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PlayStation Network as big as Xbox Live

By Tor Thorsen on 19 November 2008, 10:31am

Games and Gear

Celebrating the second anniversary of the PlayStation 3's US launch this week, Sony Computer Entertainment America hardware marketing director John Koller announced that the PlayStation Network now has as many users as Xbox Live.

"[The] PlayStation Network has truly hit its stride with unique downloadable games and a video delivery service featuring movies, TV shows, and original programming that you can watch in HD with your PS3," Koller boasted in a post on the official PlayStation Blog.

"And with 14 million active accounts and 273 million pieces of content downloaded, we know that you're thirsting for this digital entertainment," he added. At the Tokyo Game Show last month, Microsoft announced Xbox Live currently had 14 million subscribers.

The executive also mentioned the 17-million-unit worldwide sales milestone the PS3 hit last month, roughly 5 million units behind the 360's lifetime-to-date sales. He made brief mention of the long-in-development PlayStation Home service, and promised its upcoming open beta would occur in the next 12 months. He did not say when the avatar-based virtual world, still ostensibly slated to launch by the end of the year, would go online however.

Source: PlayStation Network connects with 14 million on GameSpot

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