The free price is working out nice for Sony’s Free Realms as registrants top 2 million

The free price is working out nice for Sony’s Free Realms as registrants top 2 million

Free is a pretty good price. That’s an obvious lesson from Sony Online Entertainment ’s Free Realms massively multiplayer online game, which the company announced today has now crossed 2 million registrants.

That’s a huge swelling of players since the game launched on April 28, less than a month ago. It shows that recession-hit North American gamers are finally coming out in droves in favor of the free-to-play business model pioneered in Asia, where players start… Continue Reading