PlayStation Home: Beta Trial site loaded

Posted Mar 8, 2007 at 3:46PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Playstation Home, PlayStation Network, Sony
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PlayStation Home Beta Trial logo - Image 1As a follow-up to yesterday's PlayStation Home announcement (and included trailers), Sony has just launched a site to herald the upcoming Beta release of this PlayStation Network-based online community. The site currently only hosts the Home Beta Trial Agreement page, as well as the customary Privacy Policy/Terms and Conditions section, though new content is of course expected to be added within the next few months.

PlayStation Home, according to the site's description, will provide PS3 owners with an online community to "interact, communicate, join online games, shop, share content and even build their own personal spaces". The service is bound to be released as a free download by Fall of this year.

For those wondering about the service's sign-up mechanics, be reminded that you have to be at least 18 years old to participate. There is also the requisite Non-disclosure agreement, so just keep in mind that you won't be able to share your Home Beta experience with the world just yet. Sign-ups are also expected to begin soon, so watch out for it.

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Dan - 2007-03-08 10:19
» So...

So....whats the site?

by Supreme3x - 2007-03-08 10:47
» .

as always... the info in the article is via the "Read" link at the bottom left of the article.

by Pirate - 2007-03-08 11:02
» Dont have to be 18

You dont have to be 18 read there terms:



": We ask all visitors who are under 13 years of age to obtain their parent or guardian's permission before giving us their personal information."

by jp - 2007-03-08 11:41
» horray

horray hope i get in

by sAFU - 2007-03-08 12:11
» SHUT UP STOP JUMPING THIS

SHUT UP STOP JUMPING THIS KEEP IT TO YOURSELF!!!

by danny - 2007-03-08 20:12
» sounds like its only for europe

its scee doing it so at last we europeans get some kind of beta agreement for us unlike you americans who get betas for everything

by qwe - 2007-03-08 21:29
» POINTLESS there are 100s of these virtue Homes all over the net

Jumping up this PS3 Home thing ! you really are in need of games on this console, if you want this type of thing then just search on the system you are using right now THE PC, there are hundreds of these virtual things and most are free(apart from buying STUPID pictures of furniture etc which is exactly what you will have to do on the PS3) and they have been going a long while and will be much more bug free.

by TheSh0wstopper - 2007-03-09 04:16
» April

At the end of the home demonstration at GDC Harrison said that the final version is in the fall but the mass beta will be available in april, next month.



TheSh0wstopper

by PS3 - 2007-03-09 04:56
» a FAN

I HAVE A BETTER WEBSITE THAN THIS

by xche78x - 2007-03-09 05:36
» yey

something great cooking up for ps3 users.

still has plenty of time to add extras.

by SAM KOSH - 2007-03-09 06:29
» SAM KOSH

dont forget, if it starts rainin cats and dogs. DONT STAND IN A POODLE!

by PS3 - 2007-03-09 07:20
» a FAN

ha ha u r funny not

by blazeking - 2007-03-09 08:45
» lmao

you must not be a beta tester. I'm Sony G.A.P. and the Home Beta is for anyone who has a ps3.

by blazeking - 2007-03-09 09:27
» .......

you'l be eating those words when ps3 sale goes thru the roof. But you know the one thing about fanboys like this?? how can you bash a system so hard when it's only about 5 months old. How can you get an accurate perception that it's a dud already. you're talking about graphics when the cell hasn't even been tapped and it's kicking xbox's ass in calculations to produce those graphics and data. Imagine when it gets cracked open like PSP's firmware. Maybe this you can understand:



XBox 360 is built like the playstation used to (Why the hell are the memory modules so big but sony's are small and portable???) Not much really changed from the first XBox except better graphics and wireless and the console design. Almost everything else is nothing new. Sony's approach comes from the japanese market, not american like microsoft and it's shows. If you took a serious look into the japanese culture, you would see they're big on technology. They're too smart. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing 360 because I played that b4 I got my ps3. Why turn your back on playstation when they were around LONG before microsoft even thought about gaming (The Playstation was the result of a falling out between SONY and NINTENDO. P.S. sony and nintendo both have consoles AND handhelds while Microsoft has NOT produced a handheld YET. So where excatly does MS stand??? They don't have the technology to shrink the console which further shrinks into a handheld. It's the same approach PS and nintendo used. The psp is a handheld PS2. Ever wondered why sony kept shrinking consoles???) So I ask you this question: If sony and nintendo were sharing tecnology back then to build a console, where the hell did microsoft come from??? Can you honestly keep saying sony "copied" stuff from XBOX??



Next time you bash, have an intellectual reason for your statement as yours is biased.



P.S. I have a PS3 and I want a Wii too. I'm a gamer, a tech-savy gamer. That's why PS3 was made for thousands of people who embrace technology and accept moving into the future in gaming. i'm just mad at the fact that Xbox and Xbox360 almost behave in the same way. The only thing I see is the better graphics and XBL didn't chage that much. Now look at the PS1, PS2, PS3 and look at the differences in each console. The main thing that is keeping XBOX360 up is the DirectX technology. That 's were the X in Xbox comes from: DIRECTX (Direct X suuuuucks). It was originally gonna be called the DirectXbox but the name was too long. I bet a lot of 360 fanboys didn't know that........

by Roncoloid is a MORON - 2007-03-09 12:41
» Yes it's me

with the latest moron bashing. Are you F-in Kidding me? You think that buying a new console every three years is a good thing?? What is wrong with you!!! Xbox comes out in november 02- x360 comes out in nov 05... But you think that this is all a good thing. You have to keep spending your money on weak improvements when sony releases one GREAT console every 5-7 years (95-2000-2007). Each one is still great to play up to and through the next versions release. but OOH the PS3 is so expensive, Waaaaahhhh. So you spend $700 on an X360 with accessories, and in just 3 years, you have to buy a new one, because as usual microsoft doesn't provide backward compatibility. STUPID.

by blazeking - 2007-03-09 12:43
» blah blah

don't make me post my PS3 tunning gentoo linux with Bon Echo (Mozilla Firefox)



My Ps3 is not a dud as it replaced my Laptop with XP. Not my fault you can't program to save your life.

by blazeking - 2007-03-09 14:22
» read up

do some research. google even....... PS3 was designed to last 10 years. Dimwit. That's why there's firmware updates. No need to buy another console to update firmware like 360 users have to do when "Zyphr" (XBox360 v2) is released. I read up on ALL consoles. Your arguement holds no water in my court.



I'm not cheap, I have a J O B (US Army)



I said I HAVE a PS3!!!!! moron......

by blazeking - 2007-03-09 14:30
» lol

" Now that Microsoft has the best console and a one year lead, I hope you will still be happy with a company that can't bring you another console for another 5 years when Microsoft will be bringing my new one in 2 and a half.



Good luck with your DUD "



Is it me, or did he set himself up for failure with that comment?

by yuimio - 2007-03-09 15:07
» OMG

Fanboys do STUPID comparisons. saying this or that is better; the wii is a gaming console-the PS3 is a gaming+media center-the 360 is a gaming but not fully multimedia as the PS3.

wait a little before comparing games, the ps3 just came out ! ,how long the 360 have been there ?

by Death2494 - 2007-03-09 18:53
» ....*****king right!

I hate this *****king noob.The simple fact the can render 3d objects as good as an xbox say enough.Lets not forget that there is a RsX sitting inside this little monster.You also havent seen the vid of YDL for ps3 running Sharks Tale in full 1080p either, check youtube.He's right about the japanese market.Do you know that the Japanese have had HDTVs since 1999 and it was only a rumor in America that there were tevelisions that were as clear as looking through a window.



Ps3+ Power PC/Gaming console

Xbox360+home console(and nothing more)

by Death2494 - 2007-03-09 18:58
» ......Jesus

Somebody tell this guy that Ps3 outsells the 360 17 to 1 on Japan.5 months compared to almost 2 years.

by solid snake - 2007-03-10 18:24
» ps3 rules

some one please tell that idiot 2 get of a ps3 post and go kry 2 his xbox because he wasnt man enough 2 handle the power of the ps3 ive said this once and il say it again the only thing that saved the xbox from the crap grave was halo dont belive me just look at the charts of ms sales before halo2 the were pathetic not even half of wht the psp are now

by Supergrover - 2007-03-14 16:35
» @ Roncoloid

LOL... a fool and his money are soon parted (or in this case... quickly parted to MicroSux)

by Supergrover - 2007-03-14 16:37
» one word

MotorStorm!

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