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Microsoft vs. Sony, stats from CES

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Variety writes:

"I won't be able to transcribe my interview with Microsoft entertainment president Robbie Bach (who oversees videogames, amongst other things) until tonight, most likely. But between my talk to him, Microsoft's keynote last night, and Sony's keynote today (which included a section with Playstation topper Kaz Hirai talking videogames), I got a few interesting statistics worth comparing."
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lord_of_balrogs - 349 days 23 hours ago
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Really, well consider this, most of the Socom purists hate confrontation.

17 million registered PSN accounts?, more like 10 million considering many people have multiple "master" accounts.

-"In the last three months of 2008, Microsoft added 3 million Xbox Live members. In December, Sony added 2.1 million Playstation Network members."

Not just pwned but the Sony numbers are inflated due to the creation of multiple accounts.
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Parapraxis - 349 days 23 hours ago
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360 owners create multiple accounts as well lord_of_balrogs.
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lord_of_balrogs - 349 days 23 hours ago
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Yes but a subscription for live only applies to one account and one only, not the multiples you created.
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1.4 Why dis | 349 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
1.5 Ryudo | 349 days 20 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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SL1M DADDY - 349 days 17 hours ago
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Silver accounts apply to the numbers posted in MS's key note. There is no denying that in both numbers there are multiple accounts for some users but it still does not escape the fact that since the PS3 launched the PSN has grown exponentially and same with the 360 and Live. Trying to dumb down one online service memberships only makes you look silly since the same practices are found on both sides of the fence.
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Parapraxis - 349 days 23 hours ago
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"More than 1.3 million "unique users" have played "LittleBigPlanet." Note that this is not the same as Sony saying it has sold 1.3 million units of the game. There are more than 300,000 user-created levels already. It would take two straight years, non-stop, to play them all."

As many thought was true, this story
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...
is wrong.
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2.1 austere | 349 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Parapraxis - 349 days 22 hours ago
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austere, I'm afraid it's you that is confused.
This story debunks another, I was simply pointing that out.
Oh and keep your fanboy comments to yourself.

And to those who disagree with the FACT that Kaz said that it was 1.3 UNIQUE users are currently playing the game, feel free to check the 42 minute 30 second mark of this video.
http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...
I don't even give a sh!t about sales, it doesn't change the fact that LBP is awesome, I simply noticed that the other article was wrong.
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Omega6 - 349 days 23 hours ago
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I am about to crack an egg of EXTREME knowledge on you guys.

Game "console wars" have been around for a long time....but it was never as bad as this.
Let me inform you people as to why it is like this now. It's simple. Anyone who contributes to this "console" war is doing it for one reason only. Money. And who buys into it? 5-15 year olds and the occasional pathetic 30 year old pedo. Its become a market to light up these pathetic "hardcore" gamer babies who find some sort meaning in their lives at the moment and it actually pays off. And who most of all has made it their market to do this type of thing? Microsoft. Microsoft since the beginning has put itself directly against the ps3, which is fine, thats what they should do. But the manner in which they do so by making these kids think that they belong to a brand is just downright pathetic. True gamers see the bigger picture and frankly just stay away. 90% of internet arguments on the console war topic is just two losers trying to prove themselves when they both lose in reality. Like a certain someone said it best, War Has Changed.
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lord_of_balrogs - 349 days 22 hours ago
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Your MGS4 says "war has changed," but my Fallout 3 says "war, war never changes."

Look Ma I can use quotes too.
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Omega6 - 349 days 22 hours ago
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Was that suppose to be funny? or smart? Nice job on being ignorant to my post and trying to make an illogical point.
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Death - 349 days 22 hours ago
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3.3 - Out of curiosity,
What does this make you Omega?

-Death
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Omega6 - 349 days 22 hours ago
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A hypocrite. I had to make a sacrifice.
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3.5 austere | 349 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Etackett2010 - 349 days 22 hours ago
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Eva also stated that war never changes, she mentions stuff like ideology, race, and religion. Then she tells Snake that this war (the war in MGS4) is no different from any other war...
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ThanatosDMC - 349 days 21 hours ago
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HAHAH! That was great! Bubbles up for you.
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waseem335 - 349 days 21 hours ago
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war will change, pretty soon we'll have robots fight for us :S
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Unicron - 349 days 22 hours ago
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If you care more about stats than the games themselves, and the fun of the hobby, I feel bad for you. Well not really, cuz I'm having fun!
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Lon3wolf - 349 days 20 hours ago
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Exactly, I wonder if the sales/usage figures would be higher if people actually played the damn consoles instead of continual willy waving in forums.
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Mutley416 - 349 days 21 hours ago
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Man I love eggs, but there is nothing wrong with enjoying the console wars, or even picking a side-

My PS3 has 15 user names on it-
My Xbox has 4
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True gamers has a good K/D, a knack for tea baggin and spawn killin-
I wonder what Winston Churchill would say...LMAO-
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smokeymicpot - 349 days 19 hours ago
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Good stats for both.
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retrofly - 349 days 19 hours ago
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Cool, so can anyone just put a load of random stats into an article and call themselves a journalist?
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MrWegman - 349 days 16 hours ago
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It's nice to have both systems... now if only Nintendo could produce a better online experience for the Wii... friends' codes need to go...
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Omg_Armageddon - 349 days 15 hours ago
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true that. but I think we should try and put our self in their shoes and find an other solution. Maybe friend codes are wrong but what else can we use that could be safe for our kids yet easy for core gamers...?
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ReBurn - 349 days 8 hours ago
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I hate friend codes. I won't even put mine in my N4G profile because I don't want to take the time to log onto my Wii and write it down.
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ReBurn - 349 days 8 hours ago
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I'm on PSN and Xbox Live! Do I cancel myself out or do I count once for each?
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