PSN outstrips SCEE's expectations
- Posted January 25th, 2008 at 11:21 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 23 Comments
David Reeves, the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has admitted that online purchases and user subscriptions to it's PlayStation Network service have exceeded the company's expectations.
Speaking to trade website MCV UK, Reeves stated, “One thing that has surprised us is in the Network purchases and the general level of interest that has been shown around the Network business.”
“We’ve gone from zero to almost double-digit millions in terms of what people have purchased in euros.”
Enthused, Reeves also declared that roughly 40 per cent of PS3 owners in Europe have signed up for the online service, with around 33 million downloads recorded since launch.
“We’ve now got about two million PSN registrations”, he said. “
That’s about 40 per cent of users. We’ve also had around 33 million downloads, which is a huge number. And we’ve got 25 stores up and running across the PAL territories.”
For the latest additions to the PS Store, see our earlier news story here.
Source: MCV UK
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UnasFortuna |
Unas_Fortuna- 11:31am GMT - January 25th, 2008
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I find it amazing that they could be surprised in this day and age we live in. If anything, they should have realized that they should have focused more on the PSN service. While they are doing great for their first attempt at a truly online service, they need to step it up if they are going to surpass the LIVE service. I am not a MS fan even though I own two LIVE subscriptions for my son and I; however, they do have something good which is one of the MAJOR things about their system which is attracting people to buy it (DESPITE THEIR HUGE FAILURE RATE). The online component is the key to success. I admit I wasn't too fond of my PS2 when I had one, but I LUV my PS3 and have never regretted buying one at launch. Sony, bring the pain to LIVE....step up your online.
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Promethius30 |
Tealcsg1- 11:55am GMT - January 25th, 2008
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@ 2 oh cool you like stargate anyway its good for sony to start making money but there room for improvements in the store
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gingo |
gingo- 11:59am GMT - January 25th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... this is great reading for the PSN maybe this will make SCEE sit up and realise that they could make even more money if they gave us decent updates every week with at least a gd demo and ps1 classic, none of the crap ones we want sum real classics sony like MGS1
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frank_magnet |
Frank_Magnt- 12:16pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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makes you wonder why they dont put more decent stuff on there !
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BD_BLACKAZZ |
BD_BLACKK- 12:42pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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this is great news for PS users around the world ..... maybe now SONY will step up there efforts of making the PSN better.... just imagine if HOME was release today that will mean 2 million new friends around the world ... can't wait for its release ... if theres 2 million users just imagine how many users there will be when HOME does release ..... amazing !!! keep it up SONY
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-Zaku- |
SlashZaku- 1:25pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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Now, with this news, you'd think they'd throw their EU fanbase a f'n bone with content each week. I don't live in the EU region but the updates they've been getting each week have been poor (they seem to get more PS1 titles however) compared to what the NA and JP regions get..
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 1:31pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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Wonderful! So, Mr Reeves, just think how much you could make out of the UK/EU store if you brought us the same stuff as the US store in a timely fashion! :-)
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nojoegohome
- 2:07pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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lol wow they actually thought non of us had internet connections and that we did not know what a download was.
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GuitarMaster231 |
Cody0705- 3:00pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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Ok, now they finally realize the interest we have in the PSN, hopefully they'll put more work into it and revamp the PS store.
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Sevket_Erhat
- 4:35pm GMT - January 25th, 2008
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PSN has lots of opportunity for growth. All they need is to listen to the fans.
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