Just How Many PLAYSTATION Network Registrants Are There? [PS3]

<p><img src="http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/06/playstation_network_data.jpg" class="postimg center" style="display:block;display:block;"/>In today's Sony Computer Entertainment strategy meeting, Kaz Hirai also announced thrilling info about the PLAYSTATION Network. Factoids include:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cumulative Number of Registrants:<br> Over 9.8 million accounts worldwide</p> <p>Distributed Data Volume:<br> Approx. 86 peta bytes<br> (equivalent to 17 million single layer DVDs)</p> </blockquote> <p>Simply fascinating. But 17 million single layer DVDs? How many Blu-ray Discs is that exactly? More data after the jump.</p> <blockquote> <p>Registrants: approx. 9.8 million<br> Registration rate: 45 percent<br> Total downloads: 170 million<br> Data volume: 86 peta bytes<br> Data Volume in Single layer DVD: 17 million units<br> as of 2008/6/24</p> </blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/Strategy/pdf/presen_03.pdf">Sony Group's Mid-Term Corporate Strategy Meeting</a> [Sony]</p> <br style="clear:both;"/> <img alt="" style="border:0;height:1px;width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=074586e5c66d26ceec2343a2977f8847" height="1" width="1"/>
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