Sony Corp. has delayed for the second time the release of its much-anticipated answer to Xbox Live Achievements - the virtual-community service for the PlayStation 3 known as Home.

As reported in The Wall Street Journal, "The 3-D service called Home, which originally was expected to be sold starting last year, now is expected to be available in the fall, the company said."

This is a prediction that Home will be released for public sale by December 2008. A short additional delay from "fall" to as late as November 30th is not grounds for this prediction's failure. Any delay to December 1st or beyond would be.

This prediction will close at the earliest of the public release of Home, November 30th, or a confirmed public announcement from Sony of a release date after November 30th. A confirmed public announcement of a cancellation of the project would also result in an immediate negative outcome for this prediction.

It is unclear as to whether the initial release will be a beta or a final release, but that is outside the scope of this prediction.