Comments on: Watersheds: 1.75 hits Home

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:24:13 +0000

lol *let me clarify I got x7 membership after plus because there was nothing in the way of rewards for Home through plus service. Glad there are now. yay.

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:14:06 +0000

“We fear change.” -- Garth, Wayne’s World

By: Jeff_Psn

Jeff_Psn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:51:33 +0000

This is such a great article!I tried Plus for the first time about three months ago and so far I’m happy with it.I planned on renewing just for the games then I read about this update.There are some fundamental changes coming that I feel won’t really change the way I approach Home.I’m looking forward to experimenting with the color palette and the extra pop up colors are kinda cool but I hardly use the save slots as it is so doubling them won’t change much for me.One thing does concern me.I have had past and present issues when trying to place active items.Recently I freeze when trying to place the Essence of the Seven Winds at Red Bull House of Skate.The only way I know of to fix this is to delete the saved data file on the XMB for the space and download it again in Home.Same issue at Harbour with telepads but I’ve been able to fix it using the above method.How will the update affect these kind of issues I wonder?We shall see,I guess.

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:10:20 +0000

Great article Seal!
this is truly the way to view changes. Keep it all in black and white. I personally am looking forward to the new plus content. I’ve been a member for a while, I got it for the un-locks to the personal spaces, there wasn’t much else with the membership as far as home. It’s about time. There’s only so many times I visit x7.

By: Kid Fleetfoot

Kid Fleetfoot — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:14:55 +0000

None of us can see the future so we don’t know what we will happen or perhaps even what is supposed to happen at least in all cases. So we wait and see as with everything in life when a proposed change occurs.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if we looked at this change(s) as a novel and started reading from the ending.
Sony is making a big change. Some people are worried, even afraid. Let us hope SONY gets it right.

9-9=0? There is no zero!

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:53:47 +0000

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User-discovered workarounds do not equal options.

Other than that, I think you’re spot on.

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:22:35 +0000

Home 1.75 is one of the most important updates ever assembled. It’s not that hard to look into the future, put two and two together, and figure out that the only way to have Home (or, indeed, anything PS3-related) on the next console generation is via cloud-based emulation.

People are screaming about losing (possibly temporarily) some of the power-user workarounds they’ve figured out for Home, and in so doing are completely missing the much larger picture: that it’s now feasible that Home could be enjoyed beyond the PS3, if Sony chooses to make it available on the PS4 or elsewhere.

Of course, something like that could never be explicitly stated by Sony, because legally it could constitute a forward-looking statement, and you don’t want someone investing in a new platform for a feature which may or may not occur. And so the screaming continues. It has to be driving the guys up in Foster City insane.

(What’s that old aphorism? No good deed goes unpunished…?)

I know there will still be no shortage of knee-jerk invective over 1.75, but seriously: it’s easy to see how beneficial it is in the long run. It means that Home’s lifespan potentially just got a lot longer.

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:16:13 +0000

It looks like we will have to wait a few more weeks for 1.75. Sony is still tweaking it. I think one of the great and overlooked things about 1.75 is we now have the ability to access our wardrobe totally in another persons apartment.

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:02:22 +0000

I understand completely. I think time will be the judge of whether this is a good idea or not. Let’s hope they are doing something great.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:30:30 +0000

“natural evolution”… For a price ; )

I may be bundled in with all the nay-sayers and the whingers, but I’m honestly just concerned about my Home stuff. And a bit miffed that an “up-grade” includes taking *away* my options and control, rather than giving me more. The fact this update has been delayed is rather worrying also, now we have no due date for when it actually will be ready. Sayin’ that, I’m glad they’re not rolling it out until it’s properly ready for us. If anything this new delay gives me a bit of confidence that when it does come, my stuff *might* be safe… for a while.

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:25:25 +0000

I went to my nephew’s house and fired up Home on his PS3. I went to show him my apartments and they all had no furniture. So if they do migrate Home to other platforms, this is a required step.

Once able to be saved and recalled from the server, one can imagine being able to save more than one set up. That seems like a natural evolution.

By: Nosdrugis

Nosdrugis — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:44:03 +0000

Looks like it’s time to renew the Plus
Am excited about these new features!

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:33:14 +0000

Some people are just whining as usual, but some people are really worried about logging into home on they ps3’s and not finding they layouts or more importantly they avatar when they first log in.Is it because when it goes right no one remembers it, and when it goes wrong it really goes major league wrong and everyone remembers that. But its coming, theres no stopping it, If it goes wrong then users should do what they have to but till then its a waste of time whining about it.

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:37:15 +0000

" And we may be approaching a world where Home does not live only on the PS3....if Home survives the transition to the PS4, which I think is likely, it will be good to find our apartment layouts there when we first log in." This. Hence why everyone complaining about Home 1.75 really ought to be quiet right now.