At one point not that long ago, Nov 19/08 was the date on which both Microsoft's NXE and Sony's Home were scheduled to debut on their respective gaming consoles. Each is touted as a revolutionary way for gamers to get together, represent themselves (through avatars) and navigate the world of console content. Somewhere along the way, the PS/3 social-gaming phenomenon got delayed, but NXE appears to be right on track for release 4 days from now.
Reviews of NXE from those who've used the Beta are mixed, I'd say. It sounds like it looks very sharp, but will make some common operations (like seeing what your buddies are up to on their 360s) slightly more onerous to perform. I suspect that, for me, it'll end up being much ado about nothing... but we'll see soon enough, I suppose.
On the other hand, it's really too bad that Home was postponed, because the timing of it coming out in November was perfect from a Resistance 2 point-of-view. I'd love to be looking at the prospect of using Home to coordinate our R2 online forays next week, but sadly it seems like that's not going to happen until January (or later).
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