Matti Robinson
31 Aug 2006 22:48
Microsoft has announced that its "first and only unified online games and entertainment network" has surpassed the 50 million downloads milestone. Just three weeks ago Microsoft was celebrating 25 million downloads, now with the help of Madden NFL 07 and Texas Hold 'em the online network has provided high-definition content for Live users for more than 2 billion hours.
Madden NFL 07, released on August 22, in its first week reached 600,000 achievements and over 2 million hours of Xbox Live hosted online play. Another big hit made the record for the most downloaded item in the first 24 hours in the history of Xbox Live Marketplace, Texas Hold 'em dropped bombshell with more than 140,000 downloads, 100 downloads per minute.
Xbox Live has offered latest game demos, trailers, music videos, Xbox Live Arcade games and online gaming for almost 4 years from its launch in November 2002. More than 60 percent of Xbox 360 owners have connected to Xbox Live and 1,3 million voice and text messages are sent every day via Live, and a huge boost is expected as the Xbox Live Vision camera will debut in three weeks. Microsoft has sold more than 2 billion points and after the launch of Xbox 360, Live users have downloaded Live content a total of 8 million times.
Source: Press release