Xbox Live Hits 1.4 Million Members as Xbox Market Share Rises

[Joshua]

Microsoft's Xbox video game console seems to be doing even better
than previously thought. Thanks in part to humongous sales of Halo
2--6.4 million worldwide since its November 2004 debut--the Xbox has
experienced an unprecedented period of growth during the past several
months. According to Microsoft, the Xbox has increased its market
share for 14 consecutive months and now controls 37 percent of the
console market. The Xbox was the only video game console to grow
market share during both calendar year 2004 and the last quarter of
2004. Meanwhile, the Xbox Live online game service now has more than
1.4 million subscribers, exceeding expectations. The market includes
more than 200 Xbox Live-enabled video games, the software giant says,
and the most popular title--Halo 2, naturally--has had subscribers log
a record 91 million hours of game play.

[kei2]

Good for the Xbox, my system of choice. But... the 1.4 million Live subs probably includes free (trial) subscriptions too though, like mine which I plan to cancel at the end of February.

[SnowSurfer]

kei i was debatign canceling mine too but i love to just turn it on and jump right into a game :( damn you addictive xbox...

[kei2]

haha nice. I would consider keeping Live if I played more often... but as it is I play online maybe an hour a week, so for me it's not worth keeping. None of my real-life friends play on Live, which also decreases its value to me.