He’s unsure of what Sony’s ”learnings are” from Home, saying it’s ”a nice chat room” but ”not an awful lot more” than that. PlayStation Home is still in beta.
Sony unveiled the virtual space at a GDC keynote in 2007 and launched its open beta in late 2008, where despite numerous updates it still officially remains a beta. “That’s not something that we’re looking at,” said UK Xbox boss Stephen McGill.
“I’m not sure what their learnings are from the Home experience, it’s a nice chat room I guess, not an awful lot more.”
“I think that the honest answer is that, online we’re following our own agenda,” chipped in Microsoft UK and Ireland general manager, Neil Thompson. ”It’s been pretty successful for us over the last four or five years. I think we’re focusing on what we think we can drive and that’s where our energies are going to go.”
No Xbox Live ‘Personal Domicile’ service then… are you sad now?
