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North American stats behemoth NPD has revealed that 18 per cent of Xbox 360 owners who subscribe to Microsoft’s Gold Membership regularly” download content – markedly higher than the 10 per cent of PS3 owners who do the same. Membership of the Xbox Live Gold service is also on the …
Read More »MMO subscriptions grow by 22% in 2008
Whilst the publishing world may be vocal in its increasing interest in free-to-play online game models, a new report by Screen Digest shows that the subscription based MMO market grew by 22 per cent in 2008. Consumer spending in the sector reached $1.4bn across Europe and North America, with the …
Read More »56% of Xbox Live members pay Gold subscription
An internal Microsoft document has revealed that 56 per cent of Microsoft’s global Xbox 360 userbase pays the annual $49.99/39.99 subscription charge to access the Gold version of the service. The remaining percentage use the Silver version of Xbox Live, which as well as omitting online multiplayer gaming also prevents …
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