Home Delayed Until Spring 08 - Kotaku Comments

Home Delayed Until Spring 08

rogueslayer0 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:58:45 MDT

I'm sad Playstation Home won't be coming out this year, it was one of the main things I was looking forward to one the PS3 this year, along with GTA IV, and now they both don't come out until 2008... What next? Ratchet and Clank? Rock Band?

rogueslayer0

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headcase88 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:02:54 MDT

I'm impressed they apologized for the delay, as opposed to making up a crazy excuse (eg "consumers like waiting for it" or something about spring being symbolic).

headcase88

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KaneRobot — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:52:23 MDT

Ha. This reminds of Fox's Blu-Ray releases. "It is going to KICK YOUR ASS!...uh, if it ever comes out."

KaneRobot

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keyransolo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:46:42 MDT

Spring 08!? For funk sake! This is so annoying!

keyransolo

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Spoony Bard — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:21:49 MDT

Yeah, and we don't get rumble till NEXT YEAR. Holy hell Sony...way to feck up my holidays.

Guess I'll have to go out and get me Rock Band.

The only good announcement was the PSP one. But still, what the hell am I going to do with that?

Sigh...

Spoony Bard

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黒天使 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:16:49 MDT

@ShaggyB: the funny thing is only Japan gets the ruble this year lol , the rest get it next year , WHY? i have no idea ...

黒天使

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黒天使 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:14:42 MDT

* repakages his Home apartment designs back into a shoe box and shoves it to the back of the closet *

黒天使

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Mact — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:52:46 MDT

I didn't realize that there were people who actually expect Home to launch this year...

Then again, I really don't see the appeal of Home. Simply looks like The Sims on crack.

Mact

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Turboneko — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:07:46 MDT

Sony is really slacking on this. I mean don't get me wrong I think the PS3 is the worst console to be released in the past 10 years, but even hardcore gamers like myself can't help but cringe at the horrible business decisions Sony is making.

To be honest its like Marasai said. With MGS4's release not even on the horizon yet and Halo 3 coming out soon.. Sony has nothing to counter with other than DS3 (oh boy!), Sony's Dashb- er i mean Sony HOME.. oh and Heavenly Sword.. thats sure to take people away from Halo 3 :x

Turboneko

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scottyboy218 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:48:23 MDT

Dang! I bet all of my kotaku points on "Home being delayed" for the E3 contest. Woulda been a big winner.

scottyboy218

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ShaggyB — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:46:25 MDT

Wow so we get rumble but no HOME till SPRING of 2008. Wow sony way to prove nothing is coming for ps3 this year. Delaystation continues to lag

ShaggyB

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Amsterdaam — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:43:00 MDT

Oh no! My virtual world got delayed, so I'm going to have to go out in the actual world and hang out with actual friends! It's nuts, I know, but here me out. You can even actually go to your friend's actual house and play games! You can go to the actual theatre and watch a move on an actual movie screen! You can get a chess board and actually play chess, it's so realistic!

GTFO! Really?

Really.

Amsterdaam

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Doomstink — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:33:29 MDT

@BodyOfTheMany:

Most of the people who own PS3s that aren't named Chad Warden care about Home.

Doomstink

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Fistynuts — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:28:26 MDT

Apparently Home is due to come out just after the PSP version of Gran Turismo.

Fistynuts

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cheviot — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:45:47 MDT

How does Sony expect to change the developer and customer expectation that the PS3 is hard to program when they can't even ship a Second Life clone on time?

cheviot

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PapaBear434 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:23:14 MDT

Stupid mother fu...

Come on, Sony, get on the ball. At the very least, give us the ability to access the XMB in game and make private chat rooms in game so we can talk to our friends ant not everyone else.

You know, catch up to XBL so I can finally ditch this glorified electric paperweight that is my 360 these days (fourth one just got back after the six week wait, and I'm having disk read errors.)

PapaBear434

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DeyDreemir — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:22:35 MDT

Home could be the next big thing, expecially as Second Life (never been on it) is so popular. I have to admit that I am totally uninterested in Home, and would prefer if Sony would spend their resources on bringing out AAA titles instead.
However, I know some people would find Home really cool.

DeyDreemir

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TheIrishNinja — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:13:39 MDT

@BodyOfTheMany: i care about unified online, that's about it.

@einzwei: yeah, helping science is so very lame.

@pjarvi: ...really? no 3rd party, you sure youre not thinking the wii? cause every major non-1st/2nd party game's coming to it, so uh, you missed E3 then?

TheIrishNinja

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Tei — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:00:23 MDT

Other games... debugging, adding features, etc.. This game, a social arena: nerf bat, dumbing down, and extra powerfull automagicall banhammer devices. The late the release, the more you will feel home become a asemptical lack-of-life enviroment.

Tei

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silentbob343 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:02:09 MDT

@pjarvi:
No games, damn I wonder what I've been playing all this time? This fall/Winter is pretty big as well as spring 08 so waiting until 09 might be a bit too long.

Sony's 3rd party support is rapidly improving; Epic, Criterion, EA-all future titles at 60, Free Radical, etc. This keynote also mentioned making it better.
"Kaz wants to clear issues for developers working on PS3, and says Sony will assist on marketing too. He wants a "much closer relationship" with partners, and offers the Crisis Core PSP Slim Square Enix collaboration as an example of that in action already.

Some of these collaborative endeavours are going on behind the scenes already, he says, largely in terms of development assistance courtesy of Sony Worldwide Studios. Sony is trying to listen to opinions of developers whose games are already out, he says

Periodical dev meetings of the advisory board will help with that, he says, and Sony is also implementing "various plans to improve development efficiencies".

One thing Sony will do is share the SN Systems tool chain, having acquired the company a while back."
He also spoke of improving 1st party title development.

@bobeotm: Yup, if the delay is needed to get Home working as it should I'm all for it.

silentbob343

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jastyle521 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:50:04 MDT

one of the smartest thing they did, in a looooong time.

jastyle521

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D00mM4r1n3 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:48:35 MDT

There is no reason to buy a PS3 until 2009. Sony rushed to market with no games, no platform, and almost non-existent 3rd party support.

D00mM4r1n3

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Sloopydrew — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:40:12 MDT

This is bad in so many ways. Home was one of the only things I was looking forward to on the PS3 this holiday season. Now all I'm left with is Uncharted (if it makes it out on time). If the update prior to this one didn't announce rumble, I'd throw my six-axis across the room and give up on Sony completely. But rumble? That's the one thing (as far as the controller is concerned) Sony did right. The Dualshock had the best rumble on the market. Still does. So this bad (predictable -- what hasn't been delayed on the PS3?) news is made a little more comfy knowing a new controller is on its way. One that rumbles. Like a controller should. But how will Sony explain away the, "Rumble is last-gen" comments they made?

Sloopydrew

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Akari-Ryo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:37:54 MDT

@BodyOfTheMany: Thats a stupid question, I can't believe you just asked that! Get out, just... just get out!

Akari-Ryo

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einzwei — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:17:08 MDT

@BodyOfTheMany: The same guys who think that folding proteins is awesome.

einzwei

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Elyoshi — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:03:49 MDT

Chad Daddy ain't tryin' to play no Home-o stickin' it up your ass games

Elyoshi

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BodyOfTheMany — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:03:08 MDT

WHO CARES? What, do they think this is a system seller? What a joke. Really, who cares? who?

BodyOfTheMany

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phalanges — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:48:40 MDT

shit! Was looking forward to pimpin out my apartment.

phalanges

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kylenalepa — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:35:38 MDT

Do I get points for predicting this back during the E3 betting pool?

kylenalepa

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axiom — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:30:24 MDT

Why am I not surprised. The question now is will I care for Home in '08?

axiom

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huginn — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:29:23 MDT

Anyone surprised?

Here is a hint, expect Q2, maybe even early Q3 from what I'm hearing.

And still, A second life clone isn't enough to get me, or most gamers a PS3

huginn

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aphexacid — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:15:20 MDT

motherfuckin bullshit! i fuckin knew it! damn!

aphexacid

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Doomstink — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:52 MDT

And now I officially care less about my PS3 this coming fall. I need furniture achievements. Being an achievement whore, I'm not too fond of playing achievementless games anymore.

Doomstink

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MrCrumpet — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:06:10 MDT

Sory I ment Troyd :p

MrCrumpet

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MrCrumpet — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:05:23 MDT

@Marasai: That has to be the stupidest/funniest thing I have read all week.

MrCrumpet

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Gigith — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:01:55 MDT

I'm a Hardcore 360 fan, and I can admit that this is cool, only issue I have is it'd much rather be playing games of Halo 3, or Conan etc than be hanging out in my house. Though this does look neat, I just don't think I'd spend that much time there.

Gigith

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sklav — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:00:31 MDT

Asside from the few "hardcore" that want home in its unfinished state, The general user would try it see it's buggy or something and never come back which defeats the purpose of having hame to begin with.

Im all for finished products or constant updating, but beta to be released to the masses is a bad idea.

You can always hope for being a beta tester.

sklav

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GamingNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:58:59 MDT

This is good news. It can only get better :)

GamingNinja

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:55:12 MDT

@skyzxelementz: TGS isnt over, by the way.

TheIrishNinja

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TriFF51 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:52:57 MDT

GAAAAY

TriFF51

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TOCATL — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:52:15 MDT

Well, remember that sony always talks a lot with games and release dates, dont you remember that they said that the ps3 was going to be released in spring of 2006, so i think that they want to polish many aspects of the game, so wait a little longer, anyway if you wait you may get a cheaper ps3 by then...

TOCATL

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fawstur — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:52:10 MDT

@TheIrishNinja: Donkey punch? oh its not "that" kind of home. I dunno...body language? Dancing? I dunno know what I was going for there. maybe the functionality is to grasp at straws?

fawstur

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Troyd — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:49:27 MDT

@ Marasai: lol true enough, its just a rumor....and well XMB access is something we all want.

Troyd

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Krimmson — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:47:07 MDT

@TheIrishNinja: You'll feel a rumble if they wave back at you! =D

But oh God am I pissed off at this. My friend is seriously in a state of sorrow right now.
But hey, it could be worse, ya know? Like as if Home gets... actually, I wont finish that sentence. I'd rather not jinx it.

Krimmson

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skyzxelementz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:44 MDT

I am still disappointed with no new games being announced and now HOME is being delayed..What happen to 8 days or getaway and the new team ico game!!The only great news is rumble coming back and MGS4,Uncharted, ratchet and other games will be supporting it..

skyzxelementz

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Thorn — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:43 MDT

Booooooo! But totally expected and unsurprising. *sigh*

Thorn

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:12 MDT

@Marasai: hah, was waiting for someone to call out on that one.

TheIrishNinja

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:46:12 MDT

I'm all for it. The way Home is right now makes me want to go outside.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:45:54 MDT

you know...id better have trophies/knock-off achievements and shit when it comes out.

TheIrishNinja

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Marasai — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:45:27 MDT

@Troyd:

so sony's response to Halo 3 is an update to give the ps3 features the 360 had over 2 years ago?

Marasai

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Mr. D — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:45:06 MDT

@Citan359:
Smart kid, I'd like to buy him a beer!

Mr. D

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Violater — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:44:54 MDT

Homeless till 08, christ what a disappointment, hmmm not really. But it still sucks.

Violater

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:42:52 MDT

@fawstur: heh. like "shake the controller to wave at friends?"

TheIrishNinja

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Islandkiwi — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:42:11 MDT

I really wish they'd stop pouring resources into this one. I don't want to hang out with people in a virtual mall, or show people my virtual mansion. I want to play games, not interact with the other gamers or just "hang out" and watch people do their ridiculous animation dances. Oh look, that guy is farting and dancing a jig. So glad I came into this room.

Maybe it's an age thing, but I just want games.

Islandkiwi

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fawstur — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:41:29 MDT

they are probably also adding in some functionality with the rumble sixaxis?

fawstur

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mentalboy11 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:39:31 MDT

@Kirbytheslayer:

you wouldnt want that.

mentalboy11

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AroundTheFur — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:39:18 MDT

not much of surprise. i'd rather have a well crafted product than a piece of crap that they just threw out to meet a deadline.

AroundTheFur

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Citan359 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:38:56 MDT

oh and kagebutsu, I'll save you some time:

Sucky Home gets sucky delayed on sucky console.

Yes.. yes.. you are that predictable.

*Keep in mind, not my thoughts, but instead reflects that of a 5 year olds.

Citan359

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Troyd — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:38:51 MDT

yet another title recieves the delay hammer ; ; WHY SONY WHY ; ;....

on a serious note.. i'm really pissed :/

on a positive note, Firmware 2.0 for the ps3 won't be the home download...so We shoudl get our... * crosses fingers * in game XMB access?! Most likely in response to halo 3?!....

God damnit sony..... i have faith in the PS3...but.. your wasting so much potential...

Troyd

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:36:09 MDT

Aww. Why not just release the limited beta they have now to everyone and declare it as such. I would be happy enough with that.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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DBX00 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:36:09 MDT

I'm more inerested in when the open beta will start rolling out and how many people will have access to it. I could care less if the final version is delayed if I a bunch of people (like the gmail reference they keep making) get the beta.

DBX00

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Citan359 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:34:34 MDT

After playing the Team Fortress two beta for seven hours straight, I think I'll cope with one having one less thing to do. Obviously this isn't a thing to be celebrating, but hey could be worse is all I'm saying.
1 - Home will be better
2 - Beta will probably expand a little, still a chance
3 - Fall is so loaded, I honestly would never get on Home (except for joining friends in game, which is my big complaint)

Good Job Sony, taking care of the bad news first, now... overwhelm me with awesome! Or forever (read: day or two) be cursed by me!

Citan359

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thefoxtrot — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:32:08 MDT

Why??!!! POR QUE!

thefoxtrot

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mentalboy11 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:32:05 MDT

not for me. :)

mentalboy11

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:29:54 MDT

Again, shoulda seen this coming, with all the "youll not be getting a complete version in october..." talk.
on one hand, it needs to live up to what they sold at GDC earlier; on the other, the launching games from within & such is really needed.
if there's no XMB access in game soon, theyre really dropping the ball here.

TheIrishNinja

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MrCrumpet — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:28:52 MDT

Lame!!
Still as per expected from $ony.

MrCrumpet

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XGamerX — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:28:24 MDT

thats not too shocking but from the sound of the previews it needed it. Spring 2008 is going to be quite busy for the ps3.

XGamerX

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bobeotm — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:27:54 MDT

Hopefully this will mean all the features they have been showing at presentations will come already in the spring 08 version.

bobeotm

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QC8472 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:27:35 MDT

damn... :(

QC8472

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Car2oon — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:26:42 MDT

Dammit I wanted to run up and dance in front of unsuspecting womens while wearing Lombax ears...

But this delay sounds about right. From the sounds of it, Home is still only half finished. The waiting game continues I suppose.

Car2oon