Xbox Live hits 50,000 in Europe

Good or bad?

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Posted in Personal, 21st April 2003 20:20 GMT

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Microsoft has signed up 50,000 Xbox Live users in Europe, spread across eight countries, just one month after launch.

It's hard to judge whether this figure represents a success or not for the service; 50,000 units sold across Europe isn't exactly stellar in pure shipment terms, but then again, there's no other product in the same category as Live so we can't compare those figures with head to head.

Microsoft, for its part, certainly believes that the launch has been successful, with European Xbox Live boss Michel Cassius commenting that "we're really excited to be reporting successful sales so soon after launch. The feedback and take-up has been very encouraging."

It'll certainly be some time before the European network catches up with the numbers reported in the USA, however.

MS has also revealed a listing of the Xbox Live titles becoming available in the next eight weeks, many of which offer true multiplayer as well as online scoreboards or downloadable content.

May

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Lucas Arts) - Multiplayer and Downloadable Content
Godzilla (Infogrames) - Downloadable Content
MotoGP 2 (THQ) - Multiplayer
Phantasy Star Online (Sega) - Multiplayer
Burnout 2 (Acclaim) - Online Scoreboards
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Activision) - Multiplayer and Downloadable Content

June

Midtown Madness (Microsoft Games Studios) - Multiplayer and Downloadable Content
Midnight Club 2 (Take2 Interactive/Rockstar) - Multiplayer
Brute Force (Microsoft Games Studios) - Downloadable Content

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