Time Magazine: there are only 200 k PS3s in US

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NJ5 said:

The Fury said:

NJ5 said:

badgenome said:

jlauro said:
If you read the article, it isn't saying that's how many have PS3s. That's how many can access the "home" beta in the US.

"Starting today, owners of the pricey PlayStation 3 — there are nearly 17 million of them worldwide, a scant 200,000 of whom live in the U.S. — can download the software for free via Sony's PlayStation Network, which connects the game consoles on the Net so users can play each other."

It's pretty clear he's talking about owners of the pricey PlayStation 3.

 

Especially since the American PS3s are probably not alive (bolded). But the sentence is weird.

 

...*stares blankly*... that's the word 'live' as in to live somewhere.

 

I'm not a native English speaker, but I thought you don't use "live" for inanimate objects.

 

The article refers to the PS3 owners who are assumed to be living human beings.