Sony: Over 50 million PSN Accounts
The PlayStation Network is one of the largest gaming, movie and community services in the world, with an ever growing user base that is set to expand rapidly as the PS3 goes from strength to strength. Since the PSN’s launch back in 2006, the network has grown in features and services as new firmware updates, and a multitude of new services, have helped make the network what it is today.
Sony has announced that the Network now has over 50 million users across the PSP and PS3, of course, this includes multiple accounts, which many people use to get demos and games from other stores, but the number is certainly impressive. With the PSN, gamers can enjoy free online multiplayer, demos, games, movies and more, and from June 29th gamers will have the option of upgrading to the PlayStation Network Plus, which will give subscribers early access to demos, betas, and the ability to rent £200 worth of games every year.
12 Responses to “Sony: Over 50 million PSN Accounts”
I have 6 PSNs so…
it’s not like everyone has 6 though…. most have 39
LoL jk
that’s still quite impressive,
Wait, so what’s the point in having multiple PSN accounts?
You can get trophies on multiple accounts if you have nothing to do. Also, it’s fun to try and make the best PSN title.
that….OR … why most people have other accounts is to download games from different regions ect.
There’s that too.
hello…
i have 6 accounts on the console, 1 for the wify LOL!
yes having no support for my country, i have an account on each zone, because the world is my store, so i have games from various regions & need to buy stuffs (DLCs ,,, (^^)” ) for them, so it’s not just to get zone exclusive contents.
I hope SONY never block access to these, for i spend a lot on each & every account (even on HOME)
it’s impressive indeed & i’m sure it will grow, still i want PSN+, just don’t think it will be available in my country (please SONY add an another country & allow me to pay with my credit card or paypal)
cheers!
The regional locking of stores is outmoded and pointless. By all means go to the appropriate store by default, but give us the option to visit the other stores too with the appropriate disclaimers.
Sony are, however open they claim to be in other aspects, still rather confused about their various regional stores and lock-downs. The fact that you STILL can’t use the EU Comic Reader on a Japanese PSP proves this.
I have probably gone through a dozen different PSN accounts until I finally just settled with this name.
@richy – that sounds like a royal pain in the butt dude. I have trouble keeping track of what account has what content, and I only have two!
so they’re saying 33 million ps3s sold , 22% not online
that means on average at least 2 accounts per ps3
considering how many are sharing one with a sibling or roommate who opens their own account that’s about right .
for every ps3 that has one account there’s another with 3 or 6 or whatever . sometimes because it’s a shared console and sometimes for access to games and demos from other regions ( I use my u.s. account for contests , u.k. and japan for demos and such not available here and canadian account to play games )
hello …
@ BigWoopMagazine – yeah, not easy at all, i have to keep record of my games & to which account i can go for purchases, which PSN games belong to which account (yet most are from my US accounts).
the real use of the other accounts is for the DLCs … for i don’t have a choice here, but if i need to buy something, i’ll go to the account i can easily refund … US !
(compared to Mauritian Rupees, 1 USD = Rs 33-35, while i need to disburse Rs 50 for 1 GBP.
when we are passionate, we do find time for it & the worst for me is that i don’t have much time to play …
cheers!