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Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: pstwo on July 16, 2004, 05:00:52 AM: WOW!

Link (http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1104_2-5271004.html?tag=zdnn.alert)

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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it now has more than a million subscribers for Xbox Live, the online gaming service for the company\'s video game console. Microsoft launched Xbox Live in late 2002 as a high-stakes bid to reshape the game industry and to distinguish its console.

While the service is primarily designed for game-playing, it also includes voice and video capabilities and is considered a major part of Microsoft\'s plans to take over the digital living room. Microsoft cleared a significant hurdle to Xbox Live adoption earlier this year when it recruited leading game publisher Electronic Arts, which had objected to Microsoft\'s business model for the service.
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: QuDDus on July 16, 2004, 09:58:04 AM: I have yet to get online with my xbox. But at least I know now I have someone to play against.
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: Eiksirf on July 16, 2004, 10:22:52 AM: It\'s almost too much to believe, but I really hope all three companies build online hardware in for the next generation. (Hear that Nintendo?)

I\'d finally be swayed to go broadband.

-Dan
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Post by: mm on July 16, 2004, 02:34:32 PM: how long did it take, again?
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 16, 2004, 07:14:06 PM: Does it matter how long it took? They still done it and it is a great accomplishment... I\'m sorry that you can\'t look on the bright side of anything, MM..err, Michael Moore.

;)
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Post by: Unicron! on July 16, 2004, 07:55:39 PM: You ll make him angry now :p

ANyways.I wonder how well Sony did.the XBOX Live is doing well considering the small number of XBOX owners compared to PS2.
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Post by: mm on July 17, 2004, 05:45:37 AM: how\'s the xbox live subscription rate in japan?
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: Unicron! on July 17, 2004, 06:34:18 AM: Minimum hardware sales in japan=minimum subscriptions in japan
You can\'t make conclusions on how good the XBOX Live is by judging the number of subscribers in Japan since few subscribers in XBOX live are due to gaming preferences being directed to PS2 and GC consoles which mean higher PS2 and GC sales and non-existent XBOX hardware sales.

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Post by: mm on July 17, 2004, 07:47:00 AM: translation, please?
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: Unicron! on July 17, 2004, 08:43:23 AM: I hope you can think a bit more
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: mm on July 17, 2004, 01:36:08 PM: still incoherant
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 17, 2004, 02:01:26 PM: lol, reading it myself i\'m saying "what?"
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 17, 2004, 11:48:36 PM: Hate to agree with MM and Souly - but I also read it and went..

"What?"
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Post by: Unicron! on July 17, 2004, 11:52:49 PM: ok :p
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Post by: THX on July 18, 2004, 04:49:34 PM: Another nail in Xbox\'s coffin...
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: mm on July 18, 2004, 05:19:56 PM: coffin?

has the xbox project made 1$ profit yet?
Title: MS announced 1 Million Xbox Live subscribers now!
Post by: THX on July 18, 2004, 05:48:35 PM: Hey I got it by watching you! :(