I stepped into PlayStation Home the other day and I must say, it is just as boring now as it was during the Beta. I am happy to see that Sony is being able to monetize it somehow, but honestly... It needs to become something for the gamers not just another Second Life. I have seen what I can do with the current incarnation of the system and here are my overall thoughts.
With all this said. I have a final thought. In order for PlayStation Home to succeed. It
MUST
be a game. There, I said it. If PlayStation Home is not a game the confusion of what is the 'PlayStation 3' will continue. I should be able to decide, "I'm going to play Home today". It should be somewhere that I can win points, gain levels, do quests or tasks. It should be a free, sponsored, Everquest. I really would not mind going through the Coca-Cola valley (which obviously has a Coca-Cola waterfall + river) and finding 4 hidden bottle caps and returning back to the wise Polar Bear for a cool Coca-Cola jukebox in my apartment. I know this is possible too! Since Red Bull's area will have a Red Bull Air-race mini game, where you can fly a prop plane. It is yet to be said how you will fly the plane however, right now if you go to The Arcade you can play bowling with other people but because the bowling lanes are not instanced you have to wait till somebody ends a game before joining it which is very dumb and does not solve any problems. Those are my thoughts on Home. I will report back when I read that Red Bull's area has been added, but honestly there's just nothing to do there since all the imaginary arcade machines and bowling lanes are always taken.