PlayStation Home v1.3 Detailed, Slated For September
See Full ImagePlayStation Home continues to make great strides - almost on a monthly basis - and one of the biggest updates is just around the corner.
As detailed over at the PlayStation Blog, Home v1.3 will be available next month and this will include universal game launching. This means you'll be able to launch into any PlayStation 3 game while within the Home application; titles that "fully support" this feature (Resistance 2, MotorStorm, Far Cry 2, Street Fighter IV, etc.) "will be identified by separate icons that appear over an avatar's head and will have varying degrees of additional multiplayer functionality built in." Secondly, v1.3 will bring "an in-store item previewing option" that will let you check out how a piece of clothing looks on your character before purchasing. You'll even be able to do this with furniture; i.e., gee, how's that new couch gonna look in my pad...? Oh, but it doesn't end there: we'll get free cameras that will let us snap photos all throughout Home, and you can save any of these pictures to the Photo section on the XMB. More portable objects (like that cool Bubble Machine) will also find their way into this virtual landscape.
Additional upgrades include more emotes for your avatar, new categories of clothing (composite and outfits), plus an optimized targeting system and a new queuing system. You'll even be able to choose your own personalized cache size; pick between 3, 5, 8, and 12GB. Lastly, as announced during Sony's press conference at GamesCom, we'll see the arrival of the new SingStar space, and that thing will come fully equipped with a Video Jukebox (music videos!) and a dance floor. Home continues to grow and expand and v1.3 will once again stretch the limits of our virtual imaginations.
8/19/2009 John Shepard
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kevinater321
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 10:04:32 PM
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rcrodgers
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 10:09:01 PM
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Then they took that away, implying that it was bugs that permitted that launching, and slowly built the case over the last few months that it's up to the developers to support game launching. I agree that taking full advantage of it is the developer's responsibility, but there's no excuse for me not being able to launch KillZone 2 from within Home at this point, even if I'm just going to be playing the single player campaign.
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Highlander
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 11:27:20 PM
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 10:25:11 PM
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 10:36:46 PM
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Highlander
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 11:25:29 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 1:38:48 AM
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Fane1024
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 3:17:02 AM
PSEye support would be awesome (a la Tiger Woods or Rainbow Six Vegas).
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Alienange
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 4:13:09 PM
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Fane1024
Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 4:58:15 PM
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Charger7302
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 11:15:21 PM
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Highlander
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Highlander
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 3:05:47 AM
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 3:29:30 AM
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Fane1024
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 3:54:16 AM
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Best news ever.
Okay, I'm exaggerating, but this was at the top of my list of things which needed fixing. We'll see if they get it right.
For those who are interested:
1. Fix the targeting system.
2. Stop kicking me out of the PDA every time I do something; let me do multiple things at a time.
3. Make the World Map an actual map, with all the areas connected in "real" space. The tiles are neat, but they just don't work well.
4. Indicate (on said map) which areas we have downloaded and allow us to select all the others (via the Triangle menu) to download in the background.
5. Add first-person view to the distant and over-the-shoulder views (and I'm no fan of FPSs).
6. Fix the instancing so that more people can't enter an area than can play the mini-games therein. We shouldn't have to wait indefinitely to try the games. Some of the original mini-games I still haven't tried.
7. Improve the queuing system (e.g., make waiting for a bowling lane work like it does in real bowling lanes: "Your lane is ready.").
8. Allow us to change the color of all generic items of clothing (stuff with logos, etc. can still be color-specific).
9. A few more (free) options for haircuts, facial hair, and make-up as well as pants/skirts, shoes, and accessories (one pair of glasses?!?).
10. Utilize streaming technology to make travel more seamless; build buffer zones (hallways, lobbies, etc.) if necessary . We should be able to walk from one end of Home to the other (with minimal loading times). It's possible in Oblivion, GTAIV, inFAMOUS, etc., so it should be possible in Home. This one is only last because it would probably take the most work.
Two down (if they get them right), eight to go.
Now that there are plenty of spaces and things to do (more each week) and they're adding universal game launching, the only major thing which they should have had at launch which is still lacking is the ability to personalize our avatars and apartments without having to pay an arm and a leg.
Make the microtransactions truly "micro" (= 1/1000 of a normal transaction)!
p.s. Sorry about the essay. :)
Last edited by Fane1024 on 8/20/2009 4:06:19 AM
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___________
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 3:59:54 AM
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just hurry up and release the 3.0 FW update.
and for the love of god can yous include a option to save game patches, and continue them at a later stage.
wolfenstein has really pissed me off, they made me wait another 2 weeks because the game was delayed, than i FINALLY get it but no i cant play it yet because theres a fuggin patch to download.
2PM to 7PM and its only done 62%.
JESUS *&^%ing CHRIST IT WOULD BE QUICKER TO DOWNLOAD SOMETHING VIA DIAL UP ON MY BLOOMIN LAPTOP.
ive managed to download the new update for my 360 AND the LP2 demo in the time my ps3 has done 62% for wolfenstein.
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Highlander
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 12:13:39 PM
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 6:00:50 AM
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Robochic
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 10:45:41 AM
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RadioHeader
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 2:30:05 PM
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Will I be able to use one of them as my avatar, here? I've never had an avatar so I don't even care if it's a gay bubble machine...anything's better than the grey man^
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Blink182Fan99
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 4:11:58 PM
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They are the only thing I'm waiting for right now.
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Highlander
Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 10:13:26 PM
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Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 6:58:29 PM
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Hezzron
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 10:03:56 PM