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[Conrad_Max]

I was wondering how many games actually support Home. We do have a few that do support full game launching. But most only do partial support (universal). And then we have games that give us items, clothes and spaces for Home. And we have at least one game that unlocks an item in the game itself due to it's Home support.

The question here is, what up coming games whould you like to see support Home and to what capacity? Full launch, downloadable items in Home and unlockables within the game? Personally I would like to see an increase in full game launch support. It would make it easier for people to launch within Home. Also, I would like see franchises support Home rather than just one game that will a year later become only a memory as it's sequel is being developed,

This isn't a suggestion thread. It's just a discussion as to what we hope Developers will do in order to support Home and maybe increase their sales and popularity.

[Lord_Rinja]

I'm actually glad you bought this up. Funny thing is I just beat Spelunker HD about an hour and a half ago which just happens to be one of those few games that has full Game Launching and Home Rewards support. First, lets see what games support Full Game Launching:

Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

Spelunker HD

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Games that have Playstation Home Rewards:

Namco Museum Essentials Trail

Namco Museum Essentials (Full Version)

Tekken 6

Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV

Resident Evil V

White Knight Chronicles

Spelunker HD

Dragon's Lair

Space Ace

Dead to Rights Retribution

Infamous Demo

Batman Arkham Asylum

Disgaea 3: Abscence of Justice

(I know there are more. For those of you that know what they are, please help update this list)

Conrad_Max wrote:
I was wondering how many gamees actually support Home. We do have a fw that do support full game launching. But most only do that partially. And then we have games that give us items, clothes and spaces for Home. And we have at least one gaheme that unlocks an item in t game itself due to it's Home support.
The question here is, what up coming games whould you like to see support Home and to what capacity? Full launch, downloadable items in Home and unlockables within the game? Personally I would like to see an increase in full game launch support. It would make it easier for people to launch within Home. Also, I would like see franchises support Home rather than just one game that will a year later become only a memory as it's sequel is being developed,
This isn't a suggestion thread. It's just a discussion as to what we hope Developers will do in order to support Home and maybe increase their sales and popularity.
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Some games that I would like to see get Playstation Home support for Game Launching and Home Rewards are:

Soul Calibur V (TBA)

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (TBA)

Castle Crashers

Fat Princess

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Tekken Tag 2 (TBA)

Sonic Generations (TBA)

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection (TBA)

Zone of Enders HD Collection (TBA)

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (TBA)

Zen Pinball

Hustle Kings

Final Fight: Double Impact

No More Heroes Paradise

God of War III

God of War Collection

Monster Hunter Freedom 3 HD (TBA)

Dragon Age I & II

Blaz Blue

Ninja Gaiden Sigma I and II

Ninja Gaiden III (TBA)

Dynasty Warriors Gundam III

3D Dot Game Heroes (I know there is a space for this in Japan but I want Rewards for the US version)

Kingdoms of Amular Reckoning (TBA)

Killzone 3 (TBA)

Resistance 3 (TBA)

Uncharted 3 (TBA)

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (TBA)

I'm sure I could think of more but those are quite a few that I would want off the top of my head

[Jim777]

What game do i want to support Home?

ALL OF THEM  But highest on the list:

1. Skyrim (Space Items)
2. Resistance 3 (Space, Items, Game Launching, EVENT)
3. U3 (Space, Items, Game Laucnhing, EVENT)
4. Batman (Space, Items)

What games MIGHT support Home?

Sony 1st Party IPs the only real one that comes to mind, Resistance 3 (And really its as simple as swaping out Helghast for Chimera from that event)

What games most likely will support Home

None.

The fact of the matter is that the Home community doesn't give the devs a reason to pay extra money and effort into working Home into a game. Do you see loads of people launching Warhawk or any fully supported game out of Home? No.

Do you see any effort by Home staff to push Home supported games? No.

Do you see the community really talking about Home supported games? No.

Has any company that has done Home content in the past return for it a second time? None come to mind.

Companies that fully pushed Home like EA and Activtsion have simply left out what i would assume to be little profit and little fanfare.

[radix023]

I'm with Jim777 on this one, in that I think they should all support game launching. Providing a space or some reward interaction is something the game publisher should get to make up their own mind about, but the basic game launching mechanism should be supported standard. This sort of completeness and attention to detail is what distinguishes a truly exceptional product from the mundane (something Steve Jobs seems to understand instinctually). However, as long as Sony is declaring Home beta software, it is difficult for them to contractually require game developers to support it. Perhaps when Sony finally blesses home and publishes a non-beta release game launching support will be mandatory.

[Danger_Dad]

:^/ I own both Batman: Arkham Asylum and White Knight Chronicles, each of which support game launching from within Home, and yet I've never used that feature and so would not miss it.  One thing that I would like to see more of is for acomplishments within the game to unlock Home stuff, and the other way around as well.

;^) Even better would be to go one step further, and to have accomplishments in one game unlock features in a different game with Home as the intermediate step.  For example, doing something in one game would unlock a Home item, and then a second game from the same publisher would detect that you own that Home item and unlock something within the second game.  This could lend a greater sense of continuity between one game and its sequels, making the transition from one to the next seem more seamless.  And of course, the Home items would double as advertising, because people are bound to ask where you got them from, if they're cool enough:

Player 1: "Dude, where did you get that Batarang hand item?"

Player 2: "I unlocked it in the new Batman game that just came out."

Player 1: "Dang, I've got to get that game now..."

[Jim777]

You wont ever see Full game launching mandated for all games like you do trophies, mainly because that means Home would have to add new software for each and every one of those games and that would just not be a great idea.

That and like i have said before i dont think Sony really gives two craps about Home at this point.

[Lord_Rinja]

I own both games as well. However, what Conrad means when he says Game Launching is not the regular Game Launching that you can do with every game. He is talking about official Game Launching that interacts within a space and automatically brings every player into the game directly without the need to put them on your friends list. Street Fighter IV is a good example of this as it takes both players directly into the match rather than having to go through the games menu screen for setup. Offical Game Launching saves a lot of time when zipping out of Home into a game.

Offical Game Launches also give the user special options that could be selected in Home so you don't need to set the preferences once you get into the game. Lets take Spelunker HD for example. When you launch from the Spelunker Caves, you can choose Everyone or Friends Only, You can turn Rope Assist on or off and you can shoose to launch into the Classic Version or the Remake.

Now on Batman and White Knight Chronicles, they don't support offical game launching but they do support Home Rewards. Arkham Asylum gives you the Batcave Personal Space (Which is an awesome exclusive) and White Knight Chronicles will give the user a White Knight Statue and a White Knight Costume when certain criteria is met in the game. You can still Game Launch both of them but if you bring up your Game Launching Menu, you'll notice that you have "Set up Supported Game" and then you have "Set up Other Game". Games like Street FIghte IV and Spelunker HD will show up under Supported whereas Batman and White Knight will show up under Other. The main difference are the options you can set for the specific games.

Danger_Dad wrote:
:^/ I own both Batman: Arkham Asylum and White Knight Chronicles, each of which support game launching from within Home, and yet I've never used that feature and so would not miss it.  One thing that I would like to see more of is for acomplishments within the game to unlock Home stuff, and the other way around as well.
;^) Even better would be to go one step further, and to have accomplishments in one game unlock features in a different game with Home as the intermediate step.  For example, doing something in one game would unlock a Home item, and then a second game from the same publisher would detect that you own that Home item and unlock something within the second game.  This could lend a greater sense of continuity between one game and its sequels, making the transition from one to the next seem more seamless.  And of course, the Home items would double as advertising, because people are bound to ask where you got them from, if they're cool enough:
 Player 1: "Dude, where did you get that Batarang hand item?"
 Player 2: "I unlocked it in the new Batman game that just came out."
 Player 1: "Dang, I've got to get that game now..."

[Elmo-JO]

I would love more games to integrate into home, and not just by giving us shirts(ugh no more shirts) but in game items, clothes, companions based on characters, etc....... I thought Buzz had more in store for the home community, yet all the exciting news disappeared -_____-.

[Surgeon_Sunfish]

I think it would be cool if for some games you coupld play the mutliplayer as your Home avatar. Like if you could use your Home avatar in GTA multiplayer. Then if you say someone you recogonzied in the online games, it could be the same person you're friends with in Home.

[JPConway]

DCUO *DC Universe Online*

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