October 12th, 2008

Rumor: Associated Press dates Home for Nov. 19

This article was written by: Steven Artlip (Steve519)

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It seems that The Inquirer is claiming that both Home and NXE will both launching on the same day, Nov 19.

via Joystiq.com

An article purported to be from the Associated Press has been floating around today that very casually dates PlayStation’s Home for November 19 — coincidentally, the same day as the New Xbox Experience launch. The origins of this version stem from The Inquirer (“Sony, Microsoft begin battle of virtual worlds”). It’s also interesting to note that the article does not mention NXE’s simultaneous launch date.

When you search the AP website, however, you will instead come across a “Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start” from the same day (via Yahoo!). In this version, Home is “dated” for “later this year,” while NXE is coming November 19. Both pieces also use the same quotes from Enterbrain’s Hirokazu Hamamura, Sony’s Ryoji Akagawa and Microsoft’s John Schappert. It’s likely that the former piece was an earlier, now-corrected draft from the AP or a gross misread by The Inquirer (and subsequently propagated from there).

This is very interesting. What do you guys think? Do you think that Sony and Microsoft plan on releasing their next iteration in their gaming consoles on the same day? And if this is the case, which do you plan on downloading first?

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