PlayStation Home population at 12 million

**Firedshot** · 13-03-2010 08:33 PM

PlayStation Home director Jack Buser kicked off Sony's final day of GDC 2010 panels, announcing that the virtual community's worldwide userbase now stands at 12 million. The population has grown by two million users since December 2009, and is double of what it was in June of last year.

Buser expanded on the stats, pointing out that these numbers aren't based on one-off visits; according to Sony's data, 85 percent of users who create a Home avatar return more than once. The average citizen, he said, spends an hour in Home each visit.

While Buser's talk was primarily aimed at developers interested in developing in-Home games, he spoke on what to expect in terms of Sony's strategy for the service in 2010, saying, "You're going to see us really embrace this idea of total game integration" to "really extend out the experience of your games." He used the Home presence of Sucker Punch's inFamous as an example, saying that we can expect to see more spaces, minigames and tie-in content timed alongside game launches this year, and that "It's an Incredibly important part of [Sony's] strategy."

Source http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk/

**Firedshot** · 13-03-2010 08:34 PM

So it's 12 million registered on home but i wonder how many actualy use it!

**DrSt01NeR** · 13-03-2010 09:40 PM

about 3 >.< barney barney and barney

**spinninggenius** · 13-03-2010 09:40 PM

Not many to be honest. I don't think they should stop bothering with home altogether because its a nice concept. I often visit it from time to time. Incidentally, there was an update on Thursday which changed the entirety of the menu setup