Sony Online Entertainment announces that their MMORPG Free Realms now has nine million registered users, though obviously the lack of entry barriers for a free2play game make this a less impressive milestone than for a retail offering. "With Free Realms, we’ve been able to reflect the needs and wants of our players by keenly listening to their suggestions and feedback," says John Smedley, president of SOE. "We believe the persistent exercise of capturing in-game research inside Free Realms has been a huge contributing factor as to why we’ve attracted over nine million players in less than a year. It truly helps us give our players a game where they can do and be whatever they want."