Soon we wont see this till PS4

That's pretty stupid. I owned my PS2 for about 6-years, maybe more. I never played it online. If I did play it online and had been paying a monthly fee of lets say $8 a month I would have paid roughly $576 just to play online games. I figure the next system I buy will last me at least 4-years. If I paid $4 a month for 4-years that's $192. If I paid $8 a month for 4-years that's $384. Both are a good chunk of change; think about all the other things that money could have gone towards - like the beer you could have drank while playing PS3 online for free. As long as I can get online and play games with a few friends for free I'm happy. I don't need anything else like achievements or home. I still don't think 360 is as good as the options on PC, yet online on the PC is free.

The monthly fee of Live, while the PSN offers free online is one thing that swings my decision towards the PS3. You have to remember that there are a lot of people out there that still do not have a 360 or PS3, some don't even have internet. When they do get a system and decide to go online that's just one more cost they have to come up with. I have a few friends in this situation now. They will probably buy a system by the end of this year, will most likely get an ISP and play games online. When I told them 360 makes you pay to play online and PS3 was free, they didn't like the idea of the 360 so much.

One problem I know I would have with Live is I would want the best value for my money. I would buy a years worth of Live to get it cheaper. I know there would be times (weeks if not months) of me playing a PC game, other console game, or just not be interested in playing anything on Live and would wasting money. I know there are a lot of things like that now, cable tv for example, but there is not something close enough for free to make that decision.

If there were a cell phone company that gave you free talk service if you bought their phone, but you couldn't get text messages or pictures, I'd choose the free one. I really don't need the extra stuff, even if it may be cool or better.

They're thinking they want to get it right... is my guess. Because if it comes out and isn't great a lot of people are going to write it off after it being buggy at first.

I honestly don't give a shit about Home but I still want it to release, just so I can see what it's all about. It would also give me a reason to turn on the PS3 for something game-related.

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70% of VGchartz is pro-Sony and I'm the blind fanboy. I bet that 70% are so offensive to other people that no discussions can possibly take place here, right?

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On topic, I wonder what they're doing with it. Like I've been saying, I'm not caring about most of Home, just what they're doing to improve the PSN with it (ie- partying and launching into a game).

A delay only makes it better, we all know that. You know how many times they delayed MGS4?

I guess it can be a good thing in general, but I disagree in the way if developers are making a bad game, I don't think a delay is going to make it a whole lot better.

 They're the one's to talk...

Sony can take all the time they need as long as it doesn't turn out like 360's hardware failure rate. An example of why you don't rush things. 

 ...or Steam when it first launched (including Half-Life 2's launch)...

 Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. Yes, you are correct, there could be many reasons for the delay, some of which could include Sony's reach exceeding its grasp, or it making one or more mistakes earlier that will require lots of time and effort to fix. But I will stick to my point for now; no matter what the causes of the delays are, it is still ultimately better that Sony take its time and get the final product right. Otherwise, they've just been wasting their time and money, and everyone's year and a half or so of waiting would be for naught. And while IllagalPaladin and others may (or may not, I haven't the slightest idea) be right that no amount of time in the world would be enough to fix this, I think it's still better for Sony to do their best before release, just in case there is something there worth salvaging.