Sony: No current plans to 'take Home out of Beta'

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has no current plans to end the PlayStation Home beta, the platform holder has told VideoGamer.com.

Asked for a comment on reports suggesting Home would be taken out of its extended beta-testing phase, a spokesperson said: "The service is still evolving and as such we have no current plans to take Home out of Beta."

[Capt CHAOS]

And is it anything more than a gimmick yet?

Sorry but just wondering as I've been out of the loops for about a year..

[Redempteur]

yeah you're out of the loop ..there is SODIUM ( more than a gimmick you asked ) and home is used for making tournaments for various games every week since some of them have full home support ( like street fighter 4 )
in addition the number of games and events is still high ..

Give it a try as they changed the MAIN client for a better experience ...

[sikbeta]

It needs to be in Beta always, Sony needs to add more Stuff to it and that's the Whole Point, more Games/Mini-Games, More Places, More Things to Do....

Also Voice-Chat needs to come back again...

[frankymv]

I love you Sony but....who cares about Home?

[ThatArtGuy]

I've been lukewarm about Home, but I went in the other day to see what was new. Holy cow there's tons to do now! If you haven't been in for over a year, your mind will be blown on how much has been added.

[Blaze929]

and it will forever remain in HOME as their excuse that it's still evolving and improving.

[Myst]

Makes sense, they are still tweaking with a lot of things and trying to put a few more things in. Going to be a long while before it comes out of beta.

[Gladiator7]

its for the PS4.

[brew]

Nobody really refers to Home as the Home beta. It's just Home. It's been that way for a long time. They add stuff all the time to it and they'll continue that. The one guy obviously mispoke and they had to send in another guy to clean up his mess.

[unrealgamer58]

LOL Back to trolling I see

[peeps]

haha was discussing this the other night on the topic of what we'll see at E3. Mate goes 'is home out of beta yet' and i honestly didn't know the answer. I'm sure it's popular with a lot of people but it's really not for me. Haven't touched it since my short time on it when it first went open

[BeaArthur]

Does it even really matter if it's in Beta or not? Call it Home Beta, call it Home, it's still the same thing.

[thehitman]

If they put the trophy room in yet?? If not dont really care about home till that happens.

[6wl]

But home is a complete cash sink. Rotten and unnecessary.

[chasegarcia]

I say forget about Playstation Home and Focus on [email protected] Imaging helping others for cures,massive chat rooms, free multiplayer mini games,ads, etc.

[e-p-ayeaH]

cause i want to play music and movies from my hdd while i invite friends to my space

[crapgamer]

Why they even go forward with this is a mystery. I went on it like twice, mostly it's pathetic male gamers trying to chase down people who "look like women". Racist remarks all over and general BS.
It wasn't the most well thought out idea IMO. Why add things to PSN instead of fixing whats already on their? Voice chat=Horrid, lag, interface is terrible.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Home is just a chat room for fanboys. Leave it in beta...kill it...nobody will care...except the fanboys who paid money for their Killzone 2 outfits.

[Hotel_Moscow]

says the guy thats obviously a 360 fanboy

the way isee it alot of people who dont like home say its worthless should have been shutdown not knowing how much money sony makes off of it

i go into home to scialize meet people to set up games etc buy a few items when i have some extra to blow which is what youre supposed to do not go there alone

[Mr Tretton]

They really should have spent the resources on improving PSN a little more.

[JANF]

Agree. Home is a waste of money and time.

[Nathaniel_Drake]

But to improve on those things don't they need more monetary resources, and Home is bringing that in, not to mention keeping PSN free for online gaming Home and other services are needed like PSN plus. I rarely if ever go into Home but there is a need for it actual adds a more social aspect to the PS3 that make of a attractive buy