When is home released?

Anyone know? And i mean exact date....thx

september or october

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i mean exact date....thx

Blanco98

sometime in the futureThe_Rick_14

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i mean exact date....thx

rptransam09

sometime in the futureThe_Rick_14

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glad someone got my joke lol

I think It was confirmed for Oct 14?Logan832

That's an old date, it most likely won't be out in a while yet.

In this document: Home Development Q&A (PDF) (published Wed 7th March 2007) they say:

Q: What is the timeline for rollout?
Closed Beta (appx. 15,000 users): April - August
Open Beta (appx. 50,000 users): August - October
Service Live (50,000+): October

We're halfway through September, and there is still no open beta, which means they're behind schedule.

In this interview from yesterday: ( Sony Chiefs on Web 2.0 and gaming ) they say:

Q: When is Home going to kick off?
Peter Edward: We're still in closed beta at the moment, and we're looking to escalate the numbers in a controlled fashion. I don't think there's any benefit from just opening the floodgates on day one and letting everybody in. We want to scale up the numbers so we can get feedback from the users and find out how they're using the service.

So by the sound of it they will have extensive open beta testing before launching Home.

In conclusion; Sony hasn't given us a release date recently. I think October is lost, Home will come later than that.
That's the closest to an exact date you'll get atm. =)

[QUOTE="Logan832"]I think It was confirmed for Oct 14?Calibah

That's an old date, it most likely won't be out in a while yet.

In this document: Home Development Q&A (PDF) (published Wed 7th March 2007) they say:

Q: What is the timeline for rollout?
Closed Beta (appx. 15,000 users): April - August
Open Beta (appx. 50,000 users): August - October
Service Live (50,000+): October

We're halfway through September, and there is still no open beta, which means they're behind schedule.

In this interview from yesterday: ( Sony Chiefs on Web 2.0 and gaming ) they say:

Q: When is Home going to kick off?
Peter Edward: We're still in closed beta at the moment, and we're looking to escalate the numbers in a controlled fashion. I don't think there's any benefit from just opening the floodgates on day one and letting everybody in. We want to scale up the numbers so we can get feedback from the users and find out how they're using the service.

So by the sound of it they will have extensive open beta testing before launching Home.

In conclusion; Sony hasn't given us a release date recently. I think October is lost, Home will come later than that.
That's the closest to an exact date you'll get atm. =)

Let's think back to both April and July shall we. Both of those months, boards on here were flooded with "I GOT HOME!!!!!" topics. Meaning....the open beta is on schedule. 50,000 global is a TINY number which is why so many don't have it and why the beta is usually dead as far as number of people are concerned. Time and time again Phil Harrison has said, "The Home Beta is on schedule." TGS is only a week away. Don't you think that would be a pretty good place to make a big announcement like a firm launch date for home. I sure do. That would also be the reason why they're saying they haven't confirmed that date when it hit message boards (just like they did with the announcement of Home at GDC) so that they can make the big announcement and make everyone happy.

In conclusion, I don't think the October date is lost. I'm not saying I definitely think its October but I think there's still a pretty good chance of it.

When do you intend to release Home to the public?