Wardrobe Wars was a mini-game in PlayStation Home released on 22 February 2012. It was only available in North America on both the first and second floors of the Mall.
The game pitted avatars against each other in a battle of popular attire. Players would submit photos to a common photo board upon which other players would rate their avatar and its clothing based upon a theme. It offered very exclusive rewards for those who were voted the best of the day, week and month.
Gameplay[]
An example of an entry following the theme "black and white attire".
The game allowed players to submit pictures of their avatar wearing any item of clothing available. To score highly, the player needed to follow whatever the current theme of the day was at the time. Players would then vote on other entries on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the best) based upon three categores:
- Commitment to the theme (50%)
- Creativity (30%)
- Originality (20%)
The player that had the highest rated picture, as determined by other home users, was then selected as the winner of the day. Each of the seven winners of the day was then automatically entered in a contest to be winner of the week. The winners of the weekly contests were then entered in to the compete for the top title of winner of the month.
E3 sweepstakes[]
Wardrobe Wars was also involved with a sweepstakes open to residents of the United States for chance to win tickets to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2012.
Players who submitted photos each day (a day beginning at 00:00 and ending at 23:59 Pacific Daylight Time) were entered into a random draw to win one of three prizes of a full paid trip to the 2012 E3 convention, as well as spending money for the duration of the trip. Winning the daily, weekly and monthly Wardrobe Wars contests had no effect on a player's standing for the E3 sweepstakes, as the contest's winners were randomly selected from entries to the game, rather than its winners.
Controversy[]
A common consensus among players wass that most players did not follow the theme, and that doing so was irrelevant to actually winning. As seen on many PlayStation community threads, winners of the Wardrobe Wars contests had won while wearing clown outfits, suits and submitting pictures of their feet while the themes were largely ignored.
There was also a bug in the game that was disrupting the view of the winner's board, preventing any new winners from being displayed. A fix for was released on 15 May 2012.
Rewards[]
An example of a weekly reward.
Wardrobe Wars offered a variety of rewards for players from participation rewards, as well as highly exclusive rewards for daily, weekly and monthly winners. These exclusive rewards were only available for the duration of the contest period. Daily and weekly winner rewards have been varying shirts and jackets, while the monthly rewards remained the same from the beginning of the contest, consisting of two complete costumes, all unavailable by any other means.
| Prizes and rewards, with quantity per contest period (and relative retail value) | |||
| Daily prize | Exclusive clothing item | x365 | ($0.49) |
| Weekly prize | Exclusive clothing item | x52 | ($1.49) |
| Monthly prize | Two exclusive outfits | x12 | ($2.49) |