Mods don't have the ability to modify thread titles? I guess that explains the prevalence of inaccurate thread titles and spelling mistakes that go unfixed.

As for the thread you referenced above that was locked, the article made no mention that there are 31M active users of Home, just 31M users of Home, which most likely means that there are 31M who have downloaded and launched Home at some point during its existence.

On topic: I fall under option two.

but why would sony inflate number's for a service that as many people keep saying that

"no one care's about" ?

why would Sony count in  those number's if that person is not using the service in a month at all, but not skipping a month here or there but never using the service for year's .

why even list that number? to inflate the service usage number's for a service " no one care's about?"

it seem's when the number's are pointed out people are sure careing about them now!

I'm still using it for the occasional match of chess with a complete wild card. Some people might not even know the rules and some wipe the floor with me and it's pretty exciting to find out what you are up against while playing.

A) Who said NOBODY cared about Home.  I'm sure Home has a quite dedicated, quite big group of core active users that Sony makes plenty of money off of.    It just isn't bigger then the number of people who played some of the biggest blockbuster games ever by a magnitude of 3. 

Perspective time... League of Legends is listed as the most played game ever.  With a total of 32 million montly players. 

If Home was at League of Legends level success as a game they'd be making a much bigger deal of it.  As if it had 31 million monthly players it would be the second most successful game of all time.  (second life is a game afterall)

If they were pulling those numbers they'd make a big deal about it.  You wouldn't have to figure it out by looking at a press release.

B) Have you never heard of PR before?  You use the big number because its a big number.   It's to get people who don't use home and who like Dr. Who to use home.

Why do console companies always pretend their shipped numbers are sold to consumer?

yes you can , but why? the effect is if your going to have an Avatar you can get free items, maybe troll the Hub but How long are you going to spend with that other account? the very fact if you made another playstation Home active user it's still another avatar with it's own content. 

so if you are doing that, than its not any different than a new person making a fresh new account and doing the same for the first time except your experience with using the PS3.

pezus said: This poll won't work. People who aren't PS players will just vote that they are and don't use it Plus, Home is casual and we are hardcore

This.

what you stated is quite true, but that's the thing about social networks, if you made multiple accounts to make multiple avatar's are you going to use them all at once? or one at a time?

this is not the same dynamic as just playing a game, the point of a social network is  "social" communication, if your spending time on one of your alt account's you are still spending time on that alt account.

look at it this way you have one PS3 in a house hold, say you your wife and two kid's, and say all 4 people make a account. that does not mean there is 4 PS3's it just may mean there is 4 people using the same PS3. out of those 4 could everyone have an account and use the Playstation Home service and have their own friends in the friends list? 

31 million is not so far fetched would it be if you are talking about on a per/ household?

pezus said: This poll won't work. People who aren't PS players will just vote that they are and don't use it Plus, Home is casual and we are hardcore

playstation fans who don't use it will vote for it to let it look more successful as it is. that also works vice versa   with a very healty playstation community that shouldn't be a real problem on vgc.  and 25% doesn't look too bad for a gaming forum, i don't really believe more as every fourth here uses home.

i didn't say anything about the number of users, just that your friends list says nothing about it since it makes sense that your personal friends list looks like that as home user. like the list of one of my friends is full of soul calibur players since that is what he always plays (or played)

every fourth user here said he uses home, if that is the case for every ps3 that is already almost 20 million users.

not an active user...lurk every once and awhile