Sony Delays PS3 Home A Little More

PS3 owners who have been drooling over the prospect of entering the universe of Home are going to have to wait slightly longer for the tentpole to be released.

"We understand that we are asking PlayStation 3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today," said Kazuo Hirai, head of Sony's game unit.

The delay is nothing new -- the virtual world was originally slated to launch in late 2007, but Sony has slowly been pushing it back since then.

"I can't recall having seen application with this much potential for any videogame system prior -- and after all the questions and criticisms that Sony has been hit with since November, it's good to see that it still has tricks up its sleeves, and finally explained what that "Home" button on your Sixaxis controller really does," teased IGN about the community-based service back in March of 2007.