Sony’s Jack Buser, Director of PlayStation Home, has been discussing who the average user of PlayStation Home really is. The virtual world was built as a platform for both the casual and hardcore gamer to meet new people online. However, it’s clear that one demographic crowd the virtual space over any other.
“If you look at the average Home user, they are the most hardcore gamer on the PS3. They buy more games than the average PS3 user, they play more games than the average PS3 user. We’re talking about rabid consumers of media and hardcore gamers. That’s who these people are.”
Buser explains that while some users visit “between games”, others are “literally spending their lives inside of PlayStation Home”.
Home has seen record numbers following the PSN downtime, which made Buser and the rest of the PlayStation team very happy indeed.
“We were watching the numbers and we were just so excited. We were just dancing in the streets. The numbers are through the roof. I think it speaks to the loyalty of our user base, and to the power of these kinds of platforms.”
So we ask you the loyal TheSixthAxis readers, what kind of PlayStation Home user are you?
Source: Giant Bomb, via CVG
Rocket_345
Surely a hardcore gamer is someone who, i dont know, games on there PS3. For home to attract me it needs to be intergrated more into stuff on the PS3. Also could the recent influx in users be due to E3 coverage maybe.
Kitch
As far as I am concerned the Welcome Back package for Home is a rather good one. It is a chance for the people that haven’t been on for ages to get a taste of what is now on offer. One of the best bits is the 50 free tickets for the Midway games and the free boost for the Aurora part. Go and have a look. While you are on go and check out the Sodium Space. Hands down it is the best that Home has to offer in my opinion. Free and challenging gaming. If you want to get into it you can pay. If not it’s free.
recurv
“And there was I thinking it was just so kids could pretend to give there mates blow jobs and then type lol until mums got their tea on the table.”
…lol.
KwietStorm
I’d like to know where these stats come from, because way back when I actually used Home, 9 out of 10 people had less than 100 trophies, and this was well after they were standard.