Comments on: AlphaZone4 2011 PlayStation Home Awards Results http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: Dream Yacht Apartment | Paul Rance showcase blog http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-281737 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:56:59 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-281737 […] The dream yacht apartment I created for Playstation Home. And am happy to say it won Best Home Apartment 2011 on Alphazone4 website. […]

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By: NorseGamer http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75513 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:53:32 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75513 Portable EOD might just be the most important personal virtual commodity ever developed for Home. It instantly raises the value of owning a private estate, and helps to justify any private estates someone already owns. It’s a social improvement to Home which can monetize and be easily measured, encouraging other developers to think along similar lines.

The taunt feature in S2 is an interesting wrinkle, and I have to wonder if the graphical superiority of S2 also played a factor in the voting results. I love Novus Prime — it’s a thoroughly enjoyable game which I’ve spent between twenty to thirty dollars on already — but S2’s easily the more graphically impressive experience.

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By: HearItWow http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75374 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:16:41 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75374 If we get a portable Loot EOD this year, I’ll be shocked if that doesn’t take Best Active Item. As it’s baked into a space (and two of those spaces released in 2010), it’s easy to overlook that. And the Active Camera, brilliant as it is, probably has limited usefulness for many.

I’ll also suggest that the Taunt feature was what put Sodium 2 over the top for Best Multiplayer Game. Novus Prime is an excellent multiplayer game as well, and in many ways stronger than Sodium 2. Try beating the higher levels in Novus Prime without some skilled players around.

I think the Mech Jet is the most shocking win here. Not because it isn’t awesome, which it is, but because the Bloons and Urban Camo outfits are so much more common, and also offer great custom animations. Perhaps there’s something about the Mech Jet pricing, which makes it a bit rarer than other costumes, that adds to its appeal.

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By: Angie Sue http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75308 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:53:03 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75308 Loot Should have Been in there somewhere this year! I mean with the release of the Loot Space Apartment and the addition of Crackle to it’s line up…LOOT and LKWD are Home’s Golden Boys in my opinion…

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By: Terra_Cide http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75273 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:32:04 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75273 You aren’t the only one. Funny how people -- once they get what they want -- don’t scream and cry in celebration as nearly as loud (or as often) as when they were complaining about *not* having it.

Perhaps next (this) year?

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By: SORROW-83 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75253 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:19:59 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75253 LOOT!!!!! grrr^^

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By: SORROW-83 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-75252 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:19:26 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-75252 I am very disappointed that no mention is made about LOTT CRACKLE…
It’s still a function sought has horns and cries for 3 years by all users?!

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By: Estim20 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74951 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74951 I wholeheartedly agree. If the current general trend regarding premium items continues (which I hope it does, plenty of them are fantastic) the pricing strategy is that much easier to implement/justify. It would benefit Home to offer both premium and standard fare in the long run; here’s to another mechjet quality suit. lol

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By: NorseGamer http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74817 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:10:11 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74817 Yup.

Check this out: http://gigaom.com/2012/01/06/whats-this-about-zynga-and-whales/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29

Home, I suspect, is much the same.

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By: cthulu93 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74794 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:26:18 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74794 If Home’s economy is driven by a small number(relatively speaking) of Home’s users who are spending massive amounts of cash that would indicate to me that these people have deep pockets and therefore are willing and able to pay for higher priced items that they like.As long as items have some kind of extra functionality or some other appeal I really see no ceiling limit on items,which I consider a good thing.

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By: Burbie52 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74751 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:57:46 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74751 No real surprises here. Lockwood and NDreams and are both becoming real innovators in Home. Loot is also in that club now it remains to see if new developers like Juggernaut can keep up and surprise us this year.

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By: Jayson619 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74716 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:52:03 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74716 Mechjets by Lockwood winning Best Outfits is no surprise there.

And didn’t anyone mentioned the biggest hiccup in a Home Outfit; the censoring of the SCRE4M outfit.

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By: Estim20 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/01/alphazone4-2011-playstation-home-awards-results/#comment-74704 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:46:13 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=20370#comment-74704 It’s ironic the Space Station didn’t earn Best Personal Space due to its impressive functionality and for the fact it debuted the same week as the Dream Yacht. That might be the pertinent factor for the Yacht’s victory. If two $9.99 spaces release the same week and money’s tight for most users, chances are only one would win out in the end -- and given Lockwood and LOOT’s reputations, it really could’ve gone either way. Personally, I would’ve voted for the Station space as well, but that doesn’t demean the value of the Yacht.

Beyond that, as you said, there are obvious winners in the remaining categories. lol Sodium2 and the Gift Machine? Both unsurprising victors. Aurora? Also unsurprising. The inclusion of the mechjets suggests we’re willing to pay premium prices for premiums items, especially when coupled with the Dream Yacht. The Yacht and mechjets also have a fair amount of work placed in them, not to mention being Lockwood offerings, which only shows Lockwood really knows what we want (and therefore knows what it’s doing).

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