Microsoft: XBLA is EPIC - just look at these numbers
Videogaming firms aren’t the most modest bunch. Whenever there’s a hint of success, you can be rest assured that they’ll chirp up with a press release or a soundbyte to let the whole world know about it - just like Microsoft did today, to blow its trumpet about the success of XBLA. Be amazed by numbers after the jump.
- 1.25 billion Gamerscore unlocked to date.
- 100 million achievements earned to date.
- 60+ XBLA titles score 75 or higher on Metacritic.
- Braid is the highest rated XBLA game of all time.
- To date, 110 million trial XBLA games have been downloaded.
- The Summer of Arcade saw a 58% increase in unique members buying game titles.
- August 2008 broke revenue record by 67%.
“Momentum for Xbox LIVE Arcade has been incredible this year,” director of digitally distributed games for Microsoft Scott Austin, squealed. “Xbox LIVE Arcade has really become the top destination for premium downloadable games. And we’ve got a long list of games coming out in 2009 that we think will be just as incredible as what we already have on the service.”
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How many of those 100 million achievements are yours? Do some of your own showing off in the comments section below.
I’ve almost broke the 20,000 mark and I’m pretty happy about it.
Im about to break 30,000 and fuck yeah go microsoft, i live to play my 360 all day and everyday
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Okay not a 360 hater or anything but when people say “i live to play my 360 all day and everyday” and there is no ‘apparent’ sarcasm, I have to say this;
Go breathe some fresh air not circulated to your mom’s basement and meet a female whose first name basis you know her on isn’t summerprincssXoXo or whatever.
That being said, WHoo microsoft! Except for the other numbers, achievement numbers don’t mean anything to me really.
I love you. I love all assholes (people, not things).
BUT. Having just got out of a relationship… and being 27 w/ 4/5s of my college buddies having moved… I play a lot of games each day.
How come if a guy gets off work, and reads books nonstop. every day. for months… noone cares. he’s a scholar.
But if a dude gets off work and goes home to kill shit in Gears 2. nonstop. every day. for months… he’s a fucking child who needs to get a life?
Again. i love you. Asshole.
Hey, I always preach moderation in things. Yeah reading is good, and playing games is fun, especially after work to blow off some steam or just get in some kills for fun, but if you breath, shit, sleep, eat and play games (or any other activity/vice/perk), there’s something wrong.
Yeah I play games, but I get bored. My girlfriend is more fun and a lot more engaging on a whole new level than games *wink* but then if I saw my gf like 12 hours everyday for a week or two I think I’d get pretty tired of her quick. Same with gaming, the most I can play at a time is an hour or two, tops, unless it’s a game I’ve been waiting to play and it draws me in, then 3 hours, but 4 would be pushing it.
Moderation is a healthy lifestyle.
fagtits
Surely “Hey, I always preach……” just about sums up the problem? If he wants to play games 24 hours a day the why the hell should we care? Off topic comment for off topic comments sake is why this site is in the state it is! I’m amazed this thread hasn’t turned into a Halo/COD 360/PS3 is better thread yet like every other one does.
Nobody got anywhere by doing stuff in moderation! Although if moderation is healthy you could perhaps apply it to commenting on others lifestyles?
Oh dear, I am grumpy this morning - must be Christmas!
so how about this then?
Everything in moderation, INCLUDING moderation. If someguy wants to play for 34000 hours, who am I to say squat to him? A waste of time? perhaps, but I don’t think that its my (or your) place to judge.
Yeah I guess you guys got a point… I’m just saying, seriously, don’t you think living and breathing video games is.. well, ah fuck it.
XBOXIC should post a stats article on how many days it’s been since they’ve posted Playstation news, especially the shit I submitted regarding HOME OPEN BETA! (homes gay. I play my 360 daily for 8 hours (gears2). HOME IS GAY. But my PS3 is the best system I’ve ever owned)
(Me thinks ABot turned, he just won’t admit it/doesn’t realize it)
And yet, still 90% of the games being put on XBLA are either crap, or completely overpriced.
way overpriced. alot of these games i used to throw away, now their getting top dollar for them.
8$-10$ is top dollar? where do you buy your games? the gas station down the road?
that was obvious…
I’ll have to check out Braid. It sounds pretty popular.
about to break 50,000
They didn’t get any help from me. I haven’t purchased an arcade game in a really LONG time…like more than a year.
I’ve been tempted once or twice, but I’d rather waste my money elsewhere. And in some cases, I’d rather burn my money than just give it to M$.
They only need ONE copy of a digital game for everyone to download. They aren’t making discs or storing massive quantities in a warehouse somewhere. The notion that they are worth more than $5 each is laughable, IMO, and as long as people keep buying the games at higher prices, the prices will continue to go up.
My collection consists of Uno, Spades and Galaga. I have a couple others that I got for free, but the only free game I play is Texas Hold Em. I didn’t even dl Yaris or the recent Destruction Dash, or whatever it was.
what the fuck does storing discs have to do with the fact that a creative and wicked game like BRAID is worth more than 5$… let me guess your one of those idiots that thinks that you pay for packaging and really we should all just pay 1$ for everything programmers work and sweat over.
these are their fantastic stats???
gamerscore?
60 games with decent reviews?
one good game!
a ton of trials doled out!
wow! go xbla go!
most of these games can be played for free on a number of platforms.
and you can drink water for free out of a puddle, but I’d much rather pay the municiple water company for their services.
you would pay for mud on tap.
you want to know my secret ,i like to drink spunk
Wow, the skills are being shown again.
Fag.
would anybody like a reach around? ,i love to blow your trumpet..toot toot gobble
Omfg you really are a fag.
That the skills on show that we keep hearing about then?
Hypocritical fag.
Sony always wins baby, Sony always wins!
Well, Sony have certainly won the right to be called
‘The THIRD place’ lol