PSN has 17 millilion users, same as XBL

Tobes · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:11

Sources are everywhere so I wont bother linking.

But yesterday both MS and Sony announced they have 17 million users on there network.

In this 17 million MS are also counting silver (free) accounts.

So I'm a little stumped as to how Sony have managed to get 17 million accounts. I'm not suggesting they are lying. I just cant comprehend it. I suppose I need a survey or something lol.

Anyone else find this is little surprising?

LeeTaylor17 · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:14

Many people have multiple accounts. UK, USA, JAP etc.

Tobes · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:15

LeeTaylor17 said:
Many people have multiple accounts. UK, USA, JAP etc.

Kinda a moot point when it's the same on XBL. I used to have a Japan and US account. It got suspended but I think it's still possible.

dbmzk1 · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:15

I don't find it surprising at all. I know people who use their 360's on a portable TV in their 6 year old kids bedroom. You will not find a PS3 in places like that. The fact that PSN is totally free probably helps too.

To be honest though these figures are not that accurate really as many people have multiple PSN and XBL accounts. I've got an XBL account but don't own a Xbox for example!

Tobes · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:20

dbmzk1 said:
I don't find it surprising at all. I know people who use their 360's on a portable TV in their 6 year old kids bedroom. You will not find a PS3 in places like that.

That doesn't really add to PS3 accounts though :confused:

rp2000 · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:21

dbmzk1 said:
The fact that PSN is totally free probably helps too.

To be honest though these figures are not that accurate really as many people have multiple PSN and XBL accounts. I've got an XBL account but don't own a Xbox for example!

rp2000

sc(+)pe · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:22

All thats left now is that they can release games to the EU store as fast as Live do and we're sorted.

Yungstar 2006 · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:22

In Other News

Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling Fourzerotwo has released some player statisticalz from a little game called Call of Duty 4. The data, pulled on Jan. 3, reveals that 10 million unique users have played CoD 4 on Xbox 360 and connected to Live "at least once" after playing.

Going deeper down the fox hole (yes, it's called a mixed metaphor), Infinity Ward checked specific data on certain levels:

* 71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G.
* 68.8%, or 6,886,509 people have completed Cargo Ship.
* 46.5%, or 5,654,643 people have beaten the game on any difficulty.
* 2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

Comparatively, pulling the multiplayer numbers from PSN revealed 4,381,276 unique users.

source:-
http://www.fourzerotwo.com/2009/01/07/call-of-duty-4-stats-put-into-perspective/

msmalls74 · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:24

Im led to belive that the 17 million Live accounts are for gold only, it is a LTD, so it includes all who had an xbox live account on the original one, even if they dont have one now. Sony said they had 2.1 million new users in the last month, along with 300k LBP levels at CES earlier today.

Katoom · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:24

Doesn't the PSP count toward those numbers?

Tobes · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:32

msmalls74 said:
Im led to belive that the 17 million Live accounts are for gold only

That's not what was said yesterday when watching the live CES keynote. The "majority" are gold.

Katoom, it's PSN network accounts. Same on all platforms isn't it?

Wyrdo · 8 Jan 2009 at 20:00

Yungstar 2006 said:
In Other News

Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling Fourzerotwo has released some player statisticalz from a little game called Call of Duty 4. The data, pulled on Jan. 3, reveals that 10 million unique users have played CoD 4 on Xbox 360 and connected to Live "at least once" after playing.

Going deeper down the fox hole (yes, it's called a mixed metaphor), Infinity Ward checked specific data on certain levels:

* 71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G.
* 68.8%, or 6,886,509 people have completed Cargo Ship.
* 46.5%, or 5,654,643 people have beaten the game on any difficulty.
* 2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

Comparatively, pulling the multiplayer numbers from PSN revealed 4,381,276 unique users.

source:-
http://www.fourzerotwo.com/2009/01/07/call-of-duty-4-stats-put-into-perspective/

That's interesting, probably gives us a better indication of usage than Sony or MS saying they have X many users. Would be nice if more companies did that.

cheets64 · 8 Jan 2009 at 20:07

Just shows you how clever MS are, the amount of money they have made from Xbox Live compared to the amount of money Sony have lost/losing from offering free PSN.

Skully · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:08

Nice to see I am in a small percentage of CoD4 players!

roboffer · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:18

I think I have 2 PSN accounts and no plans to buy a PS3

Streeteh · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:21

I've got two XBL accounts but don't actually own a 360.

My missus has a PSN account but has used it once.

Both figures are in no way representative of how many people actually use the service (as many people have already said)

Kyle009 · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:11

Them Call of Duty 4 statistics are amazing. Would love to see more stats released. Thats what this console generation needs, more stats

Memphis · 8 Jan 2009 at 23:33

Beyond each company's marketing departments, does anyone actually care?!

Simon · 9 Jan 2009 at 00:40

Yungstar 2006 said:
In Other News

Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling Fourzerotwo has released some player statisticalz from a little game called Call of Duty 4. The data, pulled on Jan. 3, reveals that 10 million unique users have played CoD 4 on Xbox 360 and connected to Live "at least once" after playing.

Going deeper down the fox hole (yes, it's called a mixed metaphor), Infinity Ward checked specific data on certain levels:

* 71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G.
* 68.8%, or 6,886,509 people have completed Cargo Ship.
* 46.5%, or 5,654,643 people have beaten the game on any difficulty.
* 2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

Comparatively, pulling the multiplayer numbers from PSN revealed 4,381,276 unique users.

source:-
http://www.fourzerotwo.com/2009/01/07/call-of-duty-4-stats-put-into-perspective/

Woohoo, I'm in the Elite 3%

alexisonfire · 9 Jan 2009 at 00:57

cheets64 said:
Just shows you how clever MS are, the amount of money they have made from Xbox Live compared to the amount of money Sony have lost/losing from offering free PSN.

Around £550million on the bases that the the average price for gold would be between £25(cheapest) - £40(RRP) = (£32.5). And thats just for one year