Sony delays PS3 virtual world Home - again
Open beta test this autumn?
Sony has pushed back the release of Home, the PlayStation 3's answer to Second Life, yet again, pending 'refinements' it believes it needs to make to the service.
Gamers have been patiently awaiting Home’s arrival since May 2007, when Sony said a public beta testing programme would be launched in the summer of that year.
In September 2007, Sony was forced to admit it had delayed the introduction of the application until spring 2008.
However, further delays have since halted the virtual community’s commercial launch, and Sony now won’t even launch the open test until this autumn.
Sony's Home: coming this autumn?
An existing closed beta testing programme will be expanded this summer, allowing “a further number of registrants” to test out the community and provide feedback on it to Sony.
On the upside, Sony has at least realised it’s pi**ing gamers off with the constant delays. Kazuo Hirai, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said in a statement: “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."
The company hasn’t said what’s holding the launch back or even when it now expects Home to become commercially available. But, given the delayed timescale gamers are now being forced to sit through, it’s possible we may not even see Home until 2009.
COMMENTS
COD4 @1080p
When forced into 1080p mode, Call Of Duty 4 on the PS3 runs at a resolution of 600x1080. There's a reason that leaving 720p as an option makes the game choose that - it's the way the game is designed to be played on both PS3 and 360; the game does not run at a higher res on Sony's console.
The PS3's internal scaler can only scale horizontally, not vertically like the 360's. The mode exists to satisfy owners of screens that won't take 720p signals, not just so PS3 owners can make up in smug what they lack in critical thinking skills.
Focus, people!
Yep, good to see this set of comments staying on topic.
For me, the worst part of this news is that the forums will continue their steady stream of 'So when's Home being released?' threads. Which, since no-one knows the answer (perhaps not even Sony) and this situation is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future, is irritating.
So, I find this news irritating but wish Sony luck in debugging and/or creeping the scope of the work.
Ooh, maybe it's adding a video download store to coincide with the upcoming video downloads in the summer. Don't care; I'll wait and see.
Mine is bigger than yours
Quote: "...its the same people everytime arguing about their console of choice.
GET OVER IT SADDOS!"
Well said that man/woman.
No matter what the topic, it always comes down to childish 'my console's bigger than yours' rubbish.
Get a life.
Re: Hehehe
"Not true. Us PS3 owners are all playing CoD4 in 1080p. We don't play anything else... :)"
Wonder why that is, nothing to do with the fact the PS3 has no other game worth playing or anything is it :p ?
Even then the 360 has sold millions more units of CoD4 than the PS3 has, sucks to be Sony or a Sony fanboy right now :p
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Uncharted is one of the best games I've ever played. GT5 Prologue (and of course GT5 next year), Ratchet & Clank, Army of Two, COD4, Warhawk, Resistance, GTAIV (next week yay!), PixelJunk Monsters (What a game - £3.50!!!), Super Stardust HD, and soon enough Haze, FFXIII, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Mercenaries 2, and of course, the ace of spades: MGS4.
Mocking the PS3 for it's game library simply doesn't work anymore - just makes you look like a pratt. When Haze & MGS 4 are out by June, there will have been much more quality titles for PS3 in it's first 15 MONTHS than the 360 had. I'm not into 360 bashing, as I'll be getting one for my birthday this year, but if you're gonna flame, you're gonna be flamed too!
Hehehe
"Not true. Us PS3 owners are all playing CoD4 in 1080p. We don't play anything else... :)"
Wonder why that is, nothing to do with the fact the PS3 has no other game worth playing or anything is it :p ?
Even then the 360 has sold millions more units of CoD4 than the PS3 has, sucks to be Sony or a Sony fanboy right now :p
