Spartan_X Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Xbox Live Marketplace Surpasses 50 Million Downloads Representatives from Microsoft today announced that its Xbox Live Marketplace service, which features downloadable demos, trailers, and other virtual commodities for the the Xbox 360, has surpassed 50 million downloads, doubling the 25 million mark announced three months prior. The company also noted that users of the Xbox Live service have logged an impressive 2 billion hours online since the service was launched for the original Xbox in 2002. In addition, Microsoft confirmed that the recently released Texas Hold ?em set a day one record as the fastest downloaded item ever on the Xbox Live Marketplace, with over 100 downloads per minute in the first 24 hours of the title?s release. The game was released for free to all Xbox Live members for the first 48 hours of its availability, before reverting to its normal price of of 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The company also noted that 65 percent of Xbox 360 consoles that are connected to Xbox Live have downloaded titles from the popular Xbox Live Arcade service, and that there have been over 8 million Xbox Live Arcade games downloaded since the launch of the Xbox 360 console in November 2005. Interestingly, the information does not differentiate between downloads of free demos versus full versions, which generally must be paid for using pre-purchased Microsoft Points. However, the company did note that to date, over 2 billion such points have been purchased for the service. Additionally, within the first week of the release of Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 07, Microsoft reported that players unlocked more than 600,000 achievements and Xbox Live hosted more than 2 million hours of gameplay on the annual football game. Finally, other notable statistics released by Microsoft include the fact that 60 percent of Xbox 360 owners have signed on to the Xbox Live online service, and that 1,300,000 text and voice messages are sent via Xbox Live daily. Currently totaling half a billion sent messages between the Xbox Live community per year, Microsoft expects this figure to increase dramatically following the launch of the Xbox Live Vision camera on September 19 in the U.S. and October 6 in Europe. News source: Gamasutra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalanche Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Bunch of cheap arse for the Texas Hold ‘em game, that's right, I couldn't get it because I'm not day and night in front of my xbox, can't I enjoy free games? I was going to get some points but not anymore, guess what, I can be cheap too ... /rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted August 31, 2006 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2006 Bunch of cheap arse for the Texas Hold ?em game, that's right, I couldn't get it because I'm not day and night in front of my xbox, can't I enjoy free games? I was going to get some points but not anymore, guess what, I can be cheap too ... /rant over Lighten up, would ya? You ain't missing out on much..;);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Bunch of cheap arse for the Texas Hold ?em game, that's right, I couldn't get it because I'm not day and night in front of my xbox, can't I enjoy free games? I was going to get some points but not anymore, guess what, I can be cheap too ... /rant over If it makes you feel any better, I only played it the two days it was available for free. All I did was give away money anyway (not intentionally), so I'm not so excited to get back on unless I can catch a Neowin party or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy1 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Bunch of cheap arse for the Texas Hold ?em game, that's right, I couldn't get it because I'm not day and night in front of my xbox I heard that it would be free for a certain period, made a mental note to download it during that period, and somehow during that 48 hours, I managed to find 30 seconds to take care of it! I really had to re-arrange my schedule though, so I can see how you wouldn't be able to find the time to go through such an arduous process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 ^ LMAO! At least I tried to be nice about it... Jokes aside, just remember to "boot up" your 360 every Wednesday and you won't miss any other XBLA titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted September 1, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2006 50 Million eh, not a bad number ;) :D As for Texas Hold'em, not missing much? Are you kidding! Best game on Arcade just now, don't lie to do the dude :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfunk4life Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 so that means over 100 million downloads by the end of the year right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalanche Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I heard that it would be free for a certain period, made a mental note to download it during that period, and somehow during that 48 hours, I managed to find 30 seconds to take care of it! I really had to re-arrange my schedule though, so I can see how you wouldn't be able to find the time to go through such an arduous process. What if you are not at home during that time, I won't make 100km for a game through an exam period ... I was really looking forward for that game :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy1 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 What if you are not at home during that time Then you pay for it. And you're calling us cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted September 3, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 3, 2006 50 Million eh, not a bad number ;) :D As for Texas Hold'em, not missing much? Are you kidding! Best game on Arcade just now, don't lie to do the dude :p Meh, I don't get it. Poker confuses me. Somehow I got an achievement (see my profile in my sig), but I got robbed of $100k by my mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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