Official PS3 Discussion Part III...

[DTX3]

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Anyone know when/if they are going to update the Flash player?

[Flawless]

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Gamespot: PlayStation Home Hands-On

While Home was originally pegged as a social networking tool akin to something like Second Life or even Facebook, the developers in the UK have made a more conscious effort recently to reposition the software for gaming. The social networking aspects will still exist with a heavy amount of customisation, interaction, and competition, but the ability to seamlessly move between Home and a traditional gaming experience is going to be something you'll hear being emphasised during the coming months. Taking MotorStorm as an example, the team has made it very easy for you to organise a gaming lobby straight from within Home, using a virtual PSP to customise and launch a game.

We were shown an example of such an experience from a developer who was playing Home in the main home square environment. The home square features video walls (this time playing a MotorStorm Pacific Rift trailer), as well as shops and cinemas, and it's intended to be a hub for up to 64 people to get together and meet. It's worth noting that 64 is the limit on the number of people in one place in Home, while you can only have 50 people on your friends list. The developers clearly recognise the restriction of such a number--Xbox Live has a 100 capacity and still many people do not find this big enough--and expect to increase this limit in the future.

As long as you have a game installed on the hard drive or in the disc tray, you can jump straight into an online lobby from within Home. This means that you skip any of the game's introductions, and in the case of MotorStorm, you even get a custom loading screen that features the Home logo in the corner. Using the PSP interface, you can customise all of the game rules that you'd expect from an online game, including the number of players, private slots, and laps and tracks. Once you're ready to go, a small PlayStation control pad icon appears above your head. This indicates to other Home users that you're ready to play, and they can come over, chat to you, or just join you if they're interested. The demo that we played was running over the Internet, and even in its beta form, moving between Home and a game of MotorStorm was a completely seamless experience.

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Hmmm....could that be the online component to HVB?!

I forgot to check, but can anyone confirm that the HVB download is for the online component.

[bcruise]

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I forgot to check, but can anyone confirm that the HVB download is for the online component.

I'm not seeing it, nor am I seeing a lot of the stuff from the post I originally quoted.

[Pared]

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It may have been only for Europe.

[Flawless]

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Reeves: Home was too ambitious

Sony was being too ambitious with the non-gaming applications of Home and delayed the project to focus on gaming, SCEE president David Reeves has told CVG.

In a brief interview at the recent PlayStation Day event in London, Reeves admitted that Sony wants to make sure the gaming parts of the service, like trophies and Home-to-game launching, are ready before it goes public.

"It is definitely coming out in autumn," assured Reeves. "Whether that's October or November, I don't precisely know, but it is an open beta."

"We've realised that maybe we were too ambitious with the non-gaming applications within Home, getting sponsors and stuff like that," he went on to confess.
"In that sense we were deserting gamers. So, we're concentrating on the gaming by launching games in Home, and attracting people who are into gaming in first - instead of the Nike people, or Adidas people who are into fashion and not necessarily into gaming."

[Pared]

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That's really good to read.

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Sure is

[Gibbz]

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I'm tempted to trade-in my 360(whenever it arrives) and buy a PS3. I really think PS3 will be back on top in a year or so, and besides, the Metal Gear series is probably my favorite of all.

[Scott]

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I'm tempted to trade-in my 360(whenever it arrives) and buy a PS3. I really think PS3 will be back on top in a year or so, and besides, the Metal Gear series is probably my favorite of all.

Do it, you won't be disappointed, especially with no blu-ray player being under $350.

[HustlinOwl]

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Pretty good deal on a bluetooth headset

http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php/masterid=51351633/lot_id=8181139/

[Pared]

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That's the Jabra Woot! was giving away 2 for $20 a while back...

Decent headset.

[Eton Rifles]

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I just ordered one. They have 14 left if your still interested.

[theaub]

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I've run into a bit of a problem with my PS3...it just seems a little laggy when loading and saving files. There's no lag during gameplay, but when I load and save stuff it takes about 3-4 times longer than before, and it seems that the game is freezing (music goes in a continuous loop etc). I'm wondering if anyone has had this before?

[Altimus]

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I've run into a bit of a problem with my PS3...it just seems a little laggy when loading and saving files. There's no lag during gameplay, but when I load and save stuff it takes about 3-4 times longer than before, and it seems that the game is freezing (music goes in a continuous loop etc). I'm wondering if anyone has had this before?

Corrupt HDD maybe?

If I was you I would back up all my save files on a flash drive and reformat the HDD to see if that helps.