Sony‘s beloved PS3 apparently nonetheless has hundreds of thousands of month-to-month lively customers (MAUs) — practically two million, to be exact. That’s in line with a presentation leaked as a part of the latest Insomniac Video games‘ ransomware assault. This tidbit of data was tucked away in a slide about PlayStation Community‘s month-to-month lively customers.
Die-hard PS3 customers nonetheless having fun with beloved classics
As noticed by Exputer, the slide in query is almost a yr previous however sheds some gentle on the lively participant base of Sony’s consoles. PSN MAUs had been anticipated to hit 107.5 million by February 2023, accounting for knowledge latency. PS4 is understandably within the lead (71.5 million PSN MAUs) with the best quantity of consoles in circulation, however the PS5 is rapidly catching up with practically 37.1 million MAUs by February 2023.
Between December 2022 to February 2023, the PS3’s MAUs fluctuated between 2.3 million to 1.9 million. Spectacular numbers for a console that’s virtually twenty years previous. The PS3’s library continues to be in excessive demand, with followers hoping for emulation assist of some type within the absence of backwards compatibility.
Sadly, PS3 video games are at the moment solely out there by way of streaming for PS Plus Premium members in choose areas.
We gained’t share the slide right here for apparent causes, however you’ll be able to test it out over on Exputer.