Rumor: Playstation Home?

When Phil Harrison had announced that PS3 owners would be very happy come the Game Developer’s Conference, many fans had speculated different ideas about what the announcement would be about. Kotaku, using an unconfirmed source, has said that there is a possibility of “Playstation Home”, which imitates that of the Xbox Live achievements program, and the Mii feature from the Wii.

Basically, a user will be able to create an avatar that reflects their personality. The character will be housed in a single room, where the person can play games to unlock certain items. It will then be enhanced with a MySpace type of network. Some other features included will be text and voice chat, as well as a webcam integration.

A patent has also been found by a NeoGAF member which summarizes the whole thing. The logo, which can be seen on the right, is also a part of the patent. Although it is still a rumor, everything matches up too well, so you could say that this is the real thing. Read the full patent after the jump.

Update: Rumored summary of Harrison’s full keynote can be found at NeoSeeker.

Thanks to Jim2k

Computer game software; electronic devices for the wireless receipt, storage and/or transmission of data and messages; computer software for conducting and coordinating real-time and asynchronous communications among computer users sharing information and audio/video data via electronic communications networks; downloadable electronic publications; sound and/or video recordings featuring music and entertainment, television programs, motion pictures, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs of all kinds; downloadable digital sound and/or video recordings featuring music and entertainment, television programs, motion pictures, news, sports, games, cultural events, and entertainment-related programs of all kinds; computer software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via the Internet

IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Electronic games services provided by means of the Internet; Internet games (non-downloadable); organizing of games; entertainment services provided online and/or via a computer database for matching users for the transfer or sharing of music, video and audio recordings via communications networks; providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest; providing of an on-line service enabling physically remote players of an electronic game to search on-line for other players and to communicate with selected players during the game; organizing, staging and the provision of on-line tournaments; entertainment by means of wireless television broadcasts

IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Hosting on-line web facilities for others for organizing and conducting meetings, gatherings, interactive discussions and interactive game play; computer services in the nature of customised web pages for featuring game player information, including information regarding a player’s identity and the player’s preferences; hosting the computer sites of others on a computer service for a global network; creating and maintaining computer sites for others; website design services; creation and development of virtual and interactive images and environments; providing on-line access to computer networks, computer databases, the Internet, on-line bulletin boards, virtual worlds and libraries of text, graphics and audio-visual and multimedia information and entertainment