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Even More Home Beta Invites Going Out. Oh ...
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 11:00 AM on September 20, 2008
Even More Home Beta Invites Going Out. Oh hey, here's another Kotaku public service announcement, reminding you to check each and every one of your e-mail accounts, as Sony has issued another batch of PlayStation Home beta invites. It's been a couple weeks since the previous round, so we hope the news is indicative of a fortnightly schedule. You get in?
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Rurik
Posted 12:08 PM 20/9/08
@Ahsayuni: Weep silently at the injustice of it all
Rurik
voteccow
Posted 12:08 PM 20/9/08
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I got in, thanks Kotaku for the heads up as always!
voteccow
Ahsayuni
Posted 12:08 PM 20/9/08
What do I do if my email account has been deleted?
Ahsayuni
TC
Posted 12:05 PM 20/9/08
@Kid_Bitchin: I've loved the Home beta since getting in the last batch. Although I cannot imagine it being very fun before when hardly anybody was on it during the main closed beta. A big piece of Home is socializing so you will either love it or hate it as a quasi-dumb-down-Second Life in HD. Since the big influx of testers these last two waves it is starting to actually look very practical, consistently busy, and fun socialize in.
TC
Hand_O_Death
Posted 12:04 PM 20/9/08
nope, did not get any Emails from them unless Sony has some un-natural love of "Farm Animals"
Seriously, who clicks on those things?
Hand_O_Death
Rurik
Posted 11:57 AM 20/9/08
@KSPRAYDAD: I was only 6 when the PS1 came out, but if I had been alive I probably would have had one. I did use MiniDiscs haha.
Rurik
KSPRAYDAD
Posted 11:55 AM 20/9/08
@Rurik: 06-07! That's commitment. Puts my ownership of a SONY Trinitron circa 1970 to shame.
KSPRAYDAD
Đipic
Posted 11:53 AM 20/9/08
Word out on the street (the interbutts) is that Home will be coming out with the release of firmware 2.50, which is rumored to be out next month. Just thought I'd mention it as it's recent news and quite relevant to this article. =p
Đipic
Rurik
Posted 11:51 AM 20/9/08
Sony, its over. I would say "its not you, its me", but we both know its you. I was always there for you. Even back in 06-07. Those were tough times, and they brought us together. I know it seems like I bug you with my needs, but that's because you don't fulfill them. I have been trying to get into your Home for more than a year now, and all I ever get is stories about how you let other people in. I can't deal with a company that gives out beta invites to people who don't appreciate it, and only gives me blurry pictures. You know I care for you, but I just can't be with you anymore.
Rurik
mind in rewind
Posted 11:49 AM 20/9/08
I got in! :)
mind in rewind
His_Shadow7
Posted 11:45 AM 20/9/08
I'm in. Yay! It's pretty sweet. I'm enjoying it so far. Shooting the shit with people from my friends list is the best part, and then migrating to a game tops it off as completely awesome.
His_Shadow7
KSPRAYDAD
Posted 11:41 AM 20/9/08
@Kid_Bitchin: If they DID market it as a SIMS game you'd have minimum 3 million in sales.
KSPRAYDAD
Kid_Bitchin
Posted 11:38 AM 20/9/08
Trust me, if you do finally get an invite you'll probably be very disappointed. I now it's a beta, but Sony should just market Home as "The Sims: Watching Paint Dry."
Kid_Bitchin
Candlejack
Posted 11:37 AM 20/9/08
Hope the PAL one is also expanded. I really want an invite.
Candlejack
ca$h
Posted 11:37 AM 20/9/08
@Archaotic:
Exactly. You hit the nail on the head.
ca$h
Archaotic
Posted 11:37 AM 20/9/08
Sony really must only send out like five at a time...this is getting absurd. I just want to try Home so I can stop caring about it.
Archaotic
McClain
Posted 11:33 AM 20/9/08
didn't get in either, but if sony is true to what they say then we should have the open beta before they end of the year, so i can wait.
McClain
ca$h
Posted 11:28 AM 20/9/08
Nope.
I don't get it. For years I was in EVERY non-concurrent beta Sony offered, then all of the sudden about a year ago they just stopped coming. Fuck you Sony! =)
ca$h
KSPRAYDAD
Posted 11:24 AM 20/9/08
I feel like Paul Simon.
KSPRAYDAD
ZetaCrossfire
Posted 11:22 AM 20/9/08
Home got old after the 2nd day...
ZetaCrossfire
You Are My Friend!
Posted 11:20 AM 20/9/08
I did not get in, but if they're going to keep sending out invites like this, I'll have to tell my brother about it when he gets back, or he'll get pissed about it.
You Are My Friend!
boots555
Posted 11:19 AM 20/9/08
Nothing again...
boots555
bialia
Posted 11:17 AM 20/9/08
@bialia: update: i did not get in.
show me your rage. raaaaaage!
bialia
bodmodkub
Posted 11:16 AM 20/9/08
I did :D
Though I have to wait to get home to download it.
bodmodkub
Nirotu
Posted 11:15 AM 20/9/08
Cool. So what happened to the KOTOR 3 Amazon post that came up and mysteriously went down? Huh? HUH?!?
Nirotu
phantomlink
Posted 11:15 AM 20/9/08
empty :(
phantomlink
Jest
Posted 11:15 AM 20/9/08
Welp, looks like I'll have to keep waiting.
Jest
bialia
Posted 11:13 AM 20/9/08
oh for the love of god, please let me get it this time.
thanks for the heads up!
bialia
Fadakar
Posted 11:13 AM 20/9/08
No. :/
Fadakar
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Posted 12:40 PM 20/9/08
@Candlejack: Not sure it has yet Candlejack, but it seems it will catch up soon.
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Bii-Nii-Wii-Nii
Posted 12:26 PM 20/9/08
@Bii-Nii-Wii-Nii: Christ on a bicycle they are picking girls instead of me!
Bii-Nii-Wii-Nii
VixDiesel
Posted 12:26 PM 20/9/08
denied again it seems. oh well.
VixDiesel
Bii-Nii-Wii-Nii
Posted 12:24 PM 20/9/08
Whoooah Flashback to my 8th grade P.E. class....It's kickball day and the captains are picking teams.
Bii-Nii-Wii-Nii
DranzerKire
Posted 12:21 PM 20/9/08
No go for me D;
DranzerKire
Rurik
Posted 12:15 PM 20/9/08
@TheDoomer: I meant I wasnt alive int he 70s to have what he was talking about. I was using the Ps1 as a reference for age.
Rurik
TheDoomer
Posted 12:13 PM 20/9/08
@Rurik: Since when is being 6 years old considered not being alive?
TheDoomer
Spoony Bard
Posted 1:18 PM 20/9/08
@ceilingFANBOY: I don't think it was intentional. In which case it would be GREAT!
Spoony Bard
ceilingFANBOY
Posted 1:15 PM 20/9/08
@bodmodkub: I see what you did there. :-p
ceilingFANBOY
Jonathan
Posted 1:14 PM 20/9/08
Just to make sure I'm not looking forward to nothing, is it possible for Canadians to get the Home Beta, or do you have to live in the states...I hate when companies pull that Country only shit.
Jonathan
painkiller74
Posted 1:13 PM 20/9/08
I'm in! I believe Home has great potential from what I've seen so far.
painkiller74
KLEPTO671
Posted 1:00 PM 20/9/08
I think the chances of getting in our like 1 out of 500. I have a full friends list and most of them downloaded the Home theme. And none of them got an email.
KLEPTO671
BossVersion1
Posted 12:55 PM 20/9/08
Nope. Nothing here. Sony probably doesn't even want me. I just don't go online enough.
BossVersion1
Theoutlet
Posted 12:51 PM 20/9/08
I got in. Everything I dislike about it, is because it is a beta. If my friends got in I'd be having a lot more fun.
Theoutlet
dawimp523
Posted 1:48 PM 20/9/08
You know, you always want something you can't have, and when you get it, you don't really want it anymore. Especially when you wait SO LONG for it! That's what I think this whole Home experience will end up being.
And no, I did not get my invite! So sad... :(
dawimp523
artofwar420
Posted 1:36 PM 20/9/08
Bah, I never win contests, the only time I did, it was actually to bring something for the next contest.
artofwar420
Cornerb0y
Posted 1:31 PM 20/9/08
Damn it, guess I'll just wait until its released to the public...:(
Cornerb0y
ceilingFANBOY
Posted 1:26 PM 20/9/08
@Spoony Bard: I like to pretend it was intentional.
ceilingFANBOY
Raiden218
Posted 1:21 PM 20/9/08
@Jonathan: AMERICA - FUCK YEAH!! Coming to save the mutha fuckin' day ya!
Raiden218
LordCoCo1
Posted 2:05 PM 20/9/08
I'm just gonna hope that this goes through the weekend, if it doesn't I might have to either stop caring about home or create a time machine, go forward and get it, and come back and give myself the lotto numbers for the months ahead.
LordCoCo1
Silenthillnight
Posted 1:57 PM 20/9/08
Nothing here, shame. If I get contract work from Sony again, I'm gonna rip them a new one, haha.
Silenthillnight
kenesu96
Posted 3:29 PM 20/9/08
the paradox is, i bought a PS3 so i could use home, but with out any games that force you to be online all the time, the account watchers think that i would never bother with home. but if they would just give it to me, i would use it ALL the time! but since there is no home, there is nothing else to do with PS3 online for me, except watch scoreboads of the simpsons game or bionic commando. and did they get such high scores anyways?
kenesu96
gundam850
Posted 3:27 PM 20/9/08
i did not get in so fuck sony and when the fuck will LBP COME OUT
gundam850
dboy93
Posted 3:21 PM 20/9/08
WHY DID U DO THIS SONY!!!!!! I WANT HOME NOW!!!!!!!!!! I"D KILL SOMEONE FOR A INVITE AHAHAHAHAHHA SEE WHAT U HAVE DONE UR MAKING PEOPLE CRAZY
dboy93
DNAgent
Posted 3:14 PM 20/9/08
I lost interest in it after they took out video sharing so if I get an invite then I will be deleting it anyways.
DNAgent
ceilingFANBOY
Posted 4:05 PM 20/9/08
@gundam850:
ceilingFANBOY
bobtheduck
Posted 5:36 PM 20/9/08
No invite for me...
Is this like last time, and it's only qore users? I don't have the money for Qore, at the moment... It would have been nice getting something for free to mess around with.
bobtheduck
Inzoum
Posted 6:52 PM 20/9/08
I didn't get in (yet), though I'm a Beta Trial Member for the Playstation Europe community. Got the chance to test Resistance 2 a while back, but after that was over, I havn't received any new assignments yet. Home would be great, Little Big Planet would be better!
Inzoum
DukeOfPwn
Posted 9:06 PM 20/9/08
I GOT IN! SWEET JESUS I GOT IN! WOOHOO!
DukeOfPwn
Rakkoon
Posted 8:59 PM 20/9/08
Completely random comment ahead: why is there a trap door but no front door in the logo's house?
Rakkoon
joeloliol
Posted 10:07 PM 20/9/08
@PapaBear434:
lol, im in the same boat.
DAMNIT... i was actually sure i was going to get an invite this time!!
joeloliol
PapaBear434
Posted 9:50 PM 20/9/08
No. Nothing. Still nothing.
I'm starting to believe Home doesn't exist, and it's all a really elaborate joke on me. So all you folks that say you "Got In," you can give it up now. I got it, ha ha, funny on me.
Now cut it out.
PapaBear434
FrankieViturello
Posted 1:49 AM 21/9/08
Who do I have to fuck to get into this damned beta?!?!
I've been an underground member since like 1998, I've participated in all of Sony's consumer surveys, I was in the Warhawk beta and I gave great feedback.
I have a feeling that Qore yearly subscribers are on the top of the list with the "in" ticket.
:(
FrankieViturello
CosmicElement
Posted 1:47 AM 21/9/08
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-- I'm downloading that Home theme again.
Just because it's the only thing I *can* do.
CosmicElement
zerokoolpsx
Posted 5:19 AM 21/9/08
Nada, zip, zilch, nothing, nunca, noooooooooooooo!
zerokoolpsx
Thrillkiller
Posted 6:01 AM 21/9/08
Nothing here either :/
Thrillkiller
islandknight
Posted 10:41 AM 21/9/08
last i checked there's not much to do except chat and play a few minigames. there's not much to decorate your two different home spaces. idk maybe i'll check if anything is different.
islandknight
xcalibar25
Posted 6:12 PM 21/9/08
I got the invite. Not too imprssed with what I see. Though, the pool, bowling and the arcade are a nice touch.
xcalibar25
imgoingtomakeyoubald
Posted 8:13 PM 21/9/08
I got an invite a couple of weeks ago. I downloaded Home, had a peek around the place, haven't really touched it since...
imgoingtomakeyoubald
mcdingus
Posted 12:52 AM 21/9/08
in!
mcdingus
Diddyo
Posted 11:28 AM 20/9/08
Home is very busy tonight!
Diddyo