Comments on: If You Had A $50 SEN Card…

By: MsLiZa

MsLiZa — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:08:04 +0000

You could always buy the 4 mansion spaces, the Jetsetter apartment and still have 2 bucks left over.

OK, maybe not.

I’d start with the Sunset Yacht and the Sodium pilot jacket for the reasons that HIW mentioned. A $5 bundle or 2 would really help to stock the inventory.

The Dolphy Room is also a good recommendation for newbies because it yields the personal space, the racing game, some rewards and great opportunity to make some friends for $4.

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:42:34 +0000

For some reason when I was reading this, I got the song…If I had a Million dollars by the Barenaked Ladies stuck in my head.

I just got a shiny new $20 PSN card for Journey. (Not the band the game) Also, the Midway space is free and as you play games, you get a ton of free stuff for it. Spaces like this can really stretch your money because I agree with the comments it doesn’t go as far as you think

By: AAMCSYSTEMS

AAMCSYSTEMS — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:57:45 +0000

Nice article, wisg i had it to read 6 months ago, when i 1st joined

By: SealWyf

SealWyf — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:52:23 +0000

I would like to second the suggestion to check out Home’s free and unlockable content. It’s not just about extending the budget. I find that the items that give me the most pleasure in Home are the ones I have had to work for. My gold EA Poker bracelet is still one of my favorite hand items. I use the lamps I bought with Sodium credits everywhere. And my new Underwater Apartment is one of my favorite personal spaces, because I had to work to get it.

And of course there is every Homeling’s favorite unlockable item, the glorious Echochrome Suit! (Echochrome arcade game, Bowling Alley or Indie Park, 2000 points. You can do it! We all did…)

By: SealWyf

SealWyf — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:12:02 +0000

Fifty dollars doesn’t go anywhere near as far as you think it’s going to.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:19:52 +0000

Nice job Kass. If I were a new person and I wanted to see the clothes in the bundle packs before I buy I would take the time to read the descriptions them go into Home and find the stuff in the stores and try them on first. It might take a bit of patience but it is better than buyers remorse afterwards.
AlphaZone4 is the place to go for freebie info and I would actually suggest that people go there and collect the free stuff in Home before they buy anything at all, this will give them a better base to build their inventory on. I still have my freebie account I used to write about that and I still add to it with new things that come out. I have furnished my entire harbor for free and collected quite a range of clothing as well.

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:24:34 +0000

Yes, I briefly mentioned the bundles available in the Sony Store. The problem is that you can’t see what you’re buying here before the purchase and you can’t try on the clothes. I wish these bundles were available in the Home Stores, so you could “look before you buy”.

By: HearItWow

HearItWow — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:04:33 +0000

I just happened to add $50 to my wallet last week. A chunk of that is going to Journey.

If I had the full $50 and no Home items, I’d probably buy the following:

Sunset Yacht for the E.O.D. and the atmosphere.

Blaster’s Paradise for the built-in minigame.

Cutteridge Estate because I like horror.

That leaves me what, about $32 to play with? I’m grabbing a Sodium Chili Red Pilot’s jacket to unlock that game and all of the stuff I can get with Sodium credits, and the Trigger Happy and Cabin Boy cabinets, as well as Brimstone Poker or Darts to play with friends.

I think I’m now in the vicinity of $22. I need some furniture and clothes. I can get by with about $6 in clothes, because I’m a guy and I only need jeans and two pairs of shoes: One formal, one casual. The rest goes to furniture that I like.

There are a bunch of value bundles in the PlayStation Store for Home that are worth checking out. You can get a ton of clothes, a ton of furniture, or a selection of clothes, furniture and sometimes a personal space for much less than you’d spend on these items in Home.

By: Lord_Rinja

Lord_Rinja — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:54:50 +0000

I started on Home around May 2009. Back then, there was not as much of a selection as there is now. If I was to star all over with a $50 card I would start off by:

1. Find a new Personal Space with some really cool features. For me, Games would be first, Movies would be second and theme would be third. I like my guests to be entertained so that’s why built in games take precedence over aesthetics. Now that we have Crackle, I would also give movies spaces serious consideration like the Sunset Yacht and Space Apartment.

2. Furniture would be next. First, I would find a few nice Arcade Machines and Games to play. Then I would add in furniture that appropriately blends in with the Space and theme it to work with my Game Room. I would also take the size and item limits into consideration in order to best fill up the space.

3. Last, If there is enough $$ left over, I would look for or put together a costume or outfit that best describes my interests and represents my individuality. Since I love video games and practice Iai-do, I would most likely start with a full Samurai outfit from Granzella, Ninja Outfit from nDreams, or the Samurai Bot costume from Lockwood.

Once the whole card is spent, I would hit up the Internet and research as many free Home Items as I possibly could. Then I would go back into Home and collect them. I would most likely start up with the Namco Museum Essentials Demo and then work in other stuff from there. Since the Streetfighter X Tekken event is going on now, I would do everything I can to get all of that sweet swag. As a matter of fact, my first three costumes were the Ninja Outfit, Samurai Armor and Ryu from SF IV.