PlayStation Home Not for ‘Second Life’ Geeks
By Stephany on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Hardware, Sony, Sony
Ron Festejo, the creative director of PlayStation Home, has stated that he believes the PS3 virtual world is the “best-looking” and most “user-friendly” multiplayer experience he’s seen so far.
“From my point of view, looking at Second Life – because it has been mentioned a lot in the same paragraph as Home, and people make that comparison – I’m amazed at how many people go on there….. I think what we’ve done with Home is have the best-looking multiplayer world – and actually the most user-friendly that I’ve seen as well. We don’t have anything in there that’s appealing to that kind of geeky audience that you might find in Second Life.”
PlayStation Home will serve as an introduction to new content as well as a place for members to network and socialize with one another. It is a free download and for those of you lucky enough to be part of the beta, I am sure you can verify that it is nothing like Second Life. I am also pretty sure that PlayStation Home will not have S&M stores, sex-clubs, and job openings for strippers.
Via: GamesIndustry.biz
no strippers? count me out
“I am also pretty sure that PlayStation Home will not have S&M stores, sex-clubs, and job openings for strippers.”
Given that Sony announced at GDC that at least 92% of its registered PSN users were male, just give it time and they’ll be there.
> We don’t have anything in there that’s appealing to that kind of geeky audience that you might find in Second Life.
Uhm, okay. You just want 3D chat? You don’t want geeks? Count me out then.