Good news for the PlayStation 3 is usually far and few between, so enjoy this little nugget while you can, Sony fanboys. According to head PR man David Karraker, the PlayStation Network (you know, that free but not quite as good Xbox Live for the PS3) now has "more than 1.3 million users worldwide." From Gamespot:
This week, Dave Karraker, Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior director of public relations, told GameSpot that the PlayStation Network now has more than 1.3 million users worldwide. Of those users, 600,000 are in North America, where Sony has shipped over 2 million consoles. Worldwide, some 3.7 million pieces of content have been downloaded from the PlayStation Network, though Sony did not specify how many of said items were games.
Even if you're a heated detractor, you have to admit those are some pretty good numbers for such a new service.
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11:55 AM on 04.20.2007
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btw, the pic reminds me of the fact that Super Rub-a-Dub is MIA. wtf is with that?
Nex trying to kill my parents, or the Duckie. O.o
DUCKIE...
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-updates-ps3-firmware-with-some-useful-new-features-31077.phtml
btw HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMMA!
I don't mean that in a negative way, necessarily. I remember when the 360 first launched. There were hardly any games and I think I downloaded just about every free item on the Marketplace.
Also, considering the pricepoint of the PS3, the true fans are really the only ones who have bought one so far. I would expect them all to go to great lengths to seek out every good thing about the console.
I don't really find this all that surprising.
And of course, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUMMA!
Sony still has yet to demonstrate they even have a network. MotorStorm needed a patch to even have an in-game friends list and most developers keep complaining that they'd do online stuff if Sony would tell them how.
People don't realize that it's free for a reason. When you start seeing more and more games that are online on 360 and not PS3 (which happened all the time with PS2 and Xbox)then they'll understand why you pay for Xbox Live.
I am honestly rooting for Sony to be able to match Xbox Live in every way, game for game, because if they do, Microsoft will seriously have to consider doing away with Xbox Live service fees. I certainly wouldn't complain about that. God knows they're making enough off of overpriced microtransactions to subsidize the service. I just don't think online was given much more thought with PS3 than it was with PS2.
Still an impressive number. I'll give them that much.
I'm still waiting for someone to say "It's not free online you have to pay $600!!!!" I love when people say that.