Home Vs. NXE

[Kushan]

Sony's "Home" virtual world for the Playstation 3 will be released on November 19th, after its delay twice already. It will go up against Microsoft's Xbox 360 "New Xbox Experience".

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/125080,...ual-worlds.aspx

Interesting (but hardly surprising) that Sony decided to release Home on the same day Microsoft is purported to be releasing the New Xbox Experience, but which one are YOU most excited about?

Please note, you can't directly compare the two, they're almost entirely different things (The only thing they really share in common is they have an "avatar" system) but since Sony has decided to pitch Home against NXE, I think it's only fair we have a little poll to see what people are most excited about =D

I own both consoles, so I'm going to be pretty busy come that day, but I think for me the NXE clinches it because it'll generally make ALL my games better (Disk installs are what I'm most excited about, the party system looks pretty cool, too), whereas Home seems to only have support from a few games (Bit like trophies, I suppose) and I honestly can't see myself using it much (It looks a lot like Second Life or "There" to me and I have no interest in either of those). I'm hoping that home pleasantly surprises me, though, that'd be cool.

But what about you?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Already posted - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=681244

And should be an option for both anyway :p

No reason to choose one or the other when I own both systems (and updates are free), will make things better for both consoles IMO.

[Guest]

NXE, no doubt about it.

[Kushan]

Already posted - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=681244

And should be an option for both anyway :p

No reason to choose one or the other when I own both systems (and updates are free), will make things better for both consoles IMO.

That thread isn't the same as this one. That thread is just about the Release date of Home, this thread is about Home and NXE facing off against each other, which will hopefully spark a healthy (CLEAN) debate about the two.

And if you don't want to pick either, click "null vote".

[Phemo]

Both. Looking forward to NXE because it'll be nice to see a fresh dash on my 360 and I'm looking forward to checking out the new features. I'm also looking forward to Home because it's something new and will actually give me a reason to power on my PS3 - something I've not done for a while now.

If I had to make a choice, probably NXE because I tend to play my 360 more and having hard drive installs is something that will actually benefit my game playing.

[Sethos]

NXE (Y)

Sony has consistently disappointed me with pretty much everything for the Playstation 3 so far, so I have little faith in HOME. Can already imagine having to walk around in snoozeville and downloading a new section every 10 feet just to look at some "pretty" water and move around a few couches in your apartment.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

That thread isn't the same as this one. That thread is just about the Release date of Home, this thread is about Home and NXE facing off against each other, which will hopefully spark a healthy (CLEAN) debate about the two.

And if you don't want to pick either, click "null vote".

Fair enough, I'll revisit this thread once both are out to share my opinions on them :p

Looking forward to both, and I expect both to deliver.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

NXE FTW :yes:

[capr]

it's been a while since sony got me excited about anything... i am not going to say things with the ps3 have been disappointing, but they just haven't really done anything impressive. and if you don't impress people you are going to lose them eventually.

[Draken]

Can't wait for the NXE :woot:

Home? nahhhh may be, I hate anything slightly related to second-life :x

[Smigit]

NXE simply because I don't own a PS3 yet. We don't get a good deal of the stuff here in AU such as NetFlix or the video store but ultimately I've never liked the dashboard interface so I'm stoked to see it go.

[Ricardo Gil]

I'm getting new pants on the 19th. I'm excited.

[what]

NXE as I'm not a PS3 owner, but honestly, I'm not all that excited for the NXE as ultimately the console is about the games, and a new dashboard isn't going to change anything. A smoother guide is good but it's not like they had to produce a whole new dashboard for that. It'll be a nice upgrade, but not one I'm going to be taking a day off work for just so I can get it early.

[Brad.]

NXE (Y)

Sony has consistently disappointed me with pretty much everything for the Playstation 3 so far, so I have little faith in HOME. Can already imagine having to walk around in snoozeville and downloading a new section every 10 feet just to look at some "pretty" water and move around a few couches in your apartment.

I totally agree, I'm glad I haven't yet bought a PS3. Really considering buying one at all now, we'll see how much they are after Christmas. January Sales/Bundles FTW!

Anyway, I really cannot wait for the NXE release!

[PiracyX]

NXE i am most looking forward to.

Home does look ok but i am afraid it will fail like everything Sony has pushed out so far, Life with Playstation anyone? Home will be something like.....use it intially then after maybe an hour or two you get bored and never go back to.

NXE on the other hand, will be used daily.

[Si_]

NXE. Everything i've seen about Home just isn't floating my boat, it just looks like a tacky bolt on.

[carmatic]

i wonder if its possible to do the things like, you have things that link your facebook account with your myspace account... can there be also things which link your NXE to your Home if you happen to have a 360 and a ps3?

[Smigit]

i wonder if its possible to do the things like, you have things that link your facebook account with your myspace account... can there be also things which link your NXE to your Home if you happen to have a 360 and a ps3?

Nah theres won't be. But theyre too completely different services in a way. Ones an interface more or less to services which for the most part won't be new, just displayed in a new way. While Home is sort of a social interaction platform. I'm unsure what part you would want to inter connect besides achivements and the avatars themselves but they have different achivement systems and the avatars are handled differently between the two as well.

[Kushan]

If Sony opens up Home and releases some sort of SDK for people to make their own content (As if it wasn't enough like Second Life...) then it'd be certainly possible to link some of your Gamer profile data in, but right now I don't think anything like that's been announced.

[gigapixels Veteran]

I'm more excited for NXE than Home for two reasons. The first being that I don't have my PS3 out here where I live for school, so I can only play it when I go back home. The second being that I've never gotten into the virtual world type thing that Home is going to be, so I don't know how much I'll enjoy it, if at all.

[Neo003]

I am more excited about NXE since I will be using that day to day, while home is a social channel which I would rarely visit unless neowin kick me out.

[Green_Eye]

NXE (Y)

[Ci7]

NXE

and i dont own 360 !

[Dirk]

NXE. Just because at this point and time I find Home useless.

[AbandonedTrolley]

I don't own a 360 anymore, but they are totally different things tbh.

The 360 dashboard is just there when you boot up, it's comparison would be against a new XMB interface.

Comparing or even polling against Home is pointless as they are two totally different things, they don't serve the same purpose and as such will have different reasons for causing excitiment.