Given the success of the PlayStation 4 – and, to be fair, the PlayStation 3 before it – you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the PlayStation Network is currently the largest gaming service in the world. With around 70 million monthly active users, it eclipses Steam (67 million) and Xbox Live (55 million).
There are a few wrinkles here, however. Not all of the PSN’s MAUs are paying subscribers, as PlayStation Plus had 26.4 million active members at last count. All three companies will also be measuring their users differently; does, for example, logging into your international PSN accounts once a month add a couple of extra MAU to the total? Does playing Minesweeper every now and then bump up those Xbox Live statistics?
Regardless, with subscription services like PlayStation Now and PlayStation Vue becoming increasingly important to companies like Sony, the attention placed on monthly active users is only going to increase. Why? Because every time someone logs in, they have an opportunity to sell you something, and that’s what they care about.
[source uk.businessinsider.com, via resetera.com]
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One of the caveats being I can't change my bloody name!
@Rudy_Manchego Yeah Rudy is a terrible name. 😁 😋
@Rudy_Manchego Rudy can't fail!
Great news all around.
Yeah right, its so big it can't accommodate Gravity Rush 2 Online Service.smh
...international accounts?
We can have international accounts?
How?!
Nice to know I’m one of 70 million.
Sony could have more money from me (and I would think a lot of folks think similarly to this) if they drastically reduced the price of the PlayStation Now subscription, at least by half.
It’s a similar scenario to how incredibly overpriced the Vita’s memory cards are, and how that possibly hindered the Vita’s sales 🤔
@Flaming_Kaiser I'll have you know That Rudy was my grandfathers name. He died saving 423 school children from a fire at their school using nothing more than a blanket and his face. I wear his name with pride.
@PS_Nation Ha ha - great ref! Alas, my Psn name is even worse then this one.
@Rudy_Manchego It took me more then a hour to do my name i looked at so many and even how it looked lol.
@RogerRoger Just create one for another country's store. I "know someone how knows someone, who has one for UK, US, HK and JP"
@SMKpaladin Seems a little deceptive (there are important reasons why some things are available in one country, yet not another) but okay. Had no idea that was even possible, thanks for enlightening me!
@RogerRoger It is. It's also against Sony's EULA, and you can get banned if they find out. But it's possible and it works "afaik"
@SMKpaladin As somebody who's watched all of Boston Legal and a handful of episodes of Suits, I reckon we should stop talking about this now...
Sony should somehow think of ways to enter the PC market while they still have the momentum
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