Reeves: Home on track with "lots" of third party support

  • Posted September 9th, 2008 at 08:17 EDT by
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Speaking during an interview with MCVUK.com, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) President David Reeves again confirmed that PlayStation Home is on track, with the open beta scheduled to launch this fall alongside strong support from third party companies.

"It’s completely on track," said Reeves. "The closed beta has just ended and the open beta will launch in Autumn."

No specific date has been announced for the open beta; however, Reeves noted that there will be significant third party backing for the online service upon release.

"Now when that will be announced, I’m not actually sure...but it’s all on track and we have lots of third parties on board," said Reeves.

Stay tuned.

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  1. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 8:32am BST - September 9th, 2008

    Hopefully HOME will come out soon.

  2. kingbass | Kadaj101

    • 8:44am BST - September 9th, 2008

    autum when you think about it, its just around the corner.. plus the closed beta is over :P so that means its closer to release :D

  3. hesmanes | hesmanes

    • 8:47am BST - September 9th, 2008

    yeah but it will probably be at the end of autum.

    so i'll say it will be autum/winter time

  4. kingbass | Kadaj101

    • 8:50am BST - September 9th, 2008

    yea :) but in the long run i hope its as good as they say XD this is something everyone wants :D

    plus its a great feature of having same with life with playstation

  5. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 9:14am BST - September 9th, 2008

    I heard that Home is suppose to come out on New Years Eve

  6. Infernoz0 | Oblivian_92

    • 9:39am BST - September 9th, 2008

    awesome

  7. princevegeta1980

    • 9:45am BST - September 9th, 2008

    So, is sony going to be able to give us Home before the end of the year?

  8. The Mask | JSack20

    • 10:15am BST - September 9th, 2008

    please be october, actually not october today or thursday although thursday is a bad day for me i won't be at home - excuse the pun

  9. Ghostm

    • 10:30am BST - September 9th, 2008

    I'm curious to see which company will release there major update first. M$ with the new software update or Sony with PS Home?  I have a feeling that M$ is going to beat Sony to the punch.  I truly hope not, because that would be a damn shame.

    PS Home should've been out already!!!

  10. aceitman | aceitman

    • 11:00am BST - September 9th, 2008

    dont rush sony everyone crys about something not coming out but ms is an example of what happens when u rush something out it turns out like the ring of death f up

  11. stairhopper | STAIRHOPPER

    • 11:03am BST - September 9th, 2008

    come on sony we now need this its going to kill us if we have towait any longer

    psn id : stairhopper

  12. DemonOfRazgriz07 | DemonOfRazgriz07

    • 11:18am BST - September 9th, 2008

    @ hesmanes

    man i hope that isn't true :(, although knowing Sony, you're probably right... i really want it soon

  13. digzz

    • 11:43am BST - September 9th, 2008

    Need Home Now .........It probley at coming out untill March I bet you!!!!!

  14. rexdeath | rexdeath

    • 12:02pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    Betting it comes 2009 who's with me???

  15. Xdeth | Xdeth

    • 12:37pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    Im gonn have to bet against you. I think the open beta will happen Oct/Nov. If Im wrong then you can call me on it. Home would be a nice Christams present from Sony though.

  16. angryplaystationdude | sympozium_666

    • 12:49pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    Autumn: either September or October

  17. Denali2 | NEJI64

    • 12:54pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    home probly larunch during or after The TGS

  18. edward_moffet | edd

    • 4:08pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    three words: WORTH THE WAIT

  19. PS3fan78

    • 4:28pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    This is the best, please be here soon playstation home

  20. deniled

    • 5:24pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    I am with Edward #18, this is so worth the wait.

  21. Alpha2

    • 7:30pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    M$'s peice of garbage could launch tomarrow, it's not like they did anything special with it. Also dont get people overly hyped for Home again, Yes it will be a very cool thing to have but it's not going to be for everyone. the functions it will provide are what people should focus on, Clan support, entering games as a team, exclusive content and social interaction with other PS3 owners, These are the major uses of Home.

  22. Simi | Simi

    • 11:45pm BST - September 9th, 2008

    Who cares... Seriously... Just tired about Home news... Sony, just tell us when it's done.

  23. BlueDragoon0 | Lionheart0

    • 12:15am BST - September 10th, 2008

    On track eh? Where have I heard that one before, let me think....

  24. Rauland | PPp_Killer

    • 1:44am BST - September 10th, 2008

    @ 14 i'm not with u on that tho if want home 2 come out in 2009 for u plz unplug ur ps3 from the internet and wait untill it's 2009 and download it :)
    @ totally agree with u it's worth the wait
    the game has been in development only for 2 years loads of stuff like programs and games take way longer to develop than that so they did a farely good job
    so people might be woundering how home is going 2 be included in games for game launching in home? well the bad thing is home is going 2 be added like trophies. so most/all games u got now will not be home supported unless patches(more like a DLC) are included into them. but that would be diffulty since RAM, cpu and that would probably all be used(so i doubt it but still posible) coz game developer get lazy sometimes. i no gta 4 is going 2 have home support of some sort and if true that would be so cool anyway future games coming out like MAG and so forth will have home in it so dw. HOME is coming out in '2008' not 2009 not 2010 not never tho it would be funny if i was but hopefully i'm not :D

  25. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 6:00am BST - September 10th, 2008

    As long as they aren't 50+ different brands of beer,i'm happy.

  26. richkaos | richkaos

    • 7:14am BST - September 10th, 2008

    Im going for October.........October 30th, it would be so funny if i am right

  27. gingo | gingo

    • 10:23am BST - September 10th, 2008

    psn id: gingo... i hope when he says significant backing from third party support he doesn't just mean incognito, naughty dog, insomniac and EA

  28. TheWorldEndsWithMe | DonovanTheICEMAN

    • 3:50pm BST - September 10th, 2008

    This may be stupid because they announced in long ago, but is this thing going to stay free? I know there will be buyable stuff inside HOME but I wouldnt even twitch if they said "Oh yeah, sorry but its gonna be a $10 dollar download"

     That said, I'm looking forward to HOME and Life with Playstation.

       (Everyone please remember to FOLD, I lost my gramps to alzhiemers and I want to see it wiped out.)

  29. Rukusho | Rukusho

    • 11:49pm BST - September 10th, 2008

    I just cant wait anymore

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