GamerscoreBlog put up a fact sheet about Xbox Live to date, announcing they've hit 6,000,000 Xbox Live users four months ahead of schedule. Along with that, they have some spiffy trivia bullet points that might suit your fancy. First, Xbox Live members have unlocked around 300 million Achievements, netting a staggering total of 7.5 billion Gamerscore. Also, 5 billion MS points have been purchased for use over Xbox Live Marketplace. The top three played games worldwide on the 360 are Halo 2, Gears of War, and Hexic HD, and the top downloaded XBLA games Street Fighter II, Bankshot Billiards 2 and Marble Blast Ultra. So there's some cool news you can use. Or at least keep in mind next time you get an Achievement or use Marketplace.
Live hits 6 million users 4 months early
GamerscoreBlog put up a fact sheet about Xbox Live to date, announcing they've hit 6,000,000 Xbox Live users four months ahead of schedule. Along with that, they have some spiffy trivia bullet points that might suit your fancy. First, Xbox Live members have unlocked around 300 million Achievements, netting a staggering total of 7.5 billion Gamerscore. Also, 5 billion MS points have been purchased for use over Xbox Live Marketplace. The top three played games worldwide on the 360 are Halo 2, Gears of War, and Hexic HD, and the top downloaded XBLA games Street Fighter II, Bankshot Billiards 2 and Marble Blast Ultra. So there's some cool news you can use. Or at least keep in mind next time you get an Achievement or use Marketplace.
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(Page 1)2. $62,000,000 spent in MS points. Not too damn shabby.
Posted at 12:37PM on Mar 6th 2007 by tom
3. I wonder how much of that is pure profit for M$.
Posted at 12:54PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Josh
4. Toph.. I bought it, and enjoy it alot.
I like the online multiplayer of it, I rarely find people online wanting to play this though.
Posted at 1:06PM on Mar 6th 2007 by adam
5. It'd be pretty tight if they could tell us who was the 6 millionth user or who got the 300 millionth achievement
Posted at 4:26PM on Mar 6th 2007 by zourskittles
6. With Sony and Nintendo having no online or really poorly implemented online games and Xbox not selling well in Japan, I have to ask... Do the Japanese not want to play games online?
Posted at 6:44PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mark
7. With Sony and Nintendo having no online or really poorly implemented online games and Xbox not selling well in Japan, I have to ask... Do the Japanese not want to play games online?
Posted at 6:45PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mark
1. I'm the only one in my friend's list that owns Bankshot Billiards 2, and I'm glad I do..it's a great game! (i'm just surprised I know nobody else that had bought it.)
Posted at 12:28PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Toph