1. In theory it wouldn't be bogglingly difficult to make the SL client run on the PS3. It could probably do a good job of handling things at full-detail too.

Posted at 10:11PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Tateru Nino

2. I believe this is PS3 exclusive ... cool thing, everyone gets their own apartment in Home. Nice.

This is supposed to be the PS3 version of Nintendo's Wii world community.

Posted at 11:26PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Corey Clayton

3. I wish SL looked like that.

As an aside...they're sitting on prims! Look:

http://www.joystiq.com/gallery/playstation-home/177014/

Posted at 11:36AM on Mar 9th 2007 by October Hush

4. Although the graphics seem stunning to me, it doesn't seem like a threat at all to SL simply due to the fact that you can't script in it AND that it's a console game.

Posted at 11:57AM on Mar 9th 2007 by Yo Brewster

5. I think this looks pretty good overall. I don't think it's a threat at all to SL because it doesn't offer nearly as much as SL does. Plus, imagine the repurcussions when parents find their kids watching/listening to inappropriate content.
The real purpose of this thing is actually to compete with Xbox Live's implementation of online game play and a probable similar version of this by Nintendo. It will not provide near the experience of SL (even if the graphics are far better) as it is mostly meant for gamers to hook up with each other in order to play games online, look at high scores, and show off their purchases or prizes that have been won via their gaming. I don't think Sony intends for it to be anything near SL, at least at this point. But anyway, who's to say SL couldn't look that good? That's basically the only difference anyway, what with SL incorporating voice and video and who knows what else.

Posted at 12:52PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Jungle Roar

6. Do I have to own a PS3 to run this? Can I just use a PC, run this, and look around? :)

Or, Anyone want to donate his PS3, since he's tired of it? ;)

Posted at 1:39PM on Mar 9th 2007 by petgadget

7. Lovely visuals, nice looking avatars, nice movement. I bet it will be successful. Not quite a competitor to SL, more like a second cousin. It is console dependent and seems more like a nice add-on to the console online gaming environment and less like a standalone concept or destination.

The social element of SL is huge, and Home will likely score well in that category. You go on, see who of your friends are on, hang out and chat, dance, buy stuff to tweak your look or your home, go play something together. All of that sounds like my SL experience except the last part, not that the last part isn't possible in SL. And think of the percentage of people in SL who never build or script. It's still chatroom 2.0 for them, so they're not using a lot of the things that make SL a fuller concept than Home. So Home might satisfy them in a similar way, if more narrowly due to the lack of user-generated content, concepts, and activities.

It's missing huge swaths of the sL experience and potential and obviously looks more controlled - more gamey and less platformy. I'll never see it, not being a gamer or having the console, but I think it'll be nice for the PS3 user base.

Toss it into the ring of similar concepts, which the futurists tell us will begin to crossover, connect, and merge over time. Interesting to think about.

Posted at 2:20PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Taco Bandit