Over 100,000 watched 2nd presidential debate on Xbox

[fauzman]

smroadkill15 said:

Pjams said:
100,000 does not justify me having to suffer the horrible new interface. By the way, you can watch the debates on your TV without having to pay for cable or satellite, or Xbox Gold, it's free; the debates were on at least 6 different channels, and in multiple languages, and in immaculate HD, did I mention it's free?

Wrong. You don't have to be a Gold member to watch the debates, it's completely free. There is an Interactive poll only on xbl; it plays in HD(even though there is really nothing to watch), and you get free Halo avatar armor if you watch 3-4 of the debates. I don't know if you can watch it in multiple languages, but I'm sure it has subtitles. If anything, watching the debate on xbl is the best way to go if you have that option.

I kinda agree with Pjams. If the debate is live on so many channells on your tv alone, then why bother watching it on your xbox. I guess getting the avatar freebie is a reasonable incentive but personally it seems a hassle to me. 

Also, the suggestion in the thread is that 100,000 is a very good number - is it really? In a country of hundreds of millions where a whole bunch actually own xboxes (dont know the number)?