How much of the bottom line does the Xbox line account for with Microsoft?

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Seinfeld said:

Zizzla_Rachet said:

Seinfeld said:

sguy78 said:

How important has it really become for them now that it has become a profitable venture?

Considering Halo 3 has over a million unique players a day. It's very possible there are a couple million people paying for Gold accounts.

As I've mentioned, Live services generated a billion dollars of revenue for MS in the first 5 years. Its also growing faster.

Infinity Ward Reported that a total of13 million  Unique Users have played CoD4  Online Multiplayer Mode on Xbox 360 Alone...

Also a game like COD4 must get passed around a lot via used sales, rentals, or even piracy. Charging for online play at least allows MS to get some money out these people.

yes ofcourse...the number exeeds the total sales cross platform..but 13 million Gold users would be required anyway..so your figure was low balled highly...