Looking forward to setting up your new digital digs in the upcoming “Virtual Home” world coming to the Playstation Network? Well real-estate still isn’t for sale, and it won’t be for a while.
In another embarrassing blow for Sony, the much touted “Virtual Home” has been delayed until Spring 2008 according to Kazuo Hirai’s keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show today. What a way to kick off your first major public appearance as the new chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment… by announcing a delay.
“Home” is supposed to be an online virtual world similar to Second Life, but exclusive to Playstation 3 owners. Sony has been very vocal about the kinds of things people can do in this virtual world, including things like create a custom virtual “you”, setup your own apartment (complete with furniture, knick-knacks, and other digital gear), and a variety of social activities like play mini-games with a virtual PSP and watch video content with friends in your digital home theater.