Game Informer: PlayStation Home Going Offline In Europe On March 31, 2015

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PlayStation Home is slowly on its way off of Sony servers and into the history books. The service, which was announced for termination in Asia in August, will also be taken offline in Europe.

The European servers will cease operation on March 31, 2015. The last batch of new content will arrive on November 12, 2014, with downloads ceasing on December 3. Between then and the server closures, Sony will push free content out to users.

The sunset dates align with those in Asia, though those territories have already ceased providing new content. We’ve reached out to Sony to inquire about operations in North America.

[Source: PlayStation]



Our Take
While no announcement has been made for the North American market, it’s safe to expect that Home will disappear here soon, also. I’d be interested to learn if this was a profitable venture for Sony in the long-run and, if so, what it learned that has since been applied to other endeavors.

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[Kvally]

PlayStation Home is closing for good on 31st March 2015, Sony has announced.

"Due to a shifting landscape, PlayStation Home will cease publishing new content," the developer said on the PlayStation Blog. The service will cease to receive new content on 12th November.

"Gamers in Europe will be able to download content until the 3rd of December, 2014," Sony added, before confusingly noting in its FAQ that "PlayStation Home fans will still be able to download content until 26th November 2014."

What is clear is that Sony can't refund any money folks spent on content in Home. "Due to the progressive and innovative nature of the gaming industry, PlayStation is unable to refund on legacy platform or service experiences," the developer stated.

It also noted that there are no plans to bring PlayStation Home to PS4.

Anyone surprised?

 

[TOPDAWG]

never used it much but I got to say I did like the bowling game it had. it freaked me out however seeing all the people talk to each other for some reason.

 

[eVo7]

Twuz a mega fail. A lot of times I ever went on here there were losers trying to pick up females on it. It was entertaining watching the pathetic ness though

 

[Viktor]

Pretty much only used it during E3. Otherwise was slow, laggy, and worthless.

 

[Joon]

i remember being so hyped about home