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PlayStation Home delayed

Posted on September 19th, 2007 at 22:44 EDT

Kaz Hirai revealed that PlayStation Home has been delayed until early 2008.

The 3D social network for PlayStation 3 was originally scheduled for launch this Fall. Rumours had been circulating of a phased rollout, but now it appears the company has decided to move to a worldwide launch next year.

Kaz explained that the delay was not for technical reasons, but rather down to regionalisation. He (or perhaps Sony as a company) wants to have the full range of services available worldwide, along with a managed environment as opposed to a lawless one.

He also said the delay was a response to user feedback.

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posted 10:45pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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gay.

posted 10:45pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
2

yep saw this coming

posted 10:46pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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What? Bad movf!
posted 10:46pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
4
Nnnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!!!!
posted 10:52pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
5

Home and Rumble in the Spring? What gives. Though it's nice to know they are coming...eventually, again with the delays Sony. Besides price, the delays are ridiculous.

I love Warhawk, but I HATE that I cannot communicate with friends in game nor invite my friends in game. Home is supposed to resolve this, now I have to wait another ?? months. I have to say, so far the TGS has been a moderate failure. I'm a fan, but it's hard to continuously defend this crap.

posted 10:53pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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This is a HUGE undertaking, it will take some time to get it right.

Don't worry it will come. In the mean time, Watch Blu-ray Movies!!!

posted 10:57pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
7

Sucks, but better to be safe than sorry.  PS3, it's in the box!

posted 11:02pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
8

that's not cool but i could wait

posted 11:03pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
9

They don't have to launch Home, but at least give us some of the features via firmware so we can fully enjoy our current lineup of games before we lose interest. Warhawk is such a great game, but with so much else coming out this year and next, it may be a forgotten multiplayer game after this year.  

posted 11:13pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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The wait-game sucks, but it's better to have a polished product or else every game reviewer will bash Home to no end.

posted 11:17pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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no 2.0 til next spring too i bet

posted 11:19pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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i don't mind what reasons they might have to push back this release, sony is dissapointing me, almost every great game is being pushed back for "tecnical reasons"... i'm a great fan of the PS but nothing is worse than wait for something that is probably to be pushed back. I hope that the release date of assasin's creed stays that way or i'll get VERY dissapointed, i know it's not sony's fault some things but i'm tired of waiting

posted 11:25pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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To me it's plain and simple. In game chatting/invites/messages in all games online. If I am playing Warhawk, I want to be able to check and see what other friends are on, send them a text message or a voice chat invite and communicate. Then, I want to be able to send invites, to anyone in anygame at anytime.

Oh, and allow me to have more than 50 friends or whatever the pitifully low number is. I have loads of people who want to jump into my Warhawk clan, but I can't even add them as a friend.

posted 11:34pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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ignignort - thats what I was about to type

posted 11:40pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
15

uhhhhhhhhhhhh go ********

posted 11:42pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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ether way alot of us wouldnt be able to be in it in the first place...whats the point if only a few got to join at first? this way we'll al beable to be in it on the same day! and really now some of u need to wait! do u want it to keep having failures and whatnot? i dont think so! sony has given us alot.....free online (unlike Xcrap) and much more, sony is the future so stop your whinning and grow up, some of u are acting like some five year olds!

posted 11:52pm EDT - September 19th, 2007
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yeahh  ,  they better keep releasing  good games  , or im have me sign up for xboxlive ,  pissing me off,

posted 12:03am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Thats horrible, but I knew they would do this so I'm not fully surprised.

posted 12:46am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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what the h*ll i've been waiting all this time for nothing this not fair i dont care about what other user have to say.

posted 1:35am EDT - September 20th, 2007
20

After no "open beta" in July and then talk of open beta in Oct, I totally saw this

posted 1:45am EDT - September 20th, 2007
21

haha, i think im gunna be selling my ps3, unless when i get warhawk its such a good game that it keeps me busy till the end of the year, which it probably wont..

posted 2:56am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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....................i .....am so.................SICK OF THIS WTF SONY U ARE PUSHIN US AY KEPP THIS SH* T UP AND YOU'LL HAVE NO FANS LEFT.
posted 3:38am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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ha ok, firstly was disapointed, then if it's for a worldwide release, THANK YOU.

Frankly, folks of USA, can't you wait so we discover and appreciate HOME in the same time (europe) ? You probably know by my comment and Post, that I am a big supporter of Home, so I'm disapointed by the delay, but its perhaps for the better..

posted 4:57am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I expected this.
posted 5:00am EDT - September 20th, 2007
25
B.S man unbelievable y so manny delyeds sony should back up on the price sorry sony but i gave my ps3 back
posted 5:19am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I'm not upset. Xbox wins 07 hands down unless MGS4 comes out den it's tied but if MGS4 comes out in 08, mark my word, PS3 will be the best, period!
posted 5:43am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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Come on guys pull yourself toghether. Better delayed than rushed. Can't wait for Home, it's gonna kick serious Xbox 360 but.

posted 5:55am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I don't mind,just get super solid servers,and have a whole bunch of cool features.And if that takes time i'm willing to wait,i mean what's a couple of months compared to the almost half year of a tiny library of games we had to put up with.

posted 7:21am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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y sony is doing this to us

posted 8:01am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I hate delays but I prefer a world wide release that I can use day one and a solid experience. Lets see it happen Sony -when its released....

posted 8:20am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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@ Undying:

The reason people are upset is b/c we are told one thing by Sony, only to be let down again. They can delay HOME all they want, but give me the features I (and everyone else for that matter) want.

posted 9:34am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I wish I smashed my PlayStation a long time ago. I will never buy another Sony PlayStation again. I should have got a XBox, at least when they say they are going to do something they do it.

posted 9:43am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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its cool...i rather it delayed than for it to be released missing stuff and all buggy....if that happened sony wouldnt hear the end of it......ill just keep on playing warhawk

posted 9:48am EDT - September 20th, 2007
34

Whatever you feed grows. Whatever you starve dies.

Sony continues to feed us delays which I can only imagine is feeding the impatient angry beasts inside all of us that want more from our favorite system.

Meanwhile we're starved of what would should be basic necessities of the system. In game messaging, custom soundtracks, and of course matchmaking and community features; something Home is supposed to bring to the table to combat XBL.

We're dying here Sony and another 7 month delay is not my idea of a good time. True we'll have a much better product come Spring (we better; there'll be no excuses come March/April) but the waiting game is starting to get old. Having to wait anywhere from a week to a month for multi-platform titles is already a sad reality but that's from the aunts and uncles of the industry. When your parents start giving you excuses the sting and disappointment is even worse.

I'm a HUGE, HUGE fan of all things Sony and Playstation and I agree with another blogger here that continuing to defend Sony is becoming a full-time job. We shouldn't have to defend it, its features and abilities should speak for themselves but so far we seem to be getting a fraction of what this box is really capable of.

posted 9:55am EDT - September 20th, 2007
35

incredibilistic is right.

posted 10:03am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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meh iexpected but probly a good thing
posted 10:18am EDT - September 20th, 2007
37

this is sad news i wanted to try this out i guess its not coming out soon :( anyhow the ps3 is doing fine without it but this aswell would make more people play ps3 more then xbox live

posted 10:21am EDT - September 20th, 2007
38

Oh well.  With everything else we're getting it's not all that bad.  Give 'em a chance to polish it.  If it's really as good and revolutionary as we all hope, then we'll be using it for 5 + years anyways.

posted 10:32am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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Thats sux, i hate waiting but, all good things come to those who wait. We will be getting a polished version of Home when released with better features, that is "WE BETTER" or i will be pissed.
posted 11:47am EDT - September 20th, 2007
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I would rather it be done right than done fast but boy o boy delays are starting to be the PS3's middle name.

posted 12:22pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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One word..

Fcuk...

posted 2:10pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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psn id: gingo.. this is very unfortunate but if it helps make the game bigger and better then i'm all for it

posted 5:37pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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stop b____ing babies let them get all of it right so there wont b any problems...I was upset 2 but if thats what it takes...cool. 

posted 6:13pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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Why do I get the feeling that nothing was planned properly before PS3 release? Delays delays delays on consoles, games, on rumble, backward compatibility, on everything. Seriously dodgy work Sony. They have to start investing resources ahead of the curve not 12 months behind it.

posted 7:38pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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this feature is going to become a system seller probably more so than any one game....and it will be free to users....considering the undertaking they are embarking on and the user feedback that said it isn't ready and with having to make it ready not just for gamers but for companies to market their products this is probably one of the most extensive undertaking any developers have ever had to do. think about it....this isn't simply making characters and levels for a game but a virtual world to interact, sell, buy, visit, game, and if done poorly or incorrectly would lead to a huge fallout for sony. IT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT. or they stand to lose tons of company supports for those looking to advertise and setup shop in this game. this in essense will be the soul of the playstation.....and you want them to just let it fly and develop on the fly......yeah right....you guys would make excellent advisors to sony.

posted 8:05pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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WOuld you rather have crap that breaks down all the time or something that works? Stop complaining about delays when they're for the benefit of a product. ANyway the lack of an open Beta in July was because there was just so much that needed work. the latest update that you've seen photos of already fixed a lot of issues but also brings up new ones so it's not yet ready for a huge influx of people yet.

posted 8:09pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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This so f*c*ing Bullshi**!!!  When will they get their shi* right?  this is driving me nuts...  Guess more warhawk and resistance and halo 3 when it arrives!  Sony, come on you idiots...

posted 9:46pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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art takes time.

il wait, hey, its free anyway right?

id rather have a later more polished version then a ruched choppy version.

 

 

hopefully we still get firmware 2.0 this year.

posted 11:15pm EDT - September 20th, 2007
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yeah see. read the above

 

It sounds like a lot of fans are pissed off (this is like denying a kid his candy on Holloween)

 

on other matters am I the only one ticked off about the 60 peep limit thing. Personally I think thats not cool. 60 players per sever thats just down right gay.

 

I'd be lucky if I even get to see any of YOU guys there, 60 peep per server ahh man!

look at the size of that indoor arean! you can fit like a 1,000 peeps up in that place

 

 

Good things comes to those who wait.

 

If you guys cant find me; that means I'm probably in the 'grouper' Theater at Home!

www.grouper.com - this stuff is better then YouTube hahaha

'Uncle Bluse can you wipe my butt' - Children are a Gift @ grouper

posted 4:40pm EDT - September 21st, 2007
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Home although interesting to just wander arround, is really pretty useless, all of you that dont have Beta access and think its the godsend of online apps need a reality check. 

 

Its just a few rooms that you walk, very very slowly, arround in with a few NES era games to play.

 

I am a Sony FanBoy to the core, but Home is just a useless novelty.

 

For those complaining about chatting in games like Warhawk, thats what the BlueTooth headset is for!  You shouldnt be chattingf with your other buddies (that are not playing) when you are playing tha game anyway.

posted 10:48pm EDT - September 30th, 2007
51

sh1t this sucks!!!!!1!

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