Comments on: What Would Home Life be Like on the PS4, Plus a Quick Trip Down Memory Lane

By: cjmp

cjmp — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:52:19 +0000

Hey guys, great comments! Krazy, it will definitley be interesting to see how early PS4 adopters will be with Home. Some people may find it boring while others including myself, yourself and Dr find Home fun. I think if people discover Home and discover the true suspense behind home then i think it will keep folks hungry for more because as we know, you never really know what’s going to happen in Home, the origional XI was a perfect example of this. Anytime you can “tease” users, it gets them coming back for more. As for face time, not everyone wants to do that. Some people just like to type and play games in home while they chat (Well I guess you can say goodbye to your high score). Dr, with Pottermore and Dr. Who in Home, you would think more users would come to Home not to mention other big name companies, books, TV series’, etc will be interested in giving Home a try themselves for marketing purposes. It’s like networking in the journalism buisness, one industry professional’s contact info can lead to a bigger industry pro’s info, and then eventually leading to a job. Same thing with this, Dr. Who and Pottermore opens wide open doors for any other major marketing powerhouses to make thier way in Home and that’s what great marketing is. As for that Cantina, I would eat the Taco Bell Cantina Bowl but it’s like $6.00 lol xD

By: Dr_Do-Little

Dr_Do-Little — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:20:22 +0000

For a long time I wished our current Home would make it to the PS4. I’m not too sure anymore. The platform is old and already strechted far beyond what it was originaly desing for. The PS4 will also be based on a different architecture so applying this PS2 application will only bring new problems and real time streaming of that magnitude will limit the potential userbase.

As it was stated here many times. New Home project have a short window to turn out a profit. There is a ton of new shinning things every week. As we can expect the current PSN and it’s PsHome to be online for at least a year after the release of PS4. Pottermore and Dr. Who Tardis will already be either a success or a failure in accountants book.

Seeing big franchise like that does give me hope thou. IT’s shows poeple beleive in the concept and that Sony is probably still doing it’s marketing work behind the curtains to sell the concept.
What would Pottermore look like with the new possibilities of the PS4? How about a full Dr. Who RPG within a fully fuctional Tardis? Sure I love my Home. But the future is ahead, not behind.
Now if someone could finnish that Cantina…

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:12:10 +0000

You’re right about the “nobody knows” situation, but there are a few things that might give us a small indication of what the possible moves are. First off Home’s architecture has its feet planted in the PS2 era, not only this, but the complexities of the PS3’s architecture also means porting it over to PS4 is near on an impossible task for many, many reasons. That might sound like bad news at first but when we consider Sony’s plans for Gaikai, it’s not too far-fetched that Home could be streamed to PS4 using this new service. So, while you’d be able to access Home via PS3/4, on PS4 the visuals would be unchanged.

The biggest problem I foresee Home facing is the PS4’s interface and its built-in social network components. Sony have geared the PS4 to be simple, streamlined and encouraging in this way -- they even built the new pad with its own “share” button. Sending texts, videos and allowing you to see other players on-screen in real-time at the touch of a button might just make Home and its social side all but obsolete. Why spend time waiting on strangers with no keyboard to slowly punch out messages in Home (after you get past the boot-up/loading screens) when you can jab a button and do instant “face time” on PS4.

I have no doubt that Home will last at *least* another 2 or 3 years after the PS4 hits shelves. The question now is, will the early PS4 adopters want to bother with Home?