Open beta for Home delayed until fall, closed beta expands in the summer

By Spencer . April 22, 2008 . 10:53am

Sony is delaying the launch of Home, their PlayStation 3 contained virtual world, worldwide until this fall. In light of the delay, Sony will allow additional users to register for the closed beta this summer. First announced at GDC 2007, Sony’s online community was supposed to be ready last fall. If testing on Home is done in the summer we will be getting it a year late.

While the delay might be disappointing it’s in Sony’s best interest to make this launch a hit rather than shove a product out the door riddled with bugs. On the downside the hype for Home may have died down. Is anyone excited about watching movie trailers in virtual theaters, making an(other?) avatar, decorating an apartment or collecting trophies anymore when the Metal Gear Online beta is coming?

Images courtesy of Sony.

TAGS: Home, Playstation 3, Sony

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4 Responses to “Open beta for Home delayed until fall, closed beta expands in the summer”

Drkirby Says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Not really, but I know friends who aren’t in the gaming loop as much who are still hyped for this.

Pedro Silva Says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm

never liked home concept, seems to much… aimed at teens; sony’s “the sims” or whatever

alice Says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Frankly I was never that thrilled with the concept since I heard it announced. I have no doubt that Home will just be full of trolling and /b/tards in a week.

Visionnerz Says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Guess I’m one of the few here that was excited about this? One of the problems I have with Xbox Live is that aside from your friends list and joining random online games, it feels “empty” in terms of the population. The lobby aspect of Home actually reminds me of a lot of the Dreamcast’s online games which also had online lobbies in order to chat, meet up with, and form groups with players to play a game.