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edge-online.com - 1/9/2009
PS3 and PSP Userbase Climbs Over 61m
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The Playstation 3 and PSP have accumulated an install base of 61.3 million. That was the claim according to Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer, who addressed a packed audience at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Moments later in Stringer’s keynote speech, he introduced Sony ...

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Joystiq:  Home brings in $1m in virtual goods, user-generated content the 'goal'

Joystiq [PlayStation]:  One million dollars worth of goods sold in Home so far

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Home brings in $1m in virtual goods, user-generated content the 'goal'
Joystiq — ... the family to wait in a line to virtually bowl? Goodwin concedes, "Obviously we're not naive, and we know that with an online service you have to have strict moderation - we don't want the user to be exposed to rubbish." Of course, by "rubbish" he means "flying penises." Also, speaking of being "not naive" - we wouldn't expect user-generated content to be free ... to purchase, or to make. Source - User-generated content is the 'ultimate goal', says Home team Source - PS3 and PSP Userbase Climbs Over 61m Home brings in $1m in virtual goods, ...

One million dollars worth of goods sold in Home so far
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... Looks like this "Home" thing is working out for Sony. It's only been a month since the online service launched, and Sony has already sold a million bucks worth of virtual goods. Seems the bite-sized prices of the various online products have tempted quite a number of ...

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