SCEA confirmed to the press today that Home has been pushed back again. The closed beta will now continue through the summer, with an open beta beginning in the autumn.

“We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today,” said SCE boss Kaz Hirai.

“Our overarching objective is to provide users with new gaming experiences that are available only on PlayStation Home. Spending more time on the development and on the Closed Beta testing reaffirms our commitment to bringing a quality service, maintaining the PlayStation tradition.”

PlayStation Home was original due for release autumn 2007. That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

Tags : delay : Home : kaz hirai : PlayStation 3 : playstation home : Sony

Comments

By: Evren On: 02:14 Apr 22nd, 2008 Offline	My god, even more delays. Much fail sony, what more is there you need to freaking do. ;_;

By: boa On: 04:09 Apr 22nd, 2008 Offline	eh, it is a pretty hefty thing they're trying to do. All I can say is that they best get it right before they release it.

By: ManicGamer On: 06:00 Apr 22nd, 2008 Offline	I'm split on this one: I am partially pissed at Home's delay... and I have been searching online to get to the bottom of this.. I haven't been able to confirm anything.. but there are MANY people who are saying that Home will require special coding inherent for the in game XMB. This may be why they are so hush hush about the in game XMB as it is directly linked to the release of HOME. We may see XMB support in a firmware update just before Home is released. On the OTHER hand.. This "delay" formula has worked very well for Sony in the past. For instance their console wasn't rushed to be "first" and now it is slowly beginning to snowball and take over console gamers in favorability based on the hardware and out-of-box options alone. Its estimated that Sony wil start to see profitability for the console 3 months prior to the statistical analysis of last years sales. Source: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13741.cfm Right now I'm more focused on the fact that I can't seem to find anyone who wants to buy a used 360 (falcon chip model) for more than 180 bucks. I'm trying to get rid of the hardware I can no longer rely on. Any takers?

By: Dragonsoul On: 04:53 Apr 24th, 2008 Offline	Delay yes, but sometimes I feel Sony's delays are just a bit overkill. Don't they have enough of a development team to devote to getting this done in a more timely fashion? Although I'd rather a project take more time than be here faster there is a line that crossed when it's THAT long, IMO.