From CydoniaX:

Allow me to put your minds at ease about this recent press. The coverage of what Pete Edwards said at the London Games Conference was not only a misquote, it was a misreprentation of what he actually said.

Edwards was saying that monetizing Home was not as big a priority as building a great platform, with a compelling environment and a strong community. Home is still a top priority for Sony and will continue to release quality content and provide a positive experience to our users.

And yes, we will continue working on fixing bugs, login problems, and other user issues.

Additionally, Michael French, the editor-in-chief of Develop Magazine, which hosted the event in question, tweeted to Stephen Totilo this afternoon that Edwards was in fact misquoted: “Edwards was definitely misquoted at our event. His point was that Home is a community platform first, and ‘a business’ second”

So this should all make Sony’s position on Home crystal clear. It’s not dead, it’s not going away, it’s still a priority and it continues to have the full support of the company.

PlayStation.com Forums [via VG247]

“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]

There will be three, all offered from October, all costing £285 ($526). The first will go on sale on October 1, with a pack consisting of a 250GB PS3 and either a copy of Infamous or two platinum games.

The next goes on sale on October 16, consisting of a 250GB PS3 and a copy of Uncharted 2, while on October 19 there’ll be a pack with a 250GB PS3, a Blu-ray remote and the movies Wolverine and The Dark Knight (Blu-Ray versions, of course).

SCE UK Announces 250GB PS3 Bundles [Edge]

It’ll be out in Europe on October 16, and priced at £20 ($39). Even allowing for a wonky exchange rate, that’s a great price.

No word on an American (or an Australian – AU Ed) release, but then, it’s a PS3 disc. If it’s not released in the US, feel free to import to your heart’s content.

WipEout HD Blu-ray bundle official [Eurogamer]

SCEE’s Zeno Colaco has told Develop, “The most successful Minis titles will probably transition to UMD”, meaning that the range could act as either an audition of sorts for small-time developers looking to get onto retail shelves, or that successful Minis titles could be packaged in bundles on UMD.

And that’s just extra opportunities for the games on the PSP. Colaco also says there’s a chance that, where suitable, Minis could end up on the PSN as well.

“These games won’t need to necessarily be built for the home console, and I think these games will find their true life and identity in those micro-bursts of play”, he said. “But I do think there’s a possibility that Minis could find themselves on other consoles down the line.”

Sony: PSP Minis ‘will probably transition to UMD’ [Develop]

Before you say anything, yes, we know Metal Gear Solid 4 has been out in select PAL territories for months now. Guess it’s now out in more territories.

Speaking about the endless comparisons between the PSPgo’s “Minis” line and the almighty App Store, Colaco says that unlike Apple – who he says leave devs “out in the wilderness” – Sony are looking at a way of ensuring both quality titles and accessibility for smaller developers.

“Further down the line, we may investigate a totally free model or supported model.”

Wonder what criteria you’d need to establish before qualifying for a free dev kit?

Q&A: Sony on PSP Minis [Develop]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have confirmed with VG247 that that “it will not be possible to release the games this calendar year” in the Old World. So it’s January 2010 at the earliest for them.

Got a favourite overseas importer saved in your bookmarks?

Kotaku AU Note: This statement follows on from word from Sony Australia yesterday that were “looking into” bringing the God of War Collection here.

No God of War remakes for Europe in 2009 [VG247]

The console company has already brought a number of titles to their console that blend video game graphics with real images streamed from a camera to your television. And the publisher has high hopes for games that will put an interactive, 3D digital pet on people’s coffee tables through the PS3 and allow children to capture the invisible animals in their homes with the PSP. But that could be just the beginning.,

“Ten years ago we embarked on a project involving cameras,” said Mike Haye, senior director of Sony’s London Studios. “The culmination of all of that experience in terms of technology and marketing was augmented reality.”

For this holiday, augmented reality for the PlayStation means the EyePet and Invizimals.

The EyePet, heading to the PlayStation 3, will allow people to care for a virtual pet that appears to be in the room with them with the help of a video camera.

The furry, big-eyed cross between a tiny dog and a monkey, can interact with your hands, real toys and even draw and create its own toys to play with. We were told about a bubble machine, tennis and football sets and a treadmill and singing set. You can also use the card to take the creature to a virtual outdoor setting to fish and garden.

The biggest potential for the EyePet to become a money-maker, it seems, is through the introduction of downloadable clothing and toys, all of which will be sold through the PlayStation Store, the developers said.

With Invizimals people will use the PSP and a camera to search their home, yards, anywhere for virtual invisible creatures. Once they are found and captured, they can be used to fight one another, in Pokemon-like battles.

There will be more than 125 of these creatures to capture, finding them will take a bit of exploration and perhaps a knowledge of the creatures. The developers told us that certain creatures like certain colours and times of the day. The creatures are captured in different ways, like by shouting at them, whistling a tune and causing an earthquake by shaking the PSP. There will be more than 30 ways to capture creatures, they said.

While the EyePet is announced as a PS3 title and Invizimals a PSP title, it seems like either could work on either platform.

When I asked if it was possible that the EyePet could come to the PSP as a sort of portable augmented reality space the developers said to “watch this space”.

The folks behind Invizimals say that with augmented reality such a broad and relatively untapped genre, they think they could find better fits for the PS3 than their PSP title.

“I think in the future augmented reality is going to explode,” an Invizimals developer said. “This is just the beginning.”

They’ll be available next month, and come in two flavours: 20 euros and 50 euros for Euro-using types, £20 and £50 for Britons, and $30 and $50 for Australians.

UPDATE: The Aussie cards are in Aussie dollars, not US dollars. Sorry for the confusion.