Introducing Episode 2 Of FirstPlay

Ok thanks for the answer, well done for creating such a great show for such a great price! I’ll be subbing as soon as I have the money in my virtual wallet.

@49 I do like that idea

Do you really need to localize this for every PAL country? Large portion of us speak english you know, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to comment here, for example

Just subscribed but was a bit puzzled as I couldn’t download anything just yet. Then I read you have to log out the PSN Store and go back in to download, and Ep.1 was then marked as free. I thought the PSN had these subscription-things worked out, but it’s still a bit of an hassle.

Wouldn’t it be better to do it the Qore way? (Subscribe, then download from the download list.) I really like their yearly subscriptions that don’t automatically renew as well, but I’m guessing the three-month thing is because this is still kinda a trial. Auto-renew should be optional imho though, unless you pay attention it’s too easy to miss…

This is a little off-topic, but can I sub to the magazine if I live in Ireland?

Loving the the episodes both episode 1 and the beta.

Do you have any plans to get free content for Playstation Home?

I think the idea of a FirstPlay software application (in the same vein as VidZone but stored with in the Game tab or the Video tab) is an excellent idea and would really allow you to expand the scope of the service, examples that spring to mind include…

- The option to download an episode’s content piece by piece
- The option to stream content/view part-way through the download
- The option to stream lower quality video (iPlayer quality) for people with a slow internet connection
- The ability to easily stream/redownload purchased back issues
- The ability to offer ‘better’ freebies to subscribers only
- Easier to manage your subscription or download episodes from a customised PSN Store ‘in-game’ interface.
- Potentially smaller downloads as only content packages would be needed rather than the full interface (though I suspect most of the size is the HD video)
- Potentially removes the need for the long ‘install’ process after download of an episode
- Potentially the option to include some sort of PSP Remote View connectivity

I love the way you can save these HD screenshots onto a USB device. How about an app for the PC that allows you to view all this on it. Would be pretty cool same also with it being able to be viewed on a PSP device.

I think giving subscribers special treatment is a bad idea.

sweet, loved episode 0 (Beta) and 001, looking forward to the next episode… already have 6 months paid up front great work and hats off to everyone involved

There giving away a free mini so they sell more i think its a waste of money realy once you have watched them once you wouldnt watch them again they also take up to much room on ya ps3 over 1gig each i downloaded the 1st 1 i dont think i’ll download anymore i didnt think much of it

no home clothing nooooooo lol . home furniture or i tell u what how abt that snazzy firstplay gaming canvas for home id buy that

Maybe giving away exclusive HOME items (Clothing, furniture Etc) with FirstPlay would be a good idea

Anyway love your product, keep up the good work guys!

Personally I’d prefer to have it in Ireland than have FirstPlay Home clothes! Please get it to us soon guys, we speak the same language so we should be easily expanded to

I`m still undecided about this. Loads of potential but excessive ads, huge downloads and slow download speed (quick enough to play games online but download speeds vary ridiculously in my area. Hustle Kings 45mb update took 20mins to download last week) are making me reluctant to subscribe. Can`t the downloads be split into sections? That way I could pick the section most interesting to me to download first then download rest when I want too later on.

I actually like the ads, they don’t bother me at all.
They remind me of the games I’ve yet too purchase.

More verity would be nice though, more Blu-ray/cinema ads (Kick-ass) Etc

You’d think that Sony would have learnt by now that their “divide and conquer” strategy isn’t proving to be a popular one…

“Obviously again it’s a tricky logistical thing to pull off, what with all the different languages.”
If you’re going to force me to buy it in Finnish instead of English, here’s how much I’ll end up spending on it:

0€

Just viewed the first episode and I do think some of the typical British humour would be lost in translation, but any translation to Dutch would be horrible anyway. It just doesn’t sound right. I certainly wouldn’t buy it if it was all in Dutch.
Wouldn’t it be easier to only include optional(!) subtitles instead? This way the people that can understand English are happy (most of the Dutch gits), and other countries that don’t as well as the younger audience has subtitles.

I think Home stuff is only interesting to a limited age group that actually use Home, but I liked DLC in this episode for JC2 though. As well as betas and such are way more interesting than virtual clothes.

http://bit.ly/c3NcaW

here’s a litte proof that people will download firstplay just for the DLC or extra content….

keep the content for subscribers!

Whilst we’re getting questions answered, is there a fix on the way for BD Remote support? Specifically the Enter button and video playback using play, pause, ff, rw etc?

I liked the earlier suggestion (@20?) about exporting some video content, PlayTV does that really well at the moment.

@ Roxas598

Its a win win, people will buy it for the DLC etc… but the content on the episode will also catch there eye. If you want my opinion I like the fact all the content is available for all customers not just subscribers

@ Tim/Nath

Any Home content please! Clothes, furniture, apartments, the lot! Please!

What is the problem with language on other PSN Stores? We in czech have forced english anyway…

Hi Tim! I just have one question and it may of been asked! Would it not be easier for you to have a client that we download originally then it updates when we enter it! Only for subscribers though! Much like Vidzone does, Would be much easier and may reduce file size!

When POLAND??????

i’m liking firstplay so far, i’m a big fan of lucy porter so i’m happy to hear her doing the voice over, it would be nice to see her too though instead of just a voice over.
one feature i would like to see is a backup option, so i could save episodes i like and be able to restore them and watch them again without having to redownload them.
the only consern i have about firstplay is the weekly release schedule, isn’t it going to be hard to keep a steady flow of material?

incidentally does lucy write her own scripts for the voice over?

This is just my kind of show. More content to PSN is just great whatever the content may be, and this concept seems to already work from what I’ve read from comments and forums.

Soo, release it in Norway I simply can’t wait for this. And someone mentioned something about language, and I bet most of the people in Europe especially Norway would appreciate getting the show in english.

A question for someone who have seen the show, how long is it in total? Are we talking about over an hour?

Hold on. You have to pay for a promotional video?

This is a brilliant little thing this isn’t it! I didn’t buy ep one cause i wasn’t sure, i know i know it’s only 99p but you have to put a fiver into PSN hehe. Anyway i bought this one cause i was intrested in the Mini cheaper and then i was pleasantly surprised by the content and quality of the content for the 99p i payed

Great host, great content very well done. I may end up subsribing for this.