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‘Home’ Virtual World Services Delayed For Sony PSP3

by Heather McLaughlin

Sony recently announced that they were delaying the release of their virtual world service until early next year. It was originally set to make a debut in late 2007.

“We wanted to wait until we could offer what would be totally satisfying for consumers,” said Kazuo Hirai (new chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment) in a keynote speech at the Tokyo Game Show, an annual event where game machines and new software are shown.

Home is a real-time interactive online world much like Linden Lab’s Second Life and other so-called “metaverse,” except it’s designed for PlayStation 3, Sony’s newest home console.

No word on when exactly ‘Home’ will be released to the public, but we’ll keep you posted on further updates.