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Xbox LIVE Turns Five, Gives Away Carcassonne, soars past 8 million mark

Xbox LIVE membership soars past 8 million mark, Microsoft unveils new download service for Xbox games direct to your living room beginning Dec. 4.

all 8 million members will have the opportunity to download a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game,* available for downloading between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.** In addition to this, every active member who joined the service in 2002 will receive 500 free Microsoft Points.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 743 days 18 hours ago

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In the original message I find this one the most interesting:

"Also, our new press release has mentioned that Psychonauts is coming to XBLA as a classic Xbox download with the fall update."

GO GET PSYCHONAUTS. ALL OF YOU. THIS GAME DESERVES IT. ONE OF THE BEST PLATFORM GAMES EVER

Too bad it didn't get enough advertising. Check out the new game of the guy that made Psychonauts also. Brutal Legend. It'll rock again! Great humor. Download Psychonauts first. Really. It for sure will surprise you

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Marceles - 743 days 18 hours ago

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Psychonauts is definitely the most underrated and best platform game. I'm definitely downloading that (and Carcassone too), but the Psychonauts news excited me more lol.

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Snukadaman - 743 days 15 hours ago

1.2 - They are finally getting on the ball with the old xbox 1 titles....

Its looking good...ill get carcassone...is this for Americans too???

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Enigma_2099 - 743 days 11 hours ago

1.3 - Hell has frozen over...

I actually AGREE with you on something... Psychonauts is an underrated GEM... and when you're looking for that... BUY BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL YOU SPITEFUL BASTARDS!!!!

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kewlkat007 - 743 days 9 hours ago

1.4 - What about PSYCHONAUTS

I never played it?

8 Million for a "Fee-Based" service is not too shabby.

*I know it is not FREE but last time I checked the world is not perfect either.(for the PS3 fans out there)

This is still a business and MS is in it to make money somehow.

I would like the price of XBL to be cheaper, not because I wanna screw MS out of not making money from their service, or because I can't afford it but, I know some people that can't afford it.

Anyhow Free is what everyone would like in this world but things could be a little cheaper on XBL, that's my only gripe. More content is on the way which is good. I've never had any issues whatsoever with the service. I actually go on PSN and quite frankly PSN got a long long way to go.

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golden_cannon - 743 days 9 hours ago

1.5 - @kewlkat007

listen to everyone above you. Buy Psychonauts. Just do it. They are right (yes, even theMART is right surprisingly). You're doing yourself a great disservice if you don't. It was supposed to be exclusive to the xbox but Microsoft dropped it like a hot potato and it went multiplatform.

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1.6 WilliamRLBaker | 743 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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predator - 743 days 17 hours ago

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cool 500 free ponts

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Darkiewonder - 743 days 17 hours ago

4 - Free games

Mmmmmmm.

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Covenant - 743 days 16 hours ago

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Happy Birthday. Still the best.

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Close_Second - 743 days 16 hours ago

7 - Not a bad gift at all.

Nice to see these types of giveaways and it makes you appreciate the quality service that Xbox Live really is. Looking forward to downloading a couple of classic Xbox titles.

Am wondering what other surprises await us in the fall update???

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OOG FunK - 743 days 15 hours ago

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interesting to see how much it has grown....

Heres to another 5!

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FirstknighT - 743 days 15 hours ago

9 - 8 Million and growing...

Microsoft definitely has all the right moves this gen! :)

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UltramanJ - 743 days 14 hours ago

10 - Way to go M$!

A free arcade game and 500 points? It's the little things like that that make M$ so awesome. But...what dummy's going to pay 1200 points ($15) for Xbox games that can be bought in retail for $5-$10? I'd rather save the HD space and own a physical copy of the game. They should lower the price to at least 800 points.

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Close_Second - 743 days 12 hours ago

10.1 - You make a good point...

...but that would really make most of the current XBLA titles over priced. How could you charge the same for "Crimson Skies" and "Word Puzzle"?

I wish they would lower the price of XBLA games to 300 and 500 points (depending on their calibre) and then have the price of the classic Xbox titles at 800 or 1000 points, again depending on their calibre.

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predator - 743 days 14 hours ago

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my request for live and arcade:

Chop the price in half/free,
video marketplace for UK,
Customize each blade with different theme,
bring killer instinct 1 and 2 to arcade,
group chat,
have a schedule of whats coming out,
have a 360 show previewing 360 games and news every week on live.

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Asylumchild - 743 days 14 hours ago

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hhmmmmm sweet

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d3vad - 743 days 13 hours ago

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8 million, not bad at all!

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BIGBAER - 743 days 11 hours ago

14 - Download Xbox 1 Games? This is a great addition for Xbox Live!

TheMart: "GO GET PSYCHONAUTS. ALL OF YOU. THIS GAME DESERVES IT. ONE OF THE BEST PLATFORM GAMES EVER"

HELL YEAH!

Get Crimsom Skies too. Good, good, GOOD TIMES!

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Daxx - 743 days 9 hours ago

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Yes, everyone get Pyschonauts!

Tim Schafer needs our money to make another one. ^_^

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Parlivus - 743 days 4 hours ago

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Pity that Live! has been absolutely horredous in terms of lag and things not working over the last 72 hours. I've not been able to play COD4 or Halo 3 at all because of the issues.

I can't even get to my friends list without the 360 hanging (and I've tried this on 4 of my friends consoles as well so its not hardware related).

Hopefully they'll get it sorted soon.

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