Sony: Home announced too early

Home game director Peter Edward believes that Sony should have unveiled the PS3 online service at a later date.

Speaking to Develop, Edward noted that the community-based service's potential is vast, but conceded that technical support had been thin on the ground when the service was first launched late last year.

"It's gone through waves. Initially, there was real excitement from people, because we were showing something really different and that had a lot of potential. And then there's the realisation that, well, we probably announced it too early - Game Developers Conference 07 was a long time ago," he said.

"I think there was sort of recognition amongst developers of 'Oh, this is interesting, but there's still a lot of work to be done.'"