PlayStation Home was a virtual 3D social gaming platform developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's London Studio for the PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network .
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24 Facts About PlayStation Home
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PlayStation Home remained as a perpetual beta until its closure on 31 March 2015.
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PlayStation Home allowed users to create a custom avatar, which could be groomed realistically.
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PlayStation Home featured many single and multiplayer mini-games, and hosted a variety of special events, some of which provided prizes to players.
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PlayStation Home was originally named "Hub", and started as a 2D online lobby for the PlayStation 2 game The Getaway: Black Monday.
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PlayStation Home had been speculated since the launch of PSN, when Sony expressed interest in such a service, specifically trophies for first-party titles.
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PlayStation Home was delayed and expanded multiple times before initially releasing.
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In February 2010, emails were sent out to a select few PlayStation Home members inviting them to participate in a private beta test for the service.
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PlayStation Home's logo was featured as a collectible 'artifact' in the 2020 video game Astro's Playroom, a 3D platformer developed by Japan Studio which was pre-installed on every PlayStation 5 console.
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PlayStation Home had no on-screen interface during exploration; however, all of Home's features were available from the controller.
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The majority of advertisements were focused on PlayStation Home-related content, although other video gaming-related brands were represented.
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The European and Japanese versions of PlayStation Home had chances to get these pre-order bonuses as well, but through different pre-order promotions and events.
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New episodes of PlayStation Home TV were released monthly and were featured in the PlayStation Home Theatre.
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Blueprint: PlayStation Home was a personal space designer tool which allowed users to create, build, and save up to five of their own personalized apartments.
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The PlayStation Home Plus Private Members Club was a bar area with several tables and a two-to-four player card game with special rewards.
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PlayStation Home consisted of various locations for players to interact and participate in activities, which were produced by both Sony Computer Entertainment and various third parties.
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The different regions' PlayStation Home environments had similar and different features between each other.
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PlayStation Home was a host for several games, exclusive to PlayStation Home.
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PlayStation Home Tycoon was PlayStation Home's first 3D city-building game developed by Hellfire Games.
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PlayStation Home hosted many types of events organised by PlayStation Home and its affiliated content providers.
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In 2009 in Europe, there was a treasure hunt occurring in PlayStation Home to promote the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
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The North American PlayStation Home had a Featured Game Night where online multi-player games had been pre-selected in advance to be featured every night of the month for users to meet up in PlayStation Home and launch into the featured game of the night.
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PlayStation Home underwent weekly maintenance on Wednesdays, which came with weekly content updates that included new spaces, games, or items.
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PlayStation Home Arcade is an application for the PlayStation Vita featuring games that were previously only available as arcade cabinets inside PS Home.
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