Sony On PlayStation Home: We Were "Deserting Gamers"
Speaking with CVG at this week's PlayStation Day event, SCEE president David Reeves has said they were "deserting gamers" with PlayStation Home, and were too focused on the "non-gaming applications of Home."
This is what has caused the delay, even though Reeves claims an open beta of the service should still become available this year. Last month, we learned that Home was delayed until 2009, but at least we should see that beta drop in "October or November." This is still behind the initial schedule, though, when we thought we'd see the beta for spring or summer.
"It is definitely coming out in autumn," said Reeves. "Whether that's October or November, I don't precisely know, but it is an open beta. We've realised that maybe we were too ambitious with the non-gaming applications within Home, getting sponsors and stuff like that. In that sense we were deserting gamers. So, we're concentrating on the gaming by launching games in Home, and attracting people who are into gaming in first - instead of the Nike people, or Adidas people who are into fashion and not necessarily into gaming."In this ever-expanding world of gaming connectivity and functionality, it's becoming easier to "desert" the gamers and center more on the general techies. But Sony isn't about to do that with Home, and we have to applaud them for that.
5/8/2008 Ben Dutka
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Deleted User
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 3:21:12 PM
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ThePoetRazel
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 3:36:40 PM
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Every time they delay it other people come up with new things. This means that Sony has to constantly better their ideas on Home to keep up with the competition. They are delaying to much that it'll be obsolete by the time it's released.
Just get it out and Sony can see what it is people like and dislike and improve Home from that rather than delaying to work on applications that may prove to be unwanted.
screw_off
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 3:38:32 PM
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Minishmaru
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 5:11:15 PM
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anjpikapp3
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 5:46:45 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 5:11:51 PM
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Tatsujin
Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 10:57:57 AM
Solidgearz
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ 1:07:20 PM
Tatsujin
Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 12:55:24 AM
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So, let me get this straight... You first want Sony to release the game idioticly when nothing has really been accomplished (Yes, even if it has been 2 years, they are still working on it folks... Believe it or not It's called effort! Try it sometime!)
And then, after they idioticly release it... You will complain about all the glitches and whatnot you see in Home! (Don't argue with me, you know im right, 90% of you out there WILL start complaining the first 30 secs of Home)
And AFTER they idioticly release it, and you start complaining... You want them to release updates! And then you will be so full of having to update the Home service every other day, you will ONCE AGIAN complain! (Yes you will, don't even fucking say otherwise... We all know this.)
And after all that, You will say, like the little smart asses that you are, "Sony has provided us with an underworked and a half finished service" (I know youll say that one for a fact.)
God... I can see it now... Home, Home of the Complaints!
Is that what you morons want? Obviously it is...
Don't try to agrue with this post, because believe it or not, this post is exaclty whats gonna happen if Sony does release Home too early, and you fucking know it!
So how about we put our mouths up our asses for another year and see what happens, before Sony actually listens to you people and provides us with a half-finished service.
This is @ ALL those people who wanted Home to be released early, and then have updates for it.

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Thursday, May 08, 2008 @ 2:51:40 PM