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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 2/23/2009

Just over half of Xbox Live subscribers pay to play

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Just more than half of Xbox 360 owners who use the video game console's online service pay to play games online, according to an internal Microsoft document reviewed by the Seattle P-I.

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consumerist.com - 2/26/2009

Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live [Gaming]

— consumerist.com — Teresa says that she was harassed by other players and later suspended from XBOX Live because she... identified herself as a lesbian in her profile. When she appealed to Microsoft, she says they told... (more) Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On ...

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edge-online.com - 2/17/2009

Can Gamers Stop Worrying About Red Ring?

— edge-online.com — Along with all of the commercial and critical software hits of the Xbox 360, Xbox Live's innovations... in online, and Microsoft's successes against more established videogame hardware makers, the ugly blemish staining those accomplishments will be the ... (more) Can Gamers Stop Worrying About Red Ring?

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news.bbc.co.uk - 2/20/2009

BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers target Xbox Live players

— news.bbc.co.uk — Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. The... booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game. The attackers are ... (more) BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers target Xbox Live players

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Do you pay for Xbox Live? 50% of Users Dont
PR News: — ... While Microsoft are often reporting successes with their Xbox Live figures, this report which can be read here explains that only half use Microsoft’s Gold subcription service, leaving the remaining 50% on the free Silver package. ...

Over half of Xbox Live users had Gold accounts in 2008
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that just over half of Xbox Live subscribers have paid Gold accounts as of February 2008. The information comes directly from an Excel workbook from within Microsoft. According to the document, 56 percent of ...

Leaked Documents Shed Light On Microsoft's Xbox Live's Revenues
paidContent — Microsoft is known for keeping its paid subscriber stats for Xbox live close to its vest, so when the company said it had topped the 17 million subscriber mark during back-to-back presentations at CES, it was hard to put a financial value on that. Ditto when it said it added three million new subscribers in Q4. But a new report from the Seattle P-I, based on a leaked Excel spreadsheet detailing Xbox Live's paid subscriber stats for early 2008, sheds a bit of light on this black box: The report found that 60 percent of Xbox Live members in the U.S. were paying either an annual, three-month or monthly fee to use the ...