PSN and XBLA now on par with digital sales :o. PS+ subscribers increasing

Thoguht this was interesting to share:

Digital analysts say PSN sales grossed $49.4 Million in second six months of 2010 and $9.3 Million in December alone. Revenue from sales of PlayStation Network games in the second half of last year rose by 40% year on year which outstrips Microsoft's offering, Xbox Live Arcade, which grew by just 18%. This according to analysts is a further evidence that PSN is closing in on XBLA, Fade says that first-month sales of simultaneously released multiplatform titles are now a 55-45 split in Microsoft's favour, a dramatic shift from the 2:1 ratio it enjoyed in 2009.

Digital analysts claims that PSN+ subscribers keep on increasing which has over 100k members USA

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Very very impressive from PSN, strong competition between the two Networks

Cool. Maybe now peopel will stop thinking Live is so superior to PSN in the digital sales front.

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

blaznwiipspman1

lol, so people paying 60 dollars a year for Live must be super rich AND super stupid.

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

blaznwiipspman1

You saying that PSN+ users are more stupid/rich than lemmings? Because if you want to game online with XBOX LIVE you have to pay. Where as the PSN user have a choice. ;)

And as a PSN+ member from the beginning, I've been skeptical of how great a service it really is. Don't get me wrong, I've gotten some great games for "free" out of the service, but there have been some months where the content was just crap. Today though, they released Double Fine's new highly praised game Stacking as a free PSN+ download. If they start releasing new content like that more often, then the service will truly be worth it, and more people will definitely want to come on board. incuensuocha

True, would love them doing so with more newer games like this, overall though with PS+ they have offered so many games such as the 5 episodes of the sam and max, LBP spin off with move, Stacking, wipeout and others more

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

blaznwiipspman1

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

blaznwiipspman1

I have PS+ and I am neither stupid or rich. I found it be have nice benefits and in turn it has saved me a lot of money in the PS Store with free games, 1 hour game trials, discounts on games, themes, avatars, etc.

I heard Sony took measures to stop the sharing of digital content, think before it used to be that one user could buy something digitally and share it with 4 other users (so 5 downloads total), I think I read Sony was supposed to have stopped this so you can only download it to the console your account is attached to, so maybe this is the result of that. I still prefer downloading XBLA games since rights management is a lot easier to transfer, retain, and there's no download limits.lamprey263

Yep now you cant share with others, i'v got 2 people i know that shared with each other and they'v got banned for a month on PSN. and this happened a few weeks ago. its great that they have finally done this if you ask me :P. nothing worse than someone getting something without paying for it :x :P. love PSN games :oops:

Great hopefully that will mean that they can offer demos for the downloadable content they have on there cause as it is now if the game is exclusive to psn then it happens to NOT have a demo for it 9 out of 10 times which i find really really stupid.

I heard Sony took measures to stop the sharing of digital content, think before it used to be that one user could buy something digitally and share it with 4 other users (so 5 downloads total), I think I read Sony was supposed to have stopped this so you can only download it to the console your account is attached to, so maybe this is the result of that. I still prefer downloading XBLA games since rights management is a lot easier to transfer, retain, and there's no download limits.lamprey263

I haven't had any problems game sharing at all lately. I remember reading that Sony was going to do something, but it's still been working. Only game I couldn't do it for was Final Fight: Double Impact since you have to be logged in to play it

All I can say is LOL analysts?

If Lemmings pulled out analysts as the source for XBLA dominance,equalityCows would say the exact same thing, so I say we will wait till Sony and Microsoft both release official numbers.

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]I heard Sony took measures to stop the sharing of digital content, think before it used to be that one user could buy something digitally and share it with 4 other users (so 5 downloads total), I think I read Sony was supposed to have stopped this so you can only download it to the console your account is attached to, so maybe this is the result of that. I still prefer downloading XBLA games since rights management is a lot easier to transfer, retain, and there's no download limits.BPoole96

I haven't had any problems game sharing at all lately. I remember reading that Sony was going to do something, but it's still been working. Only game I couldn't do it for was Final Fight: Double Impact since you have to be logged in to play it

You need to watch out and not talk about it so easily, Sony are not as forgiving as they used to be

I'd still say XBLA is far superior.Ravensmash

This is talking about sales more then quality of the games.

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

You saying that PSN+ users are more stupid/rich than lemmings? Because if you want to game online with XBOX LIVE you have to pay. Where as the PSN user have a choice. ;)

[QUOTE="DireOwl"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

godzillavskong

You saying that PSN+ users are more stupid/rich than lemmings? Because if you want to game online with XBOX LIVE you have to pay. Where as the PSN user have a choice. ;)

To me the superiority of Live is getting fuzzy. Most things that are Gold only I can get on my PS3 for free. Im paying for better multiplayer? i dont even use multiplayer that much.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Cool. Maybe now peopel will stop thinking Live is so superior to PSN in the digital sales front.

LucidJubilation

moo

(whatever sound a Lemming makes)

Seriously dude, grow up. I can have a opinon without you calling me bias.

[QUOTE="LucidJubilation"]

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Cool. Maybe now peopel will stop thinking Live is so superior to PSN in the digital sales front.

XboximusPrime

moo

(whatever sound a Lemming makes)

Seriously dude, grow up. I can have a opinon without you calling me bias.

They squeak.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Cool. Maybe now peopel will stop thinking Live is so superior to PSN in the digital sales front.

LucidJubilation

moo

I hope you understand that this was pretty disruptive

good to know...each of the stores has their own really good exclusives though...ps plus is alot better in terms of everything dealing with psn...thats the truth, so no suprise with this info

Good for PSN+. It so far has been good despite some crappy months.

Digital analysts claims that PSN+ subscribers keep on increasing which has over 100k members USA

finalstar2007

I thought there'd be way more than that.

This shows that PSN is finally starting to reflect the console's userbase a little more, which is good. It could use some better games though :PKarnage108

This depends on what you like, PSN already has tons of great games from musical games to platformers to FPS shooters to RPGs to JRPGs and list goes on, would take me a huge list to list if you want, i'v got over 70+ PSN games and there are still more coming not to mention retail games. been too addicted lately to Modern Combat Domination ( an FPS PSN game for $8 )

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[QUOTE="lamprey263"]I heard Sony took measures to stop the sharing of digital content, think before it used to be that one user could buy something digitally and share it with 4 other users (so 5 downloads total), I think I read Sony was supposed to have stopped this so you can only download it to the console your account is attached to, so maybe this is the result of that. I still prefer downloading XBLA games since rights management is a lot easier to transfer, retain, and there's no download limits.finalstar2007

I haven't had any problems game sharing at all lately. I remember reading that Sony was going to do something, but it's still been working. Only game I couldn't do it for was Final Fight: Double Impact since you have to be logged in to play it

You need to watch out and not talk about it so easily, Sony are not as forgiving as they used to be

Well I'm usually the one buying the stuff and then people mooch off of me. If Sony has a problem with it than I simply won't buy any of the games anymore if I can't play them with my friends who can't afford it.

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="DireOwl"]

You saying that PSN+ users are more stupid/rich than lemmings? Because if you want to game online with XBOX LIVE you have to pay. Where as the PSN user have a choice. ;)

To me the superiority of Live is getting fuzzy. Most things that are Gold only I can get on my PS3 for free. Im paying for better multiplayer? i dont even use multiplayer that much.

Does the PSN inform you when a friend logs on? Just curious. godzillavskong

I just prefer Xbox Live's interface over that of the PSN. It may be that I haven't played many PS3 games online, and the fact that I only have 3 friends on Sony's network. Does the PSN inform you when a friend logs on? Just curious. Also, as far as performance differences in terms of gameplay online, I haven't noticed any either. godzillavskong

It informs you all the time when a friend logs on or off.

lol...see lemmings. When the online portion is FREE then only 100K users are rich/stupid enough to actually buy the yearly subscription for psn+. This would be the EXACT same case if xbox silver had free online.

blaznwiipspman1

Hmm, so I'm rich/stupid? I'm must not be the stupid one becuase I got Stacking, Spyro and Spyro 2, Crash Team Racing, all of Sam and Max: Devil's Playhouse, Abe's Odyssey, Burn Zombie Burn, Cuboid, and a bunch of other stuff for free, recieved discounts for great games like Dead Nation, and got access to the betas for LBP2, ACB, DCUO, and KZ3. That's hundreds of dollars worth of free stuff and discounts. I have 9 months left on my subscription, after which I won't have much time to play the games anyway.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"] Not for long. I wouldn't be surprised if they started stripping down the entry level PSN to the bare minimum, and trying to convert most over to PSN+. I'm not going to brag and say I pay for Xbox Live Gold, and it is superior, but just that I'm sure Sony sees all the revenue Microsoft is making off of Xbox Live Gold, and are wanting to get a piece of that pie.I haven't gamed on my PSN in forever, so I'm not sure how improved it has gotten since initially, but I think Sony will probably be wanting to get more out of what they've been putting in to the network also.I know it's going to suck, but I bet next gen all three companies charge for online.godzillavskong

To me the superiority of Live is getting fuzzy. Most things that are Gold only I can get on my PS3 for free. Im paying for better multiplayer? i dont even use multiplayer that much.

Yes of course it does, anyone who logs in or logs out it will show it to you

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

To me the superiority of Live is getting fuzzy. Most things that are Gold only I can get on my PS3 for free. Im paying for better multiplayer? i dont even use multiplayer that much.

Yes of course it does, anyone who logs in or logs out it will show it to you