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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Hit Near 21 Million

The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers has nearly doubled since January 2015.

There are now 20.8 million subscribers, an increase over 10.9 million in January 2015, according to a new report released by Sony. This is compared to 48 million Xbox Live users as of the end of 2015. However, it is worth noting there is a free version of Xbox Live, while there is no free version of PlayStation Plus.


Sony has sold 40 million PlayStation 4 consoles and plans to continue to push the console. The console is currently the fastest-selling PlayStation console in history.

Digital content sales increased 51 percent between fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015.