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December 15, 2008 5 Thoughts On Reactions to Home: Is It Getting Harder To Launch a Virtual World? It's been less than a week since Home went to open beta on the PlayStation 3, and, so far, the press has been a bit middling. From virtual world bloggers to game publications to tech writers to the mainstream press, reactions seem to mostly vary from disgust (IGN summed up, "PlayStation Home is dumb") to frustrations with the evolving technology and inability to log in to, at the better end, optimism that the free service is an impressive feat and has room for growth. New World Notes is already listing reasons why Home will fail and others are pointing out, seemingly everywhere, that some sort of sex is possible in Home. There has been some positive coverage as well, but this is just a small sampling from my RSS reader and Google Alerts over the weekend. It reminds me of when Lively launched to open beta this summer, and, less than a month later, The Economist called it as a "flop." Given Lively's track record, that's not too hopeful for Home. I take away a few lessons and thoughts from the reaction, though.