Speaking at the London Games Conference yesterday, Sony’s director of PlayStation Home in Europe said the virtual world accrues users who spend money and stick around for long stretches, but Home is nonetheless “not a priority right now.”
“It’s been a long road,” Pete Edwards said, according to Edge Online. “We’ve proved there is a market out there and we’ve got a lot of people that spend a lot of time in [Home] . It’s not a priority right now but there is a business model there.”
Edge Online noted that Edwards himself said European users spent an average of 56 minutes in Home per session. So it’s not like Sony’s shelving or shutting down Home; he’s just saying that investing further in its business model is not part of the strategy right now. Still, publicly deprioritizing PlayStation Home speaks loudly enough about how Sony feels about this project a year later.
PlayStation Home Not A Business Priority [Edge Online via Game Stooge]
DansDans
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:56 PMThey finally feel the same way we all felt about it a year ago??
MiK3
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:08 PMthe EU version is crap. we dont have anything T_T
Robert
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:00 PMShut it down, shut it, shut it down.
I went into Home fell asleep, next day went again for the final time ever.
There is no point to Home, there is no way I am paying for barbie dressups and run around aimlessly or wait in line for some crappy bowling game.
I have deleted Home and all my friends with PS3′s have done exactly the same.
Am I the only one who just wants to play a proper game?
Stinky
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:19 PMThis is why MS is making millions in profit and Sony is not.
bloo blah
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:39 PM@ SCEE: And with that kind of attitude it never will be a priority…SCEE NEVER delivers…
Andy
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 7:45 PMI think as a platform for finding other like minded individuals, it could be good. But yeah if I wanna play a game.. I do just that.
Sam Dammers
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:11 PMEuropean users spent an average of 56 minutes in Home per session.
^ They fail to say that this is the persons first and only session ^_^
francis
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:17 AMLol. Is that taking into account the time it takes to install and uninstall? XD