Home charges are "schoolboy error," says Eurogamer

Eurogamer's impressions of Home have gone live, and they're less than complimentary. Did you know you have to pay to create a "club" (guild)? We didn't. Snip:

You can probably forget about Clubs to be honest, since Sony is charging GBP 3.99 for the privilege of forming one. Not only that, but in the future - some time after 31st March 2009, according to the blurb - you'll be charged a monthly fee to keep your Club running. That's before you even consider the costs of setting up a club house and furnishing it with cool stuff.

We appreciate that Home is a completely free release, and that Sony needs to make money from it somehow. But charging for social features - especially charging fees on top of one-off payments - is a schoolboy error.

Read the full thing through the link. If you dare.