"Sony has announced that over one million users have signed up for its MMO Free Realms during the first 17-days of launch.

In celebration, SOE is rewarding all current Free Realms players with limited edition in-game T-shirt featuring special graphics, a matching pet T-shirt for their four-legged friends, and 200 Station Cash to use toward the purchase of in-game items.

The one-millionth player gets a lifetime membership to the game, a one-of-a-kind in-game astronaut suit, and 10,000 in Station Cash.

“The excitement surrounding Free Realms, and the positive response the game has already received, is overwhelming,” said SOE’s John Smedley. “To achieve this milestone so rapidly speaks to the quality and the fun gameplay experience Free Realms offers to players of all ages.”

Congrats guys.

Press release is below.

FREE REALMSTM SOARS PAST ONE MILLION REGISTRANTS IN 17 DAYS, AN UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT FOR A NEW IP
Sony Online Entertainment Celebrates Accomplishment with Lifetime Subscription for Game’s Millionth Registrant and Limited Edition In-Game Item for All Other Players
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 15, 2009 – Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today announced that more than one million unique users have registered for Free Realms™, the free, family-friendly online video game that launched on April 28. To mark this milestone, SOE is rewarding all current Free Realms players with limited edition, in-game T-shirt featuring special graphics. The one-millionth player will also receive a lifetime membership to the game, a one-of-a-kind in-game astronaut suit, and 10,000 Station Cash™.

“The excitement surrounding Free Realms, and the positive response the game has already received, is overwhelming,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “To achieve this milestone so rapidly speaks to the quality and the fun gameplay experience Free Realms offers to players of all ages.”

Along with the limited edition Free Realms T-shirt for their character to wear, 999,999 players will receive a matching pet T-shirt for their four-legged friends, and 200 Station Cash to use toward the purchase of in-game items.

In Free Realms, players can customize their characters, explore, quest, battle monsters, and play a wide variety of minigames in a safe, online environment, packed with stunning visuals, distinctive environments, and social networking capabilities. Players are free to do or be anything: Fight like a ninja, cook a tasty meal, raise a pet, battle goblins, set out on epic quests or connect with friends through a safe, social networking site. Also available is the Free Realms Trading Card Game: a full-featured trading card game, playable both digitally within the Free Realms online game and offline via physical card decks available wherever you buy trading cards.

The Free Realms game starter cards and Station Cash cards, which can be used to purchase a membership, in-game items and more, are available at such stores as Target, Best Buy and 7-11.

Free Realms is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up with content descriptors of Crude Humor and Fantasy Violence." To play Free Realms, visit: http://www.FreeRealms.com.

here is the link: http://www.vg247.com/2009/05/15/over-one-million-users-flock-to-free-realms-in-17-days/

thats like incredible¡¡¡¡¡. and i guess that a lot of people thought that this was going to flop?. i know i did, i guess i am an ignorant. what do you guys think?.

wow that's pretty impressive

Whats it like?

1Million in 17 days is awesome... it must be a good service.

and used your credits cards,,?

I have an account, and have played it a couple of times ... The questions I have are:

How many unique accounts are there? While I see no (real) reason to have multiple characters, the only way to have multiple characters in free realms without paying is to have multiple accounts. Beyond that, in other MMO games multiple people in a household may have different characters on the same account while they would have multiple accounts in free realms.

How many of these accounts are active? There are millions of MMO players out there who are interested in (at least) trying a game in particular if it is free. When you can play a very full version of a game for free for as long as you want with no obligation of ever paying money, a lot of people are willing to try a game and decide if they are interested in playing it over a long period of time. While I wouldn't fully expect it, it is possible that the majority of people who have an account with free realms will never log into play the game ever again.

''YOU  ARE THE MAN'',..,..

oh thats a good point.