PS3 is No. 1 connected home console


Recommended Posts

While the Xbox 360 may have a higher user base than the PlayStation 3, new reports from mobileadvertising network Millennial Media suggests that more PS3 owners are connected to the web.

The agency found that the PS3 was the No. 1 connected home console. Overall, the device ranked fourth behind Apple's iPod Touch and iPad, as well as Sony's own portable handheld, the PSP.

Sony announced in June that more than 50 million PS3 and PSP owners had registered to the platform owners' online service. Meanwhile, Microsoftreported earlier this year that 23 million 360 owners have subscribed to XboxLive.

At E3, Sony announced a premium subscription, PSN Plus, aimed at monetizing its online services.

Source: http://play.tm/news/...d-home-console/

Link to report: http://www.millennia...ix-Sept2010.pdf

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In this comparison they might as well included connected blu-ray players as a console as well. since a lot of the connected PS3's act merely as a BD player, and need to be connected for BD live and updates for the still not finished BD format.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sony announced in June that more than 50 million PS3 and PSP owners had registered to the platform owners' online service. Meanwhile, Microsoftreported earlier this year that 23 million 360 owners have subscribed to XboxLive.

Yeah 2 consoles will generally connect more than a singular one. This report is silly as it doesnt seem to count Xbox Live silver users either

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tell me if I am wrong, I don't own a PS3 but I have ear that the online services in the PS3 are free and in the Xbox is not. Which shows why the Xbox is not popular as the PS3.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah 2 consoles will generally connect more than a singular one. This report is silly as it doesnt seem to count Xbox Live silver users either

Would help if you read the article/report, it is singling out the devices.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sony announced in June that more than 50 million PS3 and PSP owners had registered to the platform owners' online service. Meanwhile, Microsoftreported earlier this year that 23 million 360 owners have subscribed to XboxLive.

I hope you realize these numbers don't mean anything.?

A) PSP registrations cannot be allowed to count in this number because the most recent device REQUIRES YOU TO DO SO TO DOWNLOAD/PLAY GAMES. Last I checked, the PSP Go doesn't have a disk drive, and now that production is slowing quite rapidly for the disc based PSP media, I doubt PSP users have anywhere to go except online (which its newest firmware offers).?

B) They use the word "Subscribed" for Xbox Live, implying that it's applying to paid XBL Gold users, and of course PSN users would trump this, the service is free, why wouldn't you plug an Ethernet cable in?

Either way, I'm a bit surprised; what with the 360's Media Extender features, I didn't think the PS3 was more connected. I also suppose that number needs to include the inclusion of the wifi, which (bear with me here) also opens up to the idea of using whatever wifi you find to play. I feel like this survey is a bit skewed, it's taking a lot from correlation and it's being sounded out to be a lot more causation than it really is.

Also it's worth saying that this doesn't say much in terms of popularity as a game console because I know for a fact several people I know only have purchased a PS3 as a Blu-Ray player and never use it to play games.?

No offense, but this is pretty weak, I took a look at the PDF and it's primarily a smartphone/mobile phone issue, with one small dinky little graph that "backs up" this statement. It's almost as if the article is saying "oh, they may have more gamers than us but look hwo connected we are to the internet", and that's not saying much when you're also counting all the people who use it as a network enabled blu-ray player or a web browser (I'm assuming they're calling it a "connected device" the moment it gets an IP address from the Ethernet/wifi)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Would help if you read the article/report, it is singling out the devices.

I concede I replied initially before fully reading the report.

The report you linked mainly talks about mobile connectivity in the US. It makes no mention of numbers specifically or how the data is captured

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The report you linked mainly talks about mobile connectivity in the US. It makes no mention of numbers specifically or how the data is captured

Like I said, it's this dinky little table (Dubbed "Chart D" I believe) that doesn't have any explanation, reasoning, or stats, it's just ranked somehow.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well here's another for the currently unsatisfied Xbro's rofl.gif

Sony PS3 Most "Connected" Game Console

April 12, 2010 (Frisco, Texas) – New research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) finds that one-third of U.S. broadband households now use a game console that is connected to the Internet. The data supports TDG's long-standing prediction that game consoles are best positioned to become the first mainstream over-the-top (OTT) video delivery platform.

""Today's game consoles are increasingly connected to the Internet not just to enhance their gaming experience but to access the growing variety of online media" notes Michael Greeson, founding partner and director of research at TDG.

040710.jpg

Sony's PS3 tops the list with 78% of consoles being connected to the Internet, followed by Microsoft's Xbox 360 at 73%, and Nintendo's Wii at 54%.

Greeson notes that all three console vendors are aware of the additional revenue that connected platforms could generate. While Microsoft and Sony have long invested in building console-affiliated online media portals, Nintendo has held back, content with focusing on the casual gaming market. As announced this morning, however, Wii owners that connect their console to the Internet can now view Netflix Watch Instantly streaming services, assuming they subscribe to the core Netflix service. To give you an idea of the OTT potential of the Wii/Netflix relationship, one-fourth of Wii owners in the U.S. already subscribe to the Netflix DVD-by-mail service, making use of the Netflix streaming service a snap.

This data is from TDG's latest quantitative primary consumer research which surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. adult broadband users regarding a variety of digital video-related topics and hypothesis testing the notion of 'TV Everywhere' or 'three-screen' video services. The study also evaluated a number of emerging services and applications that may be included in a multi-screen video service.

For more information about this new research and analysis, please visit www.tdgresearch.com or contact our Research Services Team at 469-287-8050.

http://tdgresearch.c...me-console.aspx

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well here's another for the currently unsatisfied Xbro's rofl.gif

http://tdgresearch.c...me-console.aspx

Wow, that was a whole lot of fluff that was just restating the same vague opinions you take to be fact. You either have Sony stamped on your forehead or you're not reading what we're saying; being connected to the Internet and comparing that with XBL Subscribers is not something that's comparable.

It would be like me pointing out that the 360 is currently the most popular console in terms of sale and therefore PS Move is a failure. It's retarded logic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow, that was a whole lot of fluff that was just restating the same vague opinions you take to be fact. You either have Sony stamped on your forehead or you're not reading what we're saying; being connected to the Internet and comparing that with XBL Subscribers is not something that's comparable.

It would be like me pointing out that the 360 is currently the most popular console in terms of sale and therefore PS Move is a failure. It's retarded logic.

Yes yes, of course it is.

I need to post more topics like this on Neowin actually, seems to be the only way anything remotely entertaining happens in the GH. Post anything about the PS3 excelling anywhere over the 360 and grab the popcorn bag devil.giflaugh.gif

The above is a survey in case you don't know what that is, it's not an opinion, it's something that's done to carry out research on an affordable sizeable scale.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

From that report all I got was more people own xboxes and the number overall is greater for online connectivity. However of the sample group a higher percentage of the lower number of ps3 users have theirs connected.

Am I right?

I'm no Xbro, I have both and I have my ps3 connected to the net more than my 360 (or at least I will again once my insurance company replaces my stolen ps3)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yes yes, of course it is.

I need to post more topics like this on Neowin actually, seems to be the only way anything remotely entertaining happens in the GH.??Post anything about the PS3 excelling anywhere over the 360 and grab the popcorn bag devil.giflaugh.gif

The above is a survey in case you don't know what that is, it's not an opinion, it's something that's done to carry out research on an affordable sizeable scale.

Yeah, you do have Sony stamped on your forehead (and possibly other body parts), in your rush to fulfill your fanboy duty, you've decided to continue to not read what we've been saying, and that's that XBL Subscribers pay money and people who decide to plug in their PS3 to the Internet and play for free aren't comparable to it.

But by all means, continue with the ignorance and the defensiveness. It's entertaining.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, you do have Sony stamped on your forehead (and possibly other body parts), in your rush to fulfill your fanboy duty, you've decided to continue to not read what we've been saying, and that's that XBL Subscribers pay money and people who decide to plug in their PS3 to the Internet and play for free aren't comparable to it.

But by all means, continue with the ignorance and the defensiveness. It's entertaining.

It's about the consoles connected to the internet, that basic, whether or not they charge for services is not applicable and only a con/pro that shapes these figures. I'd be pretty worried as well if you could see my forehead at this moment in time, unless you actually are the one who's lying naked in my bed and not my girlfriend ohmy.gif You slut you.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's about the consoles connected to the internet, that basic, whether or not they charge for services is not applicable and only a con/pro that shapes these figures.??I'd be pretty worried as well if you could see my forehead at this moment in time, unless you actually are the one who's lying naked in my bed and not my girlfriend ohmy.gif??You slut you.

So let me ask you this; what do you think these charts are trying to say? Let me guess; you'll somehow spin this to equate that the PS3 and PSP are better than Microsoft's offerings, right??

Oh, and for the rest of your reply? Pathetic. Seriously, it's pathetic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So let me ask you this; what do you think these charts are trying to say? Let me guess; you'll somehow spin this to equate that the PS3 and PSP are better than Microsoft's offerings, right?

Oh, and for the rest of your reply? Pathetic. Seriously, it's pathetic.

What console is connected most to the internet in homes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

What console is connected most to the internet in homes.

And that says.....what, exactly? Come on, it's on the tip of your tongue, you know you want to say it, might as well get it out.

For more clarification, since you'll dance around it for a bit before you admit it, there's a reason you posted it in the PS3 forum, and it's not just because it concerns the PS3.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Why does this surprise anyone? All PS3 models have wireless thus making it much easier for people to connect it to the internet so they do its as simple as that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

And that says.....what, exactly? Come on, it's on the tip of your tongue, you know you want to say it, might as well get it out.

For more clarification, since you'll dance around it for a bit before you admit it, there's a reason you posted it in the PS3 forum, and it's not just because it concerns the PS3.

How many people plug their consoles into their modems and click sign in/connect on their console.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

?

How many people plug their consoles into their modems and click sign in/connect on their console.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Tight-lipped now, aren't you. It's entertaining how quickly you lose the cheek when someone calls you out on something. Carry on. (Unless you need me to explain what I'm calling you out on)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Why does this surprise anyone? All PS3 models have wireless thus making it much easier for people to connect it to the internet so they do its as simple as that.

Plus is free, in the Xbox you have to pay to access the same content that you can currently in the PS3.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, that's what I thought. Tight-lipped now, aren't you. It's entertaining how quickly you lose the cheek when someone calls you out on something. Carry on. (Unless you need me to explain what I'm calling you out on)

Good, we're on the same wavelength then and both seemingly know how to interpretate surveys, charts and market research data.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Plus is free, in the Xbox you have to pay to access the same content that you can currently in the PS3.

Yes, except all these charts that the OP is using to prove the (in his words) PS3 excels over the 360, well, they're comparing the numbers of how many people connect the PS3/PSP to the internet with how many people subscribe to Xbox Live. As in, pay for Xbox Live. That's what's not surprising.?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.