Sony admits they revealed Home "too early"
- Posted January 9th, 2009 at 06:51 EDT by Mike Harradence
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PlayStation Home game director Peter Edward has conceded that Sony may have announced the service “too early,” recalling the online social platform’s unveiling at the Game Developers Conference two years ago.
“Initially, there was real excitement from people, because we were showing something really different and that had a lot of potential,” Edward told Develop.
“And then there’s the realisation that, well, we probably announced it too early – GDC 07 was a long time ago. I think there was sort of recognition amongst developers of ‘Oh, this is interesting, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.”
Edward also revealed how some developers expressed some reluctance in testing Home’s waters following its announcement, describing initial feedback as “a bit thin on the ground.”
“The feedback we’ve been getting is that, in the early days, it was a bit thin on the ground in terms of support and tools,” he said, adding, “but now it’s mature and everybody’s starting to produce some really interesting stuff.”
“As soon as developers start seeing what other people have done, it really starts to build on the excitement, and now it’s at a really nice stage where people realise that it’s not that difficult, and also that the possibilities are pretty vast. So we’re back at the exciting stage again.”
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JordanBoi123 |
JordanBoi123- 6:53am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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at least they got the balls to admit they did wrong lets hope they can learn by this mistake.
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benstevens
- 6:54am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I agree and love HOME, made some good gaming buddies which is what its all about! CLUBS are great too and the new features and areas are very exciting.
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ciaza |
pffffffffffft, idont wanna get spammed here so im not giving it to you.- 8:28am GMT - January 10th, 2009
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@10 ROLMAO! (thats right i said roflmao you wanna fight about it?)
but home is a little shoddy i dont really use it. it must be gay for them though, like spending tons of money in making what they thought is a ground-breakin project for years, and then they release it and people are like: this is $h!+.
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jigglespsu
- 10:14am GMT - January 10th, 2009
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@13 trophies in Home ... for what exactly. Craziest thing I ever geard. On that note trphies are a joke. You get this for scratching your bum in some games while others are near impossible to get without online cheating.
Back to topic ... home is severly lacking in the basics. Not just the third party content which should help matters but home square needs a serious overhaul. Hopefully we'll see an upgrade before the year is out.
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