We’ve just overheard some chaps talking about Home on the train to Leipzig from Berlin. This is what was said:
- £40 million has been spent on Home so far.
- Home’s been in development for five years.
- Home was originally a PlayStation 2 initiative.
Home’s likely to make a decent appearance in Sony’s press conference at Games Convention this week.
Please bear in mind this has come from a man on a train in Germany. You didn’t see us here, right?








Psychotext said:
Five years, £40m?!? :O
I thought Home was originally built on the bones of a cancelled MMO? Maybe they’re counting the dev costs from that.
JamieSI said:
The man on the train didn’t happen to work at Game did he?
No_PUDding said:
They shoudl Scrap the human side of it, and make the avatars in Home, sackboys/girls.
Much better.
prodygee said:
5 years. Wow, then.. Home should be really deep.
SticKboy said:
Good reporting, nice work.
Syrok said:
His name is Garratt. Patrick Garratt.
pjmaybe said:
How does Pat actually know he was talking about HOME and not his own home…?
Oh the PS2 bit
Quiiick said:
@ pjmaybe
Anyone’s OWN home wouldn’t have a closed or even public beta …
Truk said:
Well I’m fairly certain the PS2 side of things has been reported before, which would explain the five years point and go some way towards explaining the 50 million price. In other words, doesn’t sound unlikely to me.
Blerk said:
Did they happen to mention what the point of it all was?
No_PUDding said:
He could have been bulding a detached hoem with a PS2 based media system, until the PS3 came out, and ruined it.
OrphanageExplosion said:
I listened in on the conversations of Penny Arcade staffers on the Shuttle Bus to E3 a couple of years ago. It confirmed everything I knew to be true about how completely unfunny and wrong about gaming that site is.