"Mind blowing" growth for Xbox Live

Microsoft’s group product manager for Xbox 360 Aaron Greenberg has stated that the strong sales enjoyed by his firm’s console over the Christmas period has been mirrored by some equally impressive growth of the company’s Xbox Live digital platform.

We saw year-over-year online consumer spending on Live grow 84 per cent, well outpacing any other segment," he told G4TV.

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