When's Sony going to release Home, anyway?

The PlayStation 3 maker announced today that its long-promised virtual world, which will let owners of the console create their own apartments in cyberspace, will be bumped back yet again. The current closed beta test will be extended through this summer. An open beta will begin in the fall. As for the official release date? Sony hasn't said, but with the beta test continuing through the fall, it's not looking like *Home *will come home until 2009.

"We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but... we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today," Sony Computer Entertainment president and group CEO Kaz Hirai said in an emailed statement.

Sony said that it would soon extend offers to participate in the current closed beta test to more PlayStation 3 owners.

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