It’s the impact we have on other people, the connections we make while we’re here, that matters. This is true in virtual worlds as it is in the real world. And it is perhaps the true lesson — and legacy — of Home.

There are a few genuine, bona fide success stories from Home’s user community.

Let’s salute one of them, as she moves on to the next big venture.

Trophies. In PlayStation Home.

Surprisingly enough, it IS a game-changer.

The remastering of Final Fantasy X is an excellent reason to revisit this remarkable experience. Everyone has that one game that, for them, transcends being “just a game” into something far deeper.

For HSM’s Editor-in-Chief, Final Fantasy X is that game.

A personal moment of reflection on what there is to be thankful for about Home.

What were the moments which truly shaped and defined PlayStation Home?

The question is this: do SCEA and SCEE have a grand plan to continue Home in some fashion — in which case, our consumer purchases still matter — or has a final end date already been quietly determined, and we should simply enjoy what time is left?

(This article, originally published on August 6, 2013, accurately predicted the shutdown of SCEJ Home and SCEAsia Home. Now that a formal announcement to that effect has been made by Sony, this article is being run again.)

In a Home region with one-tenth the virtual goods of SCEA Home, and undoubtedly a smaller user base to match…who exactly is footing the bill for those large, splashy public events?

For all the veneration of SCEJ Home, is it possible that the clothes have no Emperor?

Time and again, the argument pops up that Home’s economy is getting too expensive, developers are price gouging, et cetera.

Shush. You’re wrong.

Some contend that Home would be better off if things were cheaper.

We have a counter-argument to that: would Home be better off if things were more expensive?