Talk:PlayStation Home/Archive 2

title of page - opening sentence

Stop changing it! It is officially known as "Home" and it is marketted as Home, not "PlayStation Home". It is referred to by third parties as PlayStation Home as its more practical that way. Hence the opening sentence stating that fact!! Its listing on here is called PlayStation Home because the term "home" is more searched for as in a family house, then probably the Michael Buble's (and Westlife cover of) "Home" is probably also more searched for and so on. As its unreleased software it will be like that for a while. Its like, a while back if you searched for "virtual console" it would come up with a page about Linux. Now though the term is more searched for for the Wii service, and I therefore put a divert and move to the correct pages. However in this instance, the term Home will always be searched for as in a family house than this software. Continually and innaccurately changing this is edit warring. Chocobogamer (talk) 22:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

It would appear that Home seems to be a more easily referenced title, not Playstation home. Concerning if it is European or North American, see http://www.us.playstation.com/Media/Trailer/15963/GDC_2007_PlayStation_Home and http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/games/detail/item73986/Home/. Either way, please stop reverting the page constantly, discuss it here. John.n-IRL 23:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

SCEA refers to the platform as "PlayStation Home" (http://www.us.playstation.com/News/PressReleases/403 <-- press release from E3 2007 about Sony's plans for the PSN. It mentions "PlayStation Home" nine times.) I hope that is enough proof for you of the validity of the term "PlayStation Home." Thingg^⊕⊗ 23:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

PlayStation Home/Home

The name is PlayStation Home, official or not it can't start with Home, as the Article title is PlayStation Home, and then "More known as Home" RkOrToN 23:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

what planet are you on? stating that uk.playstation.com isn't official? it doesn't matter what location it is, its still owned by SCE. you are totally wrong on this matter -i t is marketted as Home, it is advertised as Home, the preview pictures of the application is Home. :Wikipedia isn't always accurate, just because the page here is called PlayStation Home doesn't make it so in real life.

Of course it can start with Home. However I will make a change to stop this problem.

Also, I am not the one starting an edit war, you innaccurately changed the introduction. That needed correcting. You reverted a correct change and therefore started an edit war. Chocobogamer (talk) 23:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

The article is named that for clarification, not its because its the official name. And articles follow common use, not branded names. However that does not change the name of the product. And concerning your comment about the validity of a SCEE ref over a SCEA ref, both are valid sources as both are divisions of Sony Computer Entertainment. On the particular topic of Home, it is possible that SCEE would be a better source, as it is apparently an SCEE developed product. ALSO, please, both cool down, its only a name. John.n-IRL 23:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou. As I said in the previous section, which seems to have been completely ignored, it is for named for said reasons. I have made an edit to say "PlayStation Home (marketted globally simply as Home)" Hope this stops the war as it is a more neutralised point. The reversion saying that its more practically known as Home is completely illogical if its called PlayStation home (which its not). Chocobogamer (talk) 00:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

On the contrary, both SCEE and SCEA refer to the platform as "PlayStation Home" This is the press release from E3 2007 about Sony's plans for the PSN. It mentions "PlayStation Home" nine times. I hope that is enough proof for you of the validity of the term "PlayStation Home." Thingg^⊕⊗ 23:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Wheres the proof SCEE calls it PlayStation Home? Thats a US page and thats not proof SCEE market it as that. However on the official UK Home page, http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/games/detail/item73986/Home/ it doesn't say PlayStation Home here, but also notice it will be developed and published by SCEE, so if they call it Home, not PlayStation Home, thats what it will be marketted as. Also, note the US page on the announcement doesn't call it PlayStation Home either: http://www.us.playstation.com/News/PressReleases/382

Anyway, I have made a change to stop the arguing, so why are we still talking about it? Chocobogamer (talk) 00:15, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There is a difference between arguing about it and talking about it, talking is fine. :) I think we'll be able to find releases supporting both(still SCEA = PS Home, SCEE = Home in all iv seen after a quick look). John.n-IRL 00:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Although SCEE appears to call it "Home" almost exclusively, the newer information from SCEA calls it PlayStation Home. (I might add here that generally, the newest information is the information we give priority to) Thus, the opening statement is not accurate because it is not marketed globally as "Home". (The July, 2007, press release from SCEA proves this.) I think we should leave it the way it was before the edit war because it is known and marketed by both names. Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

This press release is titled "PlayStation Home" and then refers to the platform as simply "Home". Based on the different names being used by Sony, I think we could have the article start something like this: "PlayStation Home, (also marketed as simply Home) is a..." Any objections? Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thats almost the same as how I put it, so I'm for it, I think it will keep the peace. I think that unless the logo and title officially change, it definitely needs to still have a reference to being called simply Home. Look at the PSP, its called the PlayStation Portable but marketted as PSP. How many people call it by its full name and not its initials? Chocobogamer (talk) 00:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Just to make sure, you're ok with it being written the way I suggested? (don't want to ignite anarchy again ;) ) Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Haha yup change away, as I said its almost the same as what I had it except not saying its marketted globally as Home. Chocobogamer (talk) 00:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. And thanks for not going nuts like I started to do... Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that reads well and works with the refs(will add them now.) John.n-IRL 01:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Chocobogamer, assume good faint for god sakes, is that so hard? Thingg is actually making a good point, you just start waring over all of this, what planet are you on??! RkOrToN 01:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Am going to close this disscusion because, its settled. RkOrToN 01:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Just to confirm something mentioned earlier. Home is being developed by SCEE at their London Studio, they were also behind PS2 hardware like Eyetoy and Singstar. - X201 (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to start this up again but I don't see how there was any dispute in the first place. Sony's OFFICIAL website calls the service "Home". Other websites call it "PlayStation Home" because "Home" by it's self is ambiguous and may cause confusion. Other websites could call it PlayStation Fairyland, it wouldn't make it it's name. The line should be changed back to how it was before the edit war started: "Home (known more practically as "PlayStation Home")". And dispite what RkOrton may think, uk.playstation.com is no less official than us.playstation.com. ChimpanzeeUK (talk) 09:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

OMG someone who agreed with me entirely exists! Its written now the way it is, despite the fact SCEE are developing it (making SCEE's page more reliable than SCEA), and the logo still saying home not PlayStation Home, SCEE's website hasn't been updated recently but SCEA's has and they were calling it PlayStation Home (that may be to do with them not developing it). The reason they changed it was because they were using the most recently updated page. Its best to leave it as it is for now. Wait until the next SCEE update Chocobogamer (talk) 10:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I think this discussion also applies to the article's title. If the first line is changed to "Home", the title should probably be changed as well. In line with other Wikipedia articles on ambiguously named products (for example Java (programming language)), it should probably be changed to something like "Home (PlayStation Network service)". ChimpanzeeUK (talk) 12:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

HOME pushed back till fall 2008

well home is delayed again. http://au.gamespot.com/news/6189663.html Msman (talk) 07:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The open beta will not come with the update of firmware 2.50 on October says the home beta manager. http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/3869.html Ffgamera (talk) 10:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

VG Cats Reference

Someone should add a reference section or something with a link to the VG Cats comic that pokes fun at Home by comparing it to Second Life. [[1]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by ArbiterX22 (talk • contribs) 23:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't really see why. It's not notable. Many people have made fun of Home!!ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:17, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I see why. Lots of articles have a "Cultural References" section. Regardless of it being critical or good, it wouldn't hurt to refer to it in the article.(Myscrnnm (talk) 02:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC))

I dont mind either way, but isn't 'cultural references' a form of a trivia section, which is discouraged? Chocobogamer (talk) 17:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

It's not notable. Should every article list every joke that's been made about its subject? No. Just think how long the George Bush article would be. - X201 (talk) 07:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Thats why trivia sections are discouraged, length and point.Chocobogamer (talk) 07:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Dress

Hi wiki's, i think it would be appropriate to add a dress section in the home page because dress is an expansion to home. use this as text for the article:

Dress is an expansion for the PlayStation Home service. It attempts to bridge the gap between real life fashion designers and the digital fashions that you make use of in the virtual Home world. Sony refers to it as a "premium avatar service." It's said to be made of four spaces in PlayStation's Home: Dress Town, Dress Studio, Dress Museum and Dress Park. Due to the fact that it is an expansion for PlayStation Home, it will be necessary to have an profile on Home.

This article is taken from:

ign uk; sony japan site (there was a teaser site for home)>; gaming bits and many other sites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soul tech10 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Release date is wrong

"Sony is aiming for the initial download to be under 500MB. Home was announced at the Game Developers Conference on March 7, 2007[4] with a scheduled global public release in September or October 2007.[5]"

2007 is quite a while back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.18.31 (talk) 01:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi This is referencing the release date it was given when it was initially announced. The following paragraph goes on to talk about the numerous delays. There is a current release schedule (based on the only reliable sources people have found) nearer the bottom of the article. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Exclusive Beta?

The japanese playstation store has this Home Theme which, if downloaded, will qualify you for the Home Beta. I don't see how this works but i have a link to the page here: http://www.jp.playstation.com/ps3/home/info/news080731a.html. Just translate that page in Google Translate and you'll get the information that I just provided. And this is the Official site so it can't be wrong.--A. Rafey (talk) 03:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Phase 2 of Closed Beta?

The Japanese Exclusive Beta has been extended to other countries as well, including North America. All one has to do is again download a PS3 theme and enable it to be considered for participation. Here's the official announcement on the US Playstation Blog: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/07/want-into-the-playstation-home-closed-beta-test-heres-how-to-apply/ A. Rafey (talk) 01:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Asian Closed Beta Now Open

Sony Computer Entertainment HK just opened applications for the closed beta for the Asian region (specifically Singapore and HK): http://asia.playstation.com/hk/promo/home/eng/index.html Kotaku got hold of SCEHK's press release regarding Home which states that the closed beta will begin mid-September with the Open Beta coming in the Fall: http://kotaku.com/5042768/home-hits-asia-in-fall-2008 F. Co (talk) 03:18, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Reverting edits about rumor

I just reverted several good faith edits but was unable to give an edit summary because I was using popups. All of the informaiton added was based on a runmor, based on a comment from an unnamed source inside Sony. The edits appeared to present the information as fact. Wikipedia is not a fan site or news site and does not need to detail rumors like this. If it is later confirmed by Sony then obviously the information should be re-added. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Logo

Should the main logo be changed to the one used in the video here: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=1109 . I would assume this is an official logo for the product and it would also help clarify the product's name as explained in the first sentence of the article. Can't seem to find a hi res version though. Don't really want to take a capture from the video. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

if we van get a decent one then defo, but don't remove the bit about it being referred/marketted as 'home' as it seems it still will be from what I've seen so far. Chocobogamer (talk) 12:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

put a screengrab cutout up, for now Chocobogamer (talk) 21:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I changed the logo back to the one used on http://homebetatrial.com as this is the only official logo I have ever seen used. (threespeech is semi-official) It has been used in all the press releases I have seen that have a picture describing home, all the trailers that have been released that I've seen, and it was used in the commercials that SCEA ran last holiday season in the United States. As far as I have been able to find out, there haven't been any new developments that make changing the logo a necessity. Thingg^⊕⊗ 15:13, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

official logo http://www.jp.playstation.com/ps3/home/. I have uploaded this logo for the main page and replaced the other one. Chocobogamer (talk) 15:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I have reverted it back to the original that is commonly known as the HOME logo until we have confirmation otherwise. Chocobogamer, the one you added was just the header from the website and the text was not necessessarily part of the logo. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I was the one that uploaded it. I won't revert it coz I don't want an edit war, however I will point out that if it was a header, it wouldn't have the (r) in it. That is almost certainly the logo, especially considering other articles on the PS Japan page. Its up to you if you revert it but its certainly not just a header.Chocobogamer (talk) 16:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I don't want an edit war either. I could see this turning into one so I thought I'd just put back the original until we can agree. I believe the one you uploaded has an (R) in it because Sony put and (R) whereever the word PLAYSTATION is used. I may be wrong but it's probably best to leave the known one up there until we see it on a press release or something. Sorry about the mistaken identity on who uploaded it. I read the edit history wrong. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:24, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah actually, you're right bout the (R) thing. and I don't want a petty EW so I didn't touch it. I pointed out that it was me just so that there arent problems here. Not for credit lol. I'd say leave as is then. Although, knowing SCEE (who are making it) itl be about 6 months before an official video comes out! ha. Chocobogamer (talk) 16:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

lol - well that's just it. I thought the one I originally referenced on threespeach was an official video. And as it had the new logo in it I thought that must be the official logo. It might be the same case as the website though: it's just the video's title, not the logo. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:31, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

(unindent) The reason I said that is the "official" logo because this is the logo I have seen being used in all the advertisements. While the image that I reverted to is not the same as this, it is on what is currently the only Sony website that is only related to Home. (http://homebetatrial.com) Thingg^⊕⊗ 16:43, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't mind which logo is used, I mean the house shape hasn't changed. And I believe almost 100%, that the logo I capped from the video to be genuine. It just baffles me that, even though SCEE has stuff about PlayStation Day on it, it doesn't have that video on there at all. And we all know for a fact that a video regarding Home was shown at the event. Chocobogamer (talk) 16:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree, I think the one you posted from the video, which I later uploaded a higher-res version of, is the/a official logo but to avoid disputes we might aswell leave it as is for the time being. Home will be out some time within the next 10 years and then we'll know for certain. It really doesn't do any harm to leave the current one there as any confustion over the name is cleared-up in the first line anyway. Thoughts? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 17:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thoughts... 10 years is a bit optimistic lol! Duke Nukem Forever, anyone? GT4 Mobile? lol. Yeah, I think, until Sony finally get off their rears and upload a video on their site or their official blog that contains the logo, leave as is. We all know that could be forever, after all London Studio don't even have their own website! Chocobogamer (talk) 17:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The new logo used reflects the new official logo used for the Closed Beta version 1.0 (and onwards), and since it displays "PlayStation Home", the logo cannot be mistaken for another. Ffgamera (talk) 02:16, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Special Invitation to Qore Subscribers

For those who have subscribed to Qore via Playstation Network (PSN) before I believe October 24th or September 24th (I will post the official statement once I get it) then those said subscribers will get to try out Playstation Home for a test.

More updates soon —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatPunkJosh (talk • contribs) 17:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

They must also be ANNUAL subscribers. Ffgamera (talk) 10:40, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Seasons

I changed "Fall" to "Third or Fourth quarter" for a couple of reasons. It is a form accepted by all versions of English (US/GB/AUS/INT), a particular season can mean various different time periods depending where you are on the globe (including not having seasons in the form that other countries know them), but most of all it is a neutral term, it is only quoted in the citation because the citation is written in US English, If I add the citation from Reuters should I change "Fall" to "Autumn"? . The edit wasn't made to be awkward it was made to be a compromise that would avoid any ambiguity and to be region neutral text. - X201 (talk) 08:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I think either way there could be confusion. "Fall" is obviously used in the US (and probably elsewhere) but would be know as "Autumn" to me. It's irritating that SCE seems to use vague terms like "fall" all the time but since that's all we have and that's what was in the press release that's what should be used. "Fall" is vague enough as it is but don't you think "Third or Fourth quarter" sounds even more so and a bit clumsy? Sorry, I wasn't trying to be awkward either but in the absence of a decent timeframe, I thought the term used in the official announcement should be the one used in the article. ChimpanzeeUK (talk) 10:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

In two days (or three, depending on time zone), the release date must be December 2008 (there are obviously no months after December in 2008). Unless of course they're delaying it again. Ffgamera (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Home 1.0 closed beta is released

This is released in the USA for sure. Just for your information.Onetwo1 (talk)

When it says that the initial download was aimed at 500MB, does that include the extra features as stated in the newly refurbished article? "Those rooms' download size is around 25-45mb each." or does it mean the 77mb? Because that is much lower than 500mb.Ffgamera (talk) 02:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I also think that the virtual PlayStation Portable's replacement is called the Menu Pad. Revert the page if I'm wrong. Ffgamera (talk) 10:41, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

The room so far i downloaded is less than 50mb and that could change. Reserved space is 3gb for future rooms. The whole download is not huge. I thought a room would be like 1gb. It is not bad. It doesn't take a lot of time71.237.70.49 (talk) 23:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Open beta unconfirmed by Home Manager TedtheDog himself

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/3869.html Ffgamera (talk) 10:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

And now that Firmware 2.50 has been released, no one is right to put the rumour back up about Home being released with 2.50. Ffgamera (talk) 03:02, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Open beta is now REconfirmed with assurance of before December 25th. Ffgamera (talk) 23:20, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Release date?

Release date is set to be 19th November 2008 according to http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/125080,sony-microsoft-begin-battle-of-virtual-worlds.aspx ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.0.160.110 (talk) 19:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Here's the same story from The Melbourne Herald Sun that states that the release date is for MS and that there is no date for Home - X201 (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/3937.html also states the same story.

By the way, the thing about PlayStation Home being released on the same date as PS3 System Software 2.50 has been rendered osolete, because 2.50 just released a few minutes ago.Ffgamera (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Not sure how true this is but I have the same story here too. But I'd take it with some grain of salt before it should be added here. Remember they said this was to be released in 2007. FaithLehaneTheVampireSlayer 08:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

New information (not sure if it's 100% reliable or not) says that it will be released on either December 15 or December 30. http://www.psu.com/New-Home-Details---random-weather,-money-system-+-more--a0005519-p0.php Ffgamera (talk) 21:59, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

It is Dec. 25, 2008. I heard it from the managers inside home while they were asking the beta testers if they like the thing or not. 71.237.70.49 (talk) 23:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Link please?Ffgamera (talk) 02:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

yeah, can't be in the article without a citiation. anyone could just think of a date and say ooo, i'm inside of home, or i know someone who is working on home, or i saw it, but we're gonna need a good link. Estemshorn (talk) 03:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

A reliable link has been posted up on the article... The official Home website, with a post from the Home Manager. Ffgamera (talk) 23:19, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

PERIOD OF "EXSCLUSITIVATY"

Ok, now before I start this off let me apologize for typos I'm not the best speller. But anyway, I am a ps3 owner (obviously) and well I know a bit about Sony and their ways.

I can tell you right now they are working on Home as we speak and well, they are trying to fix the IXB or IMB server i don't really know what it's called but anyway they are fine tweaking this game to the maximum.

With that said while they get their final bunch of tweaks and add-ons to HOME

They are going to put PS3 users in a state of wonder which is called a state of "EXCLUCITAVITY" which is a fancy word for " we are not gonna give you a release date, we're not ready with it,,,,,, BUZZ OFF" so with my educated guess, I could probably see SONY giving out a release date sometime in May. And Home coming to your consoles at about at the earliest, June, I'd say it's more likely to be December, but I put it releasing around October.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdog513 (talk • contribs) 04:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't mean to be rude but I don't know what your point is? Do you mean "exclusivity"? Are you suggesting that Home will only be PS3 exclusive for a limited period? ChimpanzeeUK (talk) 10:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I made your spelling and grammar proper, so other people can read it... except for that word that resembles exclusivity. Hope I didn't change too much! Ffgamera (talk) 05:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Open Beta no longer Q4 2008, but December 2008.

November is almost up, and Sony hasn't said a release date nor released the Open Beta. In a few days (just to be certain), the page will need to reflect this. However, Sony is yet to properly announce a Q4 release. Ffgamera (talk) 21:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Though we still can't say it's not gonna be released in fall since Winter solstice is on 12/21. Which is only a few weeks. FaithLehaneTheVampireSlayer 16:32, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

New information (not sure if it's 100% reliable or not) says that it will be released on either December 15 or December 30. http://www.psu.com/New-Home-Details---random-weather,-money-system-+-more--a0005519-p0.php Ffgamera (talk) 21:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

It will be released on December 25, 2008. The manager of the thing was saying this date in the home when I went into it. Dont' wait dec 1. it is on dec. 2571.237.70.49 (talk) 23:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Can I get a link to the page where he says Christmas day AKA 25th? Ffgamera (talk) 02:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

again, don't go around saying christmas is the open beta, unless you have a reliable source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Estemshorn (talk • contribs) 03:29, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

I didn't say it, the other person said it... Oh and there is now a reliable source: it's the words of the European Home Manager on the official Home site for Europe. Ffgamera (talk) 23:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

I think appropriate wording for the release date should stay as TBA rather than being changed to To be Decided, like it did before. Ffgamera (talk) 06:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I think TBD is more accurate as SCEE haven't actually decided when it will be released as it isn't finished yet. TBA implies that they know when it will be released but haven't announced it yet. Not that it really matters! ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

And how do you know whether Sony knows the release date or not? They could just be pulling everyone's legs like they did two years ago with the announced 2007 release, then the Spring 2008 release. It was changed to Fall 2008, and now it's December 2008 (because obviously there's no other months after December in 2008). Ffgamera (talk) 01:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Surely what you said reinforces the idea that they don't have a clue when it will be released? They've said that they don't know when exactly the open beta will launch as it depends on how the stress testing goes in the closed beta. This in turn must mean that they do not have a solid release date for the final version. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:17, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Even so, they may have a goal for a specific time period such as give or take 72 hours from December 15 (not saying that's the release date, it's just an example). It's too risky trying to guess what Sony is thinking is what I'm trying to say. My previous comment about their delays proves they mightn't have a clue, but it also proves that we can never guess Sony's next move. They are very spontaneous it would seem. Ffgamera (talk) 09:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Like you said, there's no way of knowing. It just seemed to me that TBD would be more likely/accurate. Like I said, it doesn't really matter. I'm not fussed. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

TBA could mean TBD... TBA means to be advised, so Sony may know or they may not know. 121.73.88.110 (talk) 06:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't really matter. Just leave it the way it is, I guess. Ffgamera (talk) 20:32, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Sony just announced it will be available tomorrow (DEC 11). Check here: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2008/12/10/breaking-home-out-tomorrow/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackshiels (talk • contribs) 08:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/12/10/playstation-home-open-beta-launches-tomorrow/ and http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4734&NewsAreaID=2 say this too (OFFICIAL WORD). Ffgamera (talk) 09:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Needs discussion of content in a developer context

There should be something in the article about the free SDK (they call it 'HDK') to allow developers to create content for Home. (see http://kotaku.com/5105261/sony-home-very-imminent-this-month-imminent-but-open-beta-first?skyline=true&s=i for details) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.67.251.76 (talk) 22:45, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

OFFICIAL Specific release date confirmed? 11th December release?

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4734&NewsAreaID=2 . For another confirmation, SCEA has also announced a December 11 release http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/12/10/playstation-home-open-beta-launches-tomorrow/ Also, can we remove the "Future Software" message at the top of the article? Ffgamera (talk) 10:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Future Release template removed. - X201 (talk) 11:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Just to update: Home has been taken down for Open Beta maintenance at 8:00am GMT time. 121.73.88.110 (talk) 08:38, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Current Version

Just changed the current version in the intro as it had not been changed earlier, however it now says: "The current version of Home is v1.03 and was released to "Closed Beta" testers on December 5, 2008" which I'm sure is incorrect as version 1.03 as released today (I think) does the intro need changing. I dont want to do too many changes in the intro as I'm not sure if the Version is for Open or Closed beta. Can someone else check this out and revert my edit if incorrect. Dark verdant (talk) 13:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Lol. It's incorrect because you changed it. v1.02 was released on the 5th December. 1.03 was released today. You updated the version number but not the date so it made the sentence inaccurate. I'll fix it now. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 13:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah my bad, I only noticed the date after I changed the version but didnt want to change the date in case the V1.03 was for open beta, thought it best to raise it rather than fuddling it up more. Thanks. Dark verdant (talk) 14:09, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

UPDATE: The Open Beta is NOT functional yet, only the update was posted for Closed Beta testers. http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=b_EN_PS3_Home&thread.id=58096 has updates on the progress. It was supposed to be 2 hours down, but it has so far, been 9 hours. Ffgamera (talk) 19:41, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree this is not working at all in the US for sure. This is broken 100%. 71.237.70.49 (talk) 01:43, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Update: Home is now fully functional. Ffgamera (talk) 08:18, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Not working in the US, stop saying it is working

This home is not working the US for sure. I don't know about europe or japan, but in the US this thing is broken. Don't say this is working, because I'm trying it and no good. Be patient and say it is not working, until everyone agrees that it is working. As of now, you can't log into Playstation Home. There is server error, timeout error, network error etc. happening right now. Onetwo1 (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Update: it is working now. Waiting when it will break again. I think they fixed it at least in the US. I'm downloading and logging into it. Onetwo1 (talk) 01:50, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Canada reporting. No issues here. Played that stupid flying disc game. Unlocked one room in Uncharted. Zef (talk) 14:57, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Confirmation: The European server is functional (which includes New Zealand, Australia) Ffgamera (talk) 08:20, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Negative comments are overwhelming

The negative feedbacks are overwhelming: [2] | These need to be added in the main article, in case when no one's aware of this problem. 70.45.182.188 (talk) 01:11, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Forums are not reliable sources of information. See WP:SELFPUB - X201 (talk) 09:11, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Because obviously no internet forum is filled with real people with real opinions about something.

People just need to attempt 2-6 times to log in. Occasionally, it takes longer. Nothing to complain about. Ffgamera (talk) 08:23, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

No, the parent is right. Initial reactions to Home, even from mainstream sources of gaming news/information like Penny Arcade, have not been kind [3], and they're not even referring to the server issues. There should be a "Reaction" section about this. Sloverlord (talk) 18:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

forums can be considered RS's on certain occasions, particularly over user responses. Criticism seems to be important on here, but at this stage, as its still beta, I'd be wary of using forums, and when its fully out, stick to SCE forums only. 19:42, 13 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chocobogamer (talk • contribs)

This is very petty, it's just people saying that it doesn't have much, when it's just a Beta. The criticism is directed at the Beta.

If a game like Metal Gear Solid 4 had a beta, and it had low functionality, it still wouldn't affect the final criticism (which was substantially good). In my opinion, we shouldn't put a reaction up for the beta.Ffgamera (talk) 09:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced nonsense

"People who enter each other's "home" (called a "HomeSpace") can stream the host's music and videos from their HDD. Videos are viewed via virtual Sony TVs, such as the BRAVIA. Photographs can be viewed via a virtual picture frame."

This should either be sourced or deleted. These are major features which simply do not exist at the present time. It sounds like it was written by Sony's marketing department. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.61.46.16 (talk) 19:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I've rewritten it and it is now written in future-tense. "In time, people who enter each other's "home" (called a "HomeSpace") can stream the host's music and videos from their HDD. Videos will be able to be viewed via virtual Sony TVs, such as the BRAVIA. Photographs will be able to be viewed via a virtual picture frame." Ffgamera (talk) 04:44, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

There's a lot of language in the article which makes it sound like promotional material. Fantastical phrases like "a connected world" should be avoided. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:31, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Does "online" world sound better? Does bullet pointing count as sections? Ffgamera (talk) 09:11, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I like "online community" but that may not be descriptive enough. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:19, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

But, like, when the article states what Home users can do, we cannot say "online community". ie. Home users can make an apartment and explore an online world.

On another note, can you comment on the new format that I have made the article as? Ffgamera (talk) 09:29, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

It really should be in prose rather than bullet points. For example: "Home Square- This is Home's central plaza, where users commonly meet and chat..." should be changed to "The Home Square is Home's central plaza, where users commonly meet and chat...". Also, the whole article is in desperate need of citations. It currently contains a lot of original research. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

The bullet points have been removed, and the new style has been implemented. The article does need citations, however, most would be deemed unreliable. I can't cite my own console, after all. Nor can I cite reviews from game websites... Hopefully, when we get some reliable sources, we can get an article re-assessment. Ffgamera (talk) 09:58, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

You're right, you can't cite your own experience as a source, but there's no reason why you can't cite articles/reviews on gaming websites. For a list of websites considered reliable gaming-related sources, see WP:VG/RS. But even this is just a recommendation, you can cite any website as long as it meets the criteria in WP:RS. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

According to Sony, they scrapped the video viewing for the Beta, and they do not know whether it will be re-implemented in the full. The entire article used to be written in future tense, it is now written in present tense, such as the Trophy Room section which said that trophies may happen etc. However, some things that have not happened yet are left in future tense. Hopefully, when there are more citations, the article can gain a higher status. Ffgamera (talk) 02:44, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Engvar version

I can't find anything in the archive, but I'm sure we had a discussion on here, and reached a consensus, that the article should use British English because Home was designed and developed in the UK by Sony London and Sony Cambridge. - X201 (talk) 09:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

That rings a bell with me too. It makes sense to use British English. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Given the developers of Home and the fact that SCEE is running the show. Does anyone have any objections to British English being used? - X201 (talk) 14:24, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

No. Using British English is a good idea. On that SCEE subject, does anyone else find it strange that the American server has more functionality (at the moment) than the European server? I thought that SCEE ran the show. Ffgamera (talk) 08:25, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

IIRC I suggested this in one article (PS3's system software I think) once and some guy shot me down and said as its a spin-off from the main article it has to be in the same language as that. Then when I proved that wrong he said it had to be in American English as the guy who created the article wrote it in American English. I don't mind either way but you have to be aware some people will EW over it. Also on terms of functionality, just because London Studio and Studio Cambridge are creating it doesn't mean they are in charge of it, sadly, they are just employed to write the code. Like with the NXE, which was written by Rare, its fully under control by MGS USA. chocobogamer mine 12:23, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Articles tend to follow the version of English used by the first major contributor unless there is a valid reason for use of another version. The nationality of the company creating it is a valid reason. - X201 (talk) 14:31, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

To me, I don't care either way. I just know that a trend tends to exist, where, in a few months time some US-based fanboy of the console/Home will come along and start an EW over spelling. Is it really worth it for having a few Z's instead of S's and missing the U in colour? Being British I'm, and I'm sure you're all, used to it and we can all tell what the words are. chocobogamer mine 19:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Not just that, but trunk and boot are mixed around, along with vacation and holiday, etc. Ffgamera (talk) 08:44, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Timeline of Betas

The "timeline of betas" is not generally interesting. At most, it should be cropped out completely -- or at least, it should be trimmed back to only the few milestones that would be of general interest and converted from a bulleted list into paragraph style. Typically we don't document every release date of every version number moving forward. Thoughts? --guyzero | talk 06:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I think just merging it all into paragraph style would be a bit better. (probably not all)121.73.88.110 (talk) 06:42, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully, the new format is to everyone's liking. I added dates to the Version history to make it not redundant. Ffgamera (talk) 12:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:VG Article guidelines states in its "Inappropriate content" section that, "Exhaustive version histories: A list of every version/beta/patch of a game is inappropriate. Consider a summary of the game's development instead." And I agree with it and think that the list should be removed, the prose version is much better and already covers the release dates in enough detail. - X201 (talk) 12:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I destroyed the version history, because the Updates section already covers it. There is a new "See Also" section that has links to the Mii page and the 360's avatars page. Ffgamera (talk) 06:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Final release

It isn't 2008. I can tell you that. The link says that the launch is in 2008, but Open Beta first. The proper interpretation is that Home will be released as an Open Beta in 2008, and the final release is after. Buser never said anything about a 2008 final release. The article doesnt quote that its a 2008 release, it only quotes what's in Home. Furthermore, they simply cannot fix all the bugs and place maximum functionality on Home within 16 days. If it took them 1.5 years to get to an Open Beta, why would it take 18 days (from open beta) to get to a full release? The misconception is the "this year" thing and "launch". The launch might mean the Open Beta. Ffgamera (talk) 09:33, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

you say this, but I'm very sus about this being a true beta, beta versions of new software often have a version number of 0.x, this is already on 1.x. Also, they probably have the next release ready, just QA'ing it, and are working on the version after that. They could be a lot closer than you think. Also open beta's are usually close to release, more like an RC. Remember, everyone connected to the internet gets a link to the software, most won't be aware of it still being in testing. Also, MGO was released as a beta just a matter of weeks before its release. chocobogamer mine 11:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Also 'final release' is the wrong term to use, its going to be constantly updated throughout its life, its just getting to the point of having a stable initial release. chocobogamer mine 11:49, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

My term was "full release", not "final release"... And you say "closer than I think", but remember: we do not put original research on articles. My comment was just to change TBA 2008 to TBA. Ffgamera (talk) 11:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't see this before I changed it back to "Final release". However, this wording is better. As I said in the edit summary, a beta can be stable but it doesn't make it the final release. I accept what you say about it evolving over time but this is true of any product (opertating systems, games, software). The first non-beta release is still considered the "final release". Home won't be re-released every time new content is added. It will just be updated. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 11:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

So, what wording shall we settle on? Ffgamera (talk) 11:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Stable release?

So, when the F is the stable release going to be, then? This article doesn't say anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.15.27.134 (talk) 21:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It never did say because it has never been announced. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 23:47, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The previous source that said it was actually hinting to the Open Beta release. Depending on how well the testing goes, Sony may release a stable version sooner rather than later. Ffgamera (talk) 03:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Is Sony actually coming out with a stable version, or will it always be BETA, like all of Google's services? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.17.233 (talk) 06:19, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

There will be a stable release. Ffgamera (talk) 04:07, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Trophies

"The more Trophies a player has dictates which games they own and how skilled a player they are." This is a bad statement imho. For one, games can be borrowed or rented to get trophies. For another, getting Trophies doesnt have to mean skill. I am not too qualified in this area as I dont have a Ps3, but if they are like Xbox 360 achievements, then they just show what games you have played, and certain things you have accomplished in said games, no?--Ryudo (talk) 04:24, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

You're right, but this has been in the article for a very long time. I will change it.

Another thing: multiplatform games that have achievements AND trophies will name them exactly the same, except for the PS3 Platinum trophy of course. Ffgamera (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to ChimpanzeeUK for deleting the trophies section. I thought it sounded a bit too detailed to be honest. Ffgamera (talk) 04:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review & Re-assessment

Hopefully, the article can get a Peer Review ASAP, then a re-assessment on the quality scale. The article hasn't got an assessment on the importance scale yet, so that should be interesting. Ffgamera (talk) 12:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Environment and Layout Section format changed to allow future info to be added

Does anyone else think that we should have different sections for the Environment/Layout section to eliminate the name OR have sub-sections under the Environment/Layout section? Or will the article become too detailed?

Any objections to the style I have implemented in the article, please state here. I have made it so the information of the content of Home is easier to navigate. I have also made it expandable.

Does anyone think that we should remove the Environment and layout title, to remove sub-sub sections? Ffgamera (talk) 07:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Communication and Additional information have swapped places, many other things are now written in present tense which I missed previously.

The Updates section no longer refers to the Closed Beta as if it were still happening. Ffgamera (talk) 12:05, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Voice chat

The wording that Jack Buser uses here http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=b_EN_PS3_Home&thread.id=97941 suggests that voice chat is still suspended in public areas. Ffgamera (talk) 22:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Reception?

I think this article should include an initial reception section on the open beta. 76.69.170.167 (talk) 23:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't think there should be, because the reception is towards the unfinished product. And yes, people may say that it will never be finished, but there is a stage when it is considered "finished". So, we should just have a reception area for the full version. Ffgamera (talk) 02:17, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

But it's a public-release beta similar to gmail, which DOES have a criticisms section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Criticisms. As long as the criticisms are notable and can be authenticated by reliable sources, I don't follow your logic. A parallel may be drawn with the unfinished symphonies of many composers - whether in their final form or not, they are publicly available, and have had real critical analysis done on them. 129.61.46.16 (talk) 19:25, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

My logic is that people are complaining over something in testing stages. Don't people usually do this? Otherwise it wouldn't be a beta? Ffgamera (talk) 23:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

FFgamera, this isn't a normal beta like with Firefox, Internet Explorer 8 or Live Messenger 2009, where you have to go to a specific place to get it, not the normal place, this is one that Sony want people to get now, I believe they have the link in all online, updated consoles to the download now its on open beta (I got it in closed beta so i cant confirm this), but in that sense, they should expect and receive public criticism. gamecentral from UK reviewed it today [4] and absolutely slated it. Reviews will start coming in now, regardless of its current state, therefore a crit section should be started now not after the initial 'formal' release chocobogamer mine 00:01, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Just make sure it sounds professional, and not attacking PlayStation Home. One reason is because, i personally enjoy this service to a high extent. 121.73.88.110 (talk) 03:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ooops, i forgot to login there.

Make sure to put in professionally done reviews, and not just petty fan-based reviews that just have personal attacks to Sony and Home. Ffgamera (talk) 03:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with including reviews, as long as it's balanced, WP:NPOV and free of original research or non-professional reviews. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:45, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Due to the ever expanding nature of Home I think we need to handle it differently to game reviews. Any reviews should make clear what version of the software and on what date they are reviewing it. Whilst a particular review might be valid when it was written, it may become outdated after a certain period of time or further development of the software. - X201 (talk) 09:07, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I also think it's important to note if possible, which version of Home they are commenting on in terms of PSN region. Currently, the North American version of Home has a lot more features than the European version. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:13, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

That is true, but we cannot shift them all, because most of the reviews are just blurted out from fan reaction and we have no idea what region theyre from, no constructive criticism, just simple hate.

On another note, Update 1.04 will be available at 2pm GMT (give or take a few minutes). http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=b_EN_PS3_Home&thread.id=86441 Ffgamera (talk) 09:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

My fears of someone adding biased and unrelated reviews came true... luckily it was reverted almost instantly. And why was it added to the Communication section or something like that??? Anyways, do we need more on this section or leave it as it is for now?Ffgamera (talk) 06:24, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

We need to make sure that any information that's added is properly cited, balanced, and from reliable sources. It seems that most people either love it or hate it so I think stating any summary along the lines of "Home has received generally favourable/negative reviews" is a bit pointless. We also can't include any user scores, only professional ones. We have no way of knowing when these scores were submitted and therefore no way of knowing if they are still valid. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's impossible sorry. No professional reviews have been done on Home. Unless I'm missing something. Home Open Beta is not reviewed because it's a beta. Only the fans do it. Give the reviewers some time. Ffgamera (talk) 11:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be a "review" per se. The gaming websites published several articles last week when the open beta was released and gave their views on the service. I doubt they will actually review Home because it's not a game, it's a service. If however this does prove difficult to find, that would suggest that we probably shouldn't have a Reception section yet. LittleBigPlanet's user score on Metacritic is a prime example of why user-generated scores can't be used. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 11:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I thought so, the article isn't ready for a Reception section yet... But by the time Reception is ready, the Open Beta will have been upgraded. I'm all out of ideas. Can anyone help get some reviews? Ffgamera (talk) 04:08, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Home is an open beta - if you make a product available to the public, you are, with no exceptions, leaving it open for criticism. I don't think that's up for debate. As for this, we should cover its entire reception. Do we not cover an online game's reception because it got a patch fixing all the problems a year later? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:29, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree, but we simply cannot find any reviews that meet the guidelines. Three times so far, people have tried to add a Receptions section, only to be deleted because it violated the guidelines. Ffgamera (talk) 11:26, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, it doesn't need to be a "review". I think all the major gaming websites published articles when Home went into open beta. There are probably comments in these articles which can be used to gauge it's reception. A recent article on one of the sites (can't find it now) compared the versions of home in North America, Europe and Japan and summarised that each one showed potential but it was obvious that there was still work to be done. This is the sort of thing that can be used. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 23:35, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

I can't find any like that. I've been doing lots of exploring. Ffgamera (talk) 06:51, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Here are my two pennies. Eurogamer have released a short, but scathing review on Home.[5] They are a professional publication, with such talent as Kieron Gillen and other British PC Gamer writers. It's a start, at least.

Oh and about that article comparing the regional differences, you can find that at IGN.[6] They also have their own opinion on the beta.[7] -Skorpus McGee (talk) 22:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Avatar section

I added an Avatar section, because I feel that it is important for people who come to the article and want to have knowledge on Home's avatar creation. Also for people who want to compare the Miis, 360 Avatars and Home Avatars. They can't do that if there's nothing about the Avatar. Ffgamera (talk) 03:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

That's a good idea, in my opinion, people should have the knowledge on Home's avatar creation so if they do want to compare the Mii's and 360's Avatars with Home's Avatars. Do you think we should add that users can change the appearance of their avatar anywhere in Home and not just in their personal spaces? JDC808 (talk) 23:47, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I think we should.. but not in an advertising way.. heh heh. Anyways, people can also compare Home avatars to Sims if they want. Ffgamera (talk) 01:35, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Trailers

I've removed the section about the specific trailers that are showing in the theatres. They fall foul of WP:NOTDIR item 3. - X201 (talk) 09:11, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Too detailed

I've been having another look through the article and have noticed that there's a lot of clarification on what's available in Home in different regions. The numerous "(only in North America)" and "(in the European version)" bracketed bits are making it sound a little clumsy and making it difficult to read and I think it's unnecessary. I'd suggest that in most cases, if this clarification is required, the section is too specific for a Wikipedia article anyway. For example:

The Home Theatre is a virtual cinema which will screen films that have been released on DVD/Blu-ray, the seating areas containing other Home users can be seen (except in European Home) and the screen is viewable. There will be an option to select full screen mode so the content playing will appear the same as any other video/movie played from the PS3. The current full screen mode, however, shows the frames of the screen. The Mainland Asian Theatre has a lobby with a video screen and two Theatre Auditoriums for trailers. The Japanese Theatre has a two-story lobby with a video screen and four Theatre Auditoriums (two on each floor) for trailers. The European Theatre has a two-story lobby with a video screen on the first floor, film posters on both floors, and ten theatres for different trailers on the first floor. The North American Theatre has no lobby and one theatre. Currently, the theatres, or theatre in North Americas case, show a mix of content but the majority show film trailers.

This is far to detailed and I think it falls within the realms of a game guide. I think it would be much better and more encyclopaedic to compress it down into something like this:

The Home Theatre is a virtual cinema where users can view a range of video content. This content includes movie and game trailers and video game features from third party publishers such as Eurogamer. Videos are displayed in the 3D environment on virtual video screens which the user can walk up to to view full screen. In contrast to the trailers available on the PlayStation Store, the dynamic video content in Home is presented in standard definition.

I suggest a rule of thumb whereby you try to avoid getting so detailed that it requires you to add these caveats. Do other people agree? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:29, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Agreed Dark verdant (talk) 10:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The new version is a lot easier to read and covers the subject in enough detail. Only one minor thing to point out, the word "movie". WP:FILM have reached a consensus to not use the word movie to disambiguate names, and in general they appear to prefer the use of the nationality neutral film over the US derived movie. - X201 (talk) 10:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Really? That's good. I don't like "movie" myself to be honest. Just seemed to be the most popular term. Thanks for letting me know. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 11:06, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree, but I also disagree, it is detailed, but for good reason, like for instance of the GameSpaces, not every region has them and they aren't the same at the two regions that do have them, so just saying that there is GameSpaces and not clarifying which region has them would make someone who doesn't know of the other regions content assume that every region has these GameSpaces that are listed in the article. Also, Chimpanzee, you took out the part mentioning that there are four different versions of Home and what they are, I think it's kind of important to let someone who doesn't know about Home, to let them know that there is four different versions, instead of just saying names of different regions are different. We could go as far as making a Wikipedia for each version of Home, but just putting them in this article would be much simpler.JDC808 (talk) 20:11, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

But it's not the place of Wikipedia to provide such detailed information. I agree that it should be mentioned somewhere that there are different versions in different regions, bot noting every difference isn't encyclopaedic. This kind of analysis is more suited to gaming and fan sites. I'm not trying to suggest that the article should be vague, far from it. But I'm saying that listing minor differences between the different versions of Home isn't useful to the average reader. This stuff matters to you an me becuause we're gaming enthusiasts (I assume), but not to most people. The people this stuff does matter to are the sorts of people who would know where to look for more detailed information, or if they don't, can access the citation links for further details. Sorry to reference this old chestnut again, but Wikipedia shouldn't be a guide. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 22:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I believe you meant to link WP:NOT or specifically WP:NOTGUIDE. I don't link it to be picky, just in case someone needs to see the standard for himself/herself. I agree completely on your point. Camann•TALK 16:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Whoops! You're right. Fixed it now. Thanks. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The detail gets to the point where we have to update the article daily as if it were a news article. Luckily, it is now changed. To add another thing: I have renamed "Second-party & Third-party content" to simply "Third-party content". Because we have already mixed some Second-party info into the Sony Computer Entertainment section. Thanks for all of your hard work and contribution. In formal writing, film is more appropriate to use. Is the new article to your liking? Or shall we continue to compress it? Ffgamera (talk) 21:38, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Good point. I think that's another thing that's another thing that will alert you to an over-detailed article. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, for example, this Thursday, Europe & PAL gets one/two of USA's Far Cry 2 Spaces or an entirely new Far Cry 2 Space. Won't add this into the article, cos we removed the region differences with GameSpaces. Ffgamera (talk) 00:26, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Recent edits

The location names are on the World map, please don't change it to suit your liking, because that is what Sony named the locations. Home Square is called "Home Square" "Shopping Centre" is called "Shopping Centre" I'm not sure whether we should go for American English or British English, but if you do change some of it, make sure you change the entire article And the article doesn't need detail on what is on the video screens. Thanks. Ffgamera (talk) 08:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

I have now found out that the Shopping Centre is indeed called the Mall in NA, and the Home Square is indeed called the Central Plaza in NA. For some reason, Sony decided to name them differently for different regions. Ffgamera (talk) 10:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I have a question about a recent edit. In the section "History of the Home Beta" there was a reference made to a website with the References title PlayStation®Home is coming to Asia with Closed Beta Test to be launched soon!. It links to an IP address, not a domain (http://220.232.130.120/psn_recruit/). Is this a legit site? Zef (talk) 04:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, yes, because it is redirected from http://asia.playstation.com/psn_recruit/index.php which is an official PlayStation website. Ffgamera (talk) 08:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Microsoft has officially denied their using of Home for business purposes. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=205194 Ffgamera (talk) 02:22, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Let's see if the new format works better. Feel free to edit it around a bit. But keep the main idea. Ffgamera (talk) 01:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

It is easier to read now and it also looks better, good idea. --JDC808 (talk) 04:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I put a note at the beginning of the World Map section saying that whenever just Asia or Asian is used throughout the World Map section, it is referring to both Mainland Asia and Japan, that way we don't have to go through the article and change all the places it says Asia or Asian to either Mainland Asia or Japan or both. Pretty much it's saving space.--JDC808 (talk) 19:46, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I just wanted to point out the Updates that are recieved in Home from the Update Manager go outside the straight forward administrative updates to include what seems like a sub game or an ARG. You can look at US Playstation Forums, EU Discussion of Updates or Dedicated XI site —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.252.29.168 (talk) 00:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Events section

Right now, I'm not seeing a problem with it, but over time with the addition of new events we'll probably want to either list them, put them in an info box, or just summarize them into one or two paragraphs. Personally I like the info box idea the best because we could put the name of the event, brief description of it, if it's a recurring event (being either weekly, monthly, etc.), and which regions it was available for. I'm not saying go change it now, I'm saying change it when it comes to the point where there's like 10 paragraphs or so. What's your thoughts? JDC808 (talk) 22:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Here's an example of what I mean (in the real thing the cites will be there; need to find out a little more about the UFO event):

Events in Home

Event	Description	Recurring	Region	Prizes	Start/End Date
Resident Evil: Degeneration Trivia Contest	Users answered the eight questions that were posted on a video screen in Central Plaza in the Official PlayStation Home Forum. Winner was posted on the forum and on PlayStation Home's "Message of the Day".	No	North America	Unique RE: Degeneration t-shirt for their avatar	Start: December 19, 2008
12 Games of Christmas	Users answer questions that are posted in the Official PlayStation Forum each day for twelve days. The twelve winners are posted on the forum and on PlayStation Home's "Message of the Day".	Annual	North America	$10 (US) product voucher for seasonal virtual items	December 22, 2008-January 2, 2009
Chess Event	Users gave their feedback of how to improve the chess game in the Mall. The best ten ideas were chosen and those ten users names were posted on PlayStation Home's "Message of the Day".	No	North America	$10 (US) product voucher for Diesel and Ligne Roset virtual items	January 15-16, 2009
Name the New Home Space	Users suggest their idea on the Official PlayStation Home Forum of what they think the new Home Space (known as Home Cafe in Asia & Japan) will be called. The winner will be posted on the forum and on PlayStation Home's "Message of the Day"	No	North America	$10 (US) product voucher for virtual items of their choosing	January 22-26, 2009
Home Quiz Night	An invitation-only event hosted at the MVP Club by a Home user. Only 25 users participate and the club members are reset weekly. The winner is announced on the Official PlayStation Home Forum.	Weekly (Monday Night)	Europe	n/a	Start: January 12, 2009
UFO Event	Users talk to an alien named Nabichu (located by a crashed UFO behind the Game Space) and the alien gives users a radar accessory. At certain times UFO's appear between the apartments and the theatre and users count them. Users then tell Nabichu and have only 60 seconds to indicate the quantity by doing gestures.	n/a	Japan	A Nabichu statue	n/a

JDC808 (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

To be honest I think the whole "Events" section should go, save for a couple of example events. Listing every event that ever happens in/on Home will steer it into a head on crash with WP:NOT. I can think of 3 policy rules that we're in danger of breaking as it stands. The section needs a brief explanation of a couple of example events at max. - X201 (talk) 22:52, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I have seen other Wikipedia pages with this almost exact kind of thing. It doesn't seem to be a problem with those pages. JDC808 (talk) 23:07, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

It wouldn't work. The PlayStation Home article's events section was originally intended to have proper large-scale events, rather than things like contests, which aren't really "events". What I'm trying to say is that I think we've misinterpreted the definition of "event" Ffgamera (talk) 09:26, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree. I think "Events" should cover things like the promised Concerts and Special Appearances or something like Jummy Carr's stand-up routine on Second Life. We shouldn't be listing fan made forum content. - X201 (talk) 09:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I must correct you there X201, these are not fan made forum events. These events were made by Sony's PlayStation Home Managers, except "Home Quiz Night", that one was a fan made event. I see what Ffgamera is talking about with misinterpreting the events, but these are events in Home none the less. Sense you two are basically going against this idea, I suggest we at least mention that there are these kinds of events and name one or two of them, and the one we probably should name is the "12 Games of Christmas" since it's an annual event. How about that? Also I want to mention that some areas, including this one, will almost always be getting changed, not necessarily everyday, but I'm just saying Home will technically never be complete for Home will always be evolving, for instance one section may be small now but in five or ten years it could be about 10 paragraphs long with all the new content that they will be adding over the years. Okay, the 10 paragraphs was a little exaggerating but I think you see what I mean. JDC808 (talk) 13:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I'll join in here! That seems like a good idea. I don't think anyone's saying that the fact that events are/will be held in Home shouldn't be mentioned, but adding a complete list off all of them would be inappropriate. Simply saying that events are held is sufficient, and giving one or two examples of these events would be useful to help the reader understand the nature of them. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 14:14, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and edited the section so only one paragraph mentions about these events and I gave a couple of examples, the "12 Games of Christmas" and "Name the New Home Space" events. I felt these two would be the best to mention since the '"12 Games of Christmas" is an annual event and "Name the New Home Space" was important since it delt with a new Home Space for North America. JDC808 (talk) 17:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

My definition of "events" is if an occurrence is labeled as event by SCE, or it is held at the PlayStation Events Space. Ffgamera (talk) 10:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Idea for the Game Spaces

This occurred to me a couple or so days ago. This year, Home is going to be bringing out more and more Game Spaces including the years to come. So I was thinking that we could add a section specifically for the Game Spaces. It could go between SCE content and third party content, or it could go right after third party content. I think this would be a much easier way to tell about the Game Spaces then the way we have it now where a couple or so are at the bottom of SCE content and the others are just thrown into the third party content. I think the third party content should just be for developer and company spaces. How do you feel about that? JDC808 (talk) 1:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

i second this. it would be a good idea, as many third party companies are going to make game spaces, like ea for example, while SCE is also going to make game spaces, like for example a pain game space. Estemshorn (talk) 20:42, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

When the Game Space list gets moderately big. Since it's too small, we can't have this. And when the Game Space list is too big, we can't have it either, due to clutter. So, about 10 or so would be able to fit. Ffgamera (talk) 03:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Whenever the Game Spaces section gets too big, I'm going to make a Wikipedia page just for them titled "List of PlayStation Home Game Spaces". I'll just keep a couple of Game Spaces in the section on this page, probably Uncharted and Far Cry 2 since they were first. Third Party Developer Spaces won't need it for awhile since there's only two, well three including EA. I'll probably do this when a few more spaces are added. JDC808 (talk) 15:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I've made an article just for the game spaces called List of PlayStation Home Game Spaces. The Game Spaces section was starting to get cluttered. JDC808 (talk) 02:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Xi

When this Xi stuff gets figured out, do you think we should add a small bit about it in the article? JDC808 (talk) 13:20, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

This is just speculation at the moment, although the thread that explains the Xi fiasco was floated by an admin, so it must be important. Once this speculation clears and becomes a bit more vivid, we can add something related to it. Definitely, as long as it's not in rumour stages. It has to be completely out of rumour stages. Ffgamera (talk) 08:11, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

It's getting closer to out of rumor stage to, especially with the addition of the Teleport to the EU Home Square which is the Xi symbol. Can't wait till this thing actually gets figured out and see what it has for Home. JDC808 (talk) 15:27, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

It looks like we're getting even closer to solving this Xi mystery, Studio nDreams announces plans with Sony and Secret PS3 project hits Beta. JDC808 (talk) 02:48, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Major Xi Breakthrough found in US analyses this in a bit more depth. Ffgamera (talk) 03:12, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

If they keep this up, we might be able to add this sooner than we thought, lol I know the guy that posted that, he's from the NA Home. JDC808 (talk) 05:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Made a section for Xi since it's more than just a space, it's the worlds first console-based Alternate Reality Game. JDC808 (talk) 16:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

It's really quite an odd space. I wish I knew more about the purpose of the space. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Recent Updates (updated March 29)

Home maintenance is weekly and always occurs on Thursday at 8am (GMT).
The next content update is scheduled for April 9, along with version 1.2 of the core client.

Coming soon (Europe): Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Space ("within a few weeks"), SOCOM: Confrontation Space (also "within a few weeks"), Siren: Blood Curse; Warhawk content, Music within Home.

Coming Soon (Europe and North America): More furniture items from Ligne Roset. Coming Soon: New Ligne Roset Collection

Coming Soon (North America):

• Backstage with Guitar Hero "VIP Lounge".

Currently in development. It will be an added room to the current Guitar Hero space. Currently, the North American Official Forums have a suggestions thread for the VIP Lounge because Activision Blizzard wants some input from the users of what to put in the VIP Lounge. Here's the suggestions thread: Post your suggestions for the Backstage with Guitar Hero VIP Lounge

March 26, 2009:

• Restricted areas in the Resident Evil 5 space is open to game owners in Asia and Japan. The restricted areas will be open to Europe and North America on next publishing window.

This is the first time Home has offered in-lounge shops. Adam's Shop sales costumes for RE5's main characters Chris and Sheva.

• More Street Fighter IV clothes available for purchase from the Shopping Complex
• Guitar Hero space launches in North America, the space is called Backstage with Guitar Hero.

The space features two video screens advertising Guitar Hero: Metallica, a mini-game called "Guitar Hero-God of Rock" with a scoreboard for the current game (it's a memory game, users have to push the buttons in the order that the guitarist avatar plays them as fast as they can for more points), and seating for the avatars.

• Resistance 2 S.R.P.A suit released in the Threads store.
• Hot Shots Golf Lounge and Namco Bandai "Game Arena" are now available in Asian Home as well as clothing in Threads for Namco Bandai.

Feel free to add new updates and change the update date JDC808 (talk) 03:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry in advance if I shouldn't post here, looking at the March 25th updates it says that Restricted areas in Resident Evil 5 open to game owners, however I have been in there everyday for the past few days and they are still saying coming soon. Is it a particular home that is open at the moment and europe have to wait? Or does the info above need changing? Thanks Dark verdant (talk) 10:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The RE5 restricted areas are open in the Asian and Japanese Home. They will be open to the European and North American Home on the next publishing window, which is either this Thursday or next. Probably next Thursday, April 9th. I'll fix that so it's more specific. The date on the above should actually be the 26th. JDC808 (talk) 12:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, at least I don't have to keep going into the resi space to check now. Dark verdant (talk) 14:31, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Reviews!!

Pocket Lint has a review although they don't seem that notable. The following websites I have checked, and don't have a review or score:

Metacritic, Game Rankings, MobyGames, CVG, IGN, IGN AU, GameSpot, GamePro, Gametrailers, Game Informer, Gamesradar, and PSXExtreme. Ffgamera (talk) 03:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I have requested a peer review and re-assessment, please help with this by helping changing the article according to the reviewers' comments. Thanks, Ffgamera (talk) 10:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

We have just been peer reviewed by one person! Please contribute by editing to some of the things they say, thanks. Ffgamera (talk) 10:44, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Washington Post review Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:53, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

April 2009 Updates

April 2, 2009:

• Ten new songs have been added to Listen@Home. As an April Fools joke on April 1, the North American Home Managers put only the song "Chain Swing" by Animal House. The joke is that a majority of the Home users are sick and tired of that song because it was played constantly before the 50 Cent songs were added. Also last Friday, they had put four or five songs from Street Fighter IV.

April 9, 2009:

• The Hub has been updated, users get a male/female Xi shirt for completing the 6th quest.
• New clothes and items have been added to Threads and Furniture store.
• Resident Evil 5 restricted areas open for North America. The RE5/BH5 Archives is still closed for all regions. Non owners of the game can play the "BSAA Training Mission". Europe restricted areas are still closed.
• Two new third party store fronts have been added to Europe's Shopping Centre. They are "Alter Ego" and "The Original V-Shirt Store". Alter Ego offers different head wear items for both male and female. The Original V-Shirt Store currently offers one male and one female shirt for free.
• Godfather II game space for North America. Users can play a game of "No Limit Texas Hold'em" on five poker tables and check out promotional video and concept art.
• Home Cafe for Asia and Japan has been temporarily closed as they are planning for the next event.
• "Ward of Despair" room has opened in Asias Siren Lounge.
• Asias theatre has been updated and now is two stories and has four theatres and there is a Home Theatre Survey Corner but users can only participate in it during the event period.
• Version 1.2 will not be released this week due to a serious bug in v1.2 that needs to be fixed.

April 10, 2009:

• Users can start preordering Infamous and get an exclusive costume for Home. Reap your Home Rewards With Infamous Preorder Bonus

April 13, 2009:

• Manhole cover is now opened.

Takes users to "Home Maintenance". Here users go to the "Open locker" and see a picture ID of William Johnson. Then users go to "Pick up the envelope" to read a letter from Thom. If users can make it through the security barrier, they can access the "Security Terminals", "Controls" (mini-game like where users have to pick up parts of a robot with a crane and drop them in the chute) and "Call the elevator". There is also an "Enter padlock code" near the Open locker.

April 14, 2009:

• Listen@Home updated with the Winter X Games soundtrack. Twenty one tracks total.

April 16, 2009:

• Version 1.2 should be released next Thursday.

More information here The Homerun - 16th April 09; Phenomenon that is Xi continues, and update to Listen@Home The Listen@Home update it's referring to is the Winter X Games soundtrack.

April 20, 2009:

• Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams and movie stars Chris "Kirk" Pine and Zachary "Spock" Quinto will visit Home for a Q&A session with "selected press and bloggers from around the world."

April 23, 2009:

• Asia: Tekken outfits available at Threads, Street Fighter IV figurines available in the Shopping Mall, Home Theatre Survey Corner is finished, Questionnaire Corner (reward is Vaio type P jeans for male and female, located by Home Cafe), posters have been updated, and variuos glitches have been fixed.
• Europe: EA Sports Complex released, The Original V-Shirt Store has 20 new shirts available for purchase, Star Trek male and female uniforms available for purchase in Threads, MySoti can be found in Threads, and reward t-shirts for the EA Sports Complex
• Japan: Posters updated, various glitches have been fixed, next event info is available, Killzone 2 Questionnaire with the reward being an ISA uniform, Questionnaire Corner (reward is Vaio type P jeans for male and female, located by Home Cafe), new items in the Shopping Mall, and two new spaces based off the game Makai Senki Disgaea 3 from Nippon Ichi Software.
• North America: EA Sports Complex released, posters have been updated, reward t-shirts for the EA Sports Complex, Angels & Demons promotional shirts available at Threads as pack for $1.99 USD or $.25 USD seperately, and Backstage with Guitar Hero space mini-game has been updated (it is now called Guitar Hero-Master of Rock)
• Game Launching for Street Fighter IV.
• Version 1.2 is delayed again. No official word yet.

April 27, 2009:

• Alpha Zone 2 - Light and Dark is now open in The Hub. There are currently two mini-games, The Good Aquarium and The Evil Aquarium, for users to play. There are also 5 Puzzles that are currently locked.
• A free Infamous/Uncharted 2 shirt available in Threads for North America.
• Listen@Home updated.

April 30, 2009:

• The missing C.Viper Street Fighter IV item is now available at Threads
• In Alpha Zone 2 - Light and Dark, Puzzles 1 and 2 are now accessible. Puzzle 1 is called Short Circuit and there are three versions where the user must connect the battery's ends together. Puzzle 2 is called Binary Bulbs where the users must turn on a certain number of lights in a series of ten rounds with a time limit on each round.

JDC808 (talk) 20:58, 30 April 2009 (UTC) Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Monthly updates

Hope no one minds but I've moved the April update to its own month. If we just keep adding to an existing thread the bot will never archive it. I think its better if we let old info get archived in the correct time frame. - X201 (talk) 09:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Regions

Here is every region that accesses Home and what main region they go to. I was able to get this information because a user of the NA Home made an account for all 56 regions that have access to PSN and found out only 31 of them access Home and he found out which ones access which Home. Thirteen South American countries have joined SCEA but haven't heard any word of which ones access PSN or Home.

Asia Home - Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan

Europe Home - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom

Japan Home - Japan

North America Home - United States of America and Canada

Only the countries listed in Europe and aren't geographically in Europe are notable. The rest are quite obvious if I do say so myself. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, completely understandable, but hey, if anyone asks and aren't sure, you now know for sure. It's kind of funny, though, that the smallest Home has the most countries that access it. JDC808 (talk) 01:34, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

That's one of the arguments against SCEE towards lack of Home content in the past. But that is now reassured. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 01:17, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

History section

Hope nobody minds, but I've been itching to do it for ages:
I fused the History and History of the Home Beta section together, because the two share pretty much the same information. This new section is where the old history section was. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:05, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it looks better. JDC808 (talk) 01:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

May 2009 Updates

Coming Soon:

• Ghostbusters: The Video Game Home Space. Save the World in Ghostbusters Home Space

May 4, 2009:

• Veilcorp.com added to the Online Getaway in The Hub.
• Puzzles 3, 4, and 5 are now accessible in Alpha Zone 2 - Light and Dark. Puzzle 3 is called Fireflies (a Simon-says like game where users must pick the correct order of fireflies that were lit up in fourteen rounds), Puzzle 4 is called Flashlight Jigsaw (users must solve a jigsaw puzzle in the dark and see if it's correct by turning on the flashlight in four rounds), and Puzzle 5 is called Shadow Match (users match select the shadow that matches each character in four rounds).

May 5, 2009:

• Message of the Day for North America says as follows: "This Thursday is shaping up to be one of the biggest content releases in the history of PlayStation Home. There will be new Spaces to explore, clothing to check out, exclusive video content to enjoy and maybe a few surprises along the way."

May 7, 2009:

• Siren: Blood Curse Lounge for North America, Europe at a later date. Same reward items as the Asian and Japanese versions.
• Patapon 2 event/t-shirt launch for North America.
• Lakeside Log Cabin apartment available at Home Estates for Europe and North America
• Living Room Stage Set from Loot at Home Estates priced at $4.99 USD for North America.
• Tekken costumes and figurines.
• 14 Killzone 2 shirts (plus a bunch of other gear at Threads).
• A "Link" option is now available when users select View Full Screen in North Americas Home Theatre. The Link option takes them to PlayStation.com.

Enormous Update Coming to PlayStation Home

May 11, 2009:

• In Home Maintenance, a new Security Terminal has opened. It's called Elevator Power Circuit. Users must connect three different power circuits together. After completing Elevator Power Circuit, the "Call the elevator" is now functionable, however, users do not have permission to visit an apartment at the moment.
• Home-related Killzone 2 announcement coming this week. Killzone 2 Comes Home

May 12, 2009:

• Siren: Blood Curse Horrorbowl Sweepstakes for North America. Users must dress their avatars with either the Doctor or Nurse outfit awarded in the Ward of Despair mini-game and customize their avatar to look aged and emaciated and go to the Bowling Alley (the "Event Space" for this event) between the hours of 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm PST on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 for a "HorrorBowl" bowling tournament. The first 50 Entrants randomly selected shall be entered into a giveaway for a voucher good for one free download of Siren: Blood Curse bundle (Chapters 1-4). Siren: Blood Curse Horrorbowl Sweepstakes Rules & Regulations

May 13, 2009:

• In Home Maintenance, the Call the elevator now takes users to the location "Party at Jess's Apartment". It's a customized Summer House, instead of it being daytime, it's night time with a full moon and there's a yacht on the water, as well as lights hanging outside. There's also a whole sound system with a dance beat playing for a dance party, a picture hiding a safe that needs a code, and a video screen upstairs showing a video of Paul Ballard doing a music video in Home.

May 14, 2009:

• Chamber Apartment personal space available for free for one week from May 14 to May 21. After May 21, the Chamber Apartment will no longer be available. It's only for North America. The Chamber Apartment has four interactive fire pits/waterfalls. The user can decide rather if they want a fire pit or a waterfall by stepping on a switch. There is also a tree with a face on it that follows the users if they walk by it. New Home Apartment, Rent-Free
• Resistance 2 game launching is in the works and should be available next month. Patch 1.60 coming May 14
• More furniture items
• Lakeside Log Cabin now available for Asia and Japan.
• Final batch of Street Fighter IV costumes available for Asia and Japan.
• The survey campaign for "VAIO P" has been finished for Asia and Japan.

May 15, 2009:

• Killzone 2-Home content delayed. Killzone 2-Home content delayed

May 18, 2009:

• Killzone 2 Home Space not Quite Ready for Prime Time
• CydoniaX, North America Home Manager, announced on the NA Home forums that NA will not be receiving picture frames with the v1.21 update. She also stated that it would be a good idea to hang out in Home during the week of E3. About the 1.21 Patch and Picture Frames

May 21, 2009:

• Version 1.21 update- improvements, changes, bug fixes and vital updates.
• More clothes at Threads and more hairstyles for avatars.
• EA Sports Complex is receiving an update in several areas including poker, ranking, red tournament tables, point rewards for winning, improved camera system, table placement, music, blind timers, and blind time on status board.
• SCE is investigating ways of gathering bug reports.
• For all of the details of Version 1.21, look here: Home Update 1.21 Details
• Resistance 2 game space for Asia, Europe, and North America with game launching and it's called the "Resistance Station". This Week in PlayStation Home: Resistance Space Unleashed, Game Launching Confirmed
• The Chamber Apartment is no longer available.
• Next event for the PlayStation Events Space has started for Europe and North America. A new space called the "Presentation Podium" is where the event is occurring.
• Home Square for Asia is now Summer.

JDC808 (talk) 12:12, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Details for Home update have been updated and I have changed the link to the Europe forums for that purpose. Please read! Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

May 25, 2009:

• Alpha Zone 3 has opened in The Hub. It is called "Entrance and Team Maze". Its description says "A huge alpha area for testing our labyrinths". When entering the Alpha Zone, there are four doors and a Teleport back to The Hub. Three of them are currently locked while the fourth is opened. The three locked doors are called Enter the Ghost Maze (to the right of entering the alpha zone), Enter the Riddle Maze (to the left of entering the alpha zone), and Enter the Expert Maze (behind entering the alpha zone). The maze that is open is straight in front of the users when entering the alpha zone. This maze is called Teamwork Maze where the users must use teamwork to get through the maze.

May 28, 2009:

• Strikethrough features on 1.21 update link will be present in this update
• Crash Commando, a PSN exclusive, now supports game launching. Crash Commando Patched and Demoed, DLC inbound
• Buzz! space coming very soon. Features 64 Player Buzz! Quizzing with rewards and is confirmed for Europe and North America. Buzz! NA Home EU Home
• Ghostbusters fanpack for $1.99 USD featuring different items to customize users personal spaces.

May 29, 2009:

• In Alpha Zone 3 - Entrance and Team Maze, the door called Enter the Ghost Maze has opened taking users to Alpha Zone 3 - Ghost Maze. Here users must make it through the Ghost Maze without touching a ghost. If they touch a ghost they have to restart the maze.

JDC808 (talk) 20:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

European Home

SCEE will be focusing more on getting more spaces available for the European Home due to the European Home being behind in the amount of spaces it offers to its users. This will include the Uncharted space, the Warhawk space, and an update to the Resident Evil 5 space, as well as some of the recent spaces like the Guitar Hero space as well as some new spaces. The SCEE Home Producer is currently investigating 17 spaces in all but TedTheDog, European Home Manager, doesn't believe all would be suitable and therefore not all would be published for the European Home. The timeline for this is probably about the next 2 to 4 months and there is likely to be a drop in output before it starts to really pick up and improve. The next few months in SCEE Home JDC808 (talk) 00:51, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Here is the letter to SCEE: Open Letter to SCEE]

Here is the response to the letter to SCEE: Response to Open Letter to SCEE.

Here is the response to people not acknowledging what it said: Further my recent response to Open Letter to SCEE Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 11:45, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

June 2009 Updates

June 1, 2009:

• In Alpha Zone 3 - Entrance and Team Maze, Enter the Riddle Maze has opened taking users to Alpha Zone 3 - Riddle Maze. In the Riddle Maze, users must solve the riddles to proceed through the maze, if they get a riddle wrong, they must start over.

June 2, 2009:

• Sony's E3 2009 press conference will be shown in the Presentation Podium a few hours after Sony's press conference ends. There will also be special limited time items that will be given away for the three days of E3 as long as users are logged in all three days. E3 Comes to PlayStation Home
• June 2 E3 free items are Grey on Red & Red on Blue NPLH T-shirts for male and Blue on Yellow and Pink on Blue NPLH T-shirts for female. NPLH means No Place Like Home.
• Version 1.22 released fixing a couple of bugs. Home downtime 2nd June 11am UK

June 3, 2009:

• June 3 E3 free items are Grey on Blue, Grey on Black, & Orange on Grey NPLH T-shirts for male and White on Purple, Black on Grey, & Red on Grey NPLH T-shirts for female.

June 4, 2009:

• Buzz! space was released for Europe and North America. It has been temporarily removed because there was a technical problem with the mini-game where no one could get into it and play. The relaunch is TBA.
• Picture frames for North America.
• Ghostbusters costumes.
• Final batch of Street Fighter IV costumes available for Europe and North America.
• June 4 E3 free items are White on dark Green NPLH T-shirt for male and White on Green NPLH T-shirt for female.

June 5, 2009:

• Europe Home - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Treasure Hunt in PlayStation Home. To promote the release of TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, Paramount Pictures International (PPI) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the release of a selection of Transformers merchandise, available exclusively through a virtual treasure hunt in Home. A variety of T-Shirts and a unique ‘Autobot Trophy' will be rewarded to residents who complete the ‘Transformers Quest'. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Treasure Hunt!
• Killzone 2-themed content for PlayStation Home. The Visari Throne Room apartment for PlayStation Home, based on the throne room inside Visari’s Palace from the final mission of Killzone 2, it combines the majestic proportions of Helghast architecture with the regal aesthetic of the Autarch himself. Tastefully lit by a hellish, alien sunset. For the Visari Throne Room, there will be five pieces of furniture based on actual palace furnishings from Killzone 2: two types of Visari-style chairs, an administrative desk, a plant container with authentic Helghan vegetation, and a freestanding painting which portrays an important moment in the colonial history of the Helghast. The Visari Throne Room and matching furniture are scheduled for release in the second half of June, with pricing TBD. It will be available in Europe as well as North America. New Killzone 2 Content Coming To PlayStation Home
• Alpha Zone 3 - The Expert Maze has opened in Alpha Zone 3 - Entrance and Team Maze. Accessed by having the 18th Butterfly and by the door called Enter the Expert Maze, users must make their way through this maze by using the rules of the previous three mazes in this one maze.

June 10, 2009:

• The end of Xi. The big brown door called the monolith has now opened but the users can only pass through if they have obtained all 24 fragments. Once they have all 24 fragments they can pass through and a message will appear on their screen that says: "This is the point of no return. Once you pass this point, you will not be able to come back again. Are you sure you want to proceed?" And a question is asked: "Do you want to continue?" and users can either choose, "Yes. I'm ready to finish what I started." or "No. Take me back to the hub for now." If they choose Yes, then they are prompted with another question "Are you sure? This is strictly a one-way journy..." and the answers to choose are "Yes." or "No. Take me back to the hub." If users choose yes they are taken to a space called "The White Hall" with the description being "The begtinning of the end, or the end of the beginning?" but before they enter the space they must choose to "Release Xi" or "Destroy Xi". After choosing, a video will then play regarding the decision they have made. After the vido they are then taken to The White Hall to be greeted by Jess. After Jess talks to the user, they are then rewarded an Xi Trophy, and Xi Fragment Trophy, and if they obtained all the butterflies and Xi Butterfly Trophy. They are then returned to the central meeting point.
• After completing Xi, if users try to return to The Hub, they will be returned to the central meeting point. But if they try to access it through the Teleport, they will be taken to the Xi Alumni Hub which is for all of those that have completed Xi. The Xi Alumni Hub looks similar to The Hub with a couple of differences. When they first enter the Xi Alumni Hub, there will be a table at the top of the stairs with a piece of paper on it. The What's New screen now shows the logo of Xi and is now called the "View Xi slideshow" which is a quick run through of the highlights of Xi which ran for 12 weeks. HoloPAD is no longer accessible. Online Getaway is now Alumni Hub Getaway and has Web Browser, Xi Credits, and Miguel's Blog. View weekly re-cap screen is now "View video" showing how Xi started and what happened over time revealing that Xi was really to bring people together. Users can also go back to Alpha Zone 1 - Game Test Area as well as the Maximum-Tilt Lobby and Adventure Lobby, but those are the only Alpha Zones they can return to. There is also another mini-quest for the users to do in the Xi Alumni Hub. In doing this mini-quest, Alumni Puzzle Site will appear on the Alumni Hub Getaway if the users have done what was necessary to access it. After figuring out the puzzle, users must go to the Keypad by the Xi Alumni Hub entrance but it is currently not working and being fixed. If any user has favorited the other Xi spaces, not including The Hub, they can still access them.

June 11, 2009:

• The Xi spaces will only be available for a few more weeks. Xi: The Secret is Out!

JDC808 (talk) 18:08, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

June 18, 2009:

• Announcemements from European forums will shift to the PlayStation Blog of Europe.
• There will be a new space which will be announced at that blog soon.
• The City Penthouse will be a new Home Estate.
• A "Where's Wally?" style event will start on the 18th and will continue for a couple of weeks.
• Purchasing legalese for Clubs, date of the 31st March 2009 is changing to 31st December 2009.
• There is also an update to the EA Sports Complex as well with additional Racing tracks, leaderboards, Racing Boost Shop, and Poker updates (including bracelets for the females). The as-of-yet-unopened Golf Pro Shop space will temporarily disappear but will reappear and launch within a short time.
• Ghostbusters Firehouse On Location personal space. From Loot, and will have all the movie type of equipment that the Living Room Stage Set from Loot has. This space is a replica of the three floor Ghostbuster's headquarters from the original movie.
• Everybody's Golf space for Europe.
• SOCOM Tactical Operations Center (TOS) space for North America. This will be part one of two spaces for SOCOM, the second will be the OPFOR space at a later time.
• InFamous Cole costume will unlock for the North American users who have played and beat the inFamous demo.
• Japans Home Cafe is now called the Music Cafe and is like a dance club and the upstairs is a Gallery Space featuring various Sony entertainment products such as Sony Bravia TVs.
• Event in North America, first 100 users to find the secret code and redeem it receive a free download of SOCOM: Confrontation SOCOM Scavenger Hunt: Tonight 5PM PST (8PM EST) Central Plaza

June 19, 2009:

• Event in North America, starts in the morning and ends in the evening, scavenger hunt where users must hunt for parts of a secret code scattered throughout Home and the first 100 users to redeem the code will receive a free download of Bomberman Ultra. Coming to PlayStation Home: New SOCOM Space, Ghostbusters Apartment, EA SPORTS Complex Update + More!

June 20, 2009:

• Hamsters vs Humans Dance Off in the North American Home at 8pm PDT. Winning team will unlock a special reward for all of Home. Hamsters vs Humans Dance-Off (Saturday, 8PM PST/11PM EST)

JDC808 (talk) 19:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC))

June 25, 2009:

• Home will be offline from 8am for 8 hours, and many reward items that have been lost over the past few months will be restored.

Key information:

• They are going back as far as the Extended Closed Beta for items to restore, but not the Closed Beta
• Not all items are recoverable and items that do not reappear once this work is complete will be lost for good

It should also be noted that the 25th is not a new content release day, the next is the 2nd of July.

Coming in July:

• Namco Bandai Game Arena space for North America. IGN: Namco Museum Essentials Preview This may be the space mentioned in the blog for Europe.

JDC808 (talk) 04:15, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Xi having it's own Wikipedia page

I have been thinking about this for the past few weeks, and I was wondering do any of you think that we should make a Wikipedia page for Xi? It is a game, an alternate reality game to be exact, and when it's over which is very soon, we will probably be able to gather enough information to make the page. I could actually do it right now, but I'm not entirely sure if I should or just leave it as it is in the PlayStation Home page here. What do you guys think? JDC808 (talk) 00:39, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I think that it should be made into a separate page as well. It's a whole different game inside of Home. Xi (Game) needs to be made! ESTEMSHORN^talk_Sign 06:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

If it were to be made, it will be Xi (PlayStation Home), because Xi (video game) is already an article. I am neutral on this one, unless:

• Xi doesn't contiue expanding (disagree with new article)
• Xi expands greatly (agree with new article) Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 02:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

The name of the article could either be that or Xi (Alternate Reality Game). We'll have to see what happens with in the next week because the game of Xi has ended but there's something more in the Xi Alumni Hub, so we'll have to see how far that goes. JDC808 (talk) 03:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree that Xi (Alternate Reality Game) should be a separate page. As the game developed, it clearly expanded beyond Home and into real life and onto the wider web - so having it as a subcategory of Home seems inaccurate. Also, the Xi section is already pretty long in itself, and there are omissions & errors that would be much easier to deal with on a standalone page. It could use some images too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewritingstudio (talk • contribs) 07:53, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Good point, I have also felt that, which is one of the reasons why I brought up the proposal to make it a separate page. I'll let a couple more people express their opinion on if it should or shouldn't be made a page. So far pretty much everyone thinks it should be made well Ffgamera is neutral on it but if majority rules, I don't think he'll mind it becoming it's own page. JDC808 (talk) 18:03, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Just letting you guys know, I have the page typed up and saved in a Word document, so if this things a go, then all I have to do is click on the red link here, and copy & paste the Word document I have. JDC808 (talk) 07:25, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I support it now. I was just not sure about guidelines, but as long as the page isn't too small, it should work out very well! Keep up the good work, and let me know when you've made the page. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 12:54, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, that sounds good, I can understand where your coming from with the guidelines. I'll go ahead and make the page, hope it's not too detailed. One thing I did forget was to give info on each of the groups that were formed or already formed during Xi, for example the AlphaAFK group. I have some mention of them, but not a whole lot. I'll make the page as Xi (Alternate Reality Game) and make a redirect for it as Xi (PlayStation Home). JDC808 (talk) 18:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

problem with the playstationhome connection

i have a problem with the connection to home it is loading and stop to load and blok my ps3 help me please 80.185.207.158 (talk) 15:33, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

This has happened to a few people, the cause could just be connection problems to the internet during the time you were loading Home, or for some reason your PS3 just messed up when loading Home and froze. I'm a frequent user on the North American Home forums and I've seen this problem come across the boards but not exactly a solution from any of the SCEA Home managers or developers. The only responses I've seen is from forum users who have had this happen to them and they said what worked for them is to either A.) turn off your PS3 and try again, or B.) disable the Media Center because that can cause loading problems. To disable the Media Center, go to Network Settings then scroll down to Media Server Connection (which is the very last one) and disable it. If I find anything else regarding this, I'll let you know. JDC808 (talk) 18:20, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Geographical mistake

{{editsemiprotected}} Under the Public Spaces section, there's a geographical mistake within "Countries that join Europe are Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia,.."
Portugal is both an European Union country and is located inside the European continent, so automaticaly is linked to the European HOME Space. The text should read "Countries that join Europe are Australia, New Zealand, Russia,.."
Thanks Demoproud (talk) 17:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Done Welcome and thanks for improving the accuracy of this article. Celestra (talk) 18:43, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

July 2009 Updates

July 1, 2009:

• Motorstorm: Pacific Rift game launching. Motorstorm: Pacific Rift patch brings us Home

July 2, 2009:

• inFamous space for Asia, Europe, and North America called "The Abandoned Docks of Empire City". The space will broadcast exclusive media from Sucker Punch Productions being a first for Home to do so. Two mini-games, one is a Graffiti Wall mini-game where users can make their own graffiti and display it for their friends and the other is called Reaper Shock with a built in global leader board where users get to zap reapers and there will be rewards for users avatars and personal spaces.
• SOCOM: Tactical Operations Center space now available to Europe.
• City Penthouse apartment now available to Asia, still unavailable to North America.
• Killzone 2 themed apartment, Visari Throne Room, available to Europe with purchasable furniture and exclusive items such as the Visari plant and container and the Helghast Tacticians Outfit.
• Far Cry 2 will now support game launching.
• Users who participated in the Hamsters vs Humans Dance Off (in which humans won) will receive their aviator helmet and fedora rewards.
• Limited time Independence Day themed-goods for North America.
• More clothing items.
• The Ghostbusters apartment and Loot Stage Set apartment now support Picture Frames and the Loot Stage Sets voice chat has been fixed.

inFAMOUS SPace Comes to PlayStation Home, Far Cry 2 Game Launching Support + Tons More! - North America | New inFamous Space and Killzone 2 Throne Room - Europe

• Nippon Ichi Software spaces now available to Japan which are "The Nether Institute, Evil Academy" and "Mao's Room" and and event to go along with it in the Home Square.
• The Xi Alumni Hub has been added to the world map for Europe and North America. All of the Xi spaces except the Xi Alumni Hub and Alpha Zone 1 - Game Test Area, Maximum-Tilt Lobby, & Adventure Lobby, have been removed.
• The EA Sports Complex has been updated. There is now four rooms. The first is the EA Sports Complex Green Poker Room (same as before except the Red table is no longer there), the EA Sports Complex Red Poker Room (like the Green Poker Room except with Red tables), the EA Sports Complex Racing Complex (same), the EA Sports Golf Complex (featuring Golf)

July 11, 2009:

• Giant Gundam Statue, Now in PlayStation Home As part of the Gundam series 30th anniversary celebrations, from July 11, a statue of the RX-78-2 Gundam will be in the center of Japan's Home Square until July 23.

July 16, 2009:

• Buzz! space relaunch for Europe and North America.
• Fight Night Round 4 space, Club Fight Night for Europe and North America. An interactive DJ game and rewards. This is just phase one of the Fight Night space.
• Namco Bandai space for North America. Name of space is different from Asia and Japan, North Americas is called Namco Arcade Center and Namco Theater
• SOCOM clothing.
• Final boss from Street Fighter IV costume.
• Killzone 2 Tactician outfit for North America. The helmet has an error
• Namco Museum Essentials for North America with Home rewards.
• North Americas Mall is now called "The Mall" and has been completely updated. The overall design is the same, but the store fronts have changed and features Threads I, Threads II, Costumes, Home Stuff, Furniture, Furniture 2, Home Estates, Diesel, and Ligne Roset.
• Asian Home has a Bus Stop in the center of the Home Square that every 15 minutes, a space ship comes and picks up the users waiting by it and takes them to the Irem Square that Japan has had and after it drops them off, users get a hat that looks like the ship.
• Irem Square for Asia, same as Japans with all the rewards, but can not be accessed through the world map until July 23, 2009.
• Asia Home Theatre, if uses watch Bionic Commando, they get a Bionic Commando t-shirt.
• More clothes and costumes

This Week in PlayStation Home: BUZZ! and Fight Night Space Launches, and More! PlayStation Home Udates Mall with New Stores and Items

July 23, 2009:

• Bus Stop removed from Asia's Home Square.
• Irem Square added to Asia's world map.
• Minna de Spelunker space added to Asia, called "Gathering Place for Spelunkers".
• Asia and Japan Home, Katamari Damacy Tribute t-shirts will be available with a little shoulder parrot... conscience...guy. No word on when they'll be available for the other regions. Katamari Forever Gets Nutty New Trailer, Rolls Into PlayStation Home

JDC808 (talk) 04:37, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

July 30, 2009:

• EA Sports Complex Pro Shop. [8] Last sentence of link.

JDC808 (talk) 23:28, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Next event to use the PlayStation Events Space; Events Landing and The Gallery. The event is "Fat Princess: Quest for Cake". Europe and North America.
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift game launching. Was added before but now it will work. MotorStorm Game Launching Crashes Into PlayStation Home, Fat Princess Ambles Slowly Behind...
• Burn Zombie Burn game space Asia, Europe, and North America. The Home Graveyard is Real

JDC808 (talk) 00:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Asia, Bionic Commando t-shirt promotion is now over.
• Japan, Street Fighter IV space.
• North America now has a brand new Home Theater with 10 screens. It is now like Europes.
• More stuff in the shopping complex for all regions. The Curtain Rises on the 10-Screen Movie Theater in PlayStation Home, MotorStorm Game Launching Crashes In, and Fat Princess Needs Cake!

JDC808 (talk) 17:56, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Europe - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra costumes available for free in Threads. GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA Arrives In PlayStation Home

JDC808 (talk) 07:01, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Coming Soon:

• PixelJunk game space. There is not an official source yet, but the PixelJunk Newsletter reads as such:

"PixelJunk(TM) Museum to open in PlayStation Home Sony’s online community for the PlayStation3 will soon be getting a big dose of Q-Games love, in the shape of a new Home Space dedicated to the PixelJunk(TM) series. We’re working hard to bring PixelJunk(TM) Racers, PixelJunk(TM) Monsters, PixelJunk(TM) Eden and now PixelJunk(TM) Shooter to life in a stylish new Museum environment. You’ll be able to browse the latest movies of our games, hang out with other PixelJunk(TM) fans, and express yourself the PixelJunk way with some surprising new clothing items and accessories." "We’re happy to reveal to our NewsLetter subscribers some screens of the new Home Museum right now! Click the link below to take a look (all screens are work-in-progress and copyright Q-Games Ltd.)" Pictures: 1, 2, & 3. JDC808 (talk) 07:06, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

"Ready" for B Class?

The article has gone a long way since the peer review, but as it has, I have been wondering whether it is a high enough standard for a higher rating. The peer review should be useful in making that judgement. Thanks. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 07:25, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

It might just be ready for B Class. I suggest we look through the article to see where an fixes may need be and do those and then have the page reviewed. JDC808 (talk) 00:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for not contributing too much recently, I've gone into the habit of editing random computer software articles recently. I should get back to games hahaha. I will check it out to see what needs to be done. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 11:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

It's cool, I've been trying to keep the page up. Even did an entire page clean up not too long ago. JDC808 (talk) 21:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I've been focusing on Media Go lately. I've reassessed the PlayStation Home article and it is now B Class. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 06:25, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Cool, that sounds great. JDC808 (talk) 02:59, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

nDreams working on more stuff for Home

Came across this article in the European Home forums. It says that nDreams is working on new spaces, apartments, and games and that they will be live very soon and they'll also continue to produce content for Home in the foreseeable future. The Long Haul JDC808 (talk) 06:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

According to nDreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh on his Twitter page, there will be an nDreams space launching Thursday, August 13, 2009. Xi developers will be releasing a new home space thursday! JDC808 (talk) 20:31, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

This is interesting, it turns out that nDreams were behind the Fat Princess event currently going on. http://www.ndreams.co.uk/ps3home JDC808 (talk) 20:43, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I think nDreams find Home to be a great investment, even though they don't get any money out of it, it's a great starting place. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Update Version 1.3

PlayStation Home v1.3 Coming This September, includes:

• Universal Game Launching - Users can launch any PS3 game directly from Home.
• Item previews for items in the shopping complex - Users can now preview clothes on the avatar before they buy them as well as furniture.
• Users can rent certain items and purchase "consumables" (limited use items), example being the Shrink Potion which lets users shrink their avatar down to a tiny size.
• More portable objects for users to get for the "Inventory" section of the Menu Pad. To start, users will receive a free camera that will let them be able to take in-Home pictures and save them to their PS3s HDD.
• Users can now manually hide any portable object that they see in Home.
• More emotes for the users avatars, including the action to "flip a coin with their friends" or play the old "pick the number between 1 and 100" game.
• Users can pose their avatars in a number of ways.
• New categories of clothing that will allow users to customize their avatars with ease.
• Users are given the option to determine their cache size (they can choose from 3, 5, 8, and 12 GB) so as to make navigating Home a much smoother experience.
• SingStar space will be released around the time v1.3 goes live.
• Complete v1.3 patch notes will be posted when the launch of v1.3 is closer to launch date.

JDC808 (talk) 00:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

August 2009 Updates

August 6, 2009:

• North America - Criss Angel's Mindfreak coffin sofa for user's personal space. Watch Criss Angel's Mindfreak in PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 22:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

August 13, 2009:

• For those who buy the Batman: Arkham Asylum game which will be released on August 25, 2009, they will be able to unlock the Batman Outpost personal apartment.
• A MotorStorm: Pacific Rift themed event space. This space, which marks the first ever “Globe of Death” to publish in Home, will showcase some MotorStorm footage and will serve as a hub for all of the racing fanatics in the Home community to meet and launch into games of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. This event space will be released in conjunction with a bunch of MotorStorm clothes and will only be up for a limited time.
• More clothes and furniture for the shopping complex.
• For a limited time (Aug. 16-19, 2009), users can go into the theater and watch the Criss Angel Mindfreak show and receive a Coffin Table. They will also be entered into a chance to win one of two real Coffin Tables just like the Coffin Couch giveaway and 1 of 3 Criss Angel: Burn DVD's and Book sets (5 winners total). Also, on August 17, users can go into the theater and get a special prize for "Best Ranger".
• Updates for the EA Sports Complex and the Burn Zombie Burn space.
• Additions to the Central Plaza in North America. Batcave Outpost Apartment, MotorStorm Event Space, and Tons More Coming to PlayStation Home
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift costumes in Threads.
• By entering the "MotorStorm Sphere" space, users will get a rare PS Home reward as well as an opportunity to see the very first work in progress artwork of a new MotorStorm space (launching later this year).
• A selection of MotorStorm items over the coming weeks.
• Presentation Podium re-opens, this time it will be hosting content from the forthcoming gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. It will feature a mini-game called "Shape Blast" that will reward users a trophy for their personal spaces. MotorStorm Swerves Into PlayStation Home; The Presentation Podium Opens Its Doors For gamescom
• Asia and Japan - Irem space called "Seaside of Memories". It's a beach resort with four huts and a shop in one hut. First space to let users go in and under the water.

JDC808 (talk) 20:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

August 20, 2009:

• Client update v1.23 PlayStation Home Update 1.23.5 Released

JDC808 (talk) 12:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

August 25, 2009:

• The Batman: Arkham Asylum Batcave Outpost personal apartment can now be unlocked from playing Batman: Arkham Asylum.

JDC808 (talk) 00:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

August 27, 2009:

• The "Fat Princess: Quest for Cake" event ends for both Europe and North America.
• The "Buzz! Tomato Challenge" event begins using Events Landing, only for Europe.
• Europe's Shopping Centre stores updated.
• North America's The Mall stores updated.
• The Visari Throne Room apartment for North America.
• Post-Apocalyptic Apartment for North America with approximately 70 dedicated items.
• MotorStorm Sphere space for German users.

Over 100 New Pieces of Content Releasing This Thursday in PlayStation Home | The Buzz! Tomato Challenge Makes Its Way Into PlayStation Home

• The "Fat Princess: Quest for Cake event has opened in the Asian Home and will be available from August 27, 2009 until September 10, 2009.
• SOCOM space has been released to Japan.
• Full length TV show now showing in North America's theatre. It's The Soup's The Best of '09.

JDC808 (talk) 17:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Coming Soon:

• North America - Central Plaza'a mini-game Saucer Pop will have a leaderboard and rewards. This was confirmed in Pulse 8/13 Edition PSP episode of Pulse.

JDC808 (talk) 05:49, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Non Gaming Spaces

Just thought I'd mention there is an Audi Home space in the works. I don't know if you need more substantive things like screenshots or something other than Sony's word that it's coming with no date as to when. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.252.29.168 (talk) 03:37, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry didn't know about the signing of the comment 72.252.29.168 (talk) 03:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I heard about that. Thanks for mentioning this. I would have probably forgotten about their space until it was close to it's release. I'm going to search for a source to use for it so I don't add it to the page without a source. Oh and about the signing thing, you should sign up for Wikipedia, it's free, and it lets you edit pages and make it much easier to contact other Wikipedia editors and as well as them contacting you and then when you sign on the talk pages, all you have to do type ~~~~ and it does an automated signature for you so you don't have to type out everything. JDC808 (talk) 04:49, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions for improved formatting

I'm new here, so I'm not sure if this is the proper way to go about this or not, but I have some suggestions for improving the layout of the article.

First, I'd recommend splitting the discussion of Apartments and Clubs in to their own sections, because while they're both types of Personal Spaces, they're fairly distinct entities. Also, I'd recommend moving the entire Public Spaces section under the Features heading. It just makes more sense to discuss them in the same section as Personal Spaces.

Within the Public Spaces entries, I'd also rearrange things a bit. The title of section 4.1, "Sony Computer Entertainment content," is a bit misleading/confusing in my opinion, as SCE creates other content, such as Game Spaces for SCE-published games. I think a better title for this section would be "Core Spaces," as that's the terminology that Sony use to describe them. I would also merge the "Third-party content" section in to the "Game Spaces" section, as they actually are Game Spaces, just made by companies other than SCE. SCE-created Game Spaces and 3rd-party-created Game Spaces could be given their own subsections, but I feel that both should be lumped under the general heading of Game Spaces. While Xi is also technically a Game Space, it's a fairly unique beast that was played throughout the Core Spaces in addition to its own spaces, and is probably therefore deserving of its own section in the article.

So to sum up, this is what I would like to see…

2 Features

2.1 Avatar

2.2 Personal Spaces

2.2.1 Apartments

2.2.2 Clubs

2.2.3 Stage Sets

2.3 Public Spaces

2.3.1 Core Spaces

2.3.2 Game Spaces //Fold "Third-party content" in to this section

2.3.3 Xi

2.4 Game Launching

Thanks for listening.

Serversurfer (talk) 00:27, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Apartments and Clubs can be split, that's not a problem. I'm not sure about the moving of the public spaces part. I'll let someone else elaborate on that.

By game spaces, we're meaning spaces that are specifically dedicated to games. Like the Resistance Station is for the game Resistance 2. As to where the Red Bull space is not for a game, it's for a company. That's what we're meaning by game spaces, not the space has a game in it, but it's for a specific game. That's also why we have separate sections for "Game Spaces" and "Third Party Content". Now changing "Sony Computer Entertainment content" to "Core Spaces" seems alright to me. That does make sense. With Xi, yeah it does deserve it's own section, especially since it was the first alternate reality game based on a console and more specifically in Home.

Thanks for the input. We'll see what we can do. JDC808 (talk) 20:25, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. ^^

I'm not sure about the moving of the public spaces part. I'll let someone else elaborate on that.

It just seems to me that they're basically the same as Personal Spaces, just public instead of private, so either both are "features" of the platform, or neither are. I mean, I guess that technically, Events are another "feature" of Home, but it just seems odd to me to have Personal Spaces be a sub-category of Features, while Public Space are treated as something wholly separate from everything else. Whether they're both Features or not (and I feel they are), at the very least I think they should both live at the same level of the article.

By game spaces, we're meaning spaces that are for specifically dedicated to games. Like the Resistance Station is for the game Resistance 2. As to where the Red Bull space is not for a game, it's for a company. That's what we're meaning by game spaces, not the space has a game in it, but it's for a specific game. That's also why we have separate sections for "Game Spaces" and "Third Party Content".

Ah, I see what you're saying. I guess I was just confused by the "Third-party content" title, as there are game spaces made by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd parties, and there's nothing stopping Sony from building a space that's not tied to a specific game, but also not necessarily a Core Space either, like a space promoting PSN games. Maybe that section should be titled "Other Spaces" or something like that? Really though, I don't see any fundamental difference between a "Game Space" and an "Other Space." At the most basic level, both are places to hang out, socialize, and be advertised to. Functionally, there's no difference in the two; they're all "just another space." The only difference is the category of thing being advertised. It's like saying that a blue room is entirely different from a red room; they're really the same thing, and the only difference is how they were decorated. In fact, the thread I linked earlier would seem to imply that anything that's not a Core Space is considered a Game Space, even if it's not advertising a specific game. We could call them Game Spaces and Brand Spaces, though again, they're not necessarily restricted to being either one of those. I think that's why Sony just refer to them collectively as Game Spaces, regardless of the actual content. Serversurfer (talk) 21:33, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I've done some moving around of sections. Tell me what you think. JDC808 (talk) 03:24, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Much better, in my opinion. My only question at this point is, if Avatars and Personal Spaces are considered "features" of the platform, then why aren't Public Spaces and Game Launching also features? Whether considered "features" or not, I really do think all four should exist at the same level of the article; Private Spaces and Public Spaces are virtually the same thing, after all, only differing in who can access and modify them. I also think Xi should probably be lumped in under Public Spaces somewhere, since that's sort of what it is. (Or was it more of an "event"?) Serversurfer (talk) 05:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I get what you're saying here and it makes sense. I'll think of something that we could do to solve this little dilemma. Xi was more of an event, actually it was a game, alternate reality game to be exact, that was based in Home. It just had spaces that went along with it, which you can see are no longer available except for the Xi Alumni Hub and Alpha Zone 1. JDC808 (talk) 15:12, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, what I've done is renamed the section "Features" to "Avatar and Personal Spaces", since that section only mentions avatars and personal spaces. JDC808 (talk) 03:32, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Works for me. Thanks. ^^ Serversurfer (talk) 01:17, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I was told once (way back when I first started editing the Home article) that sub-sub-subtitles are discouraged, so don't go too overboard hahaha. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Sony Shows PlayStation Home Virtual Pet at CEDEC

Found this in the North American Home boards, here's the article itself Sony Shows PlayStation Home Virtual Pet at CEDEC. I've copied and pasted the important stuff.

"For CEDEC 2009, two Sony presentations in particular had the potential for sneak peaks at future PlayStation brand developments: a session on motion controls, and a session on PlayStation Home.

As a glimpse of what's to come for the service, Kando said that a future update will allow users to load up the PlayStation Store directly from Home. This, he said, will allow you to do such things as download demos from PlayStation Home via PlayStation Store and play online with friends.

The presentation also offered a look at a variety of Home technology demos. One demo focused on synchronized playback of multimedia content. The player was able to access a virtual media player whose menu contained listings for real net radio and pod casts. Additionally, the player's virtual Bravia set was made to show commercials. In both instances, users were able to enjoy the content with their friends.

Another demo, which was developed in five days, showed a cute (?) pet robot walking about a player's room. The player could scold the robot to make it calm down (and then get angry), call out to the robot to make it come close, and do other activities that one might do with a pet. Kando pointed out that this system allows for single players to enjoy themselves and does not require a keyboard. Additionally, the robot could be used to offer pertinent information to the user.

In the original Famitsu.com article, you can see the pet robot midway through the page. It looks like an old television set. One of the images shows the robot switching between smiling and frowning, with text noting that the robot's reaction can change depending on the user's current situation.

Both of these demonstrations were just tech demos. There's no guarantee that they will make it into the future PlayStation Home experience. But synchronized media playback and virtual pets sound like a natural fit for Home, so we can probably expect to see them in an update down the road."

JDC808 (talk) 16:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

September 2009 Updates

September 4, 2009:

• On the PlayStation.Blog, Uncharted 2's multi-player beta, and in PlayStation Home, there are going to be competitions to win the limited edition deal of the Uncharted 2 Collector's Edition - the Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition. Uncharted 2 Collector's Edition Includes Art Book, Knife JDC808 (talk) 17:10, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

September 7, 2009:

• Japan - Coca-Cola has placed a vending machine in Home that takes users to a space called the "Georgia Break Station". The vending machine also distributes original avatar items and presents, along with "C-pons", digital coupons that can be used to get real drinks from real vending machines. This is to promote Coca-Cola's Georgia series of canned coffee. The space will be available from September 7, 2009 to December 15, 2009. Coca Cola Ties Up with Home
• The Gundam that is standing in Japan, is now in Asia.

JDC808 (talk) 06:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

• Users who pre-order MAG from Amazon.com will receive an S.V.E.R. PlayStation Home Personal Space. This S.V.E.R. PlayStation Home Space comes custom-made with the unconventional look of this unique PMC, focusing on beige and earth-toned gear, perfect for the guerrilla-style fighter within. If you live by the creed, and feel fear and intimidation are the cornerstones of any good fighting force, then show-off your true colors with a one-of-a-kind space. MAG Pre-order Bonuses: Choose your PMC

JDC808 (talk) 21:09, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

September 10, 2009:

• North America - More items in The Mall. There's also a little scavenger hunt of free items that aren't located in their normal stores, for instance, there's a free shirt in the Home Estates store.
• Buzz! now supports Game Launching.

September 23, 2009:

• 'Xi' exceeds 5 million visits in PlayStation Home

JDC808 (talk) 15:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

September 24, 2009:

• SingStar space launches to Europe and North America. PlayStation Home SingStar Rooms Launch on September 24th, Buzz! Game Launching Support Announced

JDC808 (talk) 16:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

• Dizzee Rascal VIP Room for SingStar space for Europe and North America. Dizzee will be performing six of his tracks for the PS Home/SingStar community. He will also be on hand to answer question for an hour after his performance. There's also a free Dizzee Mask when visiting the gig and other limited edition items. Home Dizzee Rascal VIP Room
• Far Cry 2 space updated with a new mini-game called "Reuben's Report".
• More virtual items including Katamari Forever themed items. SingStar Rooms, Dizzee Rascal Event, Far Cry 2 Updates and Katamari Forever in Home
• PixelJunk space added to Japan.
• Street Fighter IV space for Asia.
• Japan - Free ornaments of the PS3 slim and Dualshock 3 controller when users watch the TGS 2009 preview in the theatre.
• Technical issue, the Alcove Set rewarded in the Siren Ward of Despair mini-game has changed and is now a knight from White Knight Chronicles.
• Kaz Hirai announced at TGS 2009 that Home is at 8 million downloads now.

JDC808 (talk) 16:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

• The Gamescom and Buzz! Tomato Challenge events have ended.

JDC808 (talk) 19:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

September 28, 2009:

• Scheduled downtime - Monday, September 28th

JDC808 (talk) 21:22, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

September 30, 2009:

• Important Scheduled downtime - Wednesday, September 30th

JDC808 (talk) 21:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Coming Soon:

• From nDreams, The Pirate Galleon Apartment. The first personal space to offer a mini-game. The Pirate Galleon JDC808 (talk) 16:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
• Audi Space in late 2009 and mini-game called Vertical Run in December 2009. Audi creates virtual Audi Space within PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 18:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
• PlayStation Room, a similar service like Home, but for the PSP. Currently being beta tested in Japan. PSP Room: It's Like PS Home for The PSP

JDC808 (talk) 13:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Break the updates into list in new page

Maybe there should be a specific update page with the listed updates like the PlayStation 3 system software page. That way it would be easier to understand and read all the updates by list. What do you think?97.124.247.107 (talk)

I disagree, there is no need, as it is an online game networking service and is in beta. The PlayStation 3 System Software article is a necessity, as it reflects on specific features of the PS3. PlayStation Home is a world, which is difficult to define specific features, and trying to do so would not be productive. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 07:08, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, plus if you really want to know all of the updates, just look at this talk page. We post them here every time there's an update and for past updates that aren't here, just look at the Archives. JDC808 (talk) 13:19, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

World map image

Curious problem. I uploaded a new version of the world map image last night but for me, it's not been updated in the article. It displays the correct image when I go to the image page but in the article, the previous version is still being shown. I've cleared my cache and so on but it hasn't made any difference. Can someone else have a look, clear their cache, etc and let me know what they see? The version I uploaded is a direct capture whereas the previous one was a photo. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 08:17, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

That's weird, it's also doing the same thing on the computer I'm using here at my school and I cleared the cache as well. JDC808 (talk) 13:53, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I just re-uploaded it and it appears to of fixed it. I also captured a shot of the new map accessible from the US Home Square but didn't upload it to Wikipedia. If you think it's worth adding it to the article, let me know. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 14:12, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the re-upload fixed it. Also, I think the re-uploaded map from the Menu Pad should be good enough. I made a mention of the new accessible map in the paragraph about the Central Plaza/Home Square, so that should be good. JDC808 (talk) 14:58, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I've encountered this problem with a LOT of pictures. The new Home images still don't display properly for me. I use Mozilla Firefox, and I always clear my cache and switch between Firefox and Google Chrome to see whether its the browser's problem. I even check with my PS3 to see if its an IP address problem. But it's a common problem where Wikipedia keeps the new aspect ratio, but doesn't replace the image. Hopefully, the new beta will also aim to fix that problem. This is probably best addressed towards an administrator. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 06:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I get that problem every time I upload a new version of a picture. A Ctrl+F5 always fixes but it didn't in this case. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

About Bowling Alley Image

I don't know if it's just an error on my screen, but on my screen it is showing the full image instead of the image with a horizontal scroll like the Central Plaza image has. I looked to see if there was something wrong in it's format on the edit page and I couldn't find an error in it's format. Has anyone else noticed this? JDC808 (talk) 06:18, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Never mind since it's been removed. JDC808 (talk) 21:07, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

FYI, I got that problem too, that's one of the reasons why I removed the panorama image. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 06:27, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

October 2009 Updates

October 1, 2009:

• Core Client v1.30 update - Universal Game Launching, In-Sore Item Previewing, New Emotes and Actions, More Item Types, Tons of Improvements. PlayStation Home v1.3 Client Update Notes
• Central Plaza for North America gets a little redesign, there's a Vital Suit from Lost Planet 2 and a big virtual PSPgo in the Plaza now and the Listen@Home has been redone.
• Saucer Pop adds leader board and rewards
• Central Plaza will have a "World Map Travel Center" where users can access the world map.
• A kiosk is added to Central Plaza with prizes from events and other content available from PlayStation Network
• Neptune Suite personal apartment for North America. An underwater abode with a variety of built-in mini-games like the multi-player Blast Zone. It evens comes with a pet that interacts with the users.
• Hot Shots Golf Space for North America.

PlayStation Home v1.3 Coming Thursday + New Central Plaza, Neptune Suite and More!

• New login screen background and XMB details.
• North America - Free PSPgo system for users avatars to hold
• Picture Frames for Asia
• Vital Suit from Lost Planet 2 was also added to Japan's Home Square
• A video Yui is being played in the Music Cafe performing the song Kaiji

JDC808 (talk) 21:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC) ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 20:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

October 9, 2009:

• Updates have been moved to the 9th PlayStation Home Scheduled Maintenance - MOVED: Friday 9th October JDC808 (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
• Wolverine costume for Europe.
• MotorStorm personal space called the MotorStorm Monument Valley Campsite with dedicated furniture availabe for purchase in Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Resident Evil 5 space in Europe updated to include the "BSAA Training Mission" mini-game.
• The SingStar Rooms: VIP room removed.
• The MotorStorm Sphere space removed.

PS Home: Updates to MotorStorm, Wolverine, V-Store And More…

• A Dethklok merch and video in the theater for North America.
• PixelJunk space called PixelJunk Exhibition for North America.
• NFL Jerseys in North America of every team in the league (32 total).
• The camera is released.

NFL Comes to PlayStation Home + Dethklok, PixelJunk Museum and MotorStorm Personal Space

• The "Archives" for the RE5 space in Asia and North America is now open.
• Street Fighter IV space for Europe.
• The Visari Throne Room is now available to Asia and Japan.
• The EA Sports Complex has been released to Japan.

JDC808 (talk) 19:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

October 15, 2009:

• Home has teamed up with EA SPORTS to produce and distribute exclusive virtual items that serve to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 100% of proceeds for these items will go to the Brees Dream Foundation.
• A zombie personal space, called the "Zombie DeadQuarters" and costumes, from Undead Yourself.com for North America.
• Ratchet & Clank game space for Europe and North America.
• Ratchet & Clank personal space for Europe and North America.Ratchet & Clank Come to PlayStation Home + Deadquarters Personal Space JDC808 (talk) 15:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

October 16, 2009:

• Rockstar Games will be having "Beaterator Parties" at the Listen@Home station in North America's Central Plaza. Rockstar Games be playing users uploaded Beaterator tracks at Listen@Home during the Beaterator Sessions. RockStar Games Beaterator Music Sessions JDC808 (talk) 21:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

October 23, 2009:

• Uncharted 2 space for Europe and North America.
• The Pirate Galleon Apartment from nDreams being released for Europe. It will be released for North America soon after. nDreams Patrick O'Luanaigh's Twitter page - The tweet that begins with *drum roll* JDC808 (talk) 21:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
• Tekken 6 space.
• Street Fighter IV space for North America.
• City Penthouse for Europe and North America.
• The Lost Dam Hideout for Europe.
• Core Client update v1.32, will fix many issues reported with v1.30.
• Calling All Fortune Hunters! Uncharted 2 Space Enters PlayStation Home!
• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Hits PlayStation Home + Tekken 6 & Street Fighter IV Spaces JDC808 (talk) 21:56, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
• Zombie Hunt for North America. Users search for zombie parts in the core Home spaces on posters to get pieces of a code. Once they get the code, they can enter into the Redeem Code on the XMB to get a couple pieces of zombie furniture. JDC808 (talk) 18:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

October 29, 2009:

• Tekken 6 space for Europe.

October 30, 2009:

• At 11:59 pm ET, there will be an event in the Central Plaza. Undead Yourself! - Coming October 15th (3:03 mark in video) *Celebrate Halloween PlayStation Home-Style at the Zombie Rally JDC808 (talk) 16:28, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

October 31, 2009:

• Halloween event for Europe in the Burn Zombie Burn space. There will also be a story board competition where users take five photos and the user with the best photos will win a PSPgo. Halloween Comes To PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Coming Soon

• LocoRoco personal space. LocoRoco Set for PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 20:01, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Version 1.3 freezes on load. Maybe that should be included in the article. Version 1.3 doesn't work it gets stuck in the login screen. 97.124.247.107 (talk) 04:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Only certain users are getting that issue. I myself did, but it's fixed for me, now. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 07:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, this has happened to a lot of users and the managers have posted to delete and reinstall Home and if that doesn't work, to post in the PlayStation Home Support Board. I've made mention of this in the article with the posted thread concerning this. Luckily I didn't have any problems with this. JDC808 (talk) 13:21, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

"Necessary" non-free images

The definition here is that used in WP:NFCC#8 - "Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." The question you have to ask yourself is "if I removed this image, would a reader suddenly not understand the article?". Black Kite 05:40, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

To answer that question, not necessarily, however, like the first part of that definition says, they do increase the readers' understanding. Now lets say you were the one to make the decision of removing some images, which ones would you remove and why? Maybe we can come to an agreement here of which ones to remove and which ones to keep. JDC808 (talk) 14:53, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I would keep one of (and possibly both of) the two Central Plaza ones, and the Harbour Studio one. Black Kite 17:50, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Reasons of why not to keep any others? JDC808 (talk) 20:48, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Because there's not really anything there that isn't described perfectly well in the text. The reader doesn't need to see the interfaces for the avatars and shops to understand that they exist, I'm pretty sure they can imagine what a podium, poker room, or a lounge looks like (and for all these, the actual designs aren't discussed in the article, which is an NFCC criteria). The Xi one has to go anyway because it's already used in the Xi article, and using it here would be overuse. Black Kite 21:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I can see the store interface image being removed. The avatar, not so much, however, we can remove it and I could get an image of the Harbour Studio with an avatar in it, so the readers can see what a Home apartment and a Home avatar look like. I can see the Presentation Podium being removed. We can remove the Everybody's Golf Lounge image, but I think we should keep the EA Poker Room image to demonstrate the social interaction of users in Home, which is what Home is for, and there is about a sentence or two description of what's in the poker room in the EA Sports Complex paragraph. With Xi, what if we replace the current image with the logo? I'll go ahead and remove a couple or so. JDC808 (talk) 22:22, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

The Xi logo does not help illustrate the article as well as the screenshot. I have made a new image with both the avatar and the apartment. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 06:29, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

The Xi logo is non-free is well. You misunderstand; the Xi image isn't a matter of opinion - it cannot be used in this article because it is used in the main one. Using a non-free image twice is overuse and fails this part of the image policy. Black Kite 07:27, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, we're now down to five non-free images, including the logo in the infobox. Since the number of non-free images has dropped below the lowest number on the page that list all the pages with high numbers of non-free images, can we remove the tag? JDC808 (talk) 13:28, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok sweet. Thanks for helping us with the process Black Kite! ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:39, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Game Developer Spaces and Non-gaming Company Spaces sections

I've been thinking on this for a little while now. Actually, I thought about this when I originally started the List of PlayStation Home Game Spaces page. When I started that page, I had mentioned that if the Game Developer Spaces and Non-gaming Company Spaces sections get too big, we could do something similar for them like what has been done for the Game Spaces. Well, I believe that time has come, at least for the Game Developer Spaces. The Game Developer Spaces section has gotten kind of big, it's up to four spaces with a pretty good paragraph about each, plus there's a short beginning paragraph and a little bit at the end about other company's interested in Home. The Non-gaming Company Spaces section only has three, but it will probably grow in time, that one, I'm not too worried about at the moment. So what I'm thinking of doing, is instead of making separate List pages for them, I was thinking of just adding them to the List page for the Game Spaces, and acknowledge them on that page as Game Developer Spaces and Non-gaming Company Spaces. This would shorten up and clean up those two sections. What do you guys think? JDC808 (talk) 01:56, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that's a good idea. Just be careful how much you detail each Space, or it may sound like a game guide. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 07:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll start working on it here sometime today. I'll just put the features of the space like I've done with the other game spaces, which I'm going to edit a couple to make them shorter, like Minna de Spelunker, it has a lot of features lol but that's also due to it having a room within it's space. I was also thinking about doing a table on the Xi page for it's spaces, just have the name of the space and it's features. I think it would be a little more pleasing to the eyes, instead of the paragraphs mentioning the spaces features. JDC808 (talk) 13:37, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Your input is massively appreciated. Thanks for being in the process of phasing out non-free images from the article. I'm always baffled with those guidelines, and have no idea how they work still. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:43, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

No problem, glad I can help. Yeah, the guidelines get confusing sometimes. Some I don't know until I come across them. JDC808 (talk) 05:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, even if u read all of those guidelines, it's hard to know what some of them demand/recommend. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 10:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

November 2009 Updates

November 5, 2009

• This Week in PlayStation Home: Win a Copy of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves – Fortune Hunter Edition In North America, users can win the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Fortune Hunter Edition by placing first on the leader board of Mask Mayhem between 8 am PT on Nov. 5 and 12 pm PT on Nov. 6. The user who is in first place on the leaderboard will receive the Fortune Hunter Edition. JDC808 (talk) 04:30, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
• The Original V-Shirt store added the North America's shopping complex. It's accessed throught the Threads store.
• New event in Europe using the Presentation Podium. It's to celebrate the launch of the PSPgo. There's a mini-game where users can win an animated PSPgo t-shirt for their avatars. Take On The PSPgo: Team Trial In PlayStation Home Tomorrow!
• Europe - If users find a promotional code in one of the Home spaces and redeem it, they will unlock a limited edition MotorStorm hoodie for their avatar (only 3000 available).
• The Unhcarted 1 space is now available to Europe.
• Users in North America who bought the Brees Breast Cancer Awareness shirt can go to one of the EA Sports Complex poker rooms to receive a DJ kit and other items featured in the Club Fight Night space.
• Guitar Hero VIP space is now open in North America.

JDC808 (talk) 22:04, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

November 10, 2009:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Event in PlayStation Home The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 event marks the beginning of a new type of regularly occurring event in PlayStation Home – the “Featured Game” party. Every day one of the latest PlayStation 3 games (that have an online multiplayer component) will be showcased in PlayStation Home. Official host accounts (manned by the Home Community Management team, the Home Community Volunteer team, and – when available – game developers and other celebrity players) will gather in Central Plaza between the hours of 6:00pm and 10:00pm PT (9:00pm and 1:00am EST). A list of host accounts will be placed on the screens at the Listen@Home kiosk in Central Plaza as well as on the official PlayStation Home Clubs and Events forum. JDC808 (talk) 18:11, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

November 12, 2009:

• Full Metal Alchemists episode in the theatre.
• A&E's "Steven Seagal Lawman" trailer premier with an virtual item, a Lawman Vest, in the theatre.
• Assassin's Creed virtual items to promote the release of Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines and Assassin's Creed II. This Week in PlayStation Home: Assassin’s Creed, Final Fantasy XIII, Fullmetal Alchemist and A&E’s Lawman

November 13, 2009:

• Never-before-seen trailer of Final Fantasy XIII premiering in the theatre. JDC808 (talk) 21:45, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

November 19, 2009:

• Thanksgiving Event in Central Plaza. There will be a statue of a turkey above the Saucer Pop pond and it accesses a mini-game if users say different turky-isms like "gobble gobble". Users then have to chase turkeys around the Central Plaza and if they catch the all, they will be rewarded a turkey costume.
• Another opportunity for users to win the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Fortune Hunter Edition. Users must place first on the "Fortunate Thieves" mini-game leaderboard between the times of 8am PT on Friday November 20 and 12pm PT on Saturday November 21.
• Special Thanksgiving Event in PlayStation Home + UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition Contest
• Ligne Roset in Europe got new items.
• Japan got the LocoRoco apartment and items.
• "Steven Seagal Lawman" TV series premier in North America's theatre. Free Lawman Vest when entering the theater it's being shown in. Will appear in users Wardrobe on 11/26. Second chance to get vest is on 12/2.
• Ratchet & Clank Game Space and apartment for Asia and Japan.

JDC808 (talk) 17:17, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

November 25, 2009:

• EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 producers Mike Mahar and Brian Hayes will be in Home between the hours of 4:00pm and 5:00pm PT (7:00pm and 8:00pm EST), for a live chat with the PlayStation Home community. The focus of this chat will be on the next title update and all-new Fight Night downloadable content, to be released this December.

November 26, 2009:

• Two new Red Bull spaces, the Red Bull Flugtag and the Red Bull Illume.
• There's a chance for 5 users to win a PSPgo or Rock Band Unplugged PSP-3000 bundle pack by answering 10 trivia questions correctly and sending the answers to the email provided in the PS Blog.
• Assassin's Creed II Ezio costume.
• This Week in PlayStation Home: New Red Bull Space + Event, Fight Night Producer Chat & More Red Bull Flugtag Arrives Tomorrow! JDC808 (talk) 20:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Home Theater

It says in Europe players cannot roam around the cinema, however his has recently been changed, and I am unable to edit this. May someone else please do this? Bumpyrat (talk) 15:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay. JDC808 (talk) 16:27, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

December 2009 Updates

December 3, 2009:

• December 3rd 2009 – Groove Armada Rock Into PlayStation Home An event for Groove Armada in the Presentation Podium. It will have a new mini-game with rewards and exclusive music content and interview footage from Groove Armada. The event is in association with VidZone. JDC808 (talk) 08:38, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
• More Assassin's Creed II items.
• Christmas items for North America, many are free. This Week in PlayStation Home: Iron Fist, Assassin’s Creed II + Special Holiday Items JDC808 (talk) 23:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
• Helghast Tactician uniform for Asia and Japan.
• LocoRoco Apartment for Asia. JDC808 (talk) 14:52, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
• Irem has released another space for their game R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate called the Sparkling Flash Space to Japan and is based in space.
• Japan also received a space for the 2010 FIFA World Cup called the FevaArena Lounge. There will be events here as well as a quiz challenge relating to FIFA. JDC808 (talk) 17:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

December 10, 2009:

• Winter Wonderland festival space for Europe. A snowy location filled with elves, presents, Santa’s grotto and more! Winter Wonderland Coming To Home! JDC808 (talk) 17:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
• As an Open Beta Birthday gift (Dec. 11, 2009), the SCEE Home team is giving away a Tree House personal apartment for free which will be available for two weeks.
• Another MotorStorm personal space, but this one is for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and is for both Europe and North America.
• The error code Z(7,-104) has been identified. In order to resolve this problem the Home teams globally will be rolling back the last reward item that was received on affected accounts during the Thursday downtime. Once this rollback is complete, those affected will be able to log in to Home again with all of their other rewards and items intact.
• The maintenance will be extended due to the extra work being carried out.
• PlayStation Home First Anniversary: Get Your Tree House!
• Central Plaza in North America will have a Festive Tree in the plaza that will have puzzles, and rewards, for the Home community to solve.
• Lots of traditional festive items for the holiday season.
• Dead Space 2 Miner outfit.
• Another chance to win the Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunger Edition will be coming soon.
• Holiday Celebrations Come to PlayStation Home + MotorStorm, Dead Space 2, and Diner Dash

December 11, 2009:

• The birthday of the Home Open Beta.
• North America - There will be a scavenger hunt event to celebrate the release of Hudson Entertainment’s Diner Dash. Those that log in between the hours of 12:00pm and 5:00pm PST (3:00pm and 8:00pm EST) will find segments of a voucher code scattered throughout PlayStation Home. The first 50 users that assemble and redeem the code will receive one free download of Diner Dash on the PlayStation Network. JDC808 (talk) 21:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

December 17, 2009:

• Gravity Crash event, "Gravity Crash: Maze to the Mothership!", in Presentation Podium for Europe.
• First wave of LittleBigPlanet content, including clothes and furniture, for Europe and North America.
• LittleBigPlanet full game launching support.
• The SingStar Rooms: VIP will be reopened and redressed for a limited time for Europe and North America.
• Audi Space for Europe, users can win an Audi personal space from the mini-game Vertical Run.
• Giant PS Home Update – Audi, Gravity Crash, LittleBigPlanet & More! JDC808 (talk)
• PixelJunk Shooter Exhibition added to the PixelJunk Exhibition space.
• Evolving items. These items will be released for a limited time. After one month of owning them, they will evolve into something completely different.
• Final chance to win the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition. This time users must play the Torch Race mini-game.
• More Tekken 6 clothes.
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail costumes.
• For anyone who purchases or rents the Star Trek (2009) film, from the PS Store, or purchases the Star Trek: D-A-C game from the PS Store, between December 17 and December 22, 2009, they will be emailed a voucher for the Star Trek uniforms that are available in the European Home. The film includes the yellow and red uniforms and the game includes the navy blue uniform. This Week in PlayStation Home: Star Trek, Monty Python, LBP, SingStar Xmas VIP Room & UNCHARTED 2 Contest JDC808 (talk) 22:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
• Free Final Fantasy XIII personal space, clothes, and furniture in Japan for a limited time.
• Home's own mini-MMO called Sodium. Home Produces Sodium
• Asia and Japan's Home Square is now decorated for the Holiday season.
• Irem's spaces have been decorated as well.
• Asia is having a PlayStation Home 1st Year Anniversary Treasure Hunt game. Prizes are HK$100 PSN voucher or a PSP go Virtual Tee.

JDC808 (talk) 19:26, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

December 26, 2009:

• The Festive Tree in the Central Plaza has poofed into smoke and has become the PlayStation Home Ball saying "Happy Holidays 2009". JDC808 (talk) 22:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

December 31, 2009:

• The PlayStation Home Ball dropped counting down to the New Year (2010) and rewarded those in attendance with a Happy New Year 2010 T-shirt and Hat. JDC808 (talk) 11:41, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

January 2010 Updates

January 7, 2010:

• Waterfall Terrace personal space for North America. Includes a fishing mini-game.
• The London Pub personal space for Europe. Includes a dartboard. Due to a bug when purchasing the space, it has been removed and will be released in the next update.
• NCAA college football jerseys from EA Sports available in the EA Sports Complex and The Mall in North America.
• More Assassin's Creed II items and additional sportswear items.
• "Be Stupid" shirt for free in Europe.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home Update: The London Pub, Complete with Darts Board
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Waterfall Terrace Personal Space, NCAA Football Jerseys + Loads More!

JDC808 (talk) 19:48, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

• Japan - LocoRoco Game Space and a New Year's Photo Spot. More Final Fantasy XIII content.
• Asia - MotorStorm: Pacific Rift camp personal space.
• Irem spaces for both Asia and Japan have been redecorated to celebrate the New Year.
• All holiday styled decorations, events and spaces have been removed from all regions.

JDC808 (talk) 20:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

January 14, 2010:

• The SingStar Rooms: VIP has closed until next event.
• Savage Moon themed furniture.
• The London Pub personal space. The bug has been fixed.
• Europe Blog - PlayStation Home Update: Savage Moon Furniture And The London Pub JDC808 (talk) 18:09, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
• Irem Square comes to North America.
• Wizard's Den personal space, for low price of $2.99 USD.
• More Assassin's Creed items.
• LittleBigPlanet Game Launching enabled.
• North America Blog - IREM Square Comes to PlayStation Home + Wizard’s Den, LittleBigPlanet and More! JDC808 (talk) 21:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
• Japan - PixelJunk Shooter Mother Ship Hangar, and a special The Idolm@ster Live event.
• Scheduled maintenance PlayStation Home Scheduled Maintenance: Thursday 14th January JDC808 (talk) 14:20, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

January 15, 2010:

• Savage Moon Scavenger Hunt. Parts of a redeemable code will be placed throughout Home that reward a Savage Moon item. This is occurring different days with different items on those days within a set time limit for the day.

January 19, 2010:

• Those who pre-order the Bioshock 2 Special Edition for PS3 will receive a Big Daddy costume for their avatar. Preorder BioShock 2 PS3 From Amazon And You Get This JDC808 (talk) 21:12, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

January 21, 2010:

• NFL Jerseys with some of the big NFL stars names on the Jersey.
• NBA Jerseys
• Paris Clock Tower apartment.
• White Knight Chronicles and PixelJunk Shooter rewards will now unlock from the games.
• Free Star Ocean t-shirt in theatre.
• Furniture for the Waterfall Terrace apartment.
• North America blog - NBA Comes into PlayStation Home + NFL Player Jerseys, Paris Clock Tower Personal Space and More!
• Tekken 6 costumes and ornaments.
• V-Store will have new shirts.
• Some kind of secret behind doors in the Presentation Podium. Doors will open at a later time.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home Update: Tekken 6 Costumes And Ornaments JDC808 (talk) 21:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

January 28, 2010:

• "The London Pub" for North America.
• A limited time Ezio costume from Assassin's Creed II. Will only be available for a month.
• Zombieland event. Users have a chance to win the Blu-ray of Zombieland by watching the clip in the theater and then answering the questions placed around Home and emailing the questions to the designated email address.
• Bundles for the Paris Clock Tower.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: The London Pub, Limited Assassin’s Creed 2 & BioShock 2 Items + Zombieland & MAG Events
• Big door in the Presentation Podium behind the jumbo screen is now open accessing "The Backstage Pass". After that door will be another security door which will only open once certain criteria is fulfilled. Is users manage to get through, the can take part in the "HEAVY RAIN: Evidence Analysis" mini-game. Those who complete the mini-game will receive a special reward.
• 20 new shirts at Alter Ego. Feature animated scrolling slogans.
• Episode 2 of Home TV will be released.
• Europe blog - HEAVY RAIN: Evidence Analysis Moves Into PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 21:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
• Asia - "The Black Irem Brigade" event. Collaboration between Irem, Nippon Ichi Software, and SCE. Users have to talk to the Prinny in the middle of the Home Square.

January 29, 2010:

• Japan - The Idolm@ster SP Live Event. Accessed by the vending machine in the Home Square. Features live performances from the characters of The Idolm@ster SP with rewards. Will be available from January 29, 2010 until February 8, 2010. JDC808 (talk) 20:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

February 2010 Updates

February 4, 2010:

• PixelJunk Exhibition and Shooter spaces.
• "Musicality" personal space, by nDreams.
• Europe blog - It’s Disco Time with Musicality! Plus PixelJunk Arrives!

JDC808 (talk) 17:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

• "Villain's Lair" personal space.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Villain’s Lair Personal Space, Super Bowl Events & Tons of New Virtual Items!

JDC808 (talk) 21:29, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

• "The Taiwan Lounge" a new Home Core space that groups users from the same region together, for instance, if your from Taiwan, you get grouped with people from Taiwan. It is currently only unlocked for Taiwan in the Asian Home. JDC808 (talk) 13:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

February 5, 2010:

• PlayStaiton Home Emergency Maintanance - Musicality space JDC808 (talk) 16:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

February 11, 2010:

• SingStar space will be decorated for Valentine's Day for Europe and North America. A new mini-game there called "Stupid Cupid" with a reward.
• Emoticon items for Valentine's Day.
• The Audi Home Terminal will feature the Audi A1 car. The showcase room that has been locked will now be unlocked to showcase the car. It will also feature a web terminal about "The next big Audi".
• More Assassin's Creed II items.
• Europe blog - Valentine’s Day in SingStar, Assassin’s Creed Costumes, and the Audi A1!
• A SOCOM virtual item give away in the theatre to celebrate the release of SOCOM: Fire Team Bravo 3. Six shirts (three male, three female) total to be given away over next two weeks. Batch #1 available from Feb. 12-15, Batch #2 available from Feb. 16-18, and Batch #3 available from Feb. 19-23.
• Mardi Gras content.
• There will be glowing spheres in the Central Plaza with instructions that users will receive to embark on a quest the likes of which is completely unique to the world of PlayStation Home.
• Valentine's Day event in the Central Plaza. Users help to play matchmaker for "Jerry".
• Warhawk personal space, "The Warhawk Apartment". Hosts the Sand Table and a new multi-player mini-game.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Valentine’s Day Events Galore, Warhawk Apartment, Mardi Gras Items & More! JDC808 (talk) 04:52, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
• Asia - "Lucky Set" of random items. Chinese New Year items.
• Japan - The Idolm@ster SP items. LIAR GAME Lounge space, and Dynasty Warriors Online Game Space. JDC808 (talk) 23:10, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

February 18, 2010:

• LocoRoco personal and public spaces for Asia, Europe, and North America.
• MotorStorm Game Space, "MotorStorm Super Carrier" for Europe and North America. The Game Space hinted back when MotorStorm Sphere was in Home.
• Sodium One update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: MotorStorm Carrier, Plus Loco Island And Mui Mui Ship! JDC808 (talk) 17:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
• New episodes of The Tester will be airing every Thursday in North America's theatre until Season 1 concludes.
• New Stores in The Mall for Lockwood Publishing, Loot, EA, and LucasArts Store containing Star Wars and Indiana Jones content.
• An event from Loot, called the "Aliens vs Androids". Will take place on February 20 at 8pm PT (11pm ET). Winners will receive Gold Trophies for their personal spaces, and second place winners will recieve Silver Trophies.
• North America blog - Star Wars and Indiana Jones Come to PlayStation Home + LocoRoco Spaces, MotorStorm Super Carrier & More! JDC808 (talk) 13:43, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
• Asia - Black Irem Brigade event has concluded. Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea Lounge are now open, similar to Taiwan Lounge, except for those regions. JDC808 (talk) 20:31, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

February 25, 2010:

• PlayStation Events Space: The Gallery will open for a White Knight Chronicles event called the "White Knight Chronicles Photo Challenge!" Users can win a White Knight Chronicles figurine.
• Lumines clothing in Threads.
• Episode 3 of Home TV.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: White Knight Chronicles Photo Challenge! JDC808 (talk) 17:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
• Uncharted costumes, SOCOM: Fire Team Bravo costumes, and Warhawk costumes.
• Episode 2 of The Tester.
• Sale on a lot of The Mall's items.
• North America blog - Mall Madness Hits PlayStation Home with Hundreds of Items on Sale + New UNCHARTED, SOCOM, and Warhawk Costumes! JDC808 (talk) 17:07, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
• Japan - New Irem space, the "Pachipara 15 Lounge".

March 2010 Updates

March 4, 2010:

• New Star Wars and Indiana Jones content in the LucasArts Store.
• Irem Seaside of Memories space for North America.
• Two new personal spaces, a Santorini-based seaside mansion and a wave-faring Yacht.
• Warhawk personal space giveaway.
• North America blog - New Star Wars Content Comes to PlayStation Home + IREM Seaside of Memories, Two New Personal Spaces + More!
• PlayStation Events Space event using Events Landing. Event is "Hustle Kings Ball Dodge Challenge!"
• Aliens and Predators costumes.
• Uncharted costumes
• Radec costume from Killzone 2
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Hustle Kings Ball Dodge Challenge!

JDC808 (talk) 18:28, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

March 10, 2010:

• Core Client v1.35 PlayStation Home 1.35 Launching Tomorrow

Key features includes:

• Faster Loading Times
• Enhanced login process
• New Navigator, with categories for Favorites, Personal Spaces, Friends, Explore, and Recommend

• Final Fantasy XIII Eden personal space and items that were previously in Japan now available in Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Luxury Race Box personal space for North America.
• Episode 4 of The Tester.
• New Indiana Jones costumes and the Ark of the Covenant for users personal spaces.
• Sodium One adds two new weapons to the Salt Shooter Game.
• Users can earn Bronze, Silver and Gold Accolades in the Desert Quench mini-game in the Sodium Hub.
• North America blog - FINAL FANTASY XIII Comes to PlayStation Home + Sodium Updates, Indiana Jones Items & a Huge Sale!
• New Ratchet & Clank and SOCOM items.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Navigator, Final Fantasy XIII, Ratchet Items & More JDC808 (talk) 13:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

March 18, 2010:

• Central Plaza updated.
• Tropical Paradise and Musicality personal spaces for North America.
• Twisted Metal, Resistance, and inFAMOUS content including costumes and virtual items.
• Special "Trophy Shirt" for watching video of PlayStation Move, and a special code for a PlayStation.Blog Belt Buckle.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Twisted Metal, Resistance, inFAMOUS Content + Musicality Apartment, PlayStation.Blog Meetup and More!!!
• Game Space called the "GAME Moonbase".
• Warhawk apartment for Europe.
• Uncharted 2 content.
• Hustle Kings Game Launching support.
• Last week for the White Knight Chronicles and Heavy Rain events in the PlayStation Events Space.
• Europe blog - PlayStationHome: GAME Lunar Leaps Into Home, Plus Warhawk Apartment!
• Football Lounge now open in FevaArena in Japan.

JDC808 (talk) 16:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

March 25, 2010:

• Assassin's Creed II Abstergo Animus Labs Game Space for Europe and North America with a secret space, the Assassin's Hideout.
• Aliens vs. Predators outfits.
• The SingStar Rooms: VIP opens for Stereophonics event for Europe and North America.
• Pharaoh's Tomb and Anime personal spaces for North America.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Assassin’s Creed II Space, Aliens vs. Predator, SingStar VIP Room Opens for Stereophonics, and More!
• Costumes for watching the preview of KICK-ASS. Kick Ass and Hit Girl costumes.
• New mini-game in Audi Home Terminal, the A1 Windows Game. This is also the first time Home will presents Audi Presentations with a virtual host, Ralf.
• Tekken 6 costumes.
• Katamari Damacy Prince costume bundle.
• White Knight Chronicles and Heavy Rain events are now over.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Stereophonics Gig, Audi Updates, and More!
• PixelJunk and Irem Market spaces for Asia.
• More virtual clothes for Japan.

JDC808 (talk) 02:05, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Article length

Be careful not to go above a couple of paragraphs per section, or it just becomes unfriendly to people who are either new to the article or haven't seen it in a while. I can relate to this because I found it very difficult to find a piece of information that was supposed to be something prominent, and not hidden in several paragraphs of examples. Remember the paragraph structure and don't go overboard with examples. Try not listing dates for unimportant events too, because it's just redundant now that Home is already two years old. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:28, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 Updates

April 1, 2010:

• Easter Event - Easter City Huntdown
• Anime-themed virtual items
• MAG costumes
• Uncharted 2 costumes
• New costumes at the Irem Square
• Episode 7 of The Tester, meet and greet with two cast members, Amped and Cyrus
• The Tester marathon of Episodes 1-6 throughout the weekend
• LightBox Interactive is hosting a month-long Warhawk Capture the Flag tournament beginning on April 2. Winners will be awarded the super-rare Champions Blade in-game weapon as well as exclusive Warhawk t-shirts to sport in PlayStation Home.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Easter City Huntdown Event, MAG and Irem Virtual Items, The Tester Marathon, and More!
• Ghostbusters apartment will be released to Europe on April 15, 2010
• Monty Python costumes.
• Star Wars costumes.
• SIREN: Blood Curse Lounge for Europe.
• Alien vs. Predators costumes availability have been extended.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Star Wars, Ghostbusters Firehouse, Monty Python And More! JDC808 (talk) 16:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

April 7, 2010:

• Community ran event, Aliens vs. Predators

April 8, 2010:

• Season finale of The Tester.
• Irem Squre update.
• Ancient Greek virtual items.
• Sring Bumblebee and Spring Flower costumes.
• North America blog - Aliens and Predators Descend on PlayStation Home for Huge Community Event + This Week’s Content Updates
• MAG clothing and furniture.
• MyDeco store update.
• New commerce point in the Audi Space.
• Heavy Rain event space removed.
• Namco Museum Essentials demo available to Europe PSN, awards now available for Europe Home.
• New costumes in Alter Ego store.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: MAG Clothing And Furniture, Plus MyDeco Update!
• Japan - MAG furniture and clothing. New Disgaea 3 content.
• Asia - clothing items from Irem.

JDC808 (talk) 18:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

April 12, 2010:

• PlayStation Home: Meet & Greet With Iron Man 2 Director Jon Favreau! - Event will be on April 23, 2010.

April 15, 2010:

• Previously announced Ghostbusters Firehouse apartment for Europe.
• Neptune Suite for Europe.
• Aliens vs Predators furniture.
• Long awaited "SOCOM: OPFOR" Game Space for Europe and North America. Space unlock an in-game Golden AK-47 for use in SOCOM: Confrontation.
• New shirts available in the Resident Evil 5 Game Space.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Neptune Suite Personal Space, plus Alien vs Predator Furniture and more!
• Monkey Island Game Space for North America.
• Ghost Pirate Ship personal space.
• The Gamer's Lounge update. Now has "Liar's Dice" mini-game, a ticker pulled directly from the Official Home Twitter account, and a survery with reward items. The space will also be the host to the Featured Game parties replacing the Listen@Home kiosk in the Central Plaza.
• North America blog - New in PlayStation Home: SOCOM’s Golden AK-47, Monkey Island Space & Items, and Gamer’s Lounge Refresh
• Asia and Japan - new virtual items.

JDC808 (talk) 12:51, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

April 21, 2010:

• Final Fantasy XIII costumes (Lightning, Vanille, Snow, & Sazh) for Europe, and North America.
• Bioshock 2 costumes (Big Daddy and Big Sister costumes)
• Sodium update. New interactive map and new rewards.
• From April 23 to April 30, there is a sweepstakes to win a PS3 Wireless Keypad. 10 users have a chance to win one.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: New BioShock 2 and FINAL FANTASY XIII Content, Sodium Updates, and Wireless Keypad Giveaway
• Iron Man 2 Q&A post-poned. Iron Man Q&A Update
• Monkey Island apartment for Europe.
• Diesel store update.
• Xi Alumni Hub Temporary Removal and Update. Due to recent changes introduced with the 1.35 client update, these spaces need to be rebuilt to ensure they continue to function as designed. nDreams will be taking this opportunity to provide access to some content from Xi that hasn’t been seen since Xi ended, along with some items from Xi that will be available to own.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Sodium Update, FF XIII Clothing, Monkey Island and More!
• Japan - Toro apartment with associated items and clothes and FevaArena hoodies.
• Asia - Irem update, collection of MAG items and clothing, Ratchet & Clank apartment, items and clothes.

JDC808 (talk) 18:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

April 29, 2010:

• PlayStation Events Space opens in Europe and North America for a ModNation Racers challenge, the "Mod Spot Challenge".
• Assassin's Creed II personal space for Europe and North America.
• Full length episdoe of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist.
• Three new categories in the Central Plaza kiosk. "New" which features new items, "Community" which features items made directly from the communities feedback, and "Featured" which includes some of the most popular items in Home.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: ModNation Racers Challenge, Assassin’s Creed II Personal Space, Fullmetal Alchemist, and More
• New mini-game in Audi where users have the chance to win an Iron Man suit from Iron Man 2.
• Bioshock 2 costumes.
• LocoRoco items.
• Sodium update.
• The Original V-Shirt store update.
• Chance to win a 40" Bravia TV as well as a free virtual one for users personal spaces.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: ModNation Racers ModSpot Challenge, Iron Man 2 Mini-Game, Bioshock Costumes and More!
• Japan - MotorStorm: Pacific Rift apartment and new LocoRoco items.
• Asia - New LocoRoco items.

JDC808 (talk) 13:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

May 2010 Updates

May 5, 2010:

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Konami, Best Buy, and Sony Online Entertainment will feed the frenzy by hosting a code-collecting contest that begins the month before the game’s launch. The CODE HUNT will have contestants 18 and older in the United States scouring locations for elusive Peace Walker codes, each of which gets them closer and closer to the grand prize. Hint: Hunters that visit PlayStation Home should keep their eyes peeled. The contest begins May 5th and will end just in time for the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker release on June 8th. Join the hunt now at http://www.konami.com/mgscodehunt and win big (official rules can be found at http://www.konami/user/rules)!

May 6, 2010:

• Uncharted 2 apartment, "Uncharted Fortune Hunter's Apartment", for Europe and North America.
• Collection of MyDeco furniture.
• SOCOM furniture
• Monkey Island items and costumes.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: UNCHARTED 2 Personal Space Plus Monkey Island, SOCOM Weaponry And MyDeco!
• Irem swimsuits and ornaments.
• Karate Kid shirts and furniture pieces.
• Update to Sodium clothing.
• Red Dead Redemption Home rewards support.
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: UNCHARTED 2 Space, MW2 Play Session, Items for Red Dead Redemption, & more
• Asia - Uncharted costumes and furniture items

May 7, 2010:

• Developers of Infinity Ward will be in Gamer's Lounge at 4pm PT (7pm ET) to Game Launch into the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package with the Home Community. JDC808 (talk) 12:49, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

May 13, 2010:

• Two LittleBigPlanet spaces. The "LittleBigPlanet PlayGround" public space with the Creator sub-space and the "LittleBigPlanet Pod Penthouse" personal space (worldwide).
• Qore's Veronica Belmont and correspondent Audrey Cleo in Home at 6:00pm – 8:00pm PT (9:00pm – 11:00pm EST) in the PlayStation Home Theater’s Qore screening room on May 13.
• Loot Machinima contest
• North America blog - LittleBigPlanet Comes to PlayStation Home + Qore Event and Machinima Contest
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed content. (clothes, items, costumes)
• Dead Space 2 Miner costume
• LocoRoco update.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: LittleBigPlanet Invades! Plus More LucasArts Star Wars, LocoRoco, Bioshock and Dead Space!

173.81.132.218 (talk) 18:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

May 20, 2010:

• A brand new minis experience with a new event in a new event space called "The Observatory".
• New Star Wars and Indiana Jones content.
• Assassin's Creed II content.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: New Minis Event In The Observatory, Plus Star Wars And Indiana Jones! JDC808 (talk) 16:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
• Red Dead Redemption awards now unlockable from the Blu-ray Disc.
• Mall updates, including items for Red Dead Redemption, Irem, and LucasArts
• Home's Top Avatar Competition
• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Red Dead Redemption Reward Unlocks, Mall Updates
• Japan - Irem Battle Space and Capcom Floating Meeting Place (teleport found in Home Square, features own cinema and store, part of a large Lost Planet 2 promotion.) JDC808 (talk) 21:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

May 27, 2010:

• ModNation Racers Game Space for Europe and North America.
• ModNation Racers event.
• Buy-one-get-one-free personal space.
• North America blog - ModNation Racers Blasts into PlayStation Home + Buy 1 Get 1 Free Personal Spaces
• Red Dead Redemption content for Europe.
• Audi Store update, Le Man's theme clothing.
• New LocoRoco items.
• Neptune Suite items.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: ModNation, Red Dead Redemption And More!

JDC808 (talk) 03:29, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

• Asia - Some new LocoRoco items, Cat costumes, New Item Nightwear clothing, The Uncharted 2 apartment
• Japan - Some new LocoRoco items, A large collection of Irem night clothes, A full costume from Disgaea 3 JDC808 (talk) 22:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

June 2010 Updates

June 1, 2010:

• Core Client Update v1.36 - Quicker start up time, improved audio quality, and a few bug fixes.
• Home Version 1.36 Patch Notes; Maintenance Reminder

June 3, 2010:

• FevaArena comes to North America, Europe, and Asia. On June 10, a "Global Lounge" will be opened allowing 14 million users from 32 countries from around the globe to converge in one space making this the first global public space for Home.
• Bioshock 2 apartment. The "Bioshock 2 Rapture Apartment" for Europe and North America.
• Full episode of Kekkaishi in the theater for one week.
• Killzone 3 video in theater as well.
• North America blog - The 2010 FIFA World Cup Comes to PlayStation Home + BioShock 2, Kekkaishi & More! JDC808 (talk) 22:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
• Irem Square opens in Europe.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Sony FIFA Feva Arena and Irem Square!
• Japan - A collection of standard Home clothing including some blazers, hand bags and hats. JDC808 (talk) 173.81.132.218 (talk) 20:17, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

June 10, 2010:

• FevaArena Global Lounge, a Home first, opens worldwide allowing all four regions of Home to gather in one space to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup and to participate in games and special events.
• The London Pub dart game updated with a new mode, Killers.
• New content from Lockwood Publishing in Europe.
• Some new LocoRoco content for Europe.
• A new European Home Square is being produced. No information about a release date.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: FevaArena Goes Global, London Pub Updated!
• PlayStation Home Community Theater (a dedicated screen in the Movie Theater Lobby) opens in North America.
• PS Nation will be first to be featured in the Community Theater
• The two Disgaea 3' spaces, previously seen in Japan and Asia, now open in North America.
• North America blog - Community Theater Launches This Week in PlayStation Home, 2 Disgaea Spaces Packed with Games JDC808 (talk) 20:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

June 15, 2010:

• E3 2010 Virtual Booth - A virtual booth of Sony's E3 2010 booth with trailers from E3 and special rewards everyday of E3. Available in Europe and North America.

June 17, 2010:

• Brand new PlayStation Home space called the "Playground" for both Europe and North America that was teased a month ago in the forums. The appropriately titled Playground space is an urban playground and block party setting not completely unlike what would have been found in Brooklyn 30 years ago. This visually-dazzling, immersive space contains a multiplayer basketball game (H-O-R-S-E), chess, a rooftop lounge, and a stage where the community can party while enjoying high-quality, original hip-hop and funk music circa-1980. And if users want to bring the party back home, they can simply pick up the Playground Boombox (available on Thursday, June 24th) and take the music to thier personal space for their own private bash.
• Zen Garden apartment worldwide.
• Playground apartment for Europe and North America.
• North America blog - Want to attend E3 but don’t have a badge? Come to PlayStation Home
• The "GAME" space update in Europe with a new two-player Lunar mini-game.
• Shopping Centre content update including Yakuza 3 clothing, Lockwood clothing, The Karate Kid content, Darksiders clothing, Neptune furniture, V-Store update, Japanese-themed clothing and furniture, and more!
• Europe blog - Attend E3 Virtually With PlayStation Home!
• Europe's new Home Square featuring new mini-games including Supa-Fun Robo-Goalie Time!!. A new ticker screen with latest news on Home. A new water fountain that doubles as a Polling Booth (answer multiple choice questions that affect the water in real time). A new open-air Shopping Centre. Surrounding an open central space, shop fronts both old and new are easily accessible. PlayStation Home: New Home Square Unveiled! JDC808 (talk) 23:39, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
• Japan - A collection of Lockwood items along with the Sodium One space.
• Asia - All three Red Bull spaces released. JDC808 (talk) 04:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

June 24, 2010:

• E3 booth removed.
• FIFA 2010 shirts
• Home Stuff store is open with new items. "Active8: Apartment UFO", place in personal space and watch the aliens come to abduct cows.
• Playground store updates.
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Aliens Abducting Cows!
• Toy Story 3 apartment called "Andy's Room". Andy’s Room transports players to the world of Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the other toys owned by Andy Davis with several mini-games.
• Virtual items for Toy Story 3 (like costumes) will be released over time.
• Virtual prize for watching the Toy Story 3 trailer in the theater.
• Users can now purchase the Playground Boombox allowing music from the Playground to be played in their own personal spaces. This is for Europe and North America.
• Sodium Store updates including the popular Cat and Dog costumes.
• North America blog - PlayStation Home’s E3 Booth an Enormous Success + Toy Story 3, Community Events, and More!
• Japan - New LocoRoco items. A large update to Threads with many robes and a hand-held newspaper and pen-behind-the-ear
• Asia - New LocoRoco items. Collection of FIFA World Cup shirts from various countries

JDC808 (talk) 01:56, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Errors!!! Errors!!! ERRORS!!!!!!

Well i do like Playstaion Home. But its biggest mistake is that during the middle of gameplay, Errors occur. Saying an Error code. I HATE it when it does that!!! Could they PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Update Playstation home so i wont have to deal with this anymore??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Thanks for reading! Sincerly: nascarkylebuschj12 4:49:15 PM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarkylebuschj12 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi, this is the PlayStation Home Wikipedia Discussion page to better improve the article (as well as post updates to Home). You're question technically shouldn't be brought to this area and can not be fully answered here and thus should be asked in the official PlayStation Home forums. I will, however, answer some of your question though to the best of my ability. Errors happen to anyone and everyone and may not be Home related, but rather, your internet connection or a server overload/crash because of two much activity on the server. You have to remember, Home is still a beta and still has many problems to be fixed. If you are from the North American region, you can ask this question here North America Home Forums and if you're from the European region, you can ask this question here Europe Home Forums. If you've never used the PlayStation Home forums for Europe or North America, all you have to do is go to Log In and sign in with the email and password you use for your PlayStation Network account and then you can post in the forums. JDC808 (talk) 21:10, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Umm....... i was technicly asking why it wasn't on the arcticle. OK? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarkylebuschj12 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

What? No you weren't. You asked for PlayStation Home to be updated. No where in your first post did you ask why it wasn't on the article. Also, sign your post with four tildes (~). JDC808 (talk) 23:24, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thats because i was too carried away with the problem by mistake! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarkylebuschj12 (talk • contribs) 14:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Never delete Talk page posts, no matter if you don't like what was posted or not, just don't do it. Also, you need to learn how to sign your post. After you're done typing your post on a talk page, type four tildes which are these little things => ~ . JDC808 (talk) 01:40, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Though it was an accident. When i tried to state that i was carried away, someehow, just SOMEhow, it couldn't go in the article and the only way to make it fit is to delete your stuff. => ~ . nascarkylebuschj12 (I cant sign my name right!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarkylebuschj12 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

On the keyboard up beside number 1, there's a key that has the tilde by pressing shift and that key. Do that four times and you've signed your post. Unless you're not posting from a PC/laptop, then I'm not entirely sure. What are you posting from? JDC808 (talk) 173.81.132.218 (talk) 01:08, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

July 2010 Updates

Since I didn't get to these on time, I just put the links to the blogs without listing the updates.

July 1, 2010:

• North America blog - The Midway Comes to PlayStation Home + Massive Independence Day Event, Alpha Protocol, Toy Story 3 Items & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: The Midway Carnival Arrives, Plus Pool Tables And More!

July 8, 2010:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home: WipEout, PlayStation Minis Event, Just Cause 2 & Sodium Updates
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: WipEout Museum, Monkey Island 2 And More!

July 15, 2010:

• North America blog - New in PlayStation Home: 3 New Personal Games + Killzone 2 & Monkey Island 2 Items
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Toy Story 3 And More!

July 19, 2010:

• European Home new advertisement: PlayStation Home - What is PlayStation Home? This is my Home.

July 22, 2010:

• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Mystery of the Wise Man!

July 29, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: MAG Personal Space, Community Theater update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Wise Man Update And New Wings!

JDC808 (talk) 21:10, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

August 2010 Updates

August 5, 2010:

• North America blog - Mos Eisley Cantina Comes to PlayStation Home + Exclusive Star Wars Events & Items!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: The Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary!

August 12, 2010:

• North America blog - PlayStation Move Event Hits PlayStation Home + Top Gun, Star Wars & More!!!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: PlayStation Move Event, Plus More Empire Strikes Back!

August 19, 2010:

• North America blog - gamescom Comes to PlayStation Home + Star Wars, Superheroes & More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: gamescom Comes To You!

JDC808 (talk) 17:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

August 26, 2010:

• North America blog - AlphabeTees Coming this Thursday to PlayStation Home + the Best of the PlayStation Home Community!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Oscar’s Lobster Mania, Irem Seaside Of Memories, And More! JDC808 (talk) 17:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

September 2010 Updates

September 2, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Brimstone Poker, PlayStation Move Event, Kane and Lynch 2 and More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Hudson Gate Arrives!

September 9, 2010:

• North America blog - PlayStation’s 15th Anniversary Comes to Home, Hudson Shows the Love + New Community Theater Partner
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Brimstone Poker, MAG Armour, And Lockwood Update! JDC808 129.71.208.91 (talk) 20:14, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

September 16, 2010:

• North America blog - Enter the Dragon’s Green – PlayStation Home’s Newest Full-Length Game
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Dragon’s Green, Lockwood And Pirates! JDC808 129.71.208.91 (talk) 20:13, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

September 23, 2010:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Update: Dead Rising 2, Heavy Rain, Lake House & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: LOOT Store Opens, With Cabin Boy!

September 30, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in Home: Castlevania: Lord of Shadows, Contra, Scion Event & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Heroes and Villains! JDC808 (talk) 19:34, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

October 2010 Updates

October 7, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Inuyasha, Save the Ta-Tas, Community Theater Update & More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Shopping Centre Renovations And Robo Goalie Returns! JDC808 (talk) 18:51, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

October 14, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Heavy Ink, Time Crisis, Medal of Honor, Loco Roco & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Early Halloween Treats, Street Fighter 4 Alternates, Plus More JDC808 (talk) 19:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

October 21, 2010:

• North America blog - Exclusive Halloween Event Comes to PlayStation Home + Saw, Bleach, Heavy Strike
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Spooky Invasion! JDC808 (talk) 18:58, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

October 28, 2010:

• North America blog - Halloween Festivities Continue in PlayStation Home with Silent Hill 2 Items + The Force Unleashed II, Hudson Gate Updates & More!!!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Heavy Pets, LucasArts, Hudson Gate Update And More! JDC808 (talk) 13:36, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 Updates

November 4, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in Home: Videos in Hollywood Hills Personal Space, Music in the London Pub, Tons of Items in the Mall!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: London Pub Radio Launches!

November 11, 2010:

Home Core Client Update v1.4 - PlayStation Home Updates Core Client to Version 1.4 and 1.4 Patch Notes

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: 1.4 Client Update details, LittleBigPlanet, and More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: 1.4 Client Update: Voice Chat, Groups, New Wardrobe! JDC808 (talk) 15:41, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

November 18, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Gran Turismo 5 + My Chemical Romance, Dragon’s Lair & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: SingStar Rooms Update, Shopping Centre Update, Plus More! JDC808 (talk) 16:28, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

November 25, 2010:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Spelunker & Konami Game Spaces + Castlevania, Zombie Pets & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Modular Stage Set, Lake House, Zombie Companions, & More! JDC808 (talk) 21:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

December 2010 Updates

December 2, 2010:

• North America blog - Novus Prime: Free Multiplayer Space Combat Game Comes to PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Private Members Club, Novus Prime And More! JDC808 (talk) 14:41, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

December 9, 2010:

• North America blog - Huge PlayStation Home Update: Midway 2, MAGIC: The Gathering, Ameratsu & Winter Wonderland & More!!!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Winter Wonderland Returns, Bomberman Dome and Theater, TRON Apartment and More! 129.71.208.91 (talk) 15:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

December 10, 2010:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Turns Two, New Games Incoming JDC808 (talk) 17:16, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

December 15, 2010:

• Version 1.41 - PlayStation Home 1.41 Patch Notes

December 16, 2010:

• North America blog - Tons of Additions to the PlayStation Home Mall + Novus Prime Additions & Version 1.41 Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Relive Old Favourites In The PSN Sphere! JDC808 (talk) 21:10, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

December 23, 2010:

• North America blog - Xi Returns to PlayStation Home + Special Holiday Items
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Xi Museum Arrives!

December 30, 2010:

• No update due to the holidays. Next update will be January 6, 2011. JDC808 (talk) 19:56, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

PlayStation Home Developers

PlayStation Home is not developed by Studio Cambridge and it was solely the London studio. The source quoted for who developed Home also makes no sense as the article quoted doesn't ever mention Home and it is clearly about PlayTV. Please use this Tweet from Home's producer as a source for this: http://twitter.com/#!/MvdMbladiebla/status/16283590199349248

Can't edit as it's semi-locked. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cubehouse (talk • contribs) 12:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey Cubehouse, how's it going? It's JVB from the forums. Thanks for noticing that. I started editing this page after that was added so I didn't think to check that. Good eye. I'll get on to changing that. Also, I could be wrong, but (I'm assuming you just signed up) I think after so many days of being a member of Wikipedia you can edit (might be 3 or 5 days, editing might also have a factor). You actually might be able to edit now seeing as that you made this post on the 19th and it's now the 22nd. But yeah, I'll get on to changing that as well as adding the new Xi info about the museum. Also, to sign your post here on talk pages, at the end of your post, enter four tildes, that way SineBot there doesn't have to come in and sign it for you. JDC808 (talk) 19:47, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

January 2011 Updates

January 6, 2011:

• North America blog - A Life of Luxury in the PlayStation Home Mansion + New Hudson Spaces & Mall Update JDC808 (talk) 05:35, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

January 13, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Treehouse Personal Space, Community Theater Update & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Lockwood, And Heavy Ink Updates! JDC808 (talk) 03:54, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

January 20, 2011:

• North America blog - Two New Games Come to PlayStation Home – Conspiracy & Slap Happy Sam
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: LittleBigPlanet Invades Home Square JDC808 (talk) 14:40, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

January 27, 2011:

• North America blog - Killzone 3 Invades PlayStation Home This Thursday, Fight Back and Earn Unlock Points and Killzone 3 Invades PlayStation Home Tomorrow with Rewards Galore
• Europe blog - Killzone 3 Invades PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 22:53, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

February 2011 Updates

February 3, 2011:

• North America blog - Dead Nation Comes to Home + Novus Prime Update, Blue Toad Murder Files, and More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Seek Shelter From The Zombie Apocalypse

JDC808 (talk) 18:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

February 10, 2011:

• North America blog - Magic: The Gathering Comes to PlayStation Home + Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Mansion Update & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Fantasy Fun In February JDC808 (talk) 14:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

February 17, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Update: Urgent Fury Joins Community Theater, New Items + More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: The Terror Of Dead Space 2 Hits Home JDC808 (talk) 14:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

February 24, 2011:

• North America blog - Final NASA Shuttle Launch is First Live-Streaming Event in PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Build A PixelJunk World JDC808 (talk) 14:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

March 2011 Updates

March 1, 2011:

Coming in early spring, Core Client update v1.5

• North America blog- PlayStation Home to Add Suite of New Developer Tools and Tech with Version 1.5
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home Version 1.50 To Be Shown At GDC JDC808 (talk) 16:09, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

March 3, 2011:

• North America blog - Home Mansion Expands, New PixelJunk Content Arrives + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Racing Suits And Apocalyptic Fashion JDC808 (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

March 10, 2011:

• North America blog - Conspiracy Updates Come to PlayStation Home + Fight Night Event & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Gangsters And Kittens To Roam Home JDC808 (talk) 14:47, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

March 17, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Aurora, Top Spin 4, Hard Corps: Uprising and More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Welcome To Aurora JDC808 (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

March 24, 2011:

• North America blog - Huge Update to PlayStation Home Mall – More Than 100 New Items!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Animal Kingdom JDC808 (talk) 19:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

March 31, 2011:

• North America blog - The Novus Prime Universe Expands with Novus Prime: Escalation for PlayStation Home on March 31st
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: The Next Evolution Of Novus Prime JDC808 (talk) 20:46, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011 Updates

April 7, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: LOOT Space Station, Sodium Update and Tons of New Games and Items!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Take A New Look At The Sodium Hub JDC808 (talk) 13:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

April 13, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Sodium 2 Beta Access & Mansion Garage Tours
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Arts And Spacecrafts JDC808 (talk) 13:56, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

April 20, 2011:

Core Client Update 1.50 released.

• North American blog - PlayStation Home 1.5 Update + Sodium Personal Space, Aurora War Event & More!
• Europe - PlayStation Home: Version 1.50 Is Here JDC808 (talk) 17:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

April 28, 2011:

No update this week due to ongoing maintenance of PSN as Sony is rebuilding the system due to an external intrusion upon their system. JDC808 (talk) 13:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

May 2011 Updates

May 5, 2011:

No update this week for ongoing maintenance of PSN. JDC808 (talk) 19:32, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

May 12, 2011:

No update this week for ongoing maintenance of PSN.

May 15, 2011:

PSN is now back online, but with limited services for the time being. PlayStation Home is one of the services available, however, users cannot purchase any items from any of the stores within Home because the PlayStation Store is not yet available which Home uses the Store's functionalities for commerce.

May 16, 2011:

As part of the "Welcome Back" customer appreciation program in North America, to welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space (the Garage), and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game. -Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America

May 19, 2011:

The PlayStation Store is not back online yet (will return on May 24th), and as such, there is no update this week. JDC808 (talk) 17:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

May 26, 2011:

PlayStation Store still offline.

May 31, 2011:

• Experience E3 LIVE From Your PS3 With Streaming Keynote, Virtual PlayStation Booth

-The Sony E3 Virtual PlayStation Booth returns on June 7th, and for the first time in Home, a live stream of E3 on June 6th. JDC808 (talk) 23:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

June 2011 Updates

June 2, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Update: Heavy Ink, inFAMOUS 2, Conspiracy, SOCAST and more
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Baseline Battle, White Knight Chronicles And More

June 4, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Welcome Back Package Details

June 9, 2011:

• North America blog - Experience E3 Live from Your PS3 + PlayStation Home Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: E3 Theatre

June 16, 2011:

Core Client Update v1.51

• North America blog - Sodium 2: Project Velocity Comes to PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Sodium 2 Project Velocity Is Here JDC808 (talk) 21:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

June 23, 2011:

• North America blog - Def Jam Rapstar Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Pirates And Dinosaurs JDC808 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

June 30, 2011:

Core Client Update v1.52

• North America blog - Sodium 2 Double XP Weekend + Aurora v1.1 & Home Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Your Welcome Back Content JDC808 (talk) 06:03, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

July 2011 Updates

July 7, 2011:

• North America blog - Coming to Home: Alien Casino, Scribble Shooter, Deus Ex Contest & More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Flex A High Tech Mech Suit JDC808 (talk) 19:12, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

July 14, 2011:

• North America blog - UFC Undisputed Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Enter The Octagon

July 21, 2011:

• North America blog - Scribble Shooter Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Diesel Island

July 25, 2011:

• North America blog - Watch the 2011 EVO World Finals Live in PlayStation Home

July 28, 2011:

• North America blog - New Reverse Tracks Come to Sodium 2 + PlayStation Home Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Sodium2 Soars Close To The Sun JDC808 (talk) 02:21, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

August 2011 Updates

August 4, 2011:

• North America blog - Coming to Home: Dead Island Zombie Survival Quiz, Magic: The Gathering Game Night + New Items
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Scribble Shooter Vs. Savage Cosmos JDC808 (talk) 01:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

August 11, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in Home: Ooblag’s Alien Casino, Dead Island Photo Shoot and more
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Gladiators And Gamescom Details

August 18, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in Home: Dead Island + New Items from Lockwood, Heavy Water, nDreams
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Dead Island And Gamescom 2011 JDC808 (talk) 04:57, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

August 23, 2011:

• North America blog - The Next Evolution for PlayStation Home Coming Fall 2011

August 25, 2011:

• North America blog - Over 8 Million Zombies Killed in PlayStation Home + Sodium Silicon Lounge & More
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: More Zombies And Alice Cooper JDC808 (talk) 03:59, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011 Updates

September 1, 2011:

• North America blog - Final Zombie Horde Invades PlayStation Home + Winter Vacation Villa, Sodium 2 Nemesis Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Sodium 2 Update And Deus Ex Sneaks Into PS Home

September 8, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in Home: Resistance 3 Invades, Ugly Americans and Deadliest Warrior come Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: The Chimera Invade PS Home To Celebrate The Launch Of Resistance 3

September 9, 2011:

• Europe blog - Fracture, A Short Film Debuting In PS Home JDC808 (talk) 21:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

September 15, 2011:

• North America blog - Tokyo Game Show Comes to PlayStation Home + Mall Updates
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: TGS News And Kasabian Come To Home JDC808 (talk) 16:19, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

September 22, 2011:

• North America blog - Granzella Island Hideaway Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Get Fit with PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 23:13, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

September 29, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Update 1.55 Coming Thursday
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home Client 1.55 Arrives JDC808 (talk) 16:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

October 2011 Updates

October 6, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Salt Shooter Public Game Space, Aurora 1.2 & More!
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Angels Really Are Falling From Heaven… Into Home?! JDC808 (talk) 16:15, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

October 13, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Announces UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception Total Game Integration
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Uncharted 3 Hits Home JDC808 (talk) 20:51, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

October 20, 2011:

• North America blog - Home Update: New Challenges for UNCHARTED 3 Total Game Integration and Fortune Hunter
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Spooky Specials JDC808 (talk) 16:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

October 27, 2011:

• North America blog - Celebrate Halloween In PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: What Goes Bump In The Night

October 28, 2011:

• North America blog -All Zombies Must Die! Brings Big Heads and Zombies to PlayStation Home

October 31, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Redesign Video Tour – New Games, Genre-Based Districts, and More JDC808 (talk) 17:54, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

November 2011 Updates

November 3, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Redesign Coming This Thursday
• Europe blog - Take A Fresh Look At PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 17:55, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

November 10, 2011:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Update: Scribble Shooter and Fall Blowout Sale
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Massive Sodium2 Update JDC808 (talk) 21:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

November 17, 2011:

• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Living Life Without Limits

November 18, 2011:

• North America blog - Home Weekly Update: Watch Free Full-Length Movies with Crackle JDC808 (talk)

November 24, 2011:

• North America blog - Sodium2 Payback Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Walk Like An Egyptian JDC808 (talk) 19:24, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Updates

December 1, 2011:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Novus Prime 1-Year Anniversary Event, Holiday Specials, New Movies
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Winter Wonderland JDC808 (talk) 19:25, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

December 8, 2011: Core Client Update v1.60

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Releases v1.60 + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Version 1.60 Is Here JDC808 (talk) 16:34, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

December 15, 2011:

• North America blog - Home for the Holidays – New Games, Events & Special Deals in PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - Season’s Greetings From PlayStation Home JDC808 (talk) 23:45, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

December 22, 2011:

Last update for 2011

• North America blog - Special Holiday Update For PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: That’s a Wrap for 2011 JDC808 (talk) 20:05, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Updates

January 5, 2012:

• North America blog - Red Bull House of Skate Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - January Sales Come To PlayStation Home

January 11, 2012:

• • Updates now moved to Wednesdays**
• North America blog - 11 New Games Come to PlayStation Home This Wednesday and Novus Prime: Vindication Comes to PlayStation Home Wednesday
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Defend The Earth Fleet In Novus Prime: Vindication JDC808 (talk) 05:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

January 18, 2012:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Updates With New Games, Quests, Rewards & Music
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Welcome The Year Of The Dragon

January 25, 2012:

• North America blog - Yetis vs. Hunters Invades PlayStation Home This Wednesday
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Yeti Sighting In Winter Event Space JDC808 (talk) 18:33, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

February 2012 Updates

February 1, 2012:

• North America blog - Oscar’s Lobster Mania Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Lose Weight With Novus Prime

February 8, 2012:

• North America blog - Supa-Fun-Robo-Goalie-Beach-Time in PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Love is in the Air JDC808 (talk) 17:15, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

February 15, 2011:

• North America blog - Street Fighter x Tekken Hits PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: No Fighting in the War Room JDC808 (talk) 18:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

February 22, 2012:

• North America blog - Win a Trip to E3 in PlayStation Home + Street Fighter x Tekken Event & Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: RC Rally Revs Up

February 29, 2012:

• North America blog - The Battle Continues in PlayStation Home with Street Fighter X Tekken + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Place Your Bets JDC808 (talk) 22:41, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

WP:ENGVAR

I am disappointed to see that my attempts to standardize this article's spelling have been reverted twice by JDC808, leaving it inconsistent again, which is unacceptable under WP:ENGVAR of the Manual of Style (or any sensible style): "Although Wikipedia favors no national variety of English, within a given article the conventions of one particular variety should be followed consistently." Consensus was reached in an archived discussion to use British English here, based on an argument that appealed to WP:TIES (personally, I think that while WP:TIES might favour BrE, I don't necessarily see it requiring BrE). WP:RETAIN, considered alone, would probably also favour British English over other dialects, at least on a first-use basis ([9]): note the mixture of -ise and -ize suffixes (customization, personalization, and organised), which suggests British usage (-ise or -ize) over either Australasian usage (usually -ise) or North American usage (usually -ize). I chose to standardize to BrE based on the article history, the consensus reached in 2008, and the BrE template that has remained on the talk page. While I'm not particularly interested in what spellings are used, I do want to see consistency here. Some standardized rigour (talk) 06:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

There is an additional consensus that relates to all articles covered by WP:VG. It was initially created to stop flip-flopping of different cover-art from different regions, but it is now applied to articles in general. If there is any content dispute based upon nationality in an article, the developer's nationality is the deciding factor. - X201 (talk) 09:01, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Just stick with consistency. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Based on the fact that the consensus is from 2008, maybe a new one should be met for the reasoning that since then, from the looks of it, the majority of the article has transitioned out of BrE. JDC808 (talk) 16:53, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

X201: Is the WP:VG consensus formalized somewhere?

JDC808: I'm not sure "the majority of the article has transitioned out of BrE"; it looks pretty mixed throughout to me (for example, compare color/harbour, -ise/-ize, theater/theatre, etc.). It's not in AmE, BrE, or CanE as it stands. Some standardized rigour (talk) 07:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Besides which transitioning an article from one ENGVAR form to another isn't a valid reason. We are supposed to respect an article's ENGVAR version when we edit, and make edits in the same version of ENGVAR. MOS:RETAIN is unequivocal on the matter. - X201 (talk) 09:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Those spellings you pointed out are intentional, at least some are. For example, with harbour, that is the way the Harbour Studio is spelled in all versions, so the -our is based on the naming/spelling that Sony has universally used across all versions of Home. The theater/theatre is also based on the naming that appear in the different versions. I don't remember if there's any intentional spots for '-'ise/-ize difference. JDC808 (talk) 17:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

JDC808, I was not referring to proper nouns that only have one spelling; these are always spelled as they are spelled irrespective of the spelling the article uses (see WP:ENGVAR: "use the original spelling, for example United States Department of Defense and Australian Defence Force"). As you've said, "Home Theatre" and "Theater Lobby" should coexist in this article. I was referring to examples such as "The Core Spaces from SCE are the central meeting point, the theatre, ..." and "Sony's E3 press conference was streamed live in PlayStation Home in a special virtual theater"; these must not coexist within the same article. Some standardized rigour (talk) 06:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

So, do we have consensus to use BrE throughout? If "the developer's nationality is the deciding factor" to resolve such situations for articles within the scope of WP:VG, I can't see an argument that can be made to oppose it. Some standardized rigour (talk) 06:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Performing critical and major edit over the entire article

I have completely gone through the article and removed anything I thought was unnecessary. I also made the grammar less awkward and corrected any spelling errors. Here are a few tips for the future, so this doesn't need to be done again:
1. Please use the web browser's dictionary to see if anything is spelled wrong. The red underline means it's spelled wrong.
2. When more and more features come to Home, it is not necessary to list them all. This article is meant to be informative, and it isn't supposed to list everything about the service, just the most prominent features.
3. Please note the difference between American and British English. As stated above.
4. Do not use advertising adjectives and make the service sound impressive. It's an article, not an advertisement.
Thanks. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 03:01, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

The spelling differences may have been noted; I had hoped JDC808 and X201 would have reached an agreement by now, so that the inconsistency can be resolved. Some standardized rigour (talk) 08:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

March 2012 Updates

March 7, 2012:

• North America blog - 4 New Personal Spaces Come to Home, New Challenges in SF X Tekken Event
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: We Dig Fossils

March 14, 2012:

• North America blog - New Granzella & Digital Leisure Content Comes to PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Every Journey Starts From Home JDC808 (talk) 18:12, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

March 21, 2012:

• North America blog - Special DUST 514 Event Comes to PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Watch DUST 514 Keynote Live JDC808 (talk) 01:39, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

March 28, 2012:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home Announces 3 Exclusive Games: Cutthroats, No Man’s Land, Mercia
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Boats And Beats JDC808 (talk) 22:41, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

April 2012 Updates

April 4, 2012:

• North America blog - Clusterpuck & Aurora 1.5 Come to PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: A Pirate’s Life For Me JDC808 (talk) 22:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

April 11, 2012:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home: Exclusive x7 Club Opens This Week + Novus Prime 5.5 Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Mysterious Island Sighted

April 18, 2012:

• North America blog - PlayStation Home: x7 Update, Lockwood Sodium 2 Preview + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Go Safari

April 25, 2012:

Core Client Update Version 1.65 - Patch Notes

• North America blog - Home 1.65 Client Update, Beats by Dr. Dre, New x7 Exclusives + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home 1.65 Update Arrives JDC808 (talk) 20:53, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

May 2012 Updates

May 2, 2012:

• North America blog - New Marvel Avenger Items, Konami Silent Hill Downpour Diner, x7 Exclusive Item Update + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Good Guys Dress In Black JDC808 (talk) 02:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

May 9, 2012:

• North America blog - Coming to Home: Superhero Madhouse, Midway 3 Preview + Weekly Update
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Mansion Living JDC808 (talk) 07:24, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

May 16, 2012:

• North America blog - Coming to Home: Step Right Up to Midway 3…and $25,000 in Prizes
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Crazy Carnival JDC808 (talk) 04:09, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

May 23, 2012:

• North America blog - Novus Prime Update + New Developer Bigyama Premieres in Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Totally Tropical JDC808 (talk) 20:07, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

May 30, 2012:

• North America blog - This Week in PlayStation Home: Lockwood Showcase Update + New Items from Granzella and Konami JDC808 (talk) 01:59, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: How Do You Like Your Eggs? and PlayStation Home: Get Set For E3

June 2012 Updates

June 5, 2012:

• North America blog - [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/06/05/visit-the-2012-e3-virtual-booth-today/ Visit the 2012 E3 Virtual Booth Today
• Europe blog - Visit The 2012 E3 Virtual Booth Today JDC808 (talk) 03:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

June 13, 2012:

• North America blog - More DUST 514 Beta Codes Available in PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Get Gothic JDC808 (talk) 18:43, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

June 20, 2012:

• North America blog - Play No Man’s Land Starting Today on PlayStation Home
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Football Sale!

June 27, 2012:

• North America blog - Weekly Home Update: Fourth of July & Canada Day Event, Granzella Extravaganza
• Europe blog - PlayStation Home: Simply Marvelous JDC808 (talk) 22:05, 26 June 2012 (UTC)