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Speaking at the Develop's Conference, Sony's Peter Edwards revealed that the return rate for PlayStation Home stands somewhere between 25-30 per cent, meaning that over 70 per cent of those who download and try the service do not return for a second time.

 I have no idea if Sony is trying to put a positive spin on this ("More than one in four people who try Home become regular users!"). But considering it's free, that sounds like a lot of people aren't the least bit interested. Could it be that Sony's attempt to combine Facebook, avatars, and advertising in a 3D engine isn't a good idea?

http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/07/most_people_never_come_back_af.php 

This isn't very suprising to me...  I would think that, for people that have come back a second time, the return rate therafter continues to drop off to zero (afterall, curiosity may pull someone back in after the beta to see if it's gotten any better, and, seeing that it hasn't, the person never gives it another chance).

So: why do you think Home is such a failure?

edit: Bolded the article excerpt to assuage some confusion.

What did you exspect some amazing social MMO? OH well go play Killzone 2 or R2.

Home is still relatively new, and Sony have really been making it alot better than it was. The reason most people don't come back is because they most likely didn't buy a console to hang out with other people they don't know online. I do know some people who really do enjoy Home. These things aren't for everyone, but I don't see a reason to call it lame.

from what i saw on my couple of visits, theres bugger all in terms of content and features, so, till they add alot of both, its a wasted beta, little more.

uhh...I don't think it's a failure, misleading question is...

I think Home is a success, otherwise why would so many 3rd party new spaces appear every month.

When I go there, it's always crowded, people are talking, and there are nice mini games, including nice poker tables with rewards. I love the quiz game space (Buzz space), it's a bit like 1 vs 100 on 360...

I think Home had a rough start, but now it's really successful with new spaces released every month...

Major things i want :
- more games you can launch from Home.
- 3D trophies you can get when you receive trophies in game (especially gold and platinum trophies)
- even more games
- poker tournaments...

I think it's only the beginning, it will become even better in the months to come.

well, i used the UK version of it, so maybe its just here that there is bugger all content, there's literally a couple of buildings and thats it, all i could find were movie trailers and the gaming area, the shops btw, in the UK version have next to nothing in them.

@SciFiBoy : you probably didn't log there recently, the UK version has all that I listed. I got in EU Home yesterday and you had tons of spaces and mini games like :
- EA poker rooms
- infamous shooting mini game
- redbull flight game
- buz quiz multiplayer quiz (you're against like 40 people, it's quite fun)
...

A lot of that stuff was supposed to be part of Home, no?  According to the "Home Guide" that responded to that article, we're out of the beta...  So where is everything that was promised/hyped?

I think the biggest reason Home has failed to catch on is the beta itself...  It quickly watered down any high hopes anyone may have had, delivering large bland areas and long load times and mandatory downloads, followed by the same mental infants you were tired of hearing on XBOX Live now running around in front of you instead.

oh, ok, ill check that later, i havent bothered with it for about a month, so, its possible that stuff came after.