Sony's Home Game for PS3

[Itronix]

Largely mediated by a Sony that would make it a true community space, the interface Home is accessible to anyone with a Playstation 3 since mid-December. The Japanese also draws the first conclusions of its launch and, financially speaking, they seem rather positive.

If we believe our fellow Silicon Alley Insider, the "virtual goods" for sale on Home sell even "like hot cakes" according to Susan Panico, director of PlayStation Network.

The acquisition of goods is seen as a way to customize their avatar and with the holiday season, Sony has clearly not to complain, even though no figure has been revealed. The Japanese still specifies that the price between 49 cents and 4.99 dollars, these virtual goods have, in four days, exceeded the revenue generated by films and videos in one week.

Susan Pacino also that for the time, Home is a classic 80/20 distribution where 20 percent of members generate 80 percent of income.

[ChrisUlrich]

that is why the additional content and download other paying never stops, but hey we already knew.

[Praetor]

Sony found a way to make its online service while allowing free access to games, it is played.

[Humberto]

Kaz Hirai, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said that over 3.4 million users have already downloaded the beta of Home. Launched last December, the community service of the Playstation 3 seems to meet with some success, at least if you believe that Kaz Hirai announced that the players have already purchased "millions of virtual goods online. At the time of writing, we still have no release date on the final version of Home. But on this subject, Peter Edward (for Home), acknowledged in an interview that the service was announced too soon by Sony. According to the announcement early in the GDC'07 would clearly serve the project.