According to comments made Home Producer Martijn Van Der Meulen at the Leipzig Games Convention this week, the highly anticipated by long delayed online PS3 virtual service "PlayStation Home" will hit the PS3 this year.

Guaranteed.

"First and foremost, Meulen told me (without hesitation) that it is a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year. He has absolutely no doubt that this will be the case, so it looks like the long wait to come Home is finally reaching its conclusion.

Meulen also assured me, quite adamantly, that Home will always be a free service — only premium content will need to be purchased. I know some gamers were concerned that once Home reached a certain user base, a fee might be applied to the service, but this is not the case. Meulen says that there are no plans to charge for Home, even in the far future."

Well, that's at least reassuring to know.

Tags : 2008 : games convention : Home : leipzig : Martijn Van Der Meulen : PlayStation 3 : playstation home

Comments

By: Snake Plissken On: 01:04 Aug 23rd, 2008 Offline	Well this is news. At this point I am holding all opinions and expectations and just waiting for when it actually comes out to finally see what it will be like.

By: Pendelino On: 01:52 Aug 23rd, 2008 Offline	Il lave opinions of it until it is actually released and I can use it

By: Glorin On: 06:06 Aug 23rd, 2008 Offline	Yes, thanks Michael. I'm looking forward to Home, hopefully not a flop.

By: SwitchxA On: 07:44 Aug 23rd, 2008 Offline	I've also heard some things about a 2d version of Home for those who don't want to engage in the 3d environments. I wonder if thats going to release simultaneously or be pushed back to get the 3d version done. Either way, I can't wait.

By: Pendelino On: 11:13 Aug 23rd, 2008 Offline	hmm, a 2D version would seem cool for people who have either bad connection speeds or dont really like 3D environments lol, if done properly it should look nice