PlayStation Home has been an empty shell ever since it first came out on the PlayStation 3. Gamers didn't like it, and Sony lost faith because the service failed to make it to the PlayStation 4. As things are now, it should come as no surprise to find out that Home will be put to death in 2015.
Sony first announced the death of Home back in August when it made clear that the Japanese servers would be closed down by the end of March 2015. The company has also announced that the European servers are also scheduled to go offline.
According to the European angle of the PlayStation Blog, PlayStation Home servers in Europe will go offline on March 31, 2015, which is probably the same date as the Japanese and Asian servers.
However, despite the plans to kill the service by next year, Sony still plans to push new updates this year, though we are not certain what these updates will contain.
"Due to a shifting landscape, PlayStation Home will cease publishing new content on the 12th of November, 2014. Gamers in Europe will be able to download content until the 3rd of December, 2014," says Sony. "As a token of our tremendous gratitude to the community, we will also be releasing a series of free content prior to the platforms closure on the 31st of March, 2015."
So what's next?
Well, Sony has no plans right now to bring PlayStation Home to the PS4, and we see no reason why this should happen. PSN is doing just fine, and gamers can now party chat with their peers whenever they are not busy playing the latest titles like Destiny.
Interestingly enough, the Japanese giant did not say a word about the U.S. servers. We're certain these servers will go offline as well, so we are waiting for a statement from the U.S. angle of the PlayStation blog.
There's a chance the U.S. servers might go offline after the March 31, 2015 deadline if an announcement is not made soon.
At this point, we can only urge users of the service to prepare because the end of PlayStation Home is nigh.
