$1 Million Goods Sold in PlayStation Home
Thursday, 08 Jan 2009 18:18
PlayStation Home Mall
Sony doesn't need to charge for its online services, PlayStation Home makes $1 million from in-game goods.
That's right, Sony's service hasn't been out for long, but it's already made Sony $1 million from the priced goods available.
T-Shirts, furniture and plants have all been enough to cause PlayStation 3 gamers to open their wallets. Intriguing that the
"nickle and diming" tactic has already worked.
According to Kaz Hirai at Sony's CES conference, 3.4 million people have downloaded the PlayStation Home Open Beta. Plenty of people to spend some pennies (in the monetary sense, not the urinating sense.)
What have you done folks? Spending money in Home!? It's
meant to be free! Stop encouraging them! I don't think this was what was meant when
Bethesda said it could be the industry's defining moment.
Patrick Steen