If you close your eyes and get everybody to be quiet, you can almost hear my soul dying a little bit. That's because Sony has stated that its eventual goal for PlayStation Home is to make the horribly dull poor man's Second Life an "essential component" of the PS3 experience. Excuse me while I am sick into a little bag.

"Home is the starting point for PlayStation 3 online, and that's something that gamers are going to expect as more games support Game Launch from within Home," promises SCEE's Peter Edward. "This will become an essential component for all PS3 games."

Edwards states that Home is not going anywhere soon, stating that the company is "in it for the long-term." He also boasts 7 million users of the service worldwide. 6 million virtual items have also been downloading, leading me to believe that the world is full of incredibly bored people. 

I really hope Sony's horrific vision of an essential Home never comes to light. So far, the best thing I can say about Home is the fact that I can delete it from my PS3's hard drive and forget it exists. I do so love playing the PS3, but I'll be damned if I have to boot up the game's slow and rubbish boredom simulator in order to get in a quick round of Killzone 2.