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"Sony has announced that its is shutting down its PlayStation Home service in Japan early next year. The PlayStation 3 social network will go dark in the electronics giant&amp;#039;s home country in March, 2015, Kotaku has confirmed.   The European and US version of PlayStation Home - run by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment America - will continue to operate. Launched in Japan in 2008, PlayStation Home is a 3D social network for PS3. Players are able to interact with one another, take part in mini-games and customise their avatars. Dubbed Room, a PSP equivalent was in development before being cancelled. Sony is yet to announce plans for a PS4 or Vita version. Sony ceased developing new content for PlayStation Home in Japan last August. Watch a video introducing PlayStation Home below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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