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Life with PlayStation Suffers Fresh Delay
The launch of Sony’s Life with PlayStation service has been pushed back for a second time, the platform holder has announced.
“We’re still pushing some paperwork on Life with PlayStation — so hold tight just a bit longer,” Noam Rimon, SCEA senior development manager R&D, said in a post on the PlayStation Blog. “We know you’re eager to check it out for yourself, so we’re working hard to get it in your hands. Stay tuned.”
The free information service, which will be accessible directly from the PS3’s XMB and offer “a variety of interactive content and channels”, was originally expected to launch in July, but was then delayed until August due to a “few procedural matters”.
“Life with PlayStation will feed live content to your PS3 with updates on news and weather on a visually stunning and interactive global map,” Rimon said, explaining the nature of the service.
“Imagine being able to wake up to your PS3 to see if you need to pack an umbrella for the day. Or just relax as you listen to your favorite tunes while reading up on top news from around the world.”
Rimon also said that Life with PlayStation will be combined with Sony’s Folding@home project, meaning that users will be helping Stanford researchers studying protein folding in order to tackle the development of diseases, including Alzheimer’s and certain forms of cancer.
"Imagine being able to wake up to your PS3 to see if you need to pack an umbrella for the day." - How bout I just look outside? Is that so hard nowadays?
It might be wise not to announce these things until they are actually 100% finished. Sony needs good press - and occurrences like this aren't helping. This delay is minor to the Home one though - so, lucky enough for them, it might not be considered that important.
"— so hold tight just a bit longer. We know you’re eager to check it out for yourself, so we’re working hard to get it in your hands. "
Hold tight? Like we've been doing for "HOME"? But, at least they're working hard at it.