Back from my Hiatus
OK so I recently used SL(second life) for the first time, I actually bought myself a few things and managed to chat with a few people as well as making new friends.
I know that this is a PS Home blog and as we all know we have lost PS Home thanks to Sony not wanting it to make the jump to PS4.
I know many have been looking for their Home replacement until these other similar social virtual worlds come to PS4 (Nebula realms which was formerly project Nubula and Atom Universe, one’s by Kovok & the other by Atom Republic and both are former Home item and space developers) which are supposed to be coming to the PS4 sometime next year.
Some of us have already made the jump instead of waiting for these new social virtual worlds to reach us on the PS4 while some of us are looking for a temporary place to call home for now. When I first installed SL on my laptop, I had no idea of how to edit my avatar, add new things and I still have plenty to learn but even as of now, I still enjoy SL & to be honest I find better deals on SL than I did on Home cause a lot of the created content is done by the community.
I still think that Home was more populates during it’s last days than SL is in most of it’s spaces or I am not looking up these areas well.
I’d recommend SL to anyone looking for a PS Home replacement if you have the PC for it. I can also mention the fact that trolls are rampant in SL & Adult content is there, whether it be someone’s private parts or other crazy nonsense.
SL seems more adult themed than anything else and I can’t compare the experience as something better than Home cause I am a gamer first and that is one thing I loved about PS Home, it was on a console which meant most people there were familiar with the games we all played. Our club was focused on bringing gamers together so that they can enjoy their game with friends they met on Home and also earn PSN cash rewards.
Every day I would go to my main hang out which was in Adventure District’s bar, we would chat about games and meet more possible club members. It was easy to spark a conversation, while in SL the variety of content and people is quite wide by comparison, it is what makes it difficult to even start a conversation with a lot of these people on SL.
You can invest in a decent PC or laptop to run SL & like home and other social virtual worlds, it is free to use and it does have a premium/V.I.P service available to it’s users.
You can rent apartments, buy land and that sort of thing but to most Home users that may be a new concept that they’re not familiar with and that’s part of what can make it difficult for some of us.
Would I recommend second life to former Home users?
I would if you have the patience for learning how to use programs, it takes some getting used to but once you do get the hang of it, it will be worth a try, you may even like it more than PS Home depending on your taste.
There are lots of hot spots where users hang out and chat but unfortunately I am still new to SL but when I do find them, I will post them.
In the mean time, I still wish Home were still around, cause in my personal opinion it was a social virtual world for gamers and it was a lot easier to make friends on PS Home than it is on Second Life, simply cause the biggest thing most users had in common were the games of course.
No matter how many petitions pop up in regards to PS Home and wanting it back on PSN, it won’t happen simply cause Sony has made up their mind on the issue. People can argue about who made the most money (Sony vs Developers) but the biggest argument that cannot be denied is the fact that a lot of us built memories and awesome friendships through Home and it feels as if Sony disregarded that, maybe the PS4 would have brought more users into the fold, better textures, more item space, bigger houses, more mini-games and who knows what else but Sony didn’t even bother on giving it a shot. It’s like voting, majority of the country can favor one candidate but if they do not all vote, then they fail their candidate and the other person wins simply cause all of those who favored him/her actually spoke up and voted for them.
Maybe the next time this happens, users may speak up and as I always say, when it comes to any form of business, speak with your wallets as well as your presence. I barely play my PS4 & I still kind of regret going for the PS4 when I could have started off with the PC off the bat. Now I play on steam more than I do on PSN, better games, better deals almost on a daily basis and even early access to games.
Know that if Sony does not offer a decent virtual world for it’s user base then there is always SL & it is a lot cheaper than PS Home.
