[...] for the PS3, and as Raph Koster noted, we’re in an era where user-created content rules, and the tail wags the dog. What happens next is anyone’s guess. This is living, all right – in a remarkably topsy turvy [...]

[...] for the PS3, and as Raph Koster noted, we’re in an era where user-created content rules, and the tail wags the dog. What happens next is anyone’s guess. This is living, all right – in a remarkably topsy turvy [...]

[...] for the PS3, and as Raph Koster noted, we’re in an era where user-created content rules, and the tail wags the dog. What happens next is anyone’s guess. This is living, all right – in a remarkably topsy turvy [...]

Didn’t say he was. Just that he made the same mistake as the journalists he ripped into by not getting the facts straight either. Better to believe he was intoxicated when he stuck his foot in his mouth, otherwise there’s no excuse.

btw, do we have verifiable “adoption” (not subscription) numbers for WoW? Would still like to see those since Shirky kept citing WoW’s “adoption”.

Habbo Hotel seems the closest fit to me. With no scripting or in game modelling app that I’ve seen I’m not sure when anybody has even mentioned SL.

Now, if Home was coming out for the PS2, then, whoa. If I recall there are in excess of 60 million of those worldwide. That’s the sort of huge installed base you want when you activate a fundamentally different user experience like Home.

It’s a great idea. It would have helped them last November my opinion. But it’s relevance is tied to more people buying PS3s in my mind.

The other stuff will follow in time (PC integration, MMOs, etc)

[...] Koster’s take on this: http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/03/07…-wags-the-dog/ [...]

How is having a virtual aparment meaningful/useful? Or the other avatar-like movmeent through info-space. (Remember Microsoft Bob? It was about converting the Windows OS into a space… a house.) I can see the “Gee, that’s cool” factor, but not much more.

Well, there are obviously major differences between this and Microsoft Bob. For starters, the goals between those two are entirely different. Microsoft Bob was still an OS, meant to allow you to do computing tasks like run your applications, manage your files, etc.
Playstation Home, on the other hand, is all about hanging out and meeting people. As well, the control mechanism is directly intended for navigating a 3D space with an avatar, so it likely won’t be awkward to control.
It may still turn into a gimmick and people will continue to meet over MySpace or whatever else appears, but I bet that a lot of people who have met over other means would hang out a bit in Playstation Home. As for the virtual apartment, I’m not sure. I do know that even with what little I played of EQ2, I really enjoyed decorating my in-game apartment.
This is kind of what I was hoping for from Microsoft when they were talking up the new Xbox Live before the 360 was released. Perhaps now they’ll feel the need to compete with their own 3D space.

Nah, he’s not a journalist.