Home Beta Invites Sent To North American PS3 Owners

Over the past few months, whenever we had to do a story regarding PlayStation Home beta invites, there was always a lot of erroneous information (not our fault, damnit) and more than a few rumors. We were never really sure if any North American PS3 users had received an invite to the closed beta, for example...but now we know.

I have gotten my invite to the beta and I know many of our readers have found the happy e-mail in their inboxes. So without any doubt, the first round of Home beta invites has gone out in the U.S., and if you haven't seen one, don't fret; we imagine more are on the way. Either that, or the launch of the open beta is only a few weeks off, which means you won't have to wait long, anyway. We're going to dive in later on and give you our impressions ASAP, but in the meantime, let us remind you of something: PlayStation Home is barely more than a foundation right now. When you see the open beta, that's exactly what it is; an open beta. Sony has a long ways to go - they're well aware of that fact - and in a couple years time, Home will look and feel nothing like it does now. The possibilities are limitless and given feedback from users and the creativity of the Home designers, we're confident Home will be a major selling point of the PS3. It kinda is now, but many strides have yet to be taken.

Oh, and we are hoping that all these rumors about certain aspects of Home coming with a price tag aren't trustworthy. As far as we know, Home is a free service and will remain that way, although we wouldn't be surprised to see some "premium content" go for a few bucks here and there.

11/21/2008 Ben Dutka

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gumbi
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:22:30 PM
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Happy e-mail indeed Ben. I'm almost giddy with anticipation. Downloading now.

I'm goin Home baby!

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WaR_HaWk
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:31:59 PM
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well i didnt get anything.

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Scarecrow
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:07:37 PM

Same here...

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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 3:13:46 PM

Ditto, but I'll be happy to get into 1 beta a year and I think its spent with LBP.

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Bardock617
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:50:13 PM
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i got both US and JP. lol what to do....

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Arvis
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:05:15 AM

Give the JP account code to Scarecrow, here. :)

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Bardock617
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 2:05:41 PM

i used my JP code already. it was the one i used and i gave my US code away to my friend.

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gabbyps3
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 2:48:36 PM

u should let me have one lol

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Jed
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:50:51 PM
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I was so freakin happy when I got mine a couple months ago.

I read that they sent out a ton of invites to do a load test for the home servers, but I think it was over in europe.

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coverton341
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:53:47 PM
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I didn't get an invite either and I downloaded the "application" the first day it was available. I call shenanigans against this "Duke Nukem Forever" service.

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Renck
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:58:29 PM
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I am one of the lucky ones that received the invite e-mail. I was expecting that SCEA will make some noise at launch, but nothing........not even at the US Playstation Blog. One more thing, as per the e-mail there was supposed to be an event at the Plaza (6 to 8 PST) and nothing. Just a bunch of people "new" to Home (including myself) just wondering what happened. Anyway, finally I am at Home.........it is a "new" Home and therefore it will require time, dedication and patience to see more good things in there..........but it is Home sweet Home!

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Schmitty
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:04:33 PM
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wait PSN inbox or email?

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Renck
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:10:28 PM

E-mail my friend. If you are lucky you should have it in your inbox by now. Sender should be Playstation Underground.

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Bugzbunny109
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 9:41:49 AM

i got an e-mail from playstation underground, but i dont see the code!

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BigT_1980
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:26:19 PM

I'm a member of the PlayStation underground and I got my invite as well. Bugzbunny109 the code should be on that email you received. It is right under the download instructions and it is a 12 digit code. You might want to read that email again.

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im4vivisection
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:06:02 PM
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Got it too and lost connection at midnight. Guess server stress test took its toll

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ThugNificent101
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:11:37 PM

yeah i got mine and lost connection around that time as well

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Arvis
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:07:03 AM

Wow, ditto guys. Just after midnight, EST. I was tired anyways, so I just went to sleep after that.

-Arvis

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Scarecrow
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:07:59 PM
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I don't think I'll ever get invited to HOME lol...

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Scarecrow
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:16:26 PM

Yeah me too
As long as it's THIS year I'm fine with it.

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huskerfan_101
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:43:43 PM
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I got mine!! i thought something was maybe going on, most of the people on my friends list were all of the sudden in the beta. And this may seem bad but im happy to here not everyone's in it yet , it makes me feel special.

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crapreviews
Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:43:59 PM
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i was happy to see my invite in my email box. actually was shocked cuz i gave up on thinking i would get in HOME months ago.

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Qubex
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 12:13:42 AM
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Well, it would be interesting to hear what people think of it...

Q!

"i aM hOme"

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Skillz
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 12:16:06 AM
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I recieved mine yesterday and I'm currently on it. It's very umm..... different. It is pretty damn good though. :) I can't wait until it's released publicly.

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SplendidBlended
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 1:14:38 AM
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It turns out I never signed up with Playstation Underground or whatever, so I just signed up right now.

How did I go all this time thinking I was signed up...?

-Sigh-
This means 0% chance of getting an invite, doesn't it?

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HUSO
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:32:47 AM

damn same thing happened to me, apparently i had signed up but not activated my account.

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Arvis
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:10:12 AM

Guys, it's not like you'll be waiting much longer. I think us lucky few (many?) who got an email yesterday are only here to stress test the serers for a couple weeks before they unveil the open beta.

I give it two more weeks at the most. And you can quote me on that.

-Arvis

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Jojoman
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 1:29:16 AM
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Press X to Connect.

Connecting...

Going Online...

Initialising...............

Network Error.
Connection to the server was lost.

*Sigh*

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Jojoman
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:43:58 AM

Finally made it in. Pretty basic right now, not much available, but very nice.

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HUSO
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:31:32 AM
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now the recently released registered PSN account numbers make a lot of sense. sony must have been doing a head count for establishing optimal server support. wish i get my invite soon :(

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OhYessss
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:43:08 AM
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I got in! Home is pretty fun.

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MetalHead09
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:41:24 AM
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same here i got in to. woke up this mornin at like 4am and checked my email for the heck of it and there it was, welcome to home!! its pretty neat.

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dillonthebunny
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:52:22 AM
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1.00 is cool!

before I had the Beta file in my 'Beta file' folder, 1.00 gives its own icon, so now it feels real not strictly Beta.

its got to be close!!!!

Apart from maybe some new face stuff and clothes, there is nothing new from this version to the next, yet the 77meg download must accout for something.

I say we're bloody close to a full launch here chaps!

Any news on the forum Ben/ AK? its been tooooo long :(

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jellotree14
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 8:03:08 AM
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i wasnt signed up so i wont get a beta invite
i just signed up now for this site

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jellotree14
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 8:03:42 AM
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do you need to be signed up for this site or playstation uderground?

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Solidus15
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 8:57:30 AM
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Just checked my email, I'm in. PSN Solidus15, catch you all around the Home.

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DGo8
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 9:09:06 AM
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When isit gonna be avaliable in U.K get back to me

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Bardock617
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 2:07:22 PM

Home has been in EU for a long time. they started the Beta there. you'll have to keep waiting

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tramp
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:49:33 AM
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DOWNLOADING NOW!!!!!!
very big surprise to have got it.
thank you,SCEE

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Riku994
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 12:33:33 PM
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How does one acquire such an invite?

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Bardock617
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 2:07:58 PM

you had to register for the Beta on the Home website.

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Riku994
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 9:30:33 PM

DAMNIT! A few months ago I went to that site every day to register... Then I just stopped!

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Arvis
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 10:34:07 AM

I have never gone to the Home website, and I still got an invite to the Beta.

You see, I am really awesome. And when you're as awesome as me, people give you stuff.
(Translation: I've bought enough of Sony's products in my life that they feel my opinion holds some kind of weight. I've registered both my PS2, PS3, PSP, and list of games on the Playstation Underground, which got me into GAP, which gets me into betas.)

-Arvis

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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 3:15:56 PM
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Wow, I'm glad so many of you PSXE folks got to go Home :D

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Cuetes
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 3:42:13 PM
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The word of the day is " potential ", and Home has all kinds of it.

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karneli lll
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 7:38:52 PM
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Now if only there was a psxe clubhouse....

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mk ultra
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:18:38 PM
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I got in. Im on a roll for betas this year. LBP, then R2 now home. The only one I wanted to get in to and didn't was KZ2.

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Reccaman18
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 10:35:19 PM
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Im in! Downloading it right now! Im so excited!

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DGo8
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 6:20:09 AM
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Cheerz Bardock617 can anyone give me the link to the site i needs 2 sign up on 2 get home beta?..or a chance to get it ?

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Solidus15
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 11:27:02 AM
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I get the feeling that joining the playstation underground when the original Playstation launched and being a GAP member since it started has given me some advantages in getting into betas- I certainly never signed up for anything about Home Beta, but I was sent a beta key- never signed up for R2 Beta, but received a key. Now PSU is closing its doors and merging into PSN, so that won't give you advantages anymore, and GAP is invite-only.

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smaug_ca
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 1:24:39 PM
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I have now been trying the home Beta for three days.
Wow, is this ever BETA!
I do think this does have potential in the future to be fun and interesting, but right now it seems a little early to yell hooray!
The games inside are full of bugs, there are major collision detection issues with the graphics, the sound is glitchy at times... the list goes on.
I do find it a cool concept don't get me wrong, I just am not sure I want to virtually wander around in a simulated world being assaulted with Sony advertisements and having a dozen strangers invite me to their friends list.
That last one was kinda creepy. I had no less than 10 people who I walked past send invites. I never looked at them or typed to them or spoke over the mic to them; they just added me. What's up with that?
If I walked down the street and every 10 people or so stepped up to me and said "Hey, wanna be my friend!?"; I'd run. I'd run real fast until I got out of that neighbourhood. That's just creepy.
My big question is: What is Sony's goal with this?
Okay, all done; flame away!
:)

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IonHawk
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 1:26:58 PM
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I got 2 beta invites - this year has been good for me with betas, first R2, then Killzone 2 and 2 invites for home (gave it away to a friend), the only one I missed was LBP.
Does anyone who is in the beta know what happened to the Uncharted and Far cry 2 rooms? Earlier I was able to see them in the world map, but no more after the latest update.

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mk ultra
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 5:41:00 PM

When I signed on last night is said that the game rooms would be back soon. I don't think it said why.

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startazz
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 1:27:21 PM
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Well done to all the people who got to go HOME lol,just to let you all know i,m still HOMELESS and thats not funny

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jal360
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 6:17:10 PM
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I GOT MY EMAIL ON NOVEMBER 22!!!!!!

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xnonsuchx
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 7:03:09 PM
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I got my invite Email on 11/22...but I'm away from my PS3 until 12/2, darn the luck! :-(

Hope the code didn't need to be redeemed within 7 days or something!

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crump602
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 9:50:10 PM
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I got the E-mail friday and all I can say is...
It's BADASS and will be even more once it goes live!!!!! The only two things I can c that r missing right now, is your personal friends from ur list(cause almost everything is better when ur with people u know) and all the downloadable stuff like furniture, clothing, etc.....

Sorry but the "New Xbox Experience" aint got nothing on this!!!!!

THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG!!!BIGGER!!!!BETTER!!!!!BEST!!!!!!

That's what I think anywayz.

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DualDrive
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 11:36:49 PM
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I got mine on saturday :D i am from europe :D

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Thinker
Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 10:24:07 AM
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Man - this is hard to believe. A couple of weeks ago, I got the invite in the email (even though I don't have Qore or anything). I got on to Home (it was at v 0.98 at that time).

Today (Nov 24), when I checked my email, there was ANOTHER invite, with a different Redeem Code.

Now I know that I had tried to sign up for Home Beta multiple times (on their Home Trial page), but it was all using the same email address (used for my PSN). I find it hard to believe I got multiple invites :).

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killzone100
Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 11:03:51 AM
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me want code:(

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PS3addict
Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 11:42:32 AM
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I am not sure how, but I am in. I never applied for the beta, never downloaded the Home theme, I just upgraded to a new 500GB drive, installed linux and was in the process of re-dwonloading all of my rockband tracks (Backup failed 50 times in a row even after deleting all game saves, video, music, and demos). Checked my e-mail Friday afternoon, and "Welcome To Home". A little under 4GB reseved later, I am home.

I gotta say it is impressive. I am not a SIM's player, but this is pretty sweet.

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Shatterday
Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 1:47:32 PM
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I would say that "the day has finally come".
Yes, you're home, but other people aren't. People have been in beta for a while now. We all know basically what we're in store for. Lots of us have just yet to see anything.

Okay I'm just bummed I didn't get in the beta.

I'll shut up.

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shootu
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 1:35:35 AM
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Im got my code and I didnt join nothing. Just the PS Store. So wtf? So I dont know

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jellotree14
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 4:09:56 PM
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can you use a code twice?

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