Home Beta Invites To Go Out Weekly [UPDATE]
Written by Sev1512 
Did you get your Home invite? No? There is still a chance!
As you all know, PlayStation Home Beta invites started going out today for US. Unfortunately there are a lot of disappointed PS3 fans out there, as only a select few (like me *yay*) got into the first round of invites in the Expanded Home Beta. I have been searching and searching trying to find out some info that might calm the masses that didn’t get their email invite.
According to PS3forums member gerrylum who contacted SCEA about PlayStation Home Beta invites, SCEA replies with this:
Thank you for writing us.
On Thursday, August 28, 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will begin an Expanded
PlayStation(R)Home Beta. SCEA will be adding users weekly (starting 8/28/08 ) and continue up to the
start of the Open PlayStation(R)Home Beta.Besides new users, the Expanded PlayStation(R)Home Beta will include a new Home Central Plaza, and
other core spaces including a new Home Theatre, the existing Game Space and the Mall. At this time,
the Mall will only feature free items. More spaces are expected to be added throughout the course
of the Expanded PlayStation(R)Home Beta.Please note, the Expanded PlayStation Home beta is by invitation only.
PlayStation LifeStyle has also emailed SCEA, we haven’t received a response as of yet. We will update you when we hear back from SCEA.
[UPDATE]
Well, I spoke with an inside source at Sony who confirmed this to be true. I also contacted SCEA and received the same email as above.
Its safe to say… Home Beta invites WILL go out weekly.
Told by an "inside" source...
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September 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I’m in!!!!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Sev – I have just one question.
Why do I envy you right now?
JK! No seriously, thank you for finding this, it really assures us that we have a second chance.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 AM
who here got in and gets every Quore thing?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Didn’t get in…I heard that the people that got in had the Home Theme up for a while. I don’t know if this is true though….
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 AM
I hope I get in. I know I probably won’t since they check your activity on PSN, and I usually don’t log on when I play SP games (which is just about all I play) >.<.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 AM
I would like to participate, but since I am outside of the US I think I don’t have a chance to get in. I don’t get it, I can buy things from the PSN with my credit card but I don’t have access to the video and store, and I guess I won’t have access to home. Congrats to the people who got in!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 AM
@ jamie,
yep, I got in!
So far from what I have seen its great. That’s all I can really say for now as I am under NDA.
I am a tad bit disappointed that some of the features I was testing out at E3 aren’t in this version the expanded Beta.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:44 AM
I wouldn’t know if I got in considering Sony always send me email updates from the store two days later all the time. Does anybody have this problem? If I don’t get in I wouldn’t play as much just start my 3 rd year in college today…. If my grammar is off its my dumb iPhone’s touch screen
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 AM
@ Weapon20X,
Yes I do normally get the PS Store update emails a few days late. But my Home Beta invite came at 4pm today EST.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 AM
@ sev1512,
Have fun in it, the HOME-less will hopefully join you soon.
Just one question though, do you think, so far, it has lived-up to all the hype? I know its only a beta and this isnt nearly all the content that is in the open beta. I think Sony has a few tricks up their sleeves when the open beta comes out mainly because they knew ppl were going to leak photos and vids.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 AM
i have a question by email do they mean computer email or do they mean like playstation network mail??
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Well, its a beta. So it can’t live up to the hype of the real full version.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 AM
But it looks as though to be on schedule to deliver the hype.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 AM
*sigh* Sev, you making me sad, i feel left out, and what if Sony still doesn’t pick me? i will be so sad!!!!!!!!!! i need someone to talk me through this if its possible
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 AM
just got my invite today. had the theme up since day one. (changed the wallpaper though.) i also have a year subscription to Quore, although i doubt that has anything to do with it. but who knows? i really didn’t think i’d get in. i’m so excited! good luck to the rest of you. i’m off to check it out now.
laters.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 AM
itd be sad if i wasnt in next weeks batch neither. oh well just gotta wait.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 AM
Whats the email you mailed to them was it
beta_test@playstation.sony.com ?
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 AM
I received the invitation todayyy… only 85mb to download? weird
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:30 AM
@ SomeonePR
There is more to download, you will see.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:41 AM
yeah that what I was thinking lol… thanks sev…
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 AM
I got my invitation today too. Meet in Home: PS id: marcro85
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 AM
Well I did not get the invite today and maybe it will still happen but I know that in about 45 days the doors will OPEN wide for all that are left and I can thank those that got in before me for making it better for me….
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 AM
Hey SEV… a little help… how I can enter in the warhawk room or isn’t done yet? You know what I’m talking about? about those one like the resistance and uncharted ones I saw in some videos
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 AM
LMFAO! I was playing pool with you. I thought it was a fakie with a similar PSN lol. I lost to you in pool though… D:< My PSN was CoolPrizes4Free
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 AM
To get access do u only need to download the Home theme or do you need to have it active on your PS. Because I only downloaded. I would be mighty pissed if I screwed this up.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 PM
very good news, hopefully i get in on these invites, otherwise i will wait until the finished product releases
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 PM
@ SomeonePR,
The Warhawk, Uncharted, etc rooms aren’t in this build. But they were in the E3 build I played. So hopefully they will add those other spaces soon.
@ David Van,
Great game of pool, my friend.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 PM
whats your psnetwork id sev
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Did yall get the invitation via email or in the psn inbox? I will have to check my ps3 if thats the case, when i get home from work.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 PM
@ Sidius,
You get it from your email!
Every time I load home, it gets stuck loading Central Plaza…. I left my ps3 on all night with it loading the Central Plaza, yet it never loaded! I tryed to reset my ps3, no help….. DARN!!!!
September 4th, 2008 at 8:03 PM
i got an invite 2 days ago, and yes, its by email
September 5th, 2008 at 1:21 AM
more batches pls, thank you for this info, fingers crossed I get in sooner than later!
September 5th, 2008 at 8:41 PM
where do you get the invite? on ur E-mail or PSN mail?
September 7th, 2008 at 12:49 AM
i really want the home beta im hopeing i can get it soon cause im a home fan it looks really sweet.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I’ve noticed alot of people stopped posting after September 3.. They probably have their invite already(Lucky S.O.B”s)
September 12th, 2008 at 5:32 AM
If anyone gets in without having a subscription of Qore please reply to this. Currently it seems like people who have subscribed to Qore are the ones that got invites.
(Check out the official PS forums for more info)
September 14th, 2008 at 7:11 AM
i have a Qore subscription and did not receive a invite so thats not necessary true
September 14th, 2008 at 11:12 AM
I have Home Beta Invite, Never used, Looking to swap it for a Resistance one!
Email me at free.wii.or.gift@googlemail.com if you want to swap!
Cheers
September 14th, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Welp, It Looks As If Sony Has Lied To All Of Us… Cause After The 1st Wave Of Invites Were Sent Out, The Following Week= A BIG NOTHING! What Gives? My Buddy Got His On A Tue The 2nd & This Tues. Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat & Sun Went By With Nothing… So, I Guess We Will Be Waiting For The Open Beta That Hits PS3’s In A Few Months… (*sigh) It Wouldn’t Have Been So Bad If They Actually Were Releasing Them Every Week Like They Said… O-Well!
September 21st, 2008 at 11:47 PM
This sucks I’ve been waiting for so long to get the Playstation Home beta but no invites.My friends doesn’t have it cause they never played it.I want to be in the closed Home beta. PSN: coolash123
September 25th, 2008 at 3:43 AM
im hoping i eventually get in….
September 28th, 2008 at 8:03 PM
i have almost lost my marrie over hy ps3 and now this …..time to sell!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Give me one!
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 PM
i got it but im trying to get in to the plaza i download it and then i cant get in it it is download it again
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:34 AM
hey id like to have a go with this home idea i no its been out 4 awhile im from au so news comes late here but from what i no a few aussies have this home program id like to have a betta trial cause im pretty much on psn all the time lol besides work but hey beggers cannot b choosers if i get an invite thanks a bunch if not i gues ill have to wait my psn is barnzy86 hope to hear from ya’s.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 AM
im from australia sorry lol
December 4th, 2008 at 4:13 PM
I got in to home and it is totally awesome. With the updates that are said to be coming in the future like tvs and everything that a real person would need in there house and would have just to have Playstation home is easily going to blow 360’s out of the world. So for right now for the ones who didnt get in just wait awhile and it will eventually b public and you will be able to enjoy the updated version of it. And if anyone got in find me and talk to me or come and play a game of pool. My tag is gamergamer102
December 4th, 2008 at 10:11 PM
December 9th, 2008 at 3:41 AM
I would love to have an invite, my brother has it and its awesome!
December 18th, 2008 at 3:09 PM
I have been trying to log on to home beta this morning and it is coming up lost connection server error D5027 can you please tell me why this is.