PlayStation Home To Get Big Update
Now, finally, maybe a reason to go home again...
Published: March 10, 2010
Anybody that has spent much time in PlayStation Home knows there is not much reason to spend any time in PlayStation home. I guess if you like to arrange a virtual apartment with virtual furniture and you don't own The Sims, it can be fun for like 10 minutes. Or if you are too cheap to buy Echochrome yourself, I suppose playing the watered down version in the arcade at home is sorta fun. Maybe you just love downloading massive files every time you enter a new area? This reporter would be happy just to see a nice trophy case in my room to show off all my hard earned trophies to my e-friends.
Truthfully, Home is a pretty underutilized section of the PlayStation universe, but hey, it's still in Beta, right? Sony is working hard to make you a little more excited to check out Home though, and it start with a massive update tomorrow!
PlayStation Home 1.35, a new service update available tomorrow, will decrease load times, enabling users to access PlayStation Home faster than ever before. In addition, PlayStation Home 1.35 replaces the PlayStation Home World Map with a new intuitive navigation system. This streamlined interface features multiple categories to enable users to quickly navigate through PlayStation Home, locate friends, and go to their preferred spaces in just a few clicks.
Categories will include:
Favorites: Personalize your own section to make locating and going to your favorite places quick and simple.
Personal Spaces: Your clubhouses and personal spaces are now right at your fingertips. The personal spaces you own and the clubhouses you belong to will be viewable in one convenient location.
Friends: Finding your friends that are signed into PlayStation Home has never been simpler. View the current location of your friends in PlayStation Home, and then navigate there to enjoy the action together.
Explore: Browse all the spaces PlayStation Home offers. Finding spaces that suite your taste and mood is now even easier.
Recommended: Keep up with what is “hot” in PlayStation Home. This regularly updated category will feature the newest and most exciting spaces and additions to PlayStation Home.
The new PlayStation Home 1.35 update also enhances the login process. Once users have launched PlayStation Home from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar), they will be transported directly to the navigator to begin exploring – making logging in and enjoying PlayStation Home even simpler.
These changes certainly sound like a move in the right direction for Home, and tomorrow I will be logging into it for the first time in months to check out the new design, and maybe catch a replay of Sony's GDC conference in the theater! See you there? I'll be the one dancing!
Truthfully, Home is a pretty underutilized section of the PlayStation universe, but hey, it's still in Beta, right? Sony is working hard to make you a little more excited to check out Home though, and it start with a massive update tomorrow!
PlayStation Home 1.35, a new service update available tomorrow, will decrease load times, enabling users to access PlayStation Home faster than ever before. In addition, PlayStation Home 1.35 replaces the PlayStation Home World Map with a new intuitive navigation system. This streamlined interface features multiple categories to enable users to quickly navigate through PlayStation Home, locate friends, and go to their preferred spaces in just a few clicks.
Categories will include:
Favorites: Personalize your own section to make locating and going to your favorite places quick and simple.
Personal Spaces: Your clubhouses and personal spaces are now right at your fingertips. The personal spaces you own and the clubhouses you belong to will be viewable in one convenient location.
Friends: Finding your friends that are signed into PlayStation Home has never been simpler. View the current location of your friends in PlayStation Home, and then navigate there to enjoy the action together.
Explore: Browse all the spaces PlayStation Home offers. Finding spaces that suite your taste and mood is now even easier.
Recommended: Keep up with what is “hot” in PlayStation Home. This regularly updated category will feature the newest and most exciting spaces and additions to PlayStation Home.
The new PlayStation Home 1.35 update also enhances the login process. Once users have launched PlayStation Home from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar), they will be transported directly to the navigator to begin exploring – making logging in and enjoying PlayStation Home even simpler.
These changes certainly sound like a move in the right direction for Home, and tomorrow I will be logging into it for the first time in months to check out the new design, and maybe catch a replay of Sony's GDC conference in the theater! See you there? I'll be the one dancing!
