The game unit of Japanese company Sony announced it would delay until October the launch of “Home,” its online 3D platform for the PlayStation 3.Sony already postponed last year the launch of this platform, which aims to give players a space in which to interact with other users of the PS3.
The company, plunged into a war with Microsoft and Nintendo in the videogame industry worldwide, attributed the second delay in the launch to improvements in product quality, citing the same reason as last year.
“We understand we are asking for actual and potential users of the PS3 to wait a little longer,” said Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, said in a statement.
“But we concluded that we need more time to refine the service, to ensure a more focused entertainment experience in the game than it is today,” he added.
Provide an innovative online service is important for the PS3, que ha ido losing ground to the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360, Microsoft in total sales of consoles.
