Home patch fixes login issues this Thursday

by Jem Alexander { Dec 16th 2008 at 9:30PM }

Many of you have probably noticed that getting into Home since the open beta launch is something of a lottery. Chances are you'll be trying a fair number of times before you manage to sneak in. Thankfully, a patch is coming this Thursday which should fix that issue. So says SCEE community manager TedTheDog.

Hopefully this patch will be shortly followed by the release of some new content, which was announced last week. Namely, the Diesel and Ligne Roset shops, the Red Bull Air Race space, the Media and Events space and (for Europe) the Far Cry 2 and Uncharted game spaces. We're trying our best to find out what Sony's plan is for future content releases but, until we get an answer, it looks like we'll have to remain patient a little while longer.

[UPDATE] This patch marks the "first step" towards the solution to the server issues, so don't expect things to be magically fixed on Thursday.

[Thanks stargateheaven]

Tags: Home, patch

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jamkor @ Dec 16th 2008 9:41PM

looking to sell my 60GB PS3 - i am in minneapolis.

jamkor9-at-gmail.com

The_Punisher @ Dec 16th 2008 9:51PM

Man are you guna get spam mail...

Game_playa @ Dec 16th 2008 10:56PM

I'll buy it!, since I need it and you don't. Even if I do buy it from you, please don't show your face here ever again

LordAbsu @ Dec 16th 2008 9:55PM

I can only hope the nickel-and-diming for content will be somewhat offset by free stuff here and there, but I'm not really kidding myself into believing that.

DrunkRaba @ Dec 16th 2008 10:57PM

all of the new areas including their games are free. So far clothing and decorations are all that is pay, quite trivial stuff anyways.

kurisub @ Dec 16th 2008 10:10PM

Yeah, I got booted and had continious log in errors (D5207) for the first time in Home today. Usually just closing Home and restarting it fixed it, but so far I can't log in at all now.

Hoffer @ Dec 16th 2008 10:15PM

"stores" and "spaces" does not equal good content in my book

Someone wake me up when there's something to do in home.

Squirtforce @ Dec 17th 2008 12:42AM

Yeah where are the three years of development here? What are we supposed to be doing in it? It seems pointless with even the game launching! Launch an app to launch your game? Can someone please tell me what's the plus side here?

Martin hald @ Dec 17th 2008 2:51AM

SO! what do you wan't to do in home?
Write it down and tell 'em at the psblog - I would love to hear your ideas!

justice @ Dec 16th 2008 10:17PM

god..
sometimes i just want to forget about this video game thing...
ps3 is killing me, wish it was like ps2 with thousands of good games and stuff
=/
and now home dont even connect, im not being patient im being hopeful

Tez @ Dec 16th 2008 10:40PM

Even the almighty PS2 did not have 'thousands of games' two years in. How quickly people forget when all those amazing titles were coming out in the system's lifespan.

SnazzyD @ Dec 16th 2008 10:46PM

Hey Justice,

Quit trolling the PS3 forums and go back to your Xbox dungeon. You people have WAY too much time on your hands, and outta get a life. At least you aren't a threat to procreate...

dave @ Dec 16th 2008 10:23PM

Alas, being silent is what Sony is best at doing. I only wish they'd put half that energy into Home development.

Still, I'm enjoying the mini-games that come with Home. I only wish they'd include a few more arcade machines. Surely it can't be that hard to add them. Hopefully they'll fix this in the patch.

justice @ Dec 16th 2008 10:51PM

and now im an xbox fan....
great!
if i wish to play 40 types of shooter games i would have a xbox for sure, but this is not the case kiddo and im not saying nothing about xbox here.. wtf is wrong with u ppl?

slycooper_rocker (lorddshadow the amazing) [anti-panda death squadron force five] @ Dec 16th 2008 11:19PM

dude calm down. they say the same thing to andrew. just wait. more good games are on their way. but why complain? the lineup is great as it is. well, it's a bit lacking in the RPG area with only two great ones that come to mind but still...

justice @ Dec 16th 2008 11:36PM

thats right slycooper...
just w8ng for final fantasy and white knight...
hope final fantasy can be as good as final fantasy 6 and 7
its not like im complaing its just that i want so more nice games...
is this an ofence to some ppl?
we all want the same... ps3 to be ahead and with good titles..
thats all..
peace

JAH75157 @ Dec 17th 2008 12:42AM

dude don't you know if you criticize anything about the ps3 you automatically are an xbot. duh.

it's kinda like on the socom boards if you criticize anything there you are automatically a call of duty fan (average socom player term for a piece of crap n00b).

people are retarded.

Kspraydad @ Dec 16th 2008 11:48PM

Haven't had issues with Home really.

Free stuff: shirts/suits/table echochrome
Free stuff: shirts/pants/hat/statue icebreaker
Free stuff: shirts/hats/pants/chairs/statue and arcade cabinets with namco arcade

JAH75157 @ Dec 17th 2008 12:45AM

damnit now i gotta go back and play icebreaker.

on a side note:

seriously the only "game room" that was ok was the farcry 2 room, it had manacala. other than that the rooms are pretty dumb, there's really no reason to leave the bowling alley.

Popfrogs @ Dec 17th 2008 1:49AM

@Jah: The mall has chess, if you're into that sort of thing.

Oddface @ Dec 17th 2008 1:32AM

Actually, the way Ted worded it was that the patch would be "the first step in tackling the connection issues that you'll know as C-931 errors." It won't necessarily fix them completely.

Christian @ Dec 17th 2008 7:37AM

Yeah, I noticed that too. PS3Fanboy, why such a obvious misquote? Hoping for a new flamewar tomorrow if the patch turns out to not make all log in issues a thing of the past?

BILLS @ Dec 17th 2008 2:38AM

man wtf? lol i just deleted home 2mins before reading this article.. what a coincidence.. i just downloaded it again.. good thing i didnt go through with deleting my save file.. i was starting to think i was banned from home for doing the RAVE dance in someones face.. or maybe home just didnt agree with my ps3 and network connection.. i really hope they fix my HOME problem.. keep getting the :-603 error, and a few more.

Scream4000 @ Dec 17th 2008 5:09AM

Why are you a Xbox idiot, a Nintendo nerd og something else, if you don't like the PS3? I loved my PSX and the PS2 was, more or less, the best console ever imo. Still I think the PS3 is somewhat the worst thing ever happened to me.

I am big Sony fan, and my hope is, that they'll listen those who actually dare to tell the truth. I have never been so bored with a console, and I did start gaming with the C64 and have had almost any console since then.

Christian @ Dec 17th 2008 7:39AM

Maybe you are just growing older? And most games are still targeted at young teens? If you have been playing games since the days of the C64 it is not surprising that the novelty of it is starting to wear off.

Scream4000 @ Dec 17th 2008 8:43AM

Maybe.

But I still play like 4-6 hours a day. Mostly on the 360, but also on the PC and my Wii. Only the PS3 seems to get all dusty. When I get friends over, they usualy never wanna use the PS3 (though I do have most of the so called must-haves).

I just think that it is possible, that some (or most ppl I know) just don't like the PS3 and think it is a waste of time. But still we like Sony and loved PSX and PS2.

For the record, I am a gamer. I use my consoles for gaming. I do not need a mediacenter (since a have a PC). Maybe if I didn't have a PC, it might be possible I would use my PS3 a bit more.

PS3Lee @ Dec 17th 2008 8:45AM

Sorry, not trying to start an argument, but I am curious as to why the PS3 is the worst thing to happen to you and why you are so bored with it.
I own the PS3 and to be honest think its the best thing since sliced bread. I have a varied selection of game genres and plenty of 'casual' games from the PSN, also love the blu-ray and the capability of playing divx movies.
I have to say, over the years, I've owned loads of systems including the sega systems, atari systems & sony systems although I've never owned or intend owning a m$ system.
Of all those systems I agree that the PS2 was the best, but the PS3 is better, but this is just my opinion.
Just curious as to the reasons for your comments.

Scream4000 @ Dec 17th 2008 10:08AM

A fair question :)

Btw, if you like your PS3, im nothing but happy for you.

As said, I am a gamer, I need my console for playing games. So whatever features it might have, besides playing games, is not something that I use too much.

The thing is, that while there might be some "ok" games for me on the PS3, I feel I get better on the others platforms. Some of the multiplatform games have had some problems on the PS3, and before we got throphies, I liked to buy games for the 360 to get achievements (and play with my friends, since most of them have 360'ies). I also better like the 360 controller.

The main reason however, is the games. The only exclusive game on the PS3 that i RLY liked was Uncharted (that game was one of the best games last year imo). I hated MGS4 and Resistance 1 and 2 just didn't worked for me. LBP is great fun, yes, but for some reason I only played it for a week, then it got boring.

One the other hand, a lot of the Wii/360 (and PC, since I play WoW) games have entertained me for a very long time this year/last year. So in the end, Im just not entertained by the PS3. It might be me, but I also hear the same story for my friends and on a lot of sites.

PS3Lee @ Dec 18th 2008 4:26AM

@Scream4000

Fair enough, thanks for taking the time to respond, makes perfect sense now.

Raytia @ Dec 17th 2008 9:09AM

Wish i could just see the icon for Home on my XMB - I don't even have that. And it seems I managed to stump 3 tiers of Sony tech support last night in attempts to fix it - all of which failed and still no icon. I really hope they put a direct download in the shop to get around the lack of icon. Or at least a firmware patch that fixes this somehow...

~_~ not cool Sony, not cool.