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Home downloaded by 3.4 million

And they're buying things, too.

News by Oli Welsh Former Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 9 Jan 2009

Sony Computer Entertainment chief Kaz Hirai said that 3.4 million PS3 users had downloaded PlayStation Home in his Consumer Electronics Show address yesterday.

Hirai also said that Sony had sold millions of virtual goods - avatar clothing, furniture, social club licences and the like - via the stores in Home.

You can read a full transcript of Sony's keynote atGameSpot, which also included news of EA's Home support, LittleBigPlanet's strong sales and more.

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