Perhaps there’s small hope in noting that at least SEAC has toned down it’s gold color.

Maybe it’s a case of just not being able to ‘see’ quality?

Maybe whoever buys this can’t (or won’t) read anything that might help them make an informed purchase?

Maybe this is only for the “space collectors” in Home?

Unfortunately gamers have been talking with their wallets for a long time now, and it seems the majority of us couldn’t tell a good deal if it ran over one of us in Dell Boy’s Reliant Robin. Whoever puts $15 on this thing though deserves to have the rest of their money rudely wrestled from their hipster man-bag, since they clearly have more dollars than connected synapses.

John mentioned the diamond litter box. Bingo! I have no idea what that thing was supposed to be, but yes, that is exactly what it looks like. That’s the kind of detail that would be included in my proposed “I’m Richer Than You, Dude!” space — features that are so completely over the top that everyone gets that it’s a joke.

You might argue that’s what Sony was attempting with “Diamond Beach”, which in many ways feels like a Mansion parody. But I suspect it was a serious attempt to snare the bling market, not a send-up of it. It’s a pity, really. Just a little more push would have sent it into hilarious territory.

Would a parody space sell? Would it even make it past Sony’s approval process? Perhaps — we have had some very odd content approved recently. Sony may have developed a sense of humor, or at least a sense that laughs can be marketed.

Would I buy one? It’s hard to say. But if it tickled my fancy, I might well do so.

Still, with all regards to garish style and bad taste aside, the Mansion is a nicely detailed set of spaces. The sections are well designed, at least. The Diamond Beach place, on the other hand, is a total turd sandwich that will only appeal to those with the misguided need to feel elite on Home and the compulsive buyers who collect every space.

Diamond Beach compares so unfavourably with spaces from Lockwood, Loot and Granzella that SCEA should be ashamed to even sell it.

Here’s the most damning observation that I’ve read about the space. When the pre-release images and videos began to leak out, everyone assumed that it was an unfinished space that had been sitting on a virtual shelf for years and was never intended to see the light of day. Then two weeks later…there it is in Estates selling for $15. And there you have it.

There are so many examples of how to do a space right, the Dream Island comes to mind. To release a product that will most certainly be compared to those at the level the Diamond Beach is, makes you scratch you head.

Welcome back to making personal spaces Sony we missed you…but,uh…things have changed a bit since you were gone!

The sad part is as we have seen, there is no accounting for taste in Home. The Konami Glow Stick Apt dominated the Top 20. So even spaces that make me woozy sell well.

I laughed so hard reading this I snorted. It’s funny because it’s true. Great article!