rio2012
11-24-2002, 12:41 AM
Wow, what a first week! More people played Xbox Live in its first week than attended the last two Super Bowls, and have played more games in one week than in the entire history of the National Football League, National Basketball Associations, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball combined. Game players have loudly demonstrated they can't find enough hours in the day to compete in the online arena, said J Allard, general manager of Xbox at Microsoft. It's been amazing to talk to and play with and against so many players all over the United States and Canada, and this is just the beginning of the online revolution that will fundamentally change video games and digital entertainment forever.
In just one week on Xbox Live, 200,000 online game players and their friends did the following:
-Completed more than 5 million games, approximately 500 games per minute
-Played more than 1 million hours of gameplay. That's more than 114 years worth of straight gameplay in just one week.
-Played more games than have been played in the history of the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB combined.
Overseas info :
On Nov. 30, game players in France, Germany and the United Kingdom will enter the Xbox Live online arena as part of an Xbox Live Test Drive in those countries. Xbox Live players will be able to compete in cross-Atlantic battles of MotoGP. On March 14, 2003, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox console in Europe, Xbox Live will launch in eight European countries: France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. In Japan, players of Xbox Live are currently conducting a beta test of the service and will be able to enter the global online arena on Jan. 16, 2003.
P.S. : ALL info obtained from megagames.com
In just one week on Xbox Live, 200,000 online game players and their friends did the following:
-Completed more than 5 million games, approximately 500 games per minute
-Played more than 1 million hours of gameplay. That's more than 114 years worth of straight gameplay in just one week.
-Played more games than have been played in the history of the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB combined.
Overseas info :
On Nov. 30, game players in France, Germany and the United Kingdom will enter the Xbox Live online arena as part of an Xbox Live Test Drive in those countries. Xbox Live players will be able to compete in cross-Atlantic battles of MotoGP. On March 14, 2003, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox console in Europe, Xbox Live will launch in eight European countries: France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. In Japan, players of Xbox Live are currently conducting a beta test of the service and will be able to enter the global online arena on Jan. 16, 2003.
P.S. : ALL info obtained from megagames.com