wall while he streams for me the sex tape he made with his girlfriend without her knowledge.

thats fuckin and tits and bears and chickens and all for free at some dude's apartment that lives on the other side of the country. how the fuck, fuckers can't see the potential in this thing baffles my mind all the way.

not interested