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Fewer than 1 in 3 PS3 systems connected to PlayStation Home
Joystiq —
... According to Peter Edward, director of PlayStation Home for SCEE, PlayStation Home has gained 7 million users worldwide, with 3 million in Europe alone. That certainly sounds like an accomplishment -- but with over 21 million PS3s sold worldwide, that number reveals ...
PlayStation Home: By The Numbers [Home]
Kotaku —
... quote that number. After all, if they could boast that Home had 1 million active users (which if it doesn't already have, they must be close), wouldn't that look, well, better? Demographics: Finally, Edward says that Home's userbase skews mostly towards the "core" gamer, with the finding that a whopping 80% of Home's users are 18-35 year-old males. So, next time someone presses you for Home stats, you'll have something to offer! Sony's Edward Talks PlayStation Home As It Hits 7 Million Users [Gamasutra] ...
Sony's Home proves adept at delivering marketing messages
Opposable Thumbs —
... Home has had its ups and downs since launch, but Gamasutra has some interesting numbers from Sony's free social gaming service/destination/marketing opportunity. The takeaway? You can market the hell out of things on Home. ...
QuickStat: Home Population Jumps to 7M
Virtual Worlds News —
... In less than a month, PlayStation Home has picked up an additional 500K registered users. With that bump, the user base now stands at 7 million worldwide. Peter Edward, Sony Europe's director of PlayStation Home, confirmed the stats to Gamasutra . Edward added some color to the data, saying Home residents had downloaded some six million items, with the average user spending 56 minutes in each session. Joystiq counters the good news ...
Home Will "Become An Essential Component For All PS3 Games"
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Peter Edward, director of the PlayStation Home platform for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has stated that the virtual world “will become an essential component for all PS3 games."
The online social gaming service has amassed seven million users globally since the launch of its open beta in November 2008, 80 per cent of which are male 18-35-years old, reports Gamasutra.
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GameSetNetwork: Best Of The Week
GameSetWatch —
Finishing up the last seven days, it's time to recap the top full-length features of the past week on Gamasutra, plus extra features from sister edu site GameCareerGuide and a lot of smart bonus news interviews from Gamasutra.
Those bonuses are behind the cut, but in the main Gamasutra feature area this week, we have interviews with the APB lead designer and Peter Moore, plus some neat technical articles, a discussion among analysts about what was under-rated at this year's E3 Expo, an in-depth academikwak piece on narrative design, and rather more besides.
Harmonicas are nice:
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PlayStation Home Will Become 'Essential for All PS3 Games'
1UP RSS feed —
PlayStation Home had a little trouble winning people over when it finally launched in November 2008, but it seems it picked up considerable steam since then. Sony has announced the online world has been downloaded over 7 million times, with over 6 million virtual items downloaded within it as well. And according to Peter Edward, Home director for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (via Gamasutra), it's a service that will "become an essential component" for every PlayStation 3 game in the future. ...
The Daily GameDev.net
GameDev.Net —
So a community member dropped me an email yesterday to inform me that he has been simulcasting our Dailies in Chinese over on his blog. And not just directly translating, but making sure that the translation made sense to a Chinese audience. Personally I find this totally awesome - thanks yanxiaowen ! If anyone else out there is making the Dailies multi-national let me know! Studio News: Midway, Zynga, Epic, Blue Omega. Midway had hoped that turning down WB's offer of $33 million back in May would spark a bidding war for the company. This, however, failed miserably as it turns out Warner Bros. was the only interested ...
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