14 DAY TRIAL // There's a pretty tough battle being waged on the console market, largely because the recession has made people more restrictive with the money they spend. That's why the three large manufacturers, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, have all made different efforts in order to attract customers.
While Microsoft has employed a lot of price cuts and launched the New Xbox Experience, Nintendo has relied on the popularity of the Wii, and hasn't been wrong yet, with sales going through the roof.
Sony, on the other hand, has expressed on more than one occasion that it doesn't plan on making any price cuts, and hopes that the customers will make the right decision and choose the most powerful console on the market, the PlayStation 3.
Nevertheless, the company has also launched its new Home online service, which serves to offer new ways of entertainment and interactivity among PS3 users. The open beta stage was launched yesterday and was met with huge anticipation from fans, who could hardly wait to test out Sony's new service. However, sadly as it may sound, the launch did not lack problems, as a lot of users experienced trouble with signing into Home or accessing the service.
Sony has issued a statement, through the voice of one of its community managers, in which it apologizes for the problems that the gamers have encountered, and has stressed the fact that the program is still in beta stage and that such issues are natural to occur. No other information has been revealed on how much time users need to wait in order for these problems to be solved, though, but it shouldn't take very long, as Home is scheduled for a full release during this month.
“Testing complete and a couple of technical problems have been found,” a 16:25 GMT update on the community blog stated. “We need to iron these issues out first, and I'm waiting to hear how long that might take (I'm not qualified to even guess, it's very technical). Apologies, I know you all want to get in, but we must get these things right.”
Let's just hope that the problems will be solved and that every user will be given the chance to experience Home and see if it is worth the hype Sony has invested in it.