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Gamefest 2007: 25M Downloads on XBL

At the keynote off the developer-focused Gamefest 2007 in Seattle, Microsoft's Game Developer Group general manager Chris Satchell has focused on the three cores of Microsoft's gaming business: MSN, Xbox 360 and Games For Windows. Xbox Live is a huge part of converging all three, allowing him to reveal some notable XBL statistics in his opening presentation.

Satchell says there are currently more than 7.1 million Xbox Live users and, more surprisingly, those users have conducted more than 25 million downloads on Xbox 360.

Odion6116d ago

aaquib2 your confused.

The 25 Million is just XBLA games, their have been 45 million downloads on XBL. The Sony number is downloads of everything

Depressed Mode6116d ago

That is what i was thinking too.

aaquib26116d ago

"Satchell says there are currently more than 7.1 million Xbox Live users and, more surprisingly, those users have conducted more than 25 million downloads on Xbox 360. "

Where does it say only XBLA??

pur3own4g36116d ago

OWN4G3, shutup xflop fanboys. Your console is broken, thats why you aint getting many downloads! PSN and PS3 ftw!

nobizlikesnowbiz6116d ago

I was about to say that number doesn't seem correct.

Thanks for clearing it up Odion.

fjtorres6116d ago

...but more precisely, it is *purchased* games.
Not demos or freebies or themes...
Just games; that's how they got the attach rate of 6...
XBLA demos alone account for 59 million DL's by itself.
Gotta remember its a professional game *developers* conference.
They're interested in customers, not testers...
25 million is actually a very high number for casual games; it means the average game is selling around 400,000 copies.

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Depressed Mode6116d ago

The title states that PSN is 5M behind, however i didn't see any mention of this in the story.

Depressed Mode6116d ago

Yikes, someone disagreed when i pointed out a fact?

razer6116d ago (Edited 6116d ago )

The source makes no mention of PSN or what Jack T. said.

Did you just add that yourself to induce maximum flamage?

I believe MS has a lot more than 25mil downloads.

EDIT: Ah, thanks Odion I knew that number seemed very low for total marketplace downloads.

Stretchystrong6116d ago

Of course people with ps3s download a lot of things, they have no games to play.

Marceles6116d ago

*shakes head at headline change*

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