Goodnight, sweet prince. You were⊠you, um⊠well at least you tried.
PlayStation Home, Sonyâs long-running (though never exactly beloved) attempt at creating a PlayStation 3 social hub one part Xbox Live and one part Second Life, is finally being put out to pasture. There, on March 31st, 2015, it will presumably be shot, with maggots and vultures ultimately avoiding the body because theyâd rather play Call of Duty
The platform will cease publishing new content on November 12th of this year, and youâll only be able to download new things until December 3rd.
PlayStation Homeâs evolution over the years can best be characterized as increasingly bizarre but well-intentioned, mostly. What began as a sort of violence-free hangout/place to display game-themed goodies soon began airing press conferences, taking on an almost theme-park-like vibe, and eventually becoming downright weirdâessentially going senile in its later years.
Last we heard, PS Home added the ability for players to give each other creepy massages. Not enough games let people give each other creepy massages.
If youâre holding out hope for a PlayStation 4 version of your favorite â90s Europop Ikea treehouse, you should probably stop doing that. Sony says itâs definitely not happening.
So enjoy (?) PlayStation Homeâs final days. Me, I havenât logged into it in years, but Iâll always remember my first experience with it, where I wandered around for a bit, danced at somebody, and then got bored and decided to go do something else. For real, though, it was at least an interesting experiment. Gaming can never have enough of those.
