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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Xbox Live "Free(w)eek" numbers

Last week's Verizon/Microsoft free week of Xbox Live Gold is over, and initial numbers are in.

Sure, I own an Xbox (and a 360), but these numbers are interesting to me in a broader sense because the online component of the console space is hugely important to revenue potential and market dominance -- between 20-45%, depending on what analysts you tend to believe.

Anyway, here are the numbers, and don't forget to check out my recommendations for downloads -- many of them are still available.

5 million -- The number of pieces of gaming and entertainment content downloaded during the 7 days
600 terabytes -- The combined size of all downloads
20 terabytes -- Estimated size of all content in the Library of Congress
24 -- The of countries to which E3 content was downloaded

Top Ten Downloads:

Halo 3 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Game Demo (Capcom)
Test Drive Unlimited Game Demo (Atari)
MotoGP '06 Game Demo (THQ)
X-Men: The Last Stand Pack (20th Century Fox)
Gears of War GameTrailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Call of Duty 2: Skirmish Map Pack (Activision)
Spiderman 3 Game Trailer (Activision)
Fable 2 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Uno Xbox Live Arcade Game (Microsoft Game Studios)

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SOURCES: Gamespot.com, joystiq.com, kotaku.com, Xbox.com, IGN, GameInformer, Official XBox Magazine, CNN, gamesindustry.biz, and others.

Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Xbox Live "Free(w)eek" numbers

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