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JayWood2010 said:
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15m early next year, as in Jan, Feb or March or so. That's not a 100% increase btw (89%) and not 3 months either (4-6). Shortly after PS4 launched PS+ subscriptions jumped by 90%. With all the MP games and huge sales this holiday I don't see why it couldn't jump another almost 90% in a longer timeframe (4-6 months vs. 1.5 months last year)

I was rounding up though i guess i should have said "about 100%".  So in 4-6 months then?   How much would you assume PS4 will have sold by then?  Right now we are spreading 7.9m with 3 devices, PS4, PSV, and PS3.  Its obvious the main driving factor right now is paid online for PS4 though so it would really be dependent upon PS4's attach ratio with PS+,  If we are expecing 15m that would be 7m.  And id say PS4 will easily sell 7m in 4-6m, probably more.  Lets hypothetically say PS4 has sold 20m by the end of december (not my prediction).  That would mean that PS4 will sell 7m from this point.  You would need a 100% attach rate of PS+ for it to achieve 15m.  Though that is only 2 months the next 2 moths after that will be considerably less than the November/December

Though i could be wrong id be surprised if it managed 7m new subscribers without losing any on top of that (whether bundled or paid for) in a matter of 4 months.

You are not counting the PS4 owners who haven't jumped in yet, which is a considerable number. PS4 should easily sell 8m+ in the next 4 months, PS3 and PSV will sell a few other millions. Combine the new subscribers with the ones who will jump in or renew their membership when big MP games like CoD come out and 15m is easily achievable.



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I think PS+ can jump ahead of XBL Gold in terms of # of subscribers late next year unless something major happens like PS4 stops selling or XB1 starts outselling it



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It's amazing what making something mandatory can do for subscription rates. Oh well the people have spoken. Paying extra for online multiplayer is fine.



That's pretty cool of an increase, the thing with psn+ is the more systems you have then it makes sense to get it since it's 2 games per system per month into the instant game collection. Cool thing is it works in reverse too, say I have a ps3 + Vita with psn+ for the last year or so, every single month of new games I've added the ps4 titles onto my psn account via the site too, makes it more and more of a tempting sale of a Ps4 knowing that I'll have a bag full of games to jump into when I do buy it.



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That's good. If Sony continues to dominate sales, those sales are gonna go up quick.

Too bad about the online requirement but as long as sony can put that money to good use



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SvennoJ said:
It's amazing what making something mandatory can do for subscription rates. Oh well the people have spoken. Paying extra for online multiplayer is fine.


People have spoken almost a decade ago, only Sony failed to read the memo...

They could have recouped the PS3 losses ages ago...



Well 6.9 subs from 12 sold ps4 good



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That's a really good number. While I doubt the PS4 will not do all that well in China, I'm curious to see how Sony will target that market. I hope that "early next year" means a week or two before Chinese New Year because that is one of the country's biggest holidays.



Burek said:
SvennoJ said:
It's amazing what making something mandatory can do for subscription rates. Oh well the people have spoken. Paying extra for online multiplayer is fine.


People have spoken almost a decade ago, only Sony failed to read the memo...

They could have recouped the PS3 losses ages ago...

Last gen there was still noise MS should remove online multiplayer from behind the pay wall. That has completely gone now.
Sony hoped ps+ and home would generate enough money. I guess ps+ never was that succesful and home is gone. At least Steam and the WiiU still have free online. Buying multiple consoles is fun imo. Needing multiple subscriptions is not.