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Sony expects 'Home' to boost PS3 sales

A Sony Corp. executive told the Wall Street Journal this month that the company expects the new online universe 'Home' to boost sales of the Playstation 3 this holiday.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Chairman and Group CEO Kaz Hirai told the publication that Home, which will allow PS3 owners to mingle in a virtual world, will be available by the end of the year.

Hirai added that he expects the company's game unit to be less affected by current economic conditions.

Sony in Sept. 2007 delayed the Home online service to spring 2008. It subsequently delayed the project to the end of the year.

Sony will sell a new 160GB PS3 bundle in Nov. next to the current 80GB SKU.

Announced in Aug., the limited edition bundle will include the title Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a Playstation Network voucher for Pain, and a Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller for $499.99.

Sony this month said that sales for the Playstation 3 and the PSP are better than expected and may see a shortage at retail.

The company expects to sell 10 million PS3 units and 15 million units by the end of fiscal Mar. 2009.

The PS3 sold 185,400 units to rank at No. 5 in U.S. Aug. hardware sales, according to NPD Group Inc.

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1 eric100 | 439 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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whoelse - 439 days 16 hours ago

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I think Home could be a final incentive for people sitting on the fence between PS3 and Xbox 360.

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sonarus - 439 days 16 hours ago

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I'm in the beta and in its current state it lacks the functionality to even compete with NXE. If sony fixes this, it helps give playstation network a new identity. Home support needs to be a mandatory feature and not just something developers implement as they choose.

We can forget about home support for past games but all the 2009 games better have it especially the multiplayer ones.

If this can occur, psn has an identity. It won't be a system seller but sony can start to use it as a sales pitch. Expect to hear stuff like playstation 3 with revolutionary free online service playstation home and bla bla.

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mindedone - 439 days 15 hours ago

1.3 - @Sonarus

What is it that NXE does better than Home? I don't know much about NXE

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Tarasque - 439 days 15 hours ago

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I completely agree with sonarus, I am in the beta and if they could update their trailers on a regular basis and add sully's bar type add ons with most of the game's. Integrate the little arcade machines when you beat them you get items like in sullys bar. It will be very good and i think it will be popular, but if the keep home pretty much as is bah, it will fail. But i dont think HOME or NXE will boost sales for either console.

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Sitdown - 439 days 14 hours ago

1.5 - @Tarasque

I agree...I look at it like this, if video games and bluray movies are not enough to make your purchase a ps3...then you should just not worry about gaming all together. Previous consoles did not need all these gimmicks...and I fail to see how Home would be the thing to put people over.

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Xiphos - 439 days 14 hours ago

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Agreed that Home really isn't up to par to be considered a console mover. It's a real bare bones app the way it is right now, and they're saying it'll be a console mover this fall? Unless they drop a megapatch between now and the open beta launch in November, I don't see many people reacting in an overwhelmingly positive manner towards Home.

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PirateThom - 439 days 17 hours ago

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I don't.

The same way I don't think NXE will boost sales.

It's a user interface, it's something that's there, not a reason to buy anything.

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juuken - 439 days 16 hours ago

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I don't think that alone will sell consoles but combined with Little Big Planet and Resistance 2 as well as a few other games, it will be a system seller.

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NO_PUDding - 439 days 16 hours ago

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Exactly what PirateThom said.

Sony doing some crap with the waste of time Home, and Xbox ruining LIVE with the NXE is not going to sell the systems.

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ReBurn - 439 days 16 hours ago

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I agree with you PirateThom. I think the real system sellers are the new games that are releasing now. NXE and Home are "nice to haves" in my opinion.

Personally I see myself tiring of Home pretty quickly. But I'm not a huge social gamer, either.

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u got owned - 439 days 15 hours ago

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The real system seller is gonna be great games and price, price, price. If Sony manage to drop the price in time for the release of Home and all the great game coming out for the PS3, then they will move a lot of systems.

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2.5 Megatron08 | 439 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Nelson M - 439 days 17 hours ago

3 - So do I

And you can throw a few other little things in there
like LBP,R2,Motorstorm 2, Ect, Ect

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MADPIRAHNA - 439 days 17 hours ago

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Home isnt a system seller. The games are. LBP anyone?

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Skyyo - 439 days 16 hours ago

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LPB is youtube meets video games

Sackboy should be on every channel and advert possible.

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PimpHandStrong - 439 days 16 hours ago

5 - NXE and HOME

are totally different PirateTom

can you walk around and mingle with pp on NXE? Can you meet up at the pool hall or play a game of chess? NO

i myself dont think HOME will move systems but it has more a chance to do so then NXE

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Sitdown - 439 days 14 hours ago

5.2 - Ummm..

you can play pool and chess on xbla and do it quicker....because you do not have to walk and get there first. For me...if I want to go to a pool hall...I will go to one in real life....a virtual pool hall will never create the real atmosphere. To be honest, I am not drooling over Home or NXE...they are both just a means to an end....if I wanted Home, I would buy into Sims; NXE I would have a new ipod. The same people loving and praise Home is the same ones that probably say the Wii is a gimmick and not a real console. Sooo all my ranting is to say what?.......neither are console sellers, just perks to otherwise create consoles.

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PimpHandStrong - 439 days 12 hours ago

5.3 - @ Man of the Year

explain where the differences lay?

i mean really if you know so much please share

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5.4 Man_of_the_year | 438 days 18 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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AngryHippo - 439 days 16 hours ago

6 - I totally agree with PirateThom

Home and NXE will NOT sell consoles. End of story. They will be great additions to the consoles but will not move systems. GAMES MOVE SYSTEMS, the likes of LBP, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2, Gears of War 2, Fable 2. These games will move systems.

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ToastMan018 - 439 days 16 hours ago

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although i do agree about games being system sellers home could be a deciding factor for somebody who wants to purchase a ps3 over a 360...the games are most important dont get me wrong but games aside if someone wanted to compare what each console offers online wise home could be something that gives them the final go ahead...that and the fact that psn is free would be more than enough...a system that offers you free online play with a free virtual world for you to roam around in vs a $50 annual fee with 2d avatars

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Nineball2112 - 439 days 16 hours ago

7.1 - Good points...

I have to agree with TooooastMaaaaaaan018.

I think it's all of the little things that Sony provides added all together that will make a difference.

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Nineball2112 - 439 days 14 hours ago

7.3 - Man of the Year

so you disagree that Home COULD be a factor in someone picking a PS3 over an Xbox.

Not WOULD... not DEFINITELY... but COULD.

There is NO WAY it COULD sway someone.

Home certainly wouldn't be the deciding factor for me personally, but for someone else it **could** be.

Man.. everyone is so quick to hit that disagree button around here.

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KingDizzi - 439 days 16 hours ago

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Cant see it selling systems, KZ2 and GOW 3 I can

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ReBurn - 439 days 16 hours ago

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That's a lot to spend just to mingle in a virtual world. Good thing there are so many awesome games coming out this holiday. I think that's going to be the real driver of sales.

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sajj316 - 439 days 16 hours ago

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Agree with everyone else on this one. HOME is a WELCOMED addition to the PS3 family. I think it will sell some systems but its not in the same category as MGS4 or LBP. Who knows, maybe HOME is something everyone needs ;)

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NMC2007 - 439 days 15 hours ago

11 - If....

Home boosts PS3 sales I will be overly surprised and saddened, if it takes a virtual world for someone to buy a PS3 then that just sucks, that's like buying an Xbox 360 for the damn dashboard, anyone do that yet? Point me to them so I can pull a Nelson Muntz on em with a clear "HA HA!".

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gumgum99 - 439 days 15 hours ago

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Its no secret that LBP will be a system seller, but Home, itself, is the seperate community element that finally gives what it lacked to begin with: a true online social hub. WHether this application succeeds in selling consoles or not is debatable, but the idea of a social world, reminiscent of the matrix movies, is enough to spark some interest, I think.

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shovelbum - 439 days 15 hours ago

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I don't see Home selling consoles. Develop the games and they will buy. It is such a difficult concept to grasp.

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Premonition - 439 days 15 hours ago

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I hope so, but sony needs to do the right thing and advertise heavy for this one, and i dont mean those ads that come on late at night or on very few channels. Sony needs to really push it on tv to show what great features home brings and that its free.

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Theoneneo81 - 439 days 15 hours ago

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So could this mean we will see home before November?

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Nineball2112 - 439 days 15 hours ago

16.1 - Naw.. I doubt it.

I think everything points to a November release and it'll probably be near the end of November at that.

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ceedubya9 - 439 days 15 hours ago

17 - I don't see how

I already have a PS3. And nothing about Home makes me any more excited about playing my PS3 than I already am. If anything boosts PS3 sales, it will be its upcoming games. These are more important and exciting than HOME is, IMO.

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MAiKU - 439 days 15 hours ago

18 - I don't agree actually.

I don't think such a feature will actually "Boost" the sales. Try getting retailers to use this feature to sell the ps3. Most of those guys are too busy trying to get people to buy a 360 instead.

I dunno about you guys, but i always got beef (until i reported them) about having a ps3 and all every time i went to gamestop to buy a ps3 game.

They're supposed to look into this binder they have usually under their desk to help provide them information on a system so that they can sell it well, but none of them ever look at it.

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Scar 360WA - 439 days 14 hours ago

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I really don't think anyone is going to buy a PS3 so they can be on Home. Its a benefit not a selling point.

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nanometric - 439 days 14 hours ago

19.1 - Agreed

I really don't see how Home could possibly push consoles. As you said, it's a benefit and not a deciding point. No one buy's consoles based on one feature, you gotta have more than that. Besides, we still don't know how Home will turn out, I was hyped when I first heard it, but now I don't care :/

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the4time2doctor0 - 439 days 13 hours ago

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i just got in, whoo, but i'm will in to sell my code for ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

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hotrider12 - 439 days 13 hours ago

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Sony this month said that sales for the Playstation 3 and the PSP are better than expected and may see a shortage at retail.
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shortage my a$$
here in united states in washington all you see is ps3 on retail store shelves dying to get off the dusty shelves those ps3 are coughing, begging, pleading to be bought. and if sony think "home" will get them off the shelve any faster thats a rude awaking for sony. if I was sony I would have went with a holiday price cut 75.00 instead of depending on "home" to do the trick

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MaximusPrime - 439 days 12 hours ago

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xbox 360 is becoming a problem here in Europe. they too gathering dust

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the4time2doctor0 - 439 days 12 hours ago

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dude, you live in washington. chainsaws and rope for nooses are problem the only thing you guys can't keep in stock.

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MaximusPrime - 439 days 12 hours ago

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when home releases, i do not expect to be a sharp increase in sales but it will gradually increase.

LBP on the otherhand may become a phenomenal success

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the4time2doctor0 - 439 days 12 hours ago

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nice avatar, i finally downloaded burnout paradise today right before the server maintenance. i know i'm late to the party, but its seriously an awesome game.

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MaximusPrime - 439 days 11 hours ago

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cheers. i own Burnout Paradise (Bluray) since it was released. I have been playing it everyday.

I even post news about Burnout on official EU PS forum. The name PanixATK (yea weird name huh lol)

If you see me online, believe me im too good. lol

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Armageddon Knight - 439 days 16 hours ago

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If Sony corp wants a ps3 boost then figure out how to lower the price of the ps3 to match wii and 360 price.

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GiantEnemyLobster - 439 days 13 hours ago

1.1 - Oh yeah

I expect 'home' to flop, just like everything else on ps3

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sleepyk - 439 days 13 hours ago

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i expect NXE to RROD your console, just like all 360 games.

EDIT: oh wait, I forgot, not all 360 owners would experience it anyway since that made a dumb-ass decision to not include the hard drive.

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Joejoefhosho - 439 days 14 hours ago

2.1 - You're right, but Metal Gear Soilid 4 did.

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karlostomy - 439 days 8 hours ago

2.3 - actually, no it didnt

There was a massive spike in July.

Then it dropped to nothing.

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Joejoefhosho - 437 days 3 hours ago

2.4 - "Boost" sales

So according to your definition, Xbox360 price-cut didn't boost sales neither since it literally dropping to nothing now

MGS4 boosted PS3 sales a bit greater than 2:1
Desperate M$ price-cut barely outsold the PS3 this month...150k? It can't even do 1.5:1

/facepalm

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militant07 - 439 days 14 hours ago

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hard to say its will, but there is a hope.

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heyheyhey - 439 days 12 hours ago

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lol yeah right...

but i can sense that if i show this off to some friends, they will be impressed and might sway towards the PS3 side..

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DARKTRINITYxxx - 439 days 4 hours ago

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LOL GiantEnemyLobster you expected LBP to flop and it hasent. Ure just a little boy with invalid comments.

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Joejoefhosho - 437 days 3 hours ago

6.1 - According to him, 97% meta = flop

/facepalm

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