PlayStation Network user base hits 25 million

I prefered kotaku's headline of 100,000 new Aerith's deaths over it being summoned.

Sweet I can play FF7 on mah PSP!

I would download Final Fantasy VII, if I didn't already have the copy I bought back in '98.

Shox, you happened to prove the point that you might as well get a PS3 because they are technically the same price when you consider online (for a certain amount of time that is, after a while though the 360 is more expensive), and you don't have to worry about your console crapping out. (Own all three systems only play on PSN)

It sucks in Australia, we don't have any movies or TV series on it. Damn copyright laws. It doesn't stop people just watching them online though.

Temmex, considering the price difference in the PS3 and the 360, it doesn't make THAT much a difference, although, yes, I'd much rather pay nothing at all than 'just' 10 cents a day.

hopefully squareenix will release FF8 & 9 and Xenogears

Andrew_LL, but that is still 10 cents more per day than someone on the PSN has to pay for the same thing, and if you have had it since the 360 came out, thats about 200 dollars.

Wahoo im proud to say im one of the 100,000 who downloaded FF7 and havnt looked back...still one of the greatest games to date!!

wars45, 40 dollars a year averages to 3.3 dollars a month, which is roughly 10 cents a day.

good my mate got a 360 and pays 40 for xboxlive yet i got a ps3 and pay noffing .i played cALL 4 ON XBOX LIVE and iv played it on psn and i couldnt tell the defference. .apart from him haveing to pay 40 a y

i would of thought more seeing all the psp and ps3 sold, about 70 million

I'm not getting that screwed-up shell of Gunbird. No way, no how. There isn't even ANY women in the entire game. It's a shooter, no Charlie's Angels clones involved.

i have 2 accounts as well...both were FREE, by the way.

@ ernest-young You are forgetting about sole PSP owners. They can download PSP and PS1 games straight to their console without a PS3. I am one of the PSP (and a 360, and a Wii) owners with a PSN account with no PS3...yet.

Everyone is so quick to judge and compare numbers on something so trivial. It's not like the number of PSN or XBL accounts, unique or otherwise, is going to impact your quality of life in any way.

i seriously can't believe that people come on here and say that PSN is worse than XBL. I have been on both and there is not difference when playing online with the exception that PSN has less whinny 12 year olds, I never have problems finding games or with lag (there is not more lag on PSN than on XBL, possibly even less on PSN). And the PSN store is a hundred times better and easier to use. Way more interesting things and it looks better, XBL fans shouldn't talk until they have seen both sides. Just to get it out of the way now, yes I have seen both stores and played online games numerous times on both PSN and XBL.

@Yuck Too I was speaking about the 360's reliability as a system, I never mentioned generation 1 PS2's and I agree its bunk what happened there, although I was in school when they came out and never bought one. That being said the PS2 got fixed, my slim still runs fine. So far no dice for the 360. They are cheap anyways you get what you pay for so you can always buy another for 200 that wasnt my point. My point was all the extras MS milks you for (battery packs, chargers, xboxlive, wireless connection, etc etc). Uneducated buyers get burned and some try to justify it all by throwing their unnecessary two cents in here under a Sony article. Can't you all just stay on your own side of the fence? I know its covered in sh *t over there and its much much nicer over here, but until you purchase a PS3 (for most of you don't worry it will happen) your not needed. By the way Yuck Too, you spelt warranty wrong.

i wish i had a ps3 to download final fantasy 7 but for now i will just play the original on my ps2 but it would be cool to be able to play it on a ps3 and it would be even better if they remade it with updated graphics graphics

Ok, I just have to say this. I get really annoyed at the PSN vs. XBL debate. Specifically PS3 fans complaining about the fee to play on XBL. Seriously guys it comes out to $3.30 a month. That's pennies. Granted I'm college graduate with a job but come on, are we really complaining over $3? I never hear XBL players complain about it just PS3 guys who don't pay for it anyway. Which I find odd. And frankly to play Halo3, Left 4 Dead, COD4, and Gears of War 2 online with my friends I'd pay much more for it. That being said I'm sure that PSN works well but probably isn't as feature packed as XBL. And don't call me a fan boy, I think Xbox360 is better but I'm buying a PS3 soon.

25 Million? Not bad, but of course, it is only because it is free. I don't think anyone with a brain would want to pay for PSN. Let us hope that these positive figures for FFVII sparks up some interest over at Square for a remake :D I can dream....

Final Fantasy VIII is better than Final Fantasy VII. ;P

That explains it all. I thought it was Casper the friendly ghost and his friends filling up the 3 million pieces of the puzzle.

Remember, ernest-young, the 25 million is for PS3 and PSP users on PlayStation Network, not just PS3 users

Where the heck did 25 million people come from. I thought the PS3 only sold 22 million consoles worldwide acording to VGChartz. Where the other 3 mil come from? You mean to tell me that every person that owns a PS3 plus 3 million ghosts or pink elephants brought this game? I'm shocked see: --__--

I would've been more excited if they had put "unique users"...

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"Fun fact: Mobile Light Force can be abbreviated to MLF." lawl The PSOne classics is awesome. Being able to play old console games on the go. Just great!

wow 25 million, thats nothing compared to the population!

Maybe they should have made the title "Mobile International Light Force" instead then?

Yeah loving PSN, downloaded FF7 as soon as it came out! Got it stored on my PS3 hardrive and my PSP, ,ostly play it on my PSP though. The PSONE classics is a good idea, as long as they're all top quality games of course.

Yay! More people to play with:D Bring it on new comers

500 million downloads impressive. so $0.16 per gigabyte....

This is a ps3 artical, its funny how xbox fan boys come here and give thumbs down to people. Go on xbl or play halo but leave these people be. Wonder how many thumbs down im gonna get.

@ HerbalVideogame Are you saying i could have been playing a 360 in 1990 when i was playing a mega drive?

@Sin-Thesis Have you tried switching to openDNS? Worked wonders for me :) I agree with CamiKitten on Parasite Eve. As I recall, it was never released in the UK :( (PE2 was but not the first one...)

I have about 3 accounts. Just saying...

FFVII and now Wild Arms? Sweet! Gonna keep my eyes on this in hopes of seeing Parasite Eve also!

wild arms nice one!

just finished downloading FF VII and playing on my PSP now keep it coming sony! xD

stupid DNS error, ive tried every fix i can find, havent been on psn in months :( i totally gotta dl FF7 though

I like players on PSN better than XBL. But I got friends on both platforms. An interesting side note is that PSN handles text chat better than XBL which works 4 me cause I hate using my headsets. U almost have to use an HS on XBL which opens the door to all kinds of crap that I find.... annoying

Just got a PS3 and I think I can safely say I enjoy using PSN alot more than XBL (which I've been using for years). Especially when you compare the Playstation store to XBLM. After that "" crap replaced the old UI, I just can't stand any aspect of XBL at this point.

I was expecting to see more Micro$oft fanboys on here saying how it doesn't matter because Live is better. I have 2 PSN accounts myself. I play a lot of online games on my PS3 and honestly there is a difference in players but I never go without finding anyone to play with.

Well, when you think about, the average Xbox 360 owner has bought at least two of them, if not 3 or 4. And that's well above the cost of a PS3... The prowess of the Xbox 360 certainly does show how un-intelligent the US of A has become. Let's go by a system that is going to break, has decades old technology, and an online mask we have to pay for! Yeah, let's!

lovin' the positive ps3 news gamespot has been showing lately. end of "teh bias" era? i was glancing thru the ps1ne catalog the other day and some of the games are pretty good, namely FF7 and metal gear solid...i'd probably buy them if i didn't already own the originals. the other catalog of games on the ps3 are also quite impressive...i really like the free playstation network.

I have to agree with JimmyBurrows, It took sony way too long to jump on the ban wagon to release old ps1 games. Also happyly hearing this news makes me hope for a release of parasite eve and parasite eve 2 in the future for download...

One thing I do like about PSN, and maybe this isn't accurate and it's just my perception of it, but it seems like PSN has a more mature user base than Live's. I find a lot fewer little kids and profane idiots online on the ps3. (Granted, psn has its share of those too, though.) My theory is that it's actually attributable to the ps3's higher price. Parents and younger gamers with less disposable income may tend towards the cheaper 360. Just a thought.

@another_drew The PS3 has had in-game XMB for months now. You don't have to quit games to send messages anymore. Also, you are paying almost twice what some other people pay? Are you serious? You are getting ripped off big time.

the psn may not be as good as Xbox live... but it gives a few demo's and videos freely, which makes it a bonus... as for the FFVII and ps1 games... they took waaaay too long bringing 'em out... I eventually got bored of waiting and just went homebrew, old psp for ps1 games and emulators, new one for new psp games :) but all in all, if sony make moneys out of everyone rebuying stuff... they might pay for improvements elsewhere, soo all is good.