GazzaGSi Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Just been invited, checked my emails and got this PlayStation Home is a 3D, interactive, evolving service, exclusive to PS3™. It's free to download and easy to use. To take part please redeem your unique promotional code below using your PLAYSTATION 3 and join us in Home. How to redeem your Promotional code and access Home If you haven’t already done so, register for an account on PlayStation®Network, then follow these steps: 1. Sign in to your PlayStation®Network account via your PLAYSTATION®3 system. 2. Once signed in, select [Account Management]. 3. Choose [Redeem Code] 4. Enter your 12 character promotion code and select [Continue]. NOTE: promotion codes are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as displayed. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to redeem the promotion code. Code here Redemption expiry date: 01/12/2008 Note: Promotional codes can only be used once. Please understand that your participation is subject to our Terms of Use which will be presented to you the first time you connect to Home. Please keep all discussion of your experiences within Home limited to the official SCEE forums or within Home itself. Visit SCEE’s PlayStation forums here: http://community.eu.playstation.com Welcome to PlayStation Home. Yours, PlayStation Home Community Team Feel ecstatic, stuff like this never usually happens to me Now to see if its actually an good w00t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I got it too, will have a look what it's like later. It appears to be some kind of second life type deal though, not really the sort of thing that's likely to interest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Is this their "second life" clone? Another excuse to charge silly people £1 for a virtual pot plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Is this their "second life" clone? Another excuse to charge silly people £1 for a virtual pot plant? I expect so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 Is this their "second life" clone? Another excuse to charge silly people £1 for a virtual pot plant? The sad thing is you know ppl will buy it So they'll keep doing it. Its the same with all the NFS Undercover shite on the PS Store. That lot was released before the game was even out. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Yeah, I bet this sucks ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LL Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 SWEET!! wonder why I aint got a frikking email!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueangel Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 the Home experience will eventually be awsome, you will be able to shop online and alsorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 the Home experience will eventually be awsome, you will be able to shop online and alsorts You already get full internet capabilities on the PS3 so you can already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I see the icon for this has appeared for everyone now, shame all it does is take an age to install, steals 3GB of space and then throws up an error C-931. Nice work Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I see the icon for this has appeared for everyone now, shame all it does is take an age to install, steals 3GB of space and then throws up an error C-931. Nice work Sony. Yeah I got that error too today and gave up on it. PSN is shite in general IMO - sign up bombed out repeatedly when I got my blu-ray player (PS3, Xbox 360 for gaming) the other day and once I finally got signed up PSN continued to randomly disconnect me. I'm glad Xbox Live costs money as it seems to ensure a decent service!!! A far superior online experience to PSN IMO. And OMG the endless software updates with PS3... it was a case of plug it in and leave it for 10hrs the other day, checking every now and again to install the odd update and let it carry on to the next one. I bought / downloaded PAIN from the store which was 200mb and then when I tried to play it I was presented with a 352mb game update - I mean come on ffs, an update nearly twice as large as the game itself?!? The main fan on the PS3 is bloody deafening when it comes on too... reminds me of my overclocking days running FOP38's and the like! /PS3 rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-lover Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I see the icon for this has appeared for everyone now, shame all it does is take an age to install, steals 3GB of space and then throws up an error C-931. Nice work Sony. yep just down loaded this for my ps3 and the same error code has come up !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 yep just down loaded this for my ps3 and the same error code has come up !!! Seems to be an issue for everyone, Sony are aware and suggest you just keep trying, it's too busy to cope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 The main fan on the PS3 is bloody deafening when it comes on too... reminds me of my overclocking days running FOP38's and the like! Ebay it, get another one. I only use my PS3 nowadays and have retired the 360, due to it being whisper quiet (quieter even than my DVD player). I had a little go on Home earlier today, not at all impressed. You're really not missing out on anything at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Took me about 20 attempts to get onto it today, I was so underwhelmed when I go onto it eventually, its just like Second Life, with more adverts.. The code 931 is to do with internet traffic or something I found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Missed out on this email too.....oh well, n e one fancy cod 5 S&D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-lover Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Missed out on this email too.....oh well, n e one fancy cod 5 S&D? since i have been out of work all i ever do is play that sodding game hahahaha it's turning me into a lazy bum, so i've given it a rest for a week and tried too get back to a normal way of life haha but yes lets have it haha:d oh by the way i never got an e-mail either it just appeared under the sign in symbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LL Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 the reason your gettin the code is because the network is overloaded, basically they did a worldwide release at the same time, a good idea in theory but in practice you get millions of people tryin to connect to the same network at the same time and as such the bandwidth cannot cope, as things are. Bear in mind there are just over 14 million playstations registered and being used online Sony estimate. TBH they would have been a lot better doing a phased launch of the Home service to enable the servers to cope with the bandwidth demand, or alternativly the should have tripled the capability of the network to compensate for the sudden increase in demand which they are stating is around 300% of the normal usage on the playstation network at present. The good news is this will get resolved and home is still in beta dont forget, its just an "open" beta now. give it time, this will be awesome the posibilities are endless. Ps, if your running low on disk space cos of home taking up 3gb etc, why not look into purchasing a laptop hard disk and installing it. you can do this without invalidating any warrentys etc and all the software to transfer and back everything up is already installed on your ps3! there are guides on the internet on how to do this and i also hear that pc world offer a sevice to do this if your unsure. My advice, get a 320GB 2&1/2" 7200rpm laptop hard drive, then install Linux on it too while your at it, might as well have a killer media centre / 2.8Ghz PC while your at it! Free online, Bluray, Upgradable parts, Linux, WiFi, Bluetooth, PS home, Backwards compatability, Memory card reader, HD output, multi region gaming, and media networking.. all this straight out of the box.. If you spend the time to set your PS3 up correctly it really is a killer system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-lover Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 the reason your gettin the code is because the network is overloaded, basically they did a worldwide release at the same time, a good idea in theory but in practice you get millions of people tryin to connect to the same network at the same time and as such the bandwidth cannot cope, as things are. Bear in mind there are just over 14 million playstations registered and being used online sony estimate. Tbh they would have been a lot better doing a phased launch of the home service to enable the servers to cope with the bandwidth demand, or alternativly the should have tripled the capability of the network to compensate for the sudden increase in demand which they are stating is around 300% of the normal usage on the playstation network at present. The good news is this will get resolved and home is still in beta dont forget, its just an "open" beta now. Give it time, this will be awesome the posibilities are endless. Ps, if your running low on disk space cos of home taking up 3gb etc, why not look into purchasing a laptop hard disk and installing it. You can do this without invalidating any warrentys etc and all the software to transfer and back everything up is already installed on your ps3! There are guides on the internet on how to do this and i also hear that pc world offer a sevice to do this if your unsure. My advice, get a 320gb 2&1/2" 7200rpm laptop hard drive, then install linux on it too while your at it, might as well have a killer media centre / 2.8ghz pc while your at it! free online, bluray, upgradable parts, linux, wifi, bluetooth, ps home, backwards compatability, memory card reader, hd output, multi region gaming, and media networking.. All this straight out of the box.. If you spend the time to set your ps3 up correctly it really is a killer system! agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Yeah I got that error too today and gave up on it. PSN is shite in general IMO - sign up bombed out repeatedly when I got my blu-ray player (PS3, Xbox 360 for gaming) the other day and once I finally got signed up PSN continued to randomly disconnect me. I'm glad Xbox Live costs money as it seems to ensure a decent service!!! A far superior online experience to PSN IMO. And OMG the endless software updates with PS3... it was a case of plug it in and leave it for 10hrs the other day, checking every now and again to install the odd update and let it carry on to the next one. I bought / downloaded PAIN from the store which was 200mb and then when I tried to play it I was presented with a 352mb game update - I mean come on ffs, an update nearly twice as large as the game itself?!? The main fan on the PS3 is bloody deafening when it comes on too... reminds me of my overclocking days running FOP38's and the like! /PS3 rant. Can't say that I've noticed "endless updates", the system updates are rare, and apart from Pain (which there seems to be an update for at least every month), game updates are even less frequent. I've also never had a problem with signing up to the PSN and I've not experienced random disconnects either. I'd also hardly say the fan is deafening either, my freeview box is louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I'd also hardly say the fan is deafening either I can see why you think that, I found a pic of you gaming on PSN the other day: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/corncrake/corncrake/151%20seamus%20(2).jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I can see why you think that, I found a pic of you gaming on PSN the other day: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/corncrake/corncrake/151%20seamus%20(2).jpg That's not me. Mine are blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 That's not me. Mine are blue. I do actually have a fetching red set with tubes coming out - I had them on for a few runs at Supra Pod (homebrew det cans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Did the latest PS3 update and Home is now on there, downloaded and had a quick check, looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I've been logged into home for a few weeks.. but its not really up to much right now, you can create your person etc, wander around a few places and speak to others, its all very weird. And yes, so far a lot of what I see is selling virtual crap, like furniture, houses, clothes etc for your online chap. On the plus side, you can win things by doing well at the online games built into the Home, you can play others at pool and chess etc, thats kinda fun. I dont think its the sorta thing I'll be using a lot though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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