http://www.edge-online.com/news/research-xbox-live-generate-1b-annually
"Micosoft’s Xbox Live service will clearly lead" competitors Sony and Nintendo in the online console gaming space, generating over $1 billion in online revenues annually by 2013, according to the latest research from In-Stat.
Revenue.
Wii Fit I'm sure will do $1b for this year. WoW does $1b a year. For their lives, Rock Band and Guitar Hero III have both done $1b total, and as a franchise, I'm sure both do in the $1b annual range.
These are not $60 games, but nonetheless.
I'm not bashing MS here... This is just some dude's estimate, afterall. I just don't think it would be particularly impressive.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
