It appears as though PlayStation Home won’t be carrying over to PS4, as Sony are discontinuing the service in Asian territories including Japan, presumably before closing it worldwide.
There will be no new content for the service in Japan after September 2013, with other Asian territories following suit in March 2014.
We don’t know whether the servers will be shutting down, but you can expect them to eventually, and similar announcements could be made in the future about Western territories, despite the release reading “Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will continue to fully support their vibrant PlayStation®Home communities”.
PlayStation home never really kicked off like Sony had expected it to; it never became the social hub for gaming that we thought it might evolve into at first. And with the PS4 just months away, it’s easy to see why they’re saying goodbye.
Did it ever come out of beta?
Source: Press Release
Tienpawa
This actually raises a few questions. One is if third-party companies are still gonna publish their content on Home or if Sony aren’t publishing their own content anymore.
HunterGatherer
Too many people believing Microsoft’s version of Playstation Home. The reality for tens of millions of regular users is that it’s a great place to place free games and meet up with friends. It might not be perfect and it had it’s flaws in the early days, however I would rate Playstation Home over Nintendo’s online offerings any day of the week.