Home declared a "long term" prospect as Sony reveals download figures.

PlayStation Home stands to become "an essential component for all PS3 games", according to the service's director.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Peter Edward predicted the online virtual world would become integral to future PS3 titles as the company continues to develop the service, Gamasutra reports.

"Home is the starting point for PlayStation 3 online, and that's something that gamers are going to expect as more games support Game Launch from within Home," he said. "This will become an essential component for all PS3 games."
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BioEye from TheSixthAxis writes "SCEE may be slowly speeding up their production of new spaces and events, but over the last few days members of the Official EU PlayStation Forum have taken the idea of creating a Home-based 'Big Brother' show, and have applied it literally using Clubhouses for the Big Brother house, the forum for the auditions and good old Youtube for the online broadcasting of shows."
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On Thursday the 25th PS Home will be offline from 8am and many reward items that have been lost over the past few months will be restored.
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Sony's online social gaming service Home may have had something of a troubled gestation, but it's maturing quickly and offers many opportunities for publishers, according to Peter Edward, director of the PlayStation Home platform for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Since the launch of the open beta in November 2008, the PlayStation 3-exclusive online world Home has gained 7 million inhabitants worldwide, 3 million of which are in Europe, and they have downloaded 6 million virtual items.

Edward said the global figure for downloads scales with users, but he was unable to disclose a precise total. The average Home session duration is 56 minutes.
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Uh...

We don't know what else to say. Looks like someone at the PlayStation Home team finally snapped? (Also, does the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man count as a human? Just wondering about the technicalities here.)

Guess we'll see you in Home Central Plaza tomorrow at 8PM PST?
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Talk Playstation.com writes:"So today both the North American and European Home will receive new spaces."

A rundown of all the new content/spaces.
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PS3-Sense writes: "Today we have a big update for the European PlayStation Home. With a new space and a contest today we finally get more to do in Home."
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A new limited time space hits the Japanese PlayStation Home today. Visitors can view Bravia, VAIO and Walkman products while listening and dancing to music from Sony's Rolly music player.
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Sony is planning to have a massive update to their social gaming service, PlayStation Home, tomorrow and is arguably the best update to come to Home so far. Read More to find out what is coming.
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Elliot Linger from the European PS Blog writes:

"Hello there! My name's Elliott and I'm a European Product Manager here at SCEE.
I wanted to let you guys know about a new space and a great new event making their way into PlayStation Home as of tomorrow.
Firstly, the Everybody's Golf space will be made available to European users. Check out the screenshots below if you haven't already seen the Japanese version of this space."
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AZ4 wrote: "This Thursday, get ready for a Ghostbusters apartment in the US Home following a similar model to the previously released StageSet from Loot! Take control of a remote controlled Slimer or get inside the Ecto-1, pop open the boot, sound the horn and film in front of a blue screen to produce your very own machinima!"
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IndustryGamers recently got a chance to speak with Peter Edwards, head of HGG development group in London (developers of PlayStation Home) and Jack Buser, SCEA's director of PlayStation Home, about the PS3's virtual world. They were candid about what led to the creation of Home and where the virtual world is today.

Buser was pleased with how the service had recently crossed 6.5 million users, which he called "absolutely staggering" for an optional service. Back in March, Sony had announced five million users, with 2.2 million of those in North America, making it the most important singular market for Home. Many users are spending as much as 40 minutes at a time in the online space.

"It's really only on the PS3 where you have a neutral environment to get to know someone before you make that commitment to add them to your friends list," noted Buser. "And that's really the core reason why Home was developed and why we're here today."
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Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "For those of you who have invested a hefty amount of time into PlayStation Home's ARPG (as it's called) Xi, you'll soon be rewarded, as the interactive adventure's final chapter comes to a close today."
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PlayStation Home users are earning a brand new treat this month, straight from the depths of Helgan. The Visari Throne Room from Killzone 2 has a killer view, and we've screens and info down below.
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Victor (Guerilla Games): Hello everyone! My name is Victor and I'm the Editor for Killzone.com at Guerrilla. For my first post on the European PlayStation.Blog, I have the honour of announcing the new Killzone-themed content for PlayStation Home.
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Playstation blog writes:
Greetings, Homies. Fasten your seatbelts, because we have the most exciting news to hit PlayStation Home since Open Beta! We know you loyal Home fans have been asking for media sharing since the get-go, and we're very happy to tell you that the first stage is here!
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Wonderwallweb Writes:

Sony have today released the new Buzz! HQ space in PS Home.

According to the EU Blog, this space lets you play multiplayer MyBuzz! quizzes by running around to stand on the correct answers. You can choose to play in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, and there are lots of exclusive Buzz!
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Log into the PlayStation Network and start up PlayStation Home to download the newest version, v1.22.
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Now lets walk through the plans for the 4th of June and see what will be on offer to communities in SCEE.

There is a slight reorganisation in Threads and you will find a new section listing the items available from ourselves, rather than a partner or game. It's the PlayStation®Home section and in it you will also find some new goodies, such as jewellery, sunglasses and various clothing. The new items have rather a smart theme this week and the guys will also find a couple of new beards when next in the wardrobe.
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PS3 Attitude writes:
"To get in the spirit for E3, PlayStation Home is showing the E3 conference on Tuesday in the Presentation Podium. But we already knew that.

But what we weren't certain about was that there will be announcements for a bunch of new game spaces arriving at the same time to celebrate the conference.

Not only that but there will be news on further developments in Home on other aspects."
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