All sounds a bit gay to me, just give the PS3's online the same decent chat from X360 but as with the X360 i would like to be able to talk to more than one person at a time on seperate voice chat.

If every console games online lobbys worked in a similar way to Halo 2's still unbeatable lobby system then that would be great and you wouldnt need much more than that, their just over complicating things.

To go from the some what outdated online the PS3 has to what that are suggesting above is really aiming high, if they havent done online right yet then how all of a sudden are they going to pull off the above, it sure as hell wont be free if they can do it.

Personally though if i wanted to go round my mates house then that is exactly what i would do, living your life on this Sony home thing makes playing WOW for 30 hours a day seems cool.

If i wana game online with my mates then i just want a decent lobby and for the game to work with no lag and for glitches and the like be sorted out through updates and the ocassional extra content via download, no real need for much more than that.

Imagine actually going round your mates virtual house and looking around, c'mon that just sounds too stupid to be an actual idea.
I guess now though regulary lobbies with just names in a list is last-gen and having virtual houses is next-gen.

Wow, i have envisioned this type of community for years, but this could actually make Sony stand out..Im very interested in this, I know the PS3 is way before its time to really shine and hopefully when the price drops inevitably come and the community starts to really grow and shine, I think I would definetly like to be on the Penthouse of that community...it sounds pretty sweet!

Although the idea is pretty 'camp' this is the sorta thing which can help sell a console (is this the first piece of innovation by Sony, or did they simply steal Second Life's idea? you decide).

What a phenominal idea! Let's take everything that sucked about matchmaking services (see the Zone, etc...), add a splash of the Sims, and call it the "next evolution".

It's all fun and games until some 24-year old in china decides he's going to "home" for 36 hours straight and dies...

After watching all the footage of this last night i have to say it looks very well thought out, dont get me wrong i still think its all a bit gay and totally not for me as like i said i just want decent lobbies and decent voice and gaming with no lag.

However i can see this appealing to a massive market of people, the Sims in whatever guise is mostly allways in the top ten and is an undeniably massive franchise and this from the looks of it is the bastartd child of The Sims and WOW which is also a huge franchise, there are millions of people that are scarely eager to hang up their real world jackets and practicaly live in something like this, see the anonymous guy above and also anyone who plays WOW.

Its not for me and i cant personally see the appeal of buying new funiture for my virtual home and inviting friends over for a virtual sit down and have a chat but there are millions upon millions of people that think the complete opposite.

If Sony manage to pull this off properly and it all works and looks and runs without any problems like they say and like it does in the demonstration videos then MS should be shitting it and be seriously looking at an overhaul for Xboxlive.

LOL you are spot on mate it is a blatant rip off if you ask me, but did we really expect anything else from Sony.

Well, even if it's not innovative, it's still a good idea. Maybe PS3 is getting themselves selling points after all...

From the looks of it the PS3 is going to be a console worthy of sitting next to my X360 and not just being my second console after all, was'nt that excited about what it had to offer until the GDC to be honest, i finished Motor Storm which is a stunning game but got seriously bored of Resistance and god knows why i got VF5 which personaly i think is shit and looks only a tad better than DOA4, i was and still am looking forward to DMC4 and MGS but that was about it.

All this home stuff is going to mean better online gaming which is a good thing although i will not be socialising in a virtual world and Big Little Planet just looks ace and could easily be responsible for many a lost night with mates.

Just got to wait until E3 to finally see what Killzone2 is going to bring to the table, looking like its going to be the best year for gaming in a long time whatever gaming platform you own, even better if you own more than one machine.