Endless Paradigm

Quote:Sony just announced today that the public beta for Playstation Home will not, I repeat, not be open to all till fall of 2008. Here is what Sony has said,

    "Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that it will expand the Closed Beta testing for PLAYSTATION®Home in Summer 2008, inviting a further number of registrants from the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) users. Following completion of the Expanded Closed Beta test, the PLAYSTATION Home Open Beta service will commence in Fall 2008.

    'Wee understand that wee are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but wee have come to the conclusion that wee need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today,” said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “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.'

    The PLAYSTATION Home Open Beta service that will become available in Fall 2008 will be built around providing new and fun community gaming experiences, such as connecting PlayStation games with Home and providing places and items from the games.

    Details of the Closed Beta testing features, registration for the test and the opening of the service will be announced as they become available."

I don’t know about you guys, but this is extremely disappointing to me, especially with all the rumors of the past couple weeks that it might have been just around the corner.

http://www.platformnation.com/2008/04/21...all-of-08/


This is just becoming ridiculous. The BETA isn't even going to be available to public till Fall.  It better be frickin godly if they are going to keep pushing it back like this...

I almost want to make a poll for predictions...

and some of their best titles will be out by then.

Marketing >> Correct

PS3 is going to have its fame soon, 360 has had its fun I think..

Uugghhh....

This is ridiculous...
The continued delay of HOME, could end up being a huge mistake for SONY...

There online services are sh!t right now compared to Microsoft.
If they where smart, they would have released "HOME Light" to tide all the PS3 owners over...

interesting move but if they released a crappy unfinished home then it would set the wind sailing ms's way
the other thing to consider is home has some serious problems that need to be addressed and they don't want these problems to come up before the public

Senseito Sakura Wrote:and some of their best titles will be out by then.

Marketing >> Correct

PS3 is going to have its fame soon, 360 has had its fun I think..

that is true. the ps3 has so many things coming to it. it'll be invincible in the 'console war' before long.