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PlayOnline Nets 400,000 Subscribers

Square Enix has racked up 430000 subscribers to its PlayOnline online gaming service worldwide, the publisher announced at its midterm pres talk today. The service, which powers Square's MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, broke from one side the 400,000 user mark approximately 18 month after its Japanese first appearance in May 2002.


The novel release of Final Fantasy XI for the PC in the United States of course provided a significant boost to the service's user base. Square Enix said it has shipped around 200000 copies of the PC version to the US market already, and picked up around 100000 fresh subscribers so far.


The boost to FFXI's player base provided by dint of the American version brings it into the highest echelon of MMORPG popularity. It's now surprisingly shut to Sony Online Entertainment's market-leading EverQuest which claims a base of more than 500000 subscribers.



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