xbox live meets the sims...at home

cheddar
cheddar Posts: 2,390
edited August 2007 in Video Games
Ran across this today. Thought it was interesting...

http://www.gametrailers.com/downloadnew.php?id=17558

Seems like an interesting evolution in the whole online social experience. Wonder what you can really do in your private pad with people you meet and bring back...home...?
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited March 2007
    That looks pretty interesting. I'd screw around on there for a while if I got bored of my huge 2-game PS3 collection. I wonder when it's supposed to come out...
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited March 2007
    Possibly this spring. It's hard to find information on it. And it's supposed to be free.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited March 2007
    Must say, I can see myself getting lost on there for months. Whenever I plug in the Sims for a change of pace, hours go by in the blink of an eye.

    It's kinda like a WoW for more sane people!
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2007
    holy crap, talk about having powerful. This is the future of gaming in many aspects, I can see this growing huge. Allot of power tools included as well, music sharing, etc. I would definitely get into it. Should be fun.........xbox360 needs this also.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2007
    I was just watching that earlier today. It is a fantastic idea which will bring the PS3s online capabilities up to speed with the well established Xbox Live service. The visuals are also nice and clean considering it is most likely an early build of the final product.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited March 2007
    If someone gets it let me know if you can do "romantic" things with the women.....if so I'm buying a Ps3 and you can count me in.....









    (joking)......or am i? :p
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited March 2007
    Here's a 20 min in engine demo. While heavy on the marketing and product placement, it looks like a cool virtual world. Definitely polished for something that won't be out until Fall.

    http://www.ps3insiders.com/ps3/175399343.php
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2007
    took forever for them to get the thing working, ps3 glitch I suppose. If the bugs are worked out I'm buying into it. Seems like fun
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Honestly, it looks pretty stupid to me.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited March 2007
    Well,

    Who knows what the final implementation will look like. But I guess it all comes down to if you like sites like myspace or not. 'Cept with games and stuff...
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Well, remember the types of conversations had on consoles during gameplay. They tend to be young, male, and very immature, as well as homophobic and racist. Why in hell would I want to go into an online world and chat with these people? I'd rather play actual games.

    Just my opinion.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited March 2007
    I think that's the point, kinda pull the demographic towards myspace and see if it gains any traction. Otherwise, an xbox live clone would have been the way to go.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited March 2007
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Well, remember the types of conversations had on consoles during gameplay. They tend to be young, male, and very immature, as well as homophobic and racist. Why in hell would I want to go into an online world and chat with these people? I'd rather play actual games.

    Just my opinion.


    That's a good point. In theory it's a great place to interact with people from all over the world. But in reality, you'd probably just become and angrier person from dealing with so many dipshits.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited August 2007
    So I'm just curious... has anyone heard any updates on this thing?
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited August 2007
    You mean besides sony doing their intros at E3 with it? Looks like they're still very commited to getting the thing out and making it a centerpiece of their playstation network. The graphics and functionality looked very similar to the trailer with customizability of your character and where you "live". It may have video connectivity with games like singstar and if they include the ability to upload videos to it and use the ps camera, it could be a cross between myspace and youtube. We'll have to see how people actually use this thing. I'm wondering how they'll keep the place from getting too adult. It seems like a pretty wide open format where you can share almost anything multimedia wise.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited August 2007
    I guess I was just wondering if there was a planned release date or at least beta release. I haven't really been following it....
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    edited August 2007
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited August 2007
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    I guess I was just wondering if there was a planned release date or at least beta release. I haven't really been following it....

    October 2007 last I heard. It's already in worldwide beta release...
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