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PlayStation fiends finally get a second life
The annual battle of the consoles that takes place every Christmas will heat up this week when Sony launches its own version of Second Life for the PlayStation 3. The new service, called PlayStation Home, will allow players to create an online virtual life and interact with other players in a ...
Sony Global - Press Release -Sony Announces Initiatives to Improve Profitability and Enhance ...
sony.net — Particularly within its electronics business, where Sony has been most affected by the acute downturn in the... economic climate, the company has already undertaken certain short-term measures, including adjusting production, lowering inventory levels, ... (more) Sony Global - Press Release -Sony Announces Initiatives ...
Sony talks PlayStation 3, PSP success in 2009
gamepro.com — Sony's John Kohler answers GamePro's burning questions about the PlayStation 3. Can the most expensive console survive... in an uncertain economy? Listen up... (more) Sony talks PlayStation 3, PSP success in 2009
Sony: Home launch 'imminent,' will arrive this month in the US
Sony: Home launch 'imminent,' will arrive this month in the US
joystiq.com — Amid rumors of a December launch for PlayStation Home, SCEA has confirmed to Joystiq that the social... platform's public, open beta phase will arrive before the end of calendar year 2008, as we've been hearing for some time . "We've been saying it ... (more) Sony: Home launch 'imminent,' will arrive this month in ...
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Home Out Within Ten Days, Apparently [Rumor]
Kotaku — ... December 17. See for yourself. The article - published on December 7 - says: To try Home, which is slated for release in the next 10 days, players must download a piece of free software from Sony’s PlayStation store onto their own PS3. Plenty of scope there for The Times to be misinformed, jumping to conclusions or, as stated, be pulling things out of their arses. Then again, ten days is a precise number. And not too long to wait. No harm in checking in until December 17 then, eh? PlayStation fiends finally get a second life [The Times Online, via ...

PlayStation Home Coming in 9 Days? [PS3]
Gizmodo — ... yesterday: To try Home, which is slated for release in the next 10 days, players must download a piece of free software from Sony’s PlayStation store onto their own PS3. Just keep in mind that even if Times Online has the scoop, they're a UK publication who may not be speaking for a worldwide release date. Then again, December 17th up with Sony's own assurances quite nicely...even if it's all a bit too late for pre-Christmas hype. [Times Online via Kotaku] ...

Rumor: PS Home for the holidays, in next 10 days apparently
Joystiq — ... Do not attempt to degauss your monitor, you read that correctly: According to UK's Times Online, PlayStation Home is "slated for release in the next 10 days." Color (or colour, rather) us mighty skeptical of the report, but after waiting so long for its public ...

Today in PlayStation: December 8, 2008
Technology - Channel Feed — ... that the company has plans for downloadable PlayStation Portable titles. According to a report from Times Online, Home will finally see a release sometime close to Christmas. A new fantasy platformer called Trine has ...

Sony to launch Playstation Home in the next week?
CrunchGear — ... The UK’s Times claimed yesterday that Sony would be launching the highly anticipated/delayed Home service within the next nine days. ...

Sony Launching Virtual World for PlayStation 3
AppScout — ... , the mere creation of one doesn't ensure success. Sony, however, is banking on its built-in user base to bolster its newly announced PlayStation Home, a Second Life virtual world for the PS3. ...

Rumor: Home is coming on Dec 17th?
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... According to the Times Online, a web version of the UK newspaper that's been in circulation since 1785, the long-awaited PlayStation Home will be released "in the next 10 days." The article is dated December 7th, so simple arithmetic would allow us to ...

Sony Confirms PlayStation Home is Set for December Release [Playstation]
Gizmodo — ... , by the end of the month. While it's not a solid commitment to one date, the conversation lends some credibility to the Times' report, though PlayStation Home just as well could be released around Christmas. [ ...

PlayStation Home release "imminent," says Sony
Obsessable News Feed — ... While you can never be sure that another delay isn't coming, Sony appears as close to launch as it's ever been. An article in The Times promised on the 7th that the service would go live within 10 days, and gaming blog Joystiq has ...

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