Destination Home’s Discord can be found here: discord.com/invite/PlayStationHome They’ll have links to the guides and everything needed if you want to jump back into Home on native PS3 hardware and RPCS3. And as always, if you have a console with Home already installed, don’t delete it! Donate your data so they can continue restoring parts of the service that might be lost.
What’s crazy is thinking they accomplished all these sponsorships like Audi and such in 2009. I mean nothing is like it really. Imagine the devs having instant loading from the ps5 and the endless possibilities.
I agree, best game I ever played, dang I tell you, I missed all the good times and never got off, even I first play it, I was like mind blown. Been on there for 4 or 5 years.
This almost brought a tear to my eye, I remember first playing this in beta back in like 09, and being there when the servers shut down like 6-7 years later. This game was so ahead of its time.
@@SkippyJr_xBee Well nowadays, yes our internet is much faster and miles ahead compared to 2008 standards. Even then having 30x faster internet in the late 2000s would cost almost as close to $250.00 per month just to get to the same speed as what Wi-Fi and 5G does nowadays. Back then, we still used 3G and Broadband Internet as our way to be connected to the servers (Even phones still used 3G back in the day and 32GB SD Cards were around $40.00 to even buy. Heck, 250GB cards back in 2008 costed over $300.00 to even get one, now they only cost half of that). 4G around the time this game came out became a new thing into the market but it wasn't really adopted until the early 2010s. And then 5G didn't come out until 2017/2018 at least, and wasn't adopted fully until 2020/2021.
Upoercutgrandma. Sucks that you had a shitty experience yo. But I’m with this guy , home was so fun back in the day. Met a lot of cool/ weirdos on there. It was ahead of its time.
@@vanhalen4life1 “Video game” noun a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display. GG ez
@@kirank287 An experience of well created and executed games and game related contents to play? Just a thought. (As well as a social or individual experience. A compendium if you like?).
I really appreciate you making update videos on this project. Its wild to see the passion put into bringing this obscured piece of PS3 history back to life. Also looking back the graphics still hold up very well even by todays standards.
This put such a huge smile on my face! I miss Home everyday! My boyfriend and I miss home, that's where we originally met,we'd love to go back and visit it! I still have my PS3 and could never bring myself to delete home after all these years....I'm not sure how this cache thing works or if it's easy to get in on the beta, but I'm really gunna support these guys. I've been getting increasingly depressed by the state of the world and all sorts of things I cared about getting taken away, or closed down, or discontinued....It makes me SO HAPPY to see Home again!! The fact that something I spent over 5 years on, everyday, creating so many memories, could be back and I could relive some of it again ..Man...I NEED this!! Lol 😭🥰🎉🎉🎉 Thanks so much Mystic for covering this 😃❤️🥺
Hi, Nagato. Content Server Developer for Destination Home. Thank you Mystic for having me on your platform! I’m glad, that the Destination Home Project has this coverage for the masses.
I'm sure you're aware of merged costume and clothing items. Figure out how to make sure they can no longer cause a significant crash to hardware on demand. I bet all the mod menus will still function also. The day this goes public you're going to have your hands FULL.
Damn I miss being a kid. I use to stay at home sometimes and just play this. Made a lot of friends, pimped a lot of digital hoes. I hope we get a metaverse that changes the game one day, this genre would go wild.
It would be cool if something like this existed that acted as a social hub for all of your games. If you and your friends are all in the dashboard it would act like a lobby where you could interact with each other or watch movies together in a social hub theatre. To start up a game you have to walk into that games building. Add homes and cosmetics . . . why hasn't this been done?
The real beauty of Home was that the creators really wanted people to play and enjoy. There was no need to spend, but you could do if you wanted to; the cost was minimal and you could get a great experience just hanging out or chilling in ways that you couldn't in real life. When real life got you down you could usually go to your HOME space and simply wander around, take part in designing your own space and avatar; take photos and discover all sorts of content related to the games you played - and even those you didn't have to some extent by playing mini games within those worlds. They may have seemed like add-ons or reasons to make purchases to some, but the atmosphere was just one of discovery; for there was SO much you could do. And, with new content being added all the time (both free and paid for) it always was somewhere you could go and just drop in to spend some time away from the worries (and stresses) there were in your real life. It was always somewhere which was yours and pleasant to be at. Just saying!
PlayStation Home was another one of those bright, open, exciting glimpses into the future, that just died without that future arriving, and we’re essentially in the same place we were 15 years ago with slightly better game graphics and bigger phones.
Too many memories, too much popularity. too many boyfriends and last but not least. all of the laughs and endless nights staying up. this gem will forever have a special place in my heart ❤️
the amount of nostalgia is insane. i spent so much time on home. its a shame sony doesny give it honor and respect it was INCREDIBLE they could totally find a way to do it again ( or the community just makes it better this time?!) just worried if it gets too big the big dogs will start coming :/
My Husband has a ps5 and still has his PS3 I was just telling him yesterday how much i missed playing playstation home and how come ps5 doesn’t bring it back it was so much fun would be in there for hours playing and met so many cool chill people i really hope one day they bring this back i will be there again playing it
I remember discovering this for the first time by accident i was younger and i was mind blown by everything i saw it was cool being part of a virtual community 😂😂
Meeting people from all over the world was mind blowing back then. Just casually chatting to people from America, Iran, Amsterdam. It was amazing and I miss it so much
Dude, No lie. This has brought so much nostalgic memories and a lot of depression to follow. Home to me wasn't much since I was a pre-teen around that time but even still, It was something that I have always appreciated growing up with it as the years came by. Understanding the whole concept of what was originally the metaverse turned into a game was beyond a perfect idea Sony once had. To be able to have a home you can create, visit worlds with minigames and other players roaming dedicated to a certain game/place/theme was just unheard of around that time especially with tv/movies and the reveal of many games really brought not only users together but Companies and even Sony itself closer to a player base like never before. Here's hoping there will be a new PS home for not only PS5 but for every console and crossplay as well. Imagine seeing the possibility of having all Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players all connect to a platform like Home and all just bond over movies, games, trailers, etc while interacting with the theme worlds or the plaza. After a game of whatever, just hop to go bowling or minigolf? Sony really had something...
Well unfortunately for companies nowadays they prefer live service and other ways to monetize content instead of doing Home that would last a lifetime but dry up the money quicker due to server costs. Sometimes it's just not worth it. But again, I do like to see it come back someday, even if it's more likely that they'll never do it after the failure of the metaverse Facebook tried to create.
Remember I met someone on there who I truly believed I was in love with. I and her made many, many memories. She became my “in-home” gf and we toured all the spaces together. People in the server would recognize if one of us wasn’t around the other, they would search the whole space to find the other. A lil digital hide and go seek if you will. One day I had messaged her, and no response. Hmm, she was in College and I just assumed she was busy. Fast forward a week, and no response… there’s something really wrong. No response to messages. A month, then a few, so I grew impatient. I found her on Facebook, and I was ready to lose my marbles on her. Wrote a crap ton and I was about to send it to her. I remember mentioning like “how could you ghost me like this?!” “What did I do wrong?!” Yada Yada Yada. Then I felt compelled to open her profile. And the news devastated me. People that I remember she would mention said “RIP”, “We miss you!” “I loved you so much Grace!” I was so heartbroken. I’m glad I didn’t send that message, but I couldn’t deal with the pain I felt. I couldn’t say goodbye, I never told her I loved her, jeez it hurt. Fast forward to even recently, I would think about her, how different it might’ve been if she was still around. Kind of sucks but so be it. That was a tangent, that went off the point of the video, but man Home touched me in ways a video game couldn’t. Kind of tragic how much money I spent on it looking back 🤣. I wish they brought it back for PS5, but I highly doubt it.
Couldn’t help but cry 😢reading your message there was so many cool people on PlayStation Home sucks you had to find out that way you never got to say goodbye 😢 at least you have all those good memories you shared with her may she RIP ❤
I created HomeStyle Magazine in 2009. Had a full staff of Graphic artists, reporters, writers and editors. Had a ball covering things happening within Home. Shout out to the other people that put out user created content in PS Home. I miss it!
I wish I got into it, I was a not so smart kid and thought home was just you designing your home and you could only be in yours and invite friends, so I just stuck to Black Ops 1 and Guitar Hero 3 at that time period
I remember seeing the video years ago interviewing one of the original developers who joined the team reminiscing about the game being loaded onto his PS3 and how it helped to find his true sense of person and belonging. I kept it in the back of my mind and almost forgotten about it till this video came along so it’s been exciting watching the buildup compiled into this here video towards a playable launch.
PlayStation home was such a cool concept, but I had truly terrible internet back when it came out and could never really use it, I would dc all the time. The console I had it in unfortunately died a long time ago. It’s great to see this preservation effort and how ahead of its time Home was.
Collecting the orbs in Aurora was great to do - each one had a different attribute and the locations and types were changed daily. It was a great way to boost the points and rankings. Of course back then it was something you *wanted* to do - as were a lot of the other things in Home also. They were not things you HAD to do, but you found new things all the time and could just visit and chill on the side - or join in if you wanted to - there wasn't any obligation, of course. Incidentally, just wandering around and taking in the sights and sounds was good also. Some alone time in some of the places was always great too - as it was almost like being there and just watching and relaxing. (Not something you could necessarily do in real life; there were no hassles and I experienced nothing to worry or disturb, people would generally let you do what you wanted, which was really nice!). (The 'whoosh' you experienced was you being transported to another part of the island), which was great for finding the orbs and using their 'magic'. It was a fun find and discover game, you never knew if you'd be able to achieve the finding of them all or not). Sorry, long comment and probably nothing new learned; it's just some things were really awesome and brings back some great memories!
It is pretty cool and all. I miss Playstation Home very much. I wish I could play it again like a lot of other people are playing it. But I'm not that smart about using technological connections, downloading, hacking, and installing. But if anyone can play it again, there's got to be an easier way to get into this. Or I can just hope and wait for a new and improve Playstation Home to come to Playstation 5. Maybe that will happen someday in the far future. I just miss the good old online days exploring spaces, playing minigames, socializing other gamers, and taking lots of pictures. It sure would be nice to do it all over again like old times.
It's the only area PS5 really needs a substantial improve: social. I really miss the What's New feed of PS4, i always loved to check what trophies my friends were unlocking, what games have been playing, clips and screenshots shared, commenting on them... Come on, Sony. Or make a big revolutionary virtual hub like PS Home was. There's market for this.
@@jali1 that was awesome too. I really miss those PS4 days, to be honest. It was such a social console, with great communities over the PSN. We just don't have it on PS5, it's so sad.
@@JokerX350 true. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving my PS5 so far and having a blast with it. It just doesn't feel as social as PS4 was. Even compared with PS3, with the PS Home. PS5 really needs a major update centered on social features, I'm just not sure Sony wants it. The communities on PS4 were awesome. Sony could really build it from scratch now. It hurts because now, more than ever, it's so easy and fast on PS5 to just take pics, clips, edit them and sharing. I would love we could have a feed of these sharings for each player on their profiles, then a main feed on the PS menu like we had in PS4, then communities for each games or private communities that could be created among friends. Such a shame there isn't anything like these features on PS5, it's a severe downgrade from PS4.
I'd rather wait for this and be excited for the full release to the public instead of being excited for anything Meta or other companies are doing. This is the O.G Metaverse and it still rocks no matter what year it is!
I remember booting this up a couple of times back on the PS3, but never really saw the point of it. Still, it's nice to see it being preserved for those who want to enjoy it.
I never understood Sony's excuse as to why PS Home had to shutdown in the first place. They were making plenty of bank off all the users logging in everyday buying cosmetics, packs, houses etc. Easily enough to cover the cost to keep it running.
It's been so nice and refreshing to step into a space that I thought was gone forever. Now if only MAG could make a comeback, I think I'd finally be at peace. Looking forward to Xi Continuum and more content updates.
This should have been on ps4 and ps5 too I remember skipping school just to play this game, I remember hours spent at the arcade, I remember playing red bull air race for hours hoping i'd break the record, I remember staying in the square up late chatting to people, I remember skating on ice when it was christmas, I remember my house at the port and my house at the Audi ski resort, I remember spending time in the mall looking for thrills people didn't know about, I remember watching sunsets in the island map or enjoying the marvelous landscape of Aurora Man I sure miss those days, but I miss more there isn't a way to connect with people anymore, nobody uses in-game chat in games, there isn't an app or game on PlayStation just to chat to other people since they got rid of communities. I haven't made any new friends since they took communities apart from ps4, ps5 feels so lonely at least for me
I’m pissed that this game is back because I made literally so many friends bro 😭 and so many memories the fact it’s back, I already donated my ps3 years ago such a pain, I can’t even get it back.
I met a lot of good friends on home, being able to launch games from home as well with them was so fun. Why Sony doesn't rebring back home to the PlayStation 5 especially with people home more often and with PlayStation 5's SSD.
I feel like the ps5 should cash in on vr chat specially because of their new vr 2 release, and create their own vr chat . With PlayStation characters , and other cool stuff.
Always spent so much time playing this game back then. It was just a way of meeting new people and doing whatever the hell you wanted. I truly hope they add this to the rest of the models.
Thanks for dropping in again Mystic. You probably don't remember Home Square since it's the European (SCEE) version, rather than the American (SCEA) one :)
I hope they're able to restore all the content. I spent way too much time as a broke kid playing the uncharted 3 minigame, sodium and its wipeout clone, even that amusement park with all the minigames. It was such a big part of the ps3 experience for me and the way that sony pretends it doesn't exist makes me so glad this project is happening.
This is preservation done right I still find it silly that Sony can’t preserve ps3 games but fans can for free I get why the architecture was weird but still if fans can solve stuff like home Sony can solve a lot of the major ps3 titles or at least remaster/remake them
Remembered playing this the first time.. i felt so immerse. Games inside a game.. have your own place.. Playing Siren haunted house style with random people.. was craazzyyy. Missed that..
thanks a lot for this video ! ♥ i was Marina the one taking tons of pictures haha ! hopefully we can retrieve more cache data and restore more pshome than ever !
I still have some screenshots I took when home used to be a thing still remember that cool men in black area where you would have your own cool suit, tie and black shades 😎
I have fond memories of Home, I was sad they never tried it again later on. All it needs is some love and I'm sure it would take off pretty well nowadays.
Honestly, this is what Sony should have done with PlayStation Home. Either ported it to PS4 or kept it operating but made the cosmetic items free. Similar to what the Avengers game is doing since it's shutting down. Glad people are working on restoring this. It was such a cool little social platform to meet people and I also enjoyed the option to launch into a game together too if you found people who wanted to play a game you owned.
I can’t wait till everyone finds out about this and everyone starts playing again, I was ten when I first started playing psh now I’m twenty one , I know so many people were really young back then too now most people who were my age right now back then when they started home are in their 30s which is insane to think about , it doesn’t matter how old you are right now just get on and relive that fun nostalgia we all used to have when getting on after a long day of school or work.
Sony doesn't know it's sitting on a goldmine. Imagine PS Home with VR support and today's fast internet and loading times. Plenty of cash to be made with cosmetics too.
It is great that they would actually bring something like this back! They have a lot of dedication. I have a future video idea for you. Grab a spare PS3 you don’t need and jailbreak it with custom firmware, then show on RUclips what it can do!
Im on Destination Home with my original PSN Account and i got almost everything Back including my appartments. Keep in mind that this is still beta testing but so gar everything has worked for me.
Sounds like I need to get myself a 2nd PS3 to mod (since I'm terrified of modding my main PS3 and getting my PSN account banned). I hope this project can preserve not just the US Home too. There are plenty of Europe exclusive things I'd love to see brought back.
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Destination Home’s Discord can be found here:
discord.com/invite/PlayStationHome
They’ll have links to the guides and everything needed if you want to jump back into Home on native PS3 hardware and RPCS3.
And as always, if you have a console with Home already installed, don’t delete it! Donate your data so they can continue restoring parts of the service that might be lost.
Man I really wish Sony would bring a this back but to PS5.
@@robertlawrence9000 bro we can't even change our themes. Sony doesn't care about us.
My PS3 seems to only work with component cables but I will try
@@DeViL303 "we need to verify your account for security reasons" -Nagato
As a former HCV for PS Home I’d like to be able to try this out but the link says it’s invalid for me.
This was the only time a metaverse was done right. They should bring it to PS5, I think it would succeed.
It was ahead of its time
I agree.
With Psvr2 support
Ooo they will bring it back better than before and with PSVR support you’ll see!
No clue how they haven’t thought of that. Even with the removal of communities they can’t use their brain to bring this back together
This is better than anything Metaverse will ever be!
Honestly and their avatars are more detailed
Fax
Wow, Metaverse comes long it looks so much better in this video ,wait that PS3 game called Home was my mistake 😆 .
Facts
What’s crazy is thinking they accomplished all these sponsorships like Audi and such in 2009. I mean nothing is like it really. Imagine the devs having instant loading from the ps5 and the endless possibilities.
Sony has something truly amazing on their hands and yet it’s left up to fans to recreate it. Man I miss Home
MONEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@SAMWHO1 a lot of it too lol
you're living in a virtual world...
I agree, best game I ever played, dang I tell you, I missed all the good times and never got off, even I first play it, I was like mind blown. Been on there for 4 or 5 years.
@@SAMWHO1But they could make a ton of money off of this.
Always appreciate it when RUclipsrs go the extra mile and put chapters on their videos
Oh totally. But again, other people can do that also if the uploaded forgot to do timestamps.
I always thought the RUclipsr adds it in that’s cool
@ivythegamer1111 it can also be done by bots though as well
"This feel like Home". It really does. Thank you for restoring and thank you Mystic for playing
You mean thank you Nagato...
Lemme check the channel name a sec…
This almost brought a tear to my eye, I remember first playing this in beta back in like 09, and being there when the servers shut down like 6-7 years later. This game was so ahead of its time.
lol this was not ahead of its time. loading screens were at least 5 min
@@ASSOOOJACK name one ps3 loading screen that wasn’t slow in 09? Try using the ps3 ps store today?
@@SkippyJr_xBee Well nowadays, yes our internet is much faster and miles ahead compared to 2008 standards. Even then having 30x faster internet in the late 2000s would cost almost as close to $250.00 per month just to get to the same speed as what Wi-Fi and 5G does nowadays. Back then, we still used 3G and Broadband Internet as our way to be connected to the servers (Even phones still used 3G back in the day and 32GB SD Cards were around $40.00 to even buy. Heck, 250GB cards back in 2008 costed over $300.00 to even get one, now they only cost half of that). 4G around the time this game came out became a new thing into the market but it wasn't really adopted until the early 2010s. And then 5G didn't come out until 2017/2018 at least, and wasn't adopted fully until 2020/2021.
It really was ahead of its time! Social media video games is the future 😂😅
dude i swear i almost shed a tear watching this, growing up playing this game for hours on end this truly makes me hapoy
Home was way ahead of its time. A lot of great memories on PS3 with Home.
same with your mom i miss her
@@Atrocitylol69 lmao
@@Atrocitylol69 😂
It wasn't. You're thinking of things that they advertised, the actual Home experience was empty and barren.
Upoercutgrandma. Sucks that you had a shitty experience yo. But I’m with this guy , home was so fun back in the day. Met a lot of cool/ weirdos on there. It was ahead of its time.
This would be perfect for PSVR 2
If Sony was smart they would invest into a PS Branded VR social space for their unit. It would definitely sell systems.
@@flouserschird or make a hybrid homestyle with controller or VR.
@@flouserschird Rec room..
@@joelbates8243 that’s a joke dude
This is a multi billion dollar idea that will cost multi billions of dollars to make. that why they aint doing it.
So many good memories from this game
It's not a game 💀
@@vanhalen4life1
“Video game” noun
a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display.
GG ez
There were many games in home when I was playing back then
@@vanhalen4life1 what is it then 😂
@@kirank287 An experience of well created and executed games and game related contents to play? Just a thought. (As well as a social or individual experience. A compendium if you like?).
A PlayStation Home with the current technology in 2023 would be awesome
Yeah the Metaverse lol
😂
Don’t even get me started on the Metaverse
I guess the closest we have are Roblox and that similar thing I can’t remember the name of on pc
It is called "Sansar" on PC...it is free to play to!
I really appreciate you making update videos on this project. Its wild to see the passion put into bringing this obscured piece of PS3 history back to life.
Also looking back the graphics still hold up very well even by todays standards.
This put such a huge smile on my face! I miss Home everyday! My boyfriend and I miss home, that's where we originally met,we'd love to go back and visit it! I still have my PS3 and could never bring myself to delete home after all these years....I'm not sure how this cache thing works or if it's easy to get in on the beta, but I'm really gunna support these guys.
I've been getting increasingly depressed by the state of the world and all sorts of things I cared about getting taken away, or closed down, or discontinued....It makes me SO HAPPY to see Home again!! The fact that something I spent over 5 years on, everyday, creating so many memories, could be back and I could relive some of it again
..Man...I NEED this!! Lol 😭🥰🎉🎉🎉
Thanks so much Mystic for covering this 😃❤️🥺
So strange seeing the spaces man 😂 adored home so much. Great video man
The first metaverse
I think its even the 3rd or 4th “Metaverse”
The best one too
Hi, Nagato. Content Server Developer for Destination Home.
Thank you Mystic for having me on your platform! I’m glad, that the Destination Home Project has this coverage for the masses.
I'm sure you're aware of merged costume and clothing items. Figure out how to make sure they can no longer cause a significant crash to hardware on demand. I bet all the mod menus will still function also. The day this goes public you're going to have your hands FULL.
Damn I miss being a kid. I use to stay at home sometimes and just play this. Made a lot of friends, pimped a lot of digital hoes. I hope we get a metaverse that changes the game one day, this genre would go wild.
It would be cool if something like this existed that acted as a social hub for all of your games. If you and your friends are all in the dashboard it would act like a lobby where you could interact with each other or watch movies together in a social hub theatre. To start up a game you have to walk into that games building. Add homes and cosmetics . . . why hasn't this been done?
Same 🤣🤣
Same here🤣
The real beauty of Home was that the creators really wanted people to play and enjoy. There was no need to spend, but you could do if you wanted to; the cost was minimal and you could get a great experience just hanging out or chilling in ways that you couldn't in real life. When real life got you down you could usually go to your HOME space and simply wander around, take part in designing your own space and avatar; take photos and discover all sorts of content related to the games you played - and even those you didn't have to some extent by playing mini games within those worlds. They may have seemed like add-ons or reasons to make purchases to some, but the atmosphere was just one of discovery; for there was SO much you could do. And, with new content being added all the time (both free and paid for) it always was somewhere you could go and just drop in to spend some time away from the worries (and stresses) there were in your real life. It was always somewhere which was yours and pleasant to be at. Just saying!
PlayStation Home was another one of those bright, open, exciting glimpses into the future, that just died without that future arriving, and we’re essentially in the same place we were 15 years ago with slightly better game graphics and bigger phones.
Too many memories, too much popularity. too many boyfriends and last but not least. all of the laughs and endless nights staying up. this gem will forever have a special place in my heart ❤️
i missed u bae
@@M3mali Lmfao! o' hi! 😂😭🥳
Haha I had someone on here who would buy me stuff and fully thought we were engaged 😂
@@Bethfair They were golden times, right? 🩷😂
I remember attending virtually the E3 Sony booth, that was one of the best ideas that I experienced on Home.
Amazing how one person (mystic ryan) can bring happiness back to alot of old home users ,great job
This is what the metaverse should aim to achieve!
Great video Ryan!
the amount of nostalgia is insane. i spent so much time on home. its a shame sony doesny give it honor and respect it was INCREDIBLE they could totally find a way to do it again ( or the community just makes it better this time?!) just worried if it gets too big the big dogs will start coming :/
I remember earlier video about PlayStation Home. There are now much more to find. Huge respect for people who can resurrect old things back to life...
My Husband has a ps5 and still has his PS3 I was just telling him yesterday how much i missed playing playstation home and how come ps5 doesn’t bring it back it was so much fun would be in there for hours playing and met so many cool chill people i really hope one day they bring this back i will be there again playing it
I remember discovering this for the first time by accident i was younger and i was mind blown by everything i saw it was cool being part of a virtual community 😂😂
I remember playing Home and going into the movie theater and watching the music video for Paramore's song Decode, I was blown away by that lol
Same way the first time I came across it too
The exact same way I discovered home, I believe I was like 12 at the time
Meeting people from all over the world was mind blowing back then. Just casually chatting to people from America, Iran, Amsterdam. It was amazing and I miss it so much
A dose of nostalgia I needed this morning. Thanks Ryan!
Dude, No lie. This has brought so much nostalgic memories and a lot of depression to follow. Home to me wasn't much since I was a pre-teen around that time but even still, It was something that I have always appreciated growing up with it as the years came by. Understanding the whole concept of what was originally the metaverse turned into a game was beyond a perfect idea Sony once had. To be able to have a home you can create, visit worlds with minigames and other players roaming dedicated to a certain game/place/theme was just unheard of around that time especially with tv/movies and the reveal of many games really brought not only users together but Companies and even Sony itself closer to a player base like never before. Here's hoping there will be a new PS home for not only PS5 but for every console and crossplay as well.
Imagine seeing the possibility of having all Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players all connect to a platform like Home and all just bond over movies, games, trailers, etc while interacting with the theme worlds or the plaza. After a game of whatever, just hop to go bowling or minigolf?
Sony really had something...
Well unfortunately for companies nowadays they prefer live service and other ways to monetize content instead of doing Home that would last a lifetime but dry up the money quicker due to server costs. Sometimes it's just not worth it. But again, I do like to see it come back someday, even if it's more likely that they'll never do it after the failure of the metaverse Facebook tried to create.
Remember I met someone on there who I truly believed I was in love with. I and her made many, many memories. She became my “in-home” gf and we toured all the spaces together. People in the server would recognize if one of us wasn’t around the other, they would search the whole space to find the other. A lil digital hide and go seek if you will.
One day I had messaged her, and no response. Hmm, she was in College and I just assumed she was busy. Fast forward a week, and no response… there’s something really wrong. No response to messages. A month, then a few, so I grew impatient. I found her on Facebook, and I was ready to lose my marbles on her. Wrote a crap ton and I was about to send it to her. I remember mentioning like “how could you ghost me like this?!” “What did I do wrong?!” Yada Yada Yada.
Then I felt compelled to open her profile. And the news devastated me. People that I remember she would mention said “RIP”, “We miss you!” “I loved you so much Grace!” I was so heartbroken. I’m glad I didn’t send that message, but I couldn’t deal with the pain I felt. I couldn’t say goodbye, I never told her I loved her, jeez it hurt.
Fast forward to even recently, I would think about her, how different it might’ve been if she was still around. Kind of sucks but so be it.
That was a tangent, that went off the point of the video, but man Home touched me in ways a video game couldn’t. Kind of tragic how much money I spent on it looking back 🤣. I wish they brought it back for PS5, but I highly doubt it.
Sorry for your loss bro :/ I’m sure she would have loved to met you and make things official
Couldn’t help but cry 😢reading your message there was so many cool people on PlayStation Home sucks you had to find out that way you never got to say goodbye 😢 at least you have all those good memories you shared with her may she RIP ❤
I created HomeStyle Magazine in 2009. Had a full staff of Graphic artists, reporters, writers and editors. Had a ball covering things happening within Home. Shout out to the other people that put out user created content in PS Home. I miss it!
the memories that just flooded back, insane.
Got to appreciate all the fans restoring old games/servers to keep them alive
It's totally amazing, i missed home so much and it's finally back ❤️
I loved PS Home. I was on it every night after work. I actually used it more than any games I played.
I wish I got into it, I was a not so smart kid and thought home was just you designing your home and you could only be in yours and invite friends, so I just stuck to Black Ops 1 and Guitar Hero 3 at that time period
Same my daughter was not long born and I used to play it through the night when up for night feeds 😂.
It's a beautiful day thanks ps3
Thats really cool to see, I had a blast with it back in the day
The last time I ever played PS Home was either late 2008 or early 2009 and it is an *absolute trip* to see it back like this
I remember seeing the video years ago interviewing one of the original developers who joined the team reminiscing about the game being loaded onto his PS3 and how it helped to find his true sense of person and belonging. I kept it in the back of my mind and almost forgotten about it till this video came along so it’s been exciting watching the buildup compiled into this here video towards a playable launch.
PlayStation home was such a cool concept, but I had truly terrible internet back when it came out and could never really use it, I would dc all the time. The console I had it in unfortunately died a long time ago. It’s great to see this preservation effort and how ahead of its time Home was.
Playstation HAS to be working on a new VR game like this
Collecting the orbs in Aurora was great to do - each one had a different attribute and the locations and types were changed daily. It was a great way to boost the points and rankings. Of course back then it was something you *wanted* to do - as were a lot of the other things in Home also. They were not things you HAD to do, but you found new things all the time and could just visit and chill on the side - or join in if you wanted to - there wasn't any obligation, of course. Incidentally, just wandering around and taking in the sights and sounds was good also. Some alone time in some of the places was always great too - as it was almost like being there and just watching and relaxing. (Not something you could necessarily do in real life; there were no hassles and I experienced nothing to worry or disturb, people would generally let you do what you wanted, which was really nice!). (The 'whoosh' you experienced was you being transported to another part of the island), which was great for finding the orbs and using their 'magic'. It was a fun find and discover game, you never knew if you'd be able to achieve the finding of them all or not).
Sorry, long comment and probably nothing new learned; it's just some things were really awesome and brings back some great memories!
It is pretty cool and all. I miss Playstation Home very much. I wish I could play it again like a lot of other people are playing it. But I'm not that smart about using technological connections, downloading, hacking, and installing. But if anyone can play it again, there's got to be an easier way to get into this. Or I can just hope and wait for a new and improve Playstation Home to come to Playstation 5. Maybe that will happen someday in the far future. I just miss the good old online days exploring spaces, playing minigames, socializing other gamers, and taking lots of pictures. It sure would be nice to do it all over again like old times.
Thank you team RPCS3
They need to make one for PS5..would also be an incentive for people to buy VR2 as well..this looks awesome.
It's the only area PS5 really needs a substantial improve: social.
I really miss the What's New feed of PS4, i always loved to check what trophies my friends were unlocking, what games have been playing, clips and screenshots shared, commenting on them...
Come on, Sony. Or make a big revolutionary virtual hub like PS Home was. There's market for this.
@@peterGchaves and bring back communities.
@@jali1 that was awesome too. I really miss those PS4 days, to be honest. It was such a social console, with great communities over the PSN. We just don't have it on PS5, it's so sad.
@@JokerX350 true. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving my PS5 so far and having a blast with it.
It just doesn't feel as social as PS4 was. Even compared with PS3, with the PS Home.
PS5 really needs a major update centered on social features, I'm just not sure Sony wants it.
The communities on PS4 were awesome. Sony could really build it from scratch now. It hurts because now, more than ever, it's so easy and fast on PS5 to just take pics, clips, edit them and sharing.
I would love we could have a feed of these sharings for each player on their profiles, then a main feed on the PS menu like we had in PS4, then communities for each games or private communities that could be created among friends.
Such a shame there isn't anything like these features on PS5, it's a severe downgrade from PS4.
Best metaverse game ever made. So happy modders were able to get the game back up I bought so many cool skins back in the day.
I can't wait for the OG music to come back
came too ps3 late so didn't get to experience this like my cousin did since I was a Xbox player.
This was the VRChat before the VRChat.
damn i was 15 when i used to play ps home i miss it so much now im 27 and i miss my people :(
I'd rather wait for this and be excited for the full release to the public instead of being excited for anything Meta or other companies are doing. This is the O.G Metaverse and it still rocks no matter what year it is!
I remember booting this up a couple of times back on the PS3, but never really saw the point of it.
Still, it's nice to see it being preserved for those who want to enjoy it.
I never understood Sony's excuse as to why PS Home had to shutdown in the first place. They were making plenty of bank off all the users logging in everyday buying cosmetics, packs, houses etc. Easily enough to cover the cost to keep it running.
Bad decision making
i like this wave of old online exclusive content coming back trough restorations projects, emulation and even on the native hardware. neat stuff!!!
Needs a modern version on PS5…with VR support. PS Home was ahead of its time.
It's been so nice and refreshing to step into a space that I thought was gone forever. Now if only MAG could make a comeback, I think I'd finally be at peace. Looking forward to Xi Continuum and more content updates.
THIS!
MAG is making a comeback on the PSONE servers, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be close to release.
This should have been on ps4 and ps5 too
I remember skipping school just to play this game, I remember hours spent at the arcade, I remember playing red bull air race for hours hoping i'd break the record, I remember staying in the square up late chatting to people, I remember skating on ice when it was christmas, I remember my house at the port and my house at the Audi ski resort, I remember spending time in the mall looking for thrills people didn't know about, I remember watching sunsets in the island map or enjoying the marvelous landscape of Aurora
Man I sure miss those days, but I miss more there isn't a way to connect with people anymore, nobody uses in-game chat in games, there isn't an app or game on PlayStation just to chat to other people since they got rid of communities. I haven't made any new friends since they took communities apart from ps4, ps5 feels so lonely at least for me
I’m pissed that this game is back because I made literally so many friends bro 😭 and so many memories
the fact it’s back, I already donated my ps3 years ago
such a pain, I can’t even get it back.
You can do what I did and buy a cheap second-hand PS3. And you get all the items for free. And you can make new friends.
I was playing this only to meet him 🥺 OLD DAYS
I met a lot of good friends on home, being able to launch games from home as well with them was so fun. Why Sony doesn't rebring back home to the PlayStation 5 especially with people home more often and with PlayStation 5's SSD.
Whoa.. the 2020 pandemic would have saved PSHome. I never thought of this
Playstation home is where i currently live. Thank you so much for this video mystic....
Playstation Home was ahead of it's time !
I LOVED PS HOME AS A KID, I WAS 9 WHEN I FIRST TRIED PS HOME AND I LOVED IT *-*. WOOWWWWWWW
OMG SOO MANY GREAT MEMORIES
Yeah, you were a little too young 😂😂
@@tnbn55 XDDD
I feel like the ps5 should cash in on vr chat specially because of their new vr 2 release, and create their own vr chat . With PlayStation characters , and other cool stuff.
PlayStation Home was definitely awesome 👏 😎 for me it was better than second life❤
Always spent so much time playing this game back then. It was just a way of meeting new people and doing whatever the hell you wanted. I truly hope they add this to the rest of the models.
Thanks for dropping in again Mystic.
You probably don't remember Home Square since it's the European (SCEE) version, rather than the American (SCEA) one :)
I hope they're able to restore all the content. I spent way too much time as a broke kid playing the uncharted 3 minigame, sodium and its wipeout clone, even that amusement park with all the minigames. It was such a big part of the ps3 experience for me and the way that sony pretends it doesn't exist makes me so glad this project is happening.
This is preservation done right I still find it silly that Sony can’t preserve ps3 games but fans can for free I get why the architecture was weird but still if fans can solve stuff like home Sony can solve a lot of the major ps3 titles or at least remaster/remake them
Remembered playing this the first time.. i felt so immerse. Games inside a game.. have your own place.. Playing Siren haunted house style with random people.. was craazzyyy. Missed that..
Guess the closest thing we have to home now is Roblox where we can play a variety of different games and chat to people at the same time
They’d make a shit ton of money on next gen it’s so many people that would use this as an escape from their real world
I miss my home friends
YOOOOO THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD!!!!! Played tf out of this when I first got my p3 😢 I still got it too 😈
thanks a lot for this video ! ♥ i was Marina the one taking tons of pictures haha ! hopefully we can retrieve more cache data and restore more pshome than ever !
I miss it 💔
This brings me back the memories
I still have some screenshots I took when home used to be a thing still remember that cool men in black area where you would have your own cool suit, tie and black shades 😎
I have fond memories of Home, I was sad they never tried it again later on. All it needs is some love and I'm sure it would take off pretty well nowadays.
I agree
Might have to go for this platinum trophy.
Yes, this did have a platinum trophy
WHat an amazing community of people. God bless them
Fantastics news! Warms my heart to see what these folks are doing with Home. I'll definitely try jumping in at some point.
Wow that some amazing work by some tallented people.
nah I wish they enable Home again on PS5
God bless everyone that’s worked on this especially Nagato dude has been super cool and helpful in the mod scene !
They need to remake Playstation home for the PSVR2
Great video, and I hope Sony brings back the Home, which is more than great
I miss this soo much
Honestly, this is what Sony should have done with PlayStation Home. Either ported it to PS4 or kept it operating but made the cosmetic items free. Similar to what the Avengers game is doing since it's shutting down. Glad people are working on restoring this. It was such a cool little social platform to meet people and I also enjoyed the option to launch into a game together too if you found people who wanted to play a game you owned.
It's not really shutting down, they're just not going to update it anymore.
The Avengers game cosmetics are free now?
@@gator9339 Yes.
I can’t wait till everyone finds out about this and everyone starts playing again, I was ten when I first started playing psh now I’m twenty one , I know so many people were really young back then too now most people who were my age right now back then when they started home are in their 30s which is insane to think about , it doesn’t matter how old you are right now just get on and relive that fun nostalgia we all used to have when getting on after a long day of school or work.
Konami penthouse was the bomb
I need to go bowling and to the mall to play chess on home. That's all I use to do.
ahhh you bring my best memories all time i want download this and donate how very excited to see you guys there 💗
Sony doesn't know it's sitting on a goldmine. Imagine PS Home with VR support and today's fast internet and loading times. Plenty of cash to be made with cosmetics too.
I've had all playstations, but had never heard of PS Home until Mystic mentioned it last year!
It is great that they would actually bring something like this back! They have a lot of dedication. I have a future video idea for you. Grab a spare PS3 you don’t need and jailbreak it with custom firmware, then show on RUclips what it can do!
Hold on, those these mean I can get my Batcave back!?,
Im on Destination Home with my original PSN Account and i got almost everything Back including my appartments. Keep in mind that this is still beta testing but so gar everything has worked for me.
This was literally the metaverse as others said. Its crazy how the blueprint has already been made and nobody is taking advantage of it
PS3. A. PlayStation. Home. Has. Never. More. Alive. In. 2023
I'm hoping for the Casino to come back
Sounds like I need to get myself a 2nd PS3 to mod (since I'm terrified of modding my main PS3 and getting my PSN account banned). I hope this project can preserve not just the US Home too. There are plenty of Europe exclusive things I'd love to see brought back.
My ps3 is jailbroken and I got online with no problems
Lot of nerds on home towards the end but I have mostly good memories on it… glad to see it back