Xbox Live reaches milestone
by Kit

Thursday, July 15 2004

Online gaming service claims 1,000,000 members.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Xbox Live online service has surpassed one million members, a figure the company claimed to reach faster than HBO, America Online or TiVo.

Xbox Live launched in November of 2002 and now features over 100 Xbox games online-enabled, with plans for that number to reach 150 by the end of 2004.

The 15 cities around the world with the most Xbox Live members, according to Microsoft, are—Tokyo; London; Houston; Chicago; Toronto; San Diego; New York; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Los Angeles; Miami; Seattle; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; San Antonio; Las Vegas; and Seoul, Korea.

Microsoft also noted that Xbox Live members in 24 countries have logged over 160.0 million hours playing online to-date, with members averaging 265,549 hours played on Xbox Live per day. 220.0 million online sessions have been logged so far, an average of 10.5 million per month.

--- Kit