Post by Steve Farrelly @ 11:10am 20/01/09 | 22 Comments
Other dot-point factors about Microsoft, you and 2008 include:
- 500,000 Xbox 360 consoles and 4 million Xbox 360 games sold at retail in Australia to date
- More than 50 per cent of Aussie Xbox 360 owners are connected to Xbox LIVE
- Australian Xbox LIVE membership increased by 88 per cent on 2007
- There are over 17 million members on Xbox LIVE worldwide
- Australians made 4.2 million downloads from Xbox LIVE in 2008
- Aussies spent over 27 million hours on Xbox LIVE in 2008
- Xbox 360 owners have an average of nearly 8 games for their console
- 63 per cent of the 500 games available for Xbox 360 are rated G or PG
- 46 per cent of Australian gamers are female**
Kimberley Francis, Xbox Marketing Director said, "We expect people to continue to stay at home more in tough times. People seem to be pulling back on some luxuries but spending more on goods that make the home a more enjoyable place. Australians really get the online component that sets the Xbox console apart and enables a richer, more connected experience."There's still a lot of ground to cover this year, and with their revamped online service, Microsoft just may top 08's impressive figures. Of course, these figures are yet to be stood up to by Microsoft's competitors, so we'll stay tuned until the inevitable rebuttal from Sony and Nintendo.
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Posted 11:21am 20/1/09
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Posted 12:35pm 20/1/09
In fact there doesnt seem to be any comparison at all - the sole data point thats not 360 in 2008 is the bogus Xbox Live membership statistic.
A bunch of numbers by themselves doesnt tell anyone anything, and certainly doesnt make 2008 the year of the 360 - from the contextless information presented in this article, I could just as easily claim that the 360 is dead in Australia.
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http://www.videogaming247.com/2009/01/19/sony-says-ps3-only-console-powerful-enough-for-killzone-2-as-opm-uk-announces-first-official-review/
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Posted 03:15pm 20/1/09
Maybe they should spend their time developing and in M$ case bugfixing "Everything" than talking s***
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Posted 08:09pm 20/1/09
Don't the first and last sentences contradict each other?!??!
Posted 07:11am 21/1/09
This depends entirely on their definition of 'installed game device' - they could well mean that gaming households have pcs for reasons other than gaming, but use it for gaming also? Regardless, anything like this researched purely for the media purposes is also going to be dodgy and not make sense to anyone with any knowledge about research. It's designed to be able to be interpreted however they want. /end rant.
Posted 08:49am 21/1/09
We already know you're a massive 360 fanboy, but proving that other companies also do it does not in any way rebut the point he is making about this article.
Posted 08:56am 21/1/09
Does it include pokies? Cause thats the only way it could possibly mean that 51% of over 65s are gamers.
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