Sony has announced that PSN has 70 million monthly active users

The PlayStation Network now has 70 million monthly active users across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita, Sony has disclosed. Sony revealed the new figure as part of its latest Corporate Strategy Meeting for FY2017, which was released today [PDF]. By comparison, Microsoft announced in April that monthly active figures for Xbox Live across Xbox One and PC reached 52 million for the latest quarter.
During the Sony Corporate Strategy Meeting briefing, Sony management talked more about the PlayStation business. Here are some of the gaming takeaways:

• PS4 users collectively spend 600 million hours every week on PS4.
• Sony wants to further enhance the content and appeal of PlayStation Plus to make it more attractive and in turn grow subscriber figures.
• PS Plus had 26.4 million paying members at the end of the last fiscal year.

In April, Sony announced that PlayStation 4 shipments reached 60 million, edging closer to the PS3’s 80 million mark. Looking ahead, Sony said it is expecting PS4 sales to drop year-over-year. The future for Sony and PlayStation is looking great and this E3 we should learn more about new games and possibly more.