PS3 owners waiting for the PlayStation Home online virtual world announced by Sony last March will need a little more patience, after the Japanese arm announced a further delay today.
Home was originally scheduled to hit the download servers as a PS3 add-on in late 2007, but that date was soon pushed back to this spring. Today’s press release moves the final release out of sight by extending the beta-testing phase.
Not quite ready
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) CEO and president Kaz Hirai explained, “We understand that we are asking PS3… users to wait a bit longer, but we… need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today.”
Some time in the autumn SCEI will begin an open beta test, which will allow a limited number of testers to sign up for access to the Home virtuality through their PS3 consoles.
Before that, Sony plans to expand the more restricted closed beta phase of testing - but only to invited guests - this summer. That extended timeframe suggests nothing fully public is likely until 2009 at the earliest.
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castaway666
April 25th
2. I must admit I was/am looking forward to Home, but i'm glad Sony are not denying there's a problem this time.
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ginga_nut
April 22nd
1. Typical sony... constantly delaying games, home, etc... They ought to be fined and then flogged
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