Hirai on Home: “It Doesn’t Matter When We Launch”
by Sal on Jul 24, 2008 10:03 am
In a new interview with MC during last week's E3 '08, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kaz Hirai stated that as long as Home is great, it doesn't really matter when the service arrives.
“I’d much rather make sure we take the time to have a great service rather than rush something into the market – only for consumers to say: “This is not enough for me.” I want to avoid that. If we have the right service, it doesn’t matter when we launch – so long as it’s in a reasonable timeframe.”
He goes on to say that even though he delayed Home twice, they were for very good reasons, but he still apologises.
“Whether our competitors decide to follow what we’ve done with Home or not follow us, that’s up to them. Given the fact that I’ve delayed the launch of Home twice – for which I’ve apologised – I think I’ve done it for a very good reason, and that’s because I want to bring the very best service possible to consumers around the world.
“We’re very confident in when we do launch the open Beta service, it’s something that will really resonate with the consumers.”
[Sony: PS3 Home launch date 'doesn’t matter']
i (and many other on many forums)
agree with him, its better for them to try to correct as much as possible BEFORE launch then after, i completely understand the delays as i have seen the errors that home had.
Yeh me to, i’d rather wait and it be fully completed rather than get it now and have it crash and have 100’s of updates in the first couple of weeks and it being taken down for maintenance etc etc
I agree with waiting, but at least give us a date. Even if if it’s a ludicrous one it’ll give me hope that Home is actually on the horizon.