Sony Relaunching Playstation Home as Social Gaming Platform
Sony first released PlayStation Home in 2008 when virtual worlds were thought to be the next big thing. Virtual worlds did not take off as quickly as expected, but the Home service has remained open and has been slowly gaining users, features and games over the past couple years. Sony is now planning a complete redesign of Home to transform it into a social game platform.
Coming in Fall 2011, this new core experience for PlayStation Home features a "hub and districts" design that will help you find games, people and places that fit your favorite game genres. The design features a new Hub that integrates games, quests, community events, and user-generated content, while providing you with additional navigation, shopping, socialization and entertainment options.
Home will have four distinct distrcits: Action District, Sportswalk, Adventure District and Pier Park.
