Updated Home beta invitations being delivered

Remember: if you're already in the old beta, you must still get the download code to access the new, expanded beta. An edited version of the invitation e-mail is available, after the break.
[Thanks, Snake!]
Dear,
PlayStation®Home is a 3D, interactive, evolving service, exclusive to PLAYSTATION®3. It's free to download and easy to use. Home is the place to be if you want to deepen your gaming experience - the place where you can meet, chat, plan, and launch games together. Also, you can fully customise your avatar, decorate your own Home apartment, play mini-games, watch videos, take part in events, and much more - it's all part of the Home experience.
We've chosen to offer access to Home to a select number of PLAYSTATION®3 owners, and as a valued member of PLAYSTATION®Network, you have been selected to be amongst the first to try this exciting new service.
To take part, and play an important role in helping us evolve and grow the service over the coming months, please redeem your unique promotional code below using your PLAYSTATION®3 and join us in Home.
How to redeem your Promotional code and access Home
To redeem the code connect to PLAYSTATION®Network, select [Account Management], then select [Transaction Management], click on [Redeem PLAYSTATION Network Card or Promotion Code] and enter your unique code:
Home will download to [Games]. Install the software and the Home icon will appear in [Games]. Click this icon to enter Home!
Note: Promotional codes can only be used once and only the PSN Online ID we sent this email to will be able to connect to Home.
Please remember that Home is currently in a restricted testing phase, which means that we'll be constantly adding new features and content, and testing the service, over the coming months. As part of your participation, we'll also occasionally ask you about your experiences, and gather feedback, so we can continually improve the service.
Also please understand that this is a closed and confidential beta and your participation is subject to our Terms of Use which will be presented to you the first time you connect to Home. Please keep all discussion of your experiences within Home confidential and limit them to our private Home Beta Forum.
If you are an existing user of our forums you will find the forum in the Private section within the next few days. Please note this process is subject to network availability so delays may be experienced. If you have not logged into our forums before you will need to do so using your PSN account and then visit one public forum. This will establish your PSN account on the forums. Please allow up to 72 hours from this point for us to give your account permission to visit the private forum. We will not write to you again; just visit the forums a few days later.
Welcome to PlayStation®Home.
Yours,
Dan Hill
Home Service Manager Sony Computer Entertainment Europe









Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Cesarcsrf @ Aug 14th 2008 6:37PM
god i wanna go in the beta!
kevin @ Aug 14th 2008 7:22PM
downloading now got my code (previous tester) this freakin 3.5 GBS like the last one ugh no hurry ill go play cod 4 for now anyone wanna join me ?
psn keviseg15
ps. the code is 12 numbers and letter yay
Godson @ Aug 14th 2008 10:52PM
Hey I am from the Bahamas. Does anyone think that my closeness to the U.S would allow me to even get into the home beta from where I am or even being considered? We dont rely get crap out here we get pasted over for everything. No video on PSN or Xbox360 no betas for anything. I rely will not mind not getting into the beta as long as I could get it when its released. So can any of you guys thats good at finding out stuff find out if the Bahamas would get any home love at all when it is released.. Thanks loads..
M @ Aug 14th 2008 11:08PM
well i have a u.s account but im in jamaica for the summer and the video store doesnt work for me either so, i doubt it home would work in that region.
phil @ Aug 15th 2008 9:16AM
how do u get to be considered to gat the beta 4 home i do not no eneythink
Lars @ Aug 15th 2008 2:04PM
Remeber, beta = you agree to test the product for Sony and give them feedback. This is not a "trial version" as people seem to think "beta" means these days.
justinb @ Aug 14th 2008 6:38PM
I want in! :D
Congrats to everyone who makes in!
liam @ Aug 14th 2008 7:59PM
fuck why am I never first!!!
Phantom @ Aug 14th 2008 8:56PM
I think we know who the real loser is .
LBPNation.com @ Aug 14th 2008 6:40PM
I want in!
gameforall @ Aug 14th 2008 6:42PM
You made me look in my inbox, Noooooooooooo, No invite
black_ryuk @ Aug 14th 2008 6:42PM
So its finally about that time to see who gets in......this should be interesting
Matthew @ Aug 14th 2008 6:53PM
I really want to get in the beta, I have been waiting forever.
Senecal @ Aug 14th 2008 6:45PM
Can't wait new peoplez!!!
TinyTim121 @ Aug 14th 2008 6:46PM
Fail
Brad @ Aug 14th 2008 6:51PM
Please! I already got dumped by Resistance 2, at least give me Home!
kentuckyfried @ Aug 14th 2008 7:16PM
I wish they'd mention what criteria we need to qualify.
I got dumped on the R2 beta too...(which sucks but I can't whine about it since I never play R1 online).
But Home, I would love to help them beta test, and I am online at night practically everyday.
TheHakku @ Aug 14th 2008 7:43PM
The invitations for R2 aren't done yet. If it said you are participating on the myresistance R2 beta page, you will be getting an email sometime.
Lootskin @ Aug 14th 2008 6:53PM
We never got the Home theme in EU, how where we supposed to apply?
tjmwiles @ Aug 14th 2008 6:56PM
You don't apply. You just get picked.
stargateheaven @ Aug 14th 2008 7:29PM
There was beta pplications on the official eu forums. It's too late now if you didnt.
SuedeGopher @ Aug 14th 2008 6:57PM
:( Weep, no love. I was hoping to play around with it, too.
Haiddasalami @ Aug 14th 2008 6:59PM
Sigh* No invite. Guess they're counting recent hours. Back when I got my PS3 was on 24/7 and now barely couple of hours. Damn you TF2!!
Skippy @ Aug 15th 2008 11:41AM
Did you download the Home theme from the PSN store? That was how you requested an invite.
Haiddasalami @ Aug 15th 2008 12:14PM
Yea, I downloaded it.
CPRxChris @ Aug 14th 2008 7:23PM
I got excited because I saw an E-mail from Playstation Underground, but then I saw it was abotu pre-ordering SOCOM...I want in so bad! lol.
j.howlett @ Aug 14th 2008 9:46PM
i got that earlier also and got all excited because at first it looked alot like the mgo beta invite. then i saw preorder at gamestop and just thought " drink oveltean "
CPRxChris @ Aug 15th 2008 3:38AM
lol, it sucks doesn't it?
lee @ Aug 14th 2008 7:06PM
yep the uk forum is going crazy with people gloating about there invites and people who didnt get in flaming sony lol its great
Matthew @ Aug 14th 2008 7:09PM
So how long exactly are we talking about waiting here...?
gumby @ Aug 14th 2008 7:13PM
im sure i wont get in..have fun those of u who do
Jerses @ Aug 14th 2008 7:21PM
I downloaded the theme...but im sure its not coming for me.. :( If the store was closed to me because region... and we have a diferente HOME version for every country (not mine..Mexico) that means i will not be able to do the home experience anytime. oh well.. at least gas price here is cheap.
OmegaNemesis28 @ Aug 14th 2008 7:26PM
Damn >.<
I really wanted to get in. I got all the Uncharted trophies and as many Stardust HD trophies as possible. Not to mention, I subscribed to Qore too. :(
I still have a chance though, according to the article - American emails haven't gone out yet.
El_Horno @ Aug 14th 2008 7:30PM
It would have been better if us PS3 users knew the criteria when it came to getting in the beta.
Is it time spent playing online, just being signed in, or using the PS Store?
Who knows? (Answer: Sony).
LatinoLA1 @ Aug 14th 2008 7:33PM
please, please, send me a mail into it, please!
lotusprime @ Aug 14th 2008 7:34PM
I don't usually get my updates in my mailbox until Friday so I'm crossing my fingers.
Gambit07 @ Aug 14th 2008 7:53PM
I haven't been lucky for the last few months, let's see if Sony can turn my luck around.
massive_98 @ Aug 14th 2008 7:53PM
The way Sony has done past beta's is randomly. It would cost money to hand select or develop a program to select people based on preferred characteristics.
I don't think this has changed.
adolson @ Aug 14th 2008 8:59PM
It's not hard for Sony to see who has spent the most money or spent the most time online.
(IRE)Wolfman @ Aug 14th 2008 8:26PM
I have 24 titles(excl addons, have them all too) from the PSN. I play online,use F@H, Registered to all sony sites. Downloaded themes from US and japan(from Ireland) I'm a release day owner, have had every sony console, but I won't be entered into the Beta either.
I'm just your avg JOE!
dude @ Aug 14th 2008 8:53PM
well apparently the us ones arent out right now.. atleast thats what i heard.. so those of u in us may still get yours..
heres hoping i do..
stupid r2 didnt let me in either...
The Aggie CEO @ Aug 14th 2008 9:02PM
nice..........
**watches inbox like a hawk**
lantus @ Aug 14th 2008 9:24PM
Looks like another one I didn't get into. :(
Elsnerma @ Aug 14th 2008 9:15PM
Here's hoping I get in!
cityeyes @ Aug 14th 2008 9:23PM
Here's hoping I get a mail. I've been passed over for the Warkhawk beta, the Resistance 2 beta, the first home beta, and just about every other exciting beta on the PSN.
I'm also on my PS3 just about 100% of the time when I'm home, so I hope my PSN statistics go toward their decision.
ImBakinBacon @ Aug 14th 2008 9:19PM
i think i'm going to cry. i didn't get an invite yet, and if i get too optimistic i will never get one.
e.Missark @ Aug 14th 2008 9:50PM
Right that's exactly how it happens. /sarcasm
Mr.S.Sap @ Aug 14th 2008 9:22PM
Good To Know but Man I Hope I Get In.lol.
Mr.S.Sap @ Aug 14th 2008 9:39PM
they said it depends on how active you are on the ps newtork and if i don't get in then i don't know why.lol. i got over 50 trophies, 19 games that i bought off of the PSN , 20 games i bought in retail stores and i'm real active on the network...so please let me in.lol.
if anyone wants to add me my psn id is: stevesap
GET AT ME!!!! your #1 asian guy.lol.
James @ Aug 14th 2008 11:06PM
It's pretty ridiculous how Home has been handled by Sony. It's like they are fearful that the product won't be perfect at launch, yet most Beta testers that I've talked to hardly use it because of the lack of activity.
A closed, small group of testers like Sony has added so far just don't cut it for social networking. I'm not saying put it for download and slap "Beta sorry that it's incomplete" on it because unfortunately now in the gaming community the word Beta pretty much just means preview.
Sony would be smart to release this at least as an open beta by Xmas because consumers do not like to wait and do not like to look ahead.