Home is outdated, says Microsoft exec

[Shrygue]

via Games Industry


Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has criticised Sony's PlayStation Home as outdated.

"What Home to me feels like is Second Life for hardcore gamers. It doesn't feel like it broadens the experience and invites people in," Greenberg told Kotaku.

"When they unveiled it, it seemed innovative. I think what's happened is now here we are a couple of years later and we feel beyond that.

"It feels like 2005 tech in 2008. I'm not sure that's what people want," he said.

Greenberg added that, at least in his mind, there is still a "huge gap" between the quality offered by Xbox Live to that of Home. He dismissed the possibility of an Xbox Live subscription price cut by observing that many are "willing to pay for the premium experience".

Aaron Greenberg's criticism of PlayStation Home comes days after EA founder Trip Hawkins said the service was unsure of its target audience. He argued that following the Second Life route would take Home away from the mass market being captured so successfully by the likes of Nintendo and even Xbox Live Arcade.

The open beta for PlayStation Home kicks off today ahead of a full launch sometime next year. Game clients can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store, and the only charges involved are for micro-transactions when buying some new virtual clothes.

[Mc_Logical]

They would say that now as home taken awhile to come, microsoft just found the right time to strike lol home is what u see is what u get, like u knew b4 u tried, does sony ever mock microsoft? wiseman stays silent lol

[JLF65]

And when MS releases THEIR version which isn't nearly as good, he'll call it "new" and "innovative". MS is infamous that way... always late to the party, then tries to claim they invented it.

[DPyro]

Just trying to remove some of the hype, now that it's been released publicly...

[F9zDark]

Well they can shove it up their ass. When I can build my own laser tag game in the middle of Home's central square, will I call this "Second Life".

One cannot compare Home to Second Life, because Second Life allows you to do ANYTHING you wish: make a mini-game, make cars, boats, cycles, anything, make your own continent and call it your country and goto "war" with other nations.

Sure, that's quite a sensational paraphrase of Second Life, but I $#@! you all not, that is in there.

What does Home let us create? Nothing. On the official boards, many members shunned the idea of in-Home-gangs (wearing the same clothes, etc). Second Life has no qualms with one creating their own nation and having a damn near "realistic" foreign policy with other like minded individuals who followed the same path.

Until all these retards in the game industry actually PLAY Second Life, they shouldn't throw its name around like they know what they are talking about. Because they don't know $#@!.

[Ultima Chocochu]

This is coming from a man who works for Microsoft, a company which released the NXE and has avatars that look like semi-mature Mii's XDDDDD

[Stone Temple Pilots]

^^Exactly my thoughts.

[ElRazur]

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[Eviltaco64]

And when MS releases THEIR version which isn't nearly as good, he'll call it "new" and "innovative". MS is infamous that way... always late to the party, then tries to claim they invented it.

"The idea for Home was in my mind since 2003, says Microsoft exec".

[JLF65]

"The idea for Home was in my mind since 2003, says Microsoft exec".

See? Just like I said... trying to take the credit already and they don't even have it themselves.
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