PlayStation Home Adds Universal Feature
With the newest update to PlayStation Home, 1.3, a new, and much wanted feature, will finally be implemented. Game Launching, a feature that has been available only for a handful of games, is set to become a universal game feature within this update.
The process is quite simple, according to PlayStation Home Specialist, Locust_Star. All the player has to do is insert the disc of a game that is compatible with game launching, while the player is in Home. They’ll never have to sign out of PlayStation Home. While games that fully support Game Launching will have more intricate options, such as match type, the new Universal Game Launching will take players straight to the multiplayer section of whichever game they switch to.
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August 20th, 2009 at 11:45 AM
yup, nice.
i recommend you guys to check out the full updates post on the ps blog.
-a camera is also coming (it allows you to capture in-game sreenshots) aswell shrinking potions and the ability to try out chlothing before buying them and furniture too.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
JEez, It’s about time. I become more interested in Home as it becomes more useful. This was one of the things Home was announced as being capable of doing. Regardless of time delays, im happy to see it’s finally here.
Now if only we could get on the Trophy’s being patched in and incorporate gamer levels into special features/items/access….
August 20th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
This with alot of people were asking for ..I hope more game developer start supporting more home…
08/20/2009 at 1:30 PM
devs using the 1.3 SDK for Home can also make their own mo-cap animations, instead of using the pre-loaded ones. wooo!
August 20th, 2009 at 12:43 PM
no mention of Pets? wasn’t that the next big thing for Home?
taking pictures and fashion show stuff is kinda gay if you ask me.
no offense intended to those who like that sort of thing.
08/20/2009 at 1:29 PM
so you’d prefer pet fashion shows?
*oooo sick burn*
August 20th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Hopefully the speed up the loading time. I know increasing my cache to 12GB would help with HDD loading, but that doesn’t address having to re-download EVERY location each time a minor part is updated.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:53 PM
@SolidCake
Taking pictures can be used at your discretion, for a multitude of things. I don’t know what fashion show you’re talking about. What’s such a big deal about pets though? I think universal game launching far outweighs pets, being that, ya know, it’s about the games, and it is something that just about everyone on the official boards have been asking for for a long time. I personally didn’t think it was going to happen, but that feature alone makes the client update a success to me.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:08 PM
now we are getting somewhere
August 20th, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Can I have my Trophy Room…Please?
I know Trophies aren’t 3D (which they should have been made as), but I think Home can allow you to display certain trophies as 3D or 2D art in your house. I’d love to stick all the Fallout 3 Trophies on my Wall.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:24 PM
@Rictor
Supposedly, the trophy room/Hall of Fame is still in the works, but they wanted to get other things out of the way first. I believe this is the update they needed to incorporate before that becomes a reality.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:06 PM
This is nice. This would encourage more people to log into home and interact. It’s much better than just looking at the same old lobby.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Sweet!
August 20th, 2009 at 5:21 PM
@ SolidCake_
the avatar fashion show does suck…
August 20th, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I just hope that the game launching sort of stuff will at least let games like Rock Band hook up into a band. If not Harmonix should fix that. They’ve done a lot for us, but nothing lately. It wouldn’t take THAT much time to go “Hey we’re going to add like 3 options to game launching so that people can hook up easier”
I mean all you have to do is select quick play, tour, or competitive. There aren’t THAT many options. This will just make the match making system into a lobby system so to speak.
October 1st, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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