Today we’re announcing the expansion of our closed beta test for PlayStation Home to begin at the end of the month.
Later today, the PLAYSTATION Store will be updated with a PlayStation Home theme. By downloading the theme, users are submitting an application to join the PlayStation Home Beta test community. We will be using a variety of criteria including activity on the PLAYSTATION Network to determine eligibility for the Beta community. Existing beta testers have automatically qualified to be part of the expanded beta.
We’re really excited about this milestone and want our most loyal fans to be a part of the evolution of PlayStation Home.
In Europe, SCEE is also beginning their expanded closed beta, directly targeting consumers who have been most active on PLAYSTATION Network and PLAYSTATION Store. SCEE will be in email contact with their PSN audience very shortly.
Let us know what you think.
hey guys
I would like to get in to the home beta.
My email: yungj10791@yahoo.com
I love to play home ever since i heard about it on e3 a few years ago Ive wanted to play it.
PLEASSSSSE send me a invite to home im dying to play it!!!!!
I problemly wont get a invite. I dont win things like that but if i get i will be so happy i will be playin it for ever i really love sony and its systems i hope they give me a home beta invite!!!!!
Yes! Home Beta. Thanks alot Sony! Looking forward to Home!
This is very good news, i was so disapointed i wasnt picked up for the first closed beta, now this is a second chance opening up for us. And if i am still not in, i just hope HOME will be released soon :), I am really looking into that kind of social community and wonder if it will works great.
omg wow thanks dude. I can’t wait
I HOPE I GET INVITED TO THE HOME BETA.SONY I WOOD LOVE TO MEET
NEW FRIENDS PSN IS SKULL_FACE_NOAH THX SONY U
ROCK IM WITH U FORAVER ALL THE WAY.
I WOOD LOVE TO BE IN THE HOME BETA AND MEET FRIENDS AND PLAY ONLINE GAME WITH THEM I PLAY ONLINE ALOT PLEASE SONY
CAN I JOIN I WANT TO DO MORE WITH MY PS3
this is great the ps3 is the console that i see breaking record in the world
why do any of you think that playstation would need more of your information?
if you have a PSN account and downloaded the theme, then wait like the rest of us.
spamming your ID’s and email’s is sad and a good reason they never reply to us or take most of our comments seriously. Not to mention wastes lots of time and money by paying people to read your pointless comment.
quit please. asking (aside from laughing, not demanding.
thanks for you time.
This sounds sweet! I would love to be part of it.Good Luck Everyone.
I just spent a long time earning a platinum for uncharted, hope that is something they look at :)
i never really had much luck in life, got beat up, my phone got stolen, got cut from my school’s basketball team, the only thing that made me happy was playing basketball and when i got my ps3, those are the 2 important things in my life
How many already have keys?
@ headshot092 – perhaps it will help! on a side note whats your gamer level at?
@ lilrobda1 – that sucks mate. maybe you’ll get lucky and get into the beta. that would be something nice to help lift your spirit!
@ radicaljoey – Me!
OT: I showed my friend (he has a 360) home this week and he wants to trade in for a PS3 now. he didn’t get it at first but after i explained the point and let him wander around inside home he totally loved it! you have got yourself a future customer. if thats not networking i don’t know what is.
peace,
Lh
Though I’m not part of your beta testing, I’d point out that Home space customization is key to the success of this venture.
I don’t just want a Sims knock-off. I wanna customize things in my Home like gravity – I want to be able to build it from the ground up. I’d pay extra for that privilege, too! What if I want an Escher-esque type space, with stairs on the ceiling, etc? I should be able to go truly hog-wild; able to build anything from a space-station to a carnival fun-house…not just these bland, ultra-modern cookie-cutter spaces that let me choose my own furniture (puh-leeze!).
It is this level of customization that would allow the individual to create a space that truly reflects their personality – if you go the Sims route, giving people pre-fab apartments; you’re in for an overwhelmingly apathetic response…a tsunami of ‘meh’, if you will, and it won’t matter how pretty the graphics are.
If you’re gonna do it, do it right – no half-measures! Just my 2 cents. ^_^
Can’t wait good luck to us all.
Let me in please:)
I am on all the time, i have all the trophies to ssd and workin on eden. PLEASE SEND ME A INVITE!!! EMAIL yungj10791@yahoo.com
It would be sweet!! My E-mail box is waiting for the invite.. Hope to get a Home in HOME..
hi i lost out on home beta last time i hope i get lucky to get it this time i add that theme of home on my ps3 please send it to me thanks
hey my yahoo is vipers2804 please email me that home beta
Will you allow people under the age of 18 to join the beta?
So when is the US/Canada going to find out who made the cut? Any word?
I know & understand why i will not get the home &socom betas. but still have to ask not 2 be band from ROFM2 a very humbled md68
the socom con beta password is…
6X27R6W6
ur welcome
its on publicbeta.socom.com
cool i cant waitn…..has anyone else heard the august 26th rumous…??
what august 26th rumors
So is it the people who use the playstation network the most is the one that gets in.
im sure im late on getting in. im a little new to the playstation and ive been loving it so far, seeing that ps3 and the psp is up to date on everything. i think Home is going to be great. those that get in, i hope you all enjoy it.
So, I’m curious, where do we receive the invite? Through PSN? E-mail?
has anyone got an e-mail from PSH yet?
cool name shadow
haha, i googled home beta trial and i saw a forum on playstation.com it got me going crazy to see that it started. then i saw that the forum was done in 2007.
it would so sweet if i got in and it will be sweet if there was a swimming pool in there
any word on home :D i want to join
it says on the offical playstation eu website that the closed beta test is gathering feedback from the testers and that playstation home will be availible to all regestered playstation network users in late 2008 but now looks more likely it will be early 2009
Are there any components of HOME for the PSP or is it PS3 only? Remote Play compatible even?
I can’t wait for Ps Home, I really want to be part of the Closed Beta, I live in UK and hav been waiting for PS home since it has been announced. And use the PS store frequently.
Please send me a invite
PSN jordiboy247
Hi
this is the problem how can people in europe apply when there is no home theme on the europe (belgium) store.
I downloaded it from a mate who has a US account but he never uses his account.
Btw great work on detail on the home theme NiCe !;!
Can’t wait for this lol… I have been a beta tester ariea games for almost 14 months but I have never really considered the pc world to be my home because I have lived in the world of sony since the very first Ps1 and im glad to have an oppertunity to test out some of sonys products for a change and not a computer product lol but don’t get me wrong I do enjoy testing there games but the download time and the reports they request is a pain but like I said im more in tune with the world of sony lol so I truly do hope I get picked to test this exciting new product
Dang, I just realized that the PSN account I downloaded the theme off of is using my dad’s email account. Crap!
awsome, i already downloaded it, can’t wait to see if i get in
Man I hope Xmas comes early, this wait is killing me. One thing I’m not too happy about though is just read a thread that home will be region based, so I’m not going to be able to be an international man of mystery and mingle with people in england and such. I think they should have a server dedicated to those who would like to mingle int’l. Have like a virtual airport and your avatar gets taken to a neutral server w/other like minded socialites. (kind of thought that was the story behind home)
The simple thought of HOME brings joy to my heart. <3
Once the real thing is out, I hope to meet some like-minded people, make friends and have fun all while playing games :’)
Really glad to hear about this.
I’ve been really interested in this idea ever since seeing the video! :)
already downloaded hopefully I’ll get chosen!!
This is absolutely awesome news, and I’m sure there’s a ton of people who, with me, have been looking forward to this from the very first rumors written across the gamer sites. Thanks for taking the extra time rather than yield to the tyranny of the urgent.
Reminds me what I felt like back as a kid on the 23rd of Christmas.
Looking forward to the release –
RetroGravy
I hope I aslo make it in because because im always active on playstation network and playstation store