Bloomberg estimates Xbox Live to be worth $1 billion+

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Given the number of users and $50-a-year subscription fee, it's hardly a surprise that Microsoft is pulling in a ton of cash from Xbox Live, but it looks like the service has recently crossed a significant milestone: the $1 billion mark. That's what Bloomberg estimates for the past fiscal year, at least, based on the number of paid users (about 12.5 million), and a recent statement from Microsoft's Dennis Durkin, who said that sales of downloadable content had topped subscription revenue for the first time. That translates to about $600 million from subscription revenue, and at least $600 million from other sales, for a grand total somewhere north of $1.2 billion. Can't really blame Sony for following its lead, can you?

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/bloomberg-estimates-xbox-live-to-be-worth-1-billion/

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beats91Posted:

Damn greedy bitches make Xbox Live Free. Bunch of motherf*ckers

BFVPosted:

ManlyPenguins
SkullMaster47 Seriously Microsoft? Why don't they just make Xbox LIVE free? To better compete with Sony trust me if they have that much they can afford to make Live free.


That would be impossible with all the exclusives we get like all the early dlc for cods and platform games they just couldnt do that.


Yeah and also we pay for features such as sky, netflix ect ect. And we also pay for high security

THQPosted:

SkullMaster47 Seriously Microsoft? Why don't they just make Xbox LIVE free? To better compete with Sony trust me if they have that much they can afford to make Live free.


That would be impossible with all the exclusives we get like all the early dlc for cods and platform games they just couldnt do that.

EazyDuzItBroPosted:

Korrupt This article is quite old >.> - I followed the website and it said July 7th, 2010.


yeah this is from 2010.
kinda old don't ya think

ScribblePosted:

could be funds for a new xbox?

KorruptPosted:

This article is quite old >.> - I followed the website and it said July 7th, 2010.

DubblePosted:

G7G7S7 i thought it would be worth more.


It is, this article is nearly 3 years old :/ its probably atleast doubled since then

G7G7S7Posted:

i thought it would be worth more.

Smoke-ToastPosted:

people are saying they should make live free but why would they change it if there making so much money.

System32Posted:

I love how a year of Xbox Live costs 50 USD in America, and 70 euros over here ( almost 86 USD lol )


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