There are 0 players online at UTC 1100, game's dead folks

For a free to play game, those numbers are pretty low.

Especially when you consider that only a minority of players actually spend money on a free to play game.

You got a free to play game on the PS3 that's done better within 2 months of launch?

This number that you are referring too is not the full story though. It only shows how many are in Dust 514.
Their are more players that are not disclosed as they are in EvE.
Every time you see an Orbital Bombardment think that's another undeclared player. Then you will see their are more players than that too. CCP has also only told you how many players there are in Dust 514 in you region, not in other territories too.
The test server is also not disclosed, as CCP have quite a few players testing everything before they are handed down to us too.
And even if Dust 514 is down to these low numbers you speak of, there are apparently 22 million registered PSN users that can come and play for free. With the new monthly updates and a bit of advertising you can see the number can not only rise, but really rise. I don't think that tranquility could take 22 million PSN users and keep Dust 514 up at the same time at the moment, but rest assured, they will be working on it.

DC Universe online.

Which is an interesting example (which could shut up the OMG PUT IT ON PC crowd) as despite being available on both PC and PS3, the vast majority of players are on PS3

Unequivocally the dumbest and most uninformed post ive ever read.

This number that you are referring too is not the full story though. It only shows how many are in Dust 514.
Their are more players that are not disclosed as they are in EvE.
Every time you see an Orbital Bombardment think that's another undeclared player. Then you will see their are more players than that too. CCP has also only told you how many players there are in Dust 514 in you region, not in other territories too.
The test server is also not disclosed, as CCP have quite a few players testing everything before they are handed down to us too.
And even if Dust 514 is down to these low numbers you speak of, there are apparently 22 million registered PSN users that can come and play for free. With the new monthly updates and a bit of advertising you can see the number can not only rise, but really rise. I don't think that tranquility could take 22 million PSN users and keep Dust 514 up at the same time at the moment, but rest assured, they will be working on it.

DCUO was not free to play within 2 months of launch. Also, please provide a source for your PS3 player counts on DCUO because I searched around a fair bit and couldn't find anywhere that could tell me even the current total playerbase, let alone the separate PS3 count.

My point is not that the numbers are great - they could be better - but they aren't anywhere near as 'dead' as some people make out. Some people seem to think that our entire player base is only 5k, which is just dumb.

My point of asking for you to name another F2P game on the PS3 that's done better within 2 months of launch is that there are no such games, so you can't possibly compare the numbers for Dust514 to anything at all.