Sony on top as it celebrates 2 year online anniversary

This past Friday, Sony announced the two year anniversary of the PlayStation 2 online service, which holds the crown for largest online console community (in a pool of two competitors). Currently, the service has more than 1.4 million registered users and gains close to 1400 users a day. A large part of Sony's success has been—besides that it's free—SOCOM II, which draws more gamers per day than all of Xbox Live's titles combined. Sony does have their work cut out for them though, as Microsoft continues to enhance and grow its Live features. In order for Sony to keep pace, the company may have to start charging for subscriptions. But for the time being, they are relying on a healthy list of newcomers that are set to join the growing list of online titles, including Killzone, Gran Turismo 4, and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.