Home and Second Life not the same thing - Harrison

[Banana Man]

Sony's Phil Harrison has denied that PlayStation Home and Second Life are basically the same thing, claiming it's "way oversimplifying" to make the suggestion.

"In Home, you get a character and a 3D world, and that's where the similarity ends," he told semi-official Sony blog ThreeSpeech. "Second Life does some brilliant things but with Home, we're providing a service. Therefore, the tone of voice is what will differentiate it - Home is about entertainment, it has a game focus, and it's about sharing with a like-minded community."

Observers have been drawing the comparison ever since Harrison unveiled Home - an online universe where PS3 users can set up a home and interact with friends and services - at the Game Developers Conference last month.

"We don't give users the level of influence over the environment, behaviour and object definitions that Second Life does - it's as secure as any other PS3 game," Harrison continued. "With some of the operating system protocols that are built into the Cell chip, it's about as secure as you can be on a consumer device."

That's not to say you won't be able to customise your surroundings though, as Harrison explained: "We were discussing how, if you had a great view from the back of your apartment - the perfect sunset across a lake, say - you could get all your friends around, and buy a premium item - a perfect V of ducks flying in front of the sun. So while your view would be the same as your friends', you could customise it in some unique and charming ways."

[TheBrownBear]

Fair enuff, cant wait 4 dat sh*t to come out

[colinkelly]

ya it will be so sick i can't wait bud,should be some sick way to sort out online games like

[Darragh-rules]

yea that sounds great bud

[crashcrazy]

hehe BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! BUD! :lol:

[Redpop1]

Home will be fantastic, can't wait for it.

[gamesplayer]

Sony's Phil Harrison has denied that PlayStation Home and Second Life are basically the same thing, claiming it's "way oversimplifying" to make the suggestion.

Fair play to Phil. Second life was original. My mates just couldn't be bothered with it though, like most after a few goes. Home wiil be more accessible to more people on PS3 and the whole comunity will have loads to chat and do

[andy]

I've tried Second Life. It more like a 3d world of online shops full of crap that is badly rendered. In fairness i do like the variety of custom avatar styles but that enough for me.

[SeanyboyQPR]

Home will be amazing, the perfect way for clans etc. to meet up, and for people on this forum to socialize and get to know each other, home will bring ps3 another step closer to whipping 360's @$$

[pele_rocco]

^

correct