360fanboy11
January 7th, 2008, 17:00
Filed under: News (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/category/news/), Xbox Live (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/category/xbox-live/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/01/live10millbito.jpg (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/06/xbox-live-announces-10-million-members.aspx)Last night, Microsoft proudly gloated to the masses that they've reached another Xbox Live milestone a full six months prior to their forcast by telling everyone that Xbox Live now has 10 million subscribers (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/06/xbox-live-announces-10-million-members.aspx). 10 million! The total amount of subscribers does take into account both Gold and Silver accounts and is a worldwide total.
Now, if we were to do a little "how much money does Microsoft make off of Xbox Live subscriptions" calculation and say that if (theoretically) only 40% of all Live accounts are Gold and are subscribing at $50 a year, then Microsoft is making roughly ... $200 million. And that's if only 4 out of 10 million subscribers pay. With all that money one would think Xbox Live would be up and running normally 99% of the time, but as you can tell, it's still semi-borked. Oh well, at least we're 10 million strong and have the capability of starting the world's largest riot if necessary. And that's a comforting thought.
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/01/live10millbito.jpg (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/06/xbox-live-announces-10-million-members.aspx)Last night, Microsoft proudly gloated to the masses that they've reached another Xbox Live milestone a full six months prior to their forcast by telling everyone that Xbox Live now has 10 million subscribers (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/06/xbox-live-announces-10-million-members.aspx). 10 million! The total amount of subscribers does take into account both Gold and Silver accounts and is a worldwide total.
Now, if we were to do a little "how much money does Microsoft make off of Xbox Live subscriptions" calculation and say that if (theoretically) only 40% of all Live accounts are Gold and are subscribing at $50 a year, then Microsoft is making roughly ... $200 million. And that's if only 4 out of 10 million subscribers pay. With all that money one would think Xbox Live would be up and running normally 99% of the time, but as you can tell, it's still semi-borked. Oh well, at least we're 10 million strong and have the capability of starting the world's largest riot if necessary. And that's a comforting thought.
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