Entry updated · Sources & corrections policy
2008 - 2015
PlayStation Home
“Meeting friends somewhere inside the PlayStation.”
- Birth year
- 2008
- Shutdown year
- 2015
- Lifespan
- 7 years
- Peak era
- 2008–2015
- Company
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Category
- Virtual Worlds
0 people remember this
Log in to leave a flower
What Was It?
PlayStation Home was a social world for PlayStation 3 users. Avatars, personal spaces, public plazas, and themed activities made the console feel like a place to spend time even before launching a game.
Home offered a reason to remain in a shared console space between games. An avatar and a personal area gave the visit continuity, while public places and themed activities made browsing the world an activity of its own. The PS3 could function as a social destination as well as a game machine.
The official shutdown closed those common spaces. Remembering Home includes the experience of simply spending time there, where the arrangement of places and the presence of other avatars mattered even without a conventional objective to finish.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Membership was tied to a PlayStation Network account.
- Users could decorate personal spaces and visit public areas.
The Story
- 2008 PlayStation Home was a social world for PlayStation 3 users.
- 2008 The open beta brings the world to PS3 users, making a shared avatar-based space part of the console experience.
- 2015 Sony closed the official PlayStation Home service in March 2015.
How It Died
Sony closed the official PlayStation Home service in March 2015.
Memories
Log in to add a comment and share your memory.
Loading comments…