Maybe I’m being a whinge about this, but we had both things at once before without any problems. I guess it comes down to the hand that feeds just says no? I’ll deal with it, but I’m never gonna be happy about it.

I can say this -If there is anything on god’s green earth I would give up 25 slots for (This is so ta-da! in comparison to real life matters lol! heh) and would pay twice for with absolutely no buyer’s remorse -It would be Music.

And the item is flippen PORTABLE so you can have it in as many spaces as you desire not just designated spots… so maybe you dont have it in Hollywood Hills instead you have it in Harbor Bay were 75 itmes goes quite a bit farther. I guess I am just not the guy sitting in the lazy boy recliner, flying at the speed of sound, complaining because the stewardess has not yet brought me my peanuts. heh. Instead I see what this means for the future of social programing on Playstation- and they may be behind the times with some of their abilities but honestly I know xbox players come here to socialize…so…my consumer loyalty has not taken a hit because a business wants to make a profit. I understand why there is a contract we agree to that allows companies to make changes because we are on a BETA. I think that Playstation and Sony and LOOT have an innate understanding that there is room for improvement and that is why they read forums like this and listen to their consumers.

In fact we were asking for portable radios and now one of the developers did create it- and now to whindge and complain about what we asked for seems quite selfish and demeanding -even petualant… but I am not “having a go at anyone’s character” when I say that. I am just saying I am thrilled that they are progressing in what they know and what they can do. LOOT is as Norse says is “F--king” astounding at pushing the tecnological envelope- Lets not forget that they brought us EOD and without that we would never even have had the room to have a sense of entitlement about a PORTABLE soure of music.

I’m happy about the radio’s and TVs being made for other spaces, that’s great, but what I don’t get is why they have to take away the functionality of the really great spaces they’ve made themselves. Surely they could leave those alone? What this now means is that even though I’ve paid for these functions in THREE spaces already, I’ll now have to loose 25 item slots of meticulous decorating AND pay AGAIN, just to get back the ORIGINAL functions of the space when I first paid for it. I know as a Home user I have no official rights to even complain about this, but I won’t lie about feeling like I’ve been taken for a ride here.

If they’re going to remove these “plugged in” functions they should reduce the price of the spaces. Would you keep paying for Sky if they kept removing channels?

Now if we could just actually increase the capabilities of the personal mic in home- or even get a foot pedal opperated R2 button that would allow us the abort to hav a “hands-free” talking/sound experience I for one would be thoroughly delighted!

Norse this was an awesome article -great news for someone that looks on music as a staple closely akin to water or food. Please tell the staff at Loot that I am extremely grateful and will be snatching up their product as soon as it hits the shelves!

It’s obviously possible to have BOTH at the same time, which I’m sure we’ll get eventually, but not until they’ve sold 50 bazillion radios first. Count me out, I’m protesting with my wallet here. Unless, y’know, I get drunk and REALLY NEED TUUUNES! *ahem*

Till that happens, put me with the whingers and idiots in their chorus of complaint.

If we can buy songs in the same manner as iTunes works that will certainly be interesting.

I’m not concerned much with the size 25 slots they apparently will take because for a long time we’ve bought boom boxes of that size without much complaint. Yes, we have smaller slot size music players and that’s great. I;ll just remove some 25 slot music players like the Playground boom box or the Grand Piano “Moonlight Sonata” player and replace them with the new radios (assuming I like them). There will always be a place somewhere for the Grand Piano however.

I’m looking forward to this, the future, almost the present.

I have been waiting for this to come out for months… since I had first heard about it.

We all love music and need it in our lives. How wonderful is this… that we can now listen to the music we love while we decorate and enjoy the company of our friends in Home.

Thank you!!!! Finally.

As I have mentioned to anyone who stands still long enough to look like an audience, my low bandwidth issues make video in Home impractical for me. So I was glad that LOOT decoupled video and audio, especially since the combined package would have been a staggering 50 slots, or close to it. I can do 25. Not everywhere, mind you — some spaces are all about the furniture. But others definitely have the space, especially if I’ve been using a 22-slot item to provide music up to now. The hard choice will be whether to replace a Brimstone Dancer with a radio. The soundtrack will be better with a radio, but the dancers add atmosphere to a place, and their music can stand a lot of repetition. I may have to swap them in and out, according my current social and decorating needs.

Which leads to my next “gimme please” request — furniture arrangement save slots! If I have an apartment with a private-time furniture configuration and a party configuration, it would be nice to be able to swap them in and out like we currently swap clubhouse skins. Want the radio? Go with the radio arrangement. Prefer a private evening with Dusty the Golden? Load that furniture set. And so on.

But meanwhile, thank you LOOT coding ninjas! And also the Sony legal sharks-in-suits… I know you were involved in this too. This is epic stuff. We now have all we want for Christmas.

Oh, one thing more — is there any chance for an in-home Internet radio receiver? For picking up all those other Internet radio stations out there? The ones that have already handled all the licensing stuff so you don’t have to. Sorry — it was just a question. I’ll go back to drooling now.

It just helps in conversations too ‘You like that song?, is this the kind of music you listen to?’

It’s also something of which illustrates your own individual personality that little bit more

Great read! The Cheekster LIKES