the Metaverse is the latest stinker making waves in the landscape of the virtual world, but why go on when gems from the past return?
There is definitely a hole in the hearts of many PlayStation gamers since the closure the virtual world of PlayStation 3, PlayStation home page, in 2015. Sure, it wasn’t great, but it sure was some. Projects like Neotopia have made it their business, the PlayStation home page Concept into the new console era, and Sony recently did renew the brand to the PlayStation home page for the second time this year. However, a non-profit project is working to revive the original.
First things first, let’s talk about the original. PlayStation home page was a 3D virtual social gaming platform for the PlayStation 3 developed by Sony Computer Entertainment’s London studio. As with many virtual world games, users would create their own avatar to represent themselves. They would have their own apartment that they would fill with free, purchased, and won items. You could communicate with other users and play solo and multiplayer mini-games. The 2008 open beta stayed in beta its entire life and closed in 2015.
Destination Home is a non-profit project that took years try to bring PlayStation home page back to life with an offline version to download and play on modified PlayStation 3 consoles or emulators. Recently, they partnered with the PlayStation Online Network Emulated (PSONE) fan group, which made it possible for them to enable gaming PlayStation home page online again. According to the group, online access to public and private lobbies should be available by the end of the year.
Destination Home recently published a teaser on its official YouTube.
According to the group’s website, the project does not accept monetary donations of any kind. Instead, it has chosen to accept cache donations from players. Cache donations are information collected by the game that is stored on consoles of the time. Destination Home uses this data to find out more about it PlayStation home page. This in turn informs your project. From these cache donations, Destination Home reclaimed rooms, furniture and clothing. They then restore these properties for conservation and educational purposes.
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Video game preservation recently came into the spotlight with Microsoft’s vice president Phil Spencer‘s comments on the subject, however, the work of emulation and preservation of video games is being largely taken in the form of the gaming community itself Passion for projects. Another case where an incredibly talented group of fans take preservation into their own hands. We love to see it.
This story originally appeared on Kotaku Australia.
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