Comments on: Compensation…For What?

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:04:00 +0000

I was thinking they could refund the whole of everything I’ve bought on my sega mega drive as the mega cd only had few games released. Perhaps a free ps4 for homes users would be good aswell lol sorry next

By: HearItWow

HearItWow — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:48:54 +0000

Home has been giving out plenty of compensation. Play the Challenges and you get a free space, free clothes and free furniture every 10 weeks.

If you played Quest for Greatness when it first came out, you’ve got 4 PSOne games, including Twisted Metal and Resident Evil. Those are some pretty nice parting gifts.

Everything else was bought (or should have been) with the knowledge that Home was temporary, just like any downloadable game that you won’t have access to when you sell your PS3, or when Sony eventually shuts the PS3 portion of the PlayStation Network down. Those are the terms of the agreement.

What cannot be compensated for is the Home experience, which ends when the last server goes online. That’s what I’ll miss, and I’d really like to have a souvenir of that experience. To that end, I think a final gesture of goodwill would be to create PS4 versions of some of Home’s standalone games, such as Cabin Boy in Trout Trouble, Ice Breakers and Scribble Shooter, and give current Home users some way to claim vouchers to get them for free. Maybe tie it to what will likely be the final Christmas events this year.

Home users will get something to take with them, and maybe some incentive to buy a PS4.

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:13:47 +0000

Easily the most ridiculous comment I’ve seen on this site all year.

Next.

By: jon24

jon24 — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:39:04 +0000

You must be a free player to say you don’t need anything and you ask what would be a fair compensation.. lets think humm.. how about money credited back ti my ps wallet for money spent

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:39:45 +0000

Well said! Just like Home meant something different to each of us, you get out what you put in in the end. That’s your compensation, the compensation that counts.

By: Godzprototype

Godzprototype — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 15:52:45 +0000

Right on! 8)

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 10:14:08 +0000

Its getting that failed business feel about it now. It’s like a diner that’s on its last legs, you go there and half the stuff you wanted isn’t available. Firstly I’m a consumer and just because I’ve ate at that diner for 5 years, I’m not going to continue eating there if there’s nothing I want. That’s where home is for me currently.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 06:27:32 +0000

Steve Jobs has put an “off switch” on my older but perfectly functioning hardware and Apple peripherals though John ;P

By: John C. Ardussi

John C. Ardussi — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:22:15 +0000

Change is always uncomfortable. For many people Home ending is the emotional equivalent of losing their job. Steve Jobs said that he did not like the idea of off, which is why he did not put an off switch on Macs. Let’s just remind ourselves that it is on right now and ask ourselves what do we want to do while it is on.

By: Joseph Thomspon

Joseph Thomspon — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 02:30:33 +0000

When you sit back and assess what this whole Playstation Home experience has been, it really depends on who you’re talking to. Are you talking to someone who saw the application to its potential or someone who was just there wandering about for years listlessly. Take HSM for example. Something created due to the potential saw in Home and deemed worthy continuing with throughout. And on the more creative side, Homelings have exhibited such lore found in major Blockbuster video games. Difference being each individual offering their personality as characters within the lore. It’s both fascinating and incredibly creative and this is what Home offered. It offered creativity for those developing for Home and offered it for Home users in a parallel fashion. And we ask, compensation for the time and money spent, how moreso can one be compensated than the opportunity to experience being your own main character in a collaborative video game. Not only that but within this creative sphere has also been such opportunity for counseling and helping people through tough situations by providing a ear, a shoulder to cry on an offering applicable life lessons. While doing so developing leadership qualities and a plethora of life skills very applicable in one’s own personal lives. Skills such as confidence, believing in ones self, learning how to be a critical thinker and a problem solver. Learning to communicate and of course, how to type better and explain yourself through words. Home has not been fully realized as to its potential and most indeed do use it as another avenue for the mundane and banal. But those who use it for it’s unusual application do indeed have much compensation. Unusual application itself being creativity. Unto this I say, Much thanks, Playstation Home, you were not in vain.

By: Olivia_Allin

Olivia_Allin — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 01:57:55 +0000

I know Jersquall… I won the loto thanks to Sony

By: Jersquall

Jersquall — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 01:35:23 +0000

I have made so many friends and had so much fun. I have been compensated