Xbox Live is dying?

[piggychan]

pokoko said:

JayWood2010 said:
It has only been one guy who said that and he got his thread shredded to pieces No it is not failing and it has 40 million gold subscribers. It is a billion dollar service so no it is not failing.

40 million?  That's nearly the size of the 360 installed base.  Are you sure about that?  It would mean that an overwhelming majority of 360s out there are linked to a gold account.  I have trouble believing that.  Isn't gold actually unavaliable in some regions?

 

article back in jan 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/ces-microsoft-idUSL1E8CA0B220120110

One of Microsoft's undoubted successes in consumer electronics, the Kinect allows users to play games and manipulate their televisions solely through gestures and voice commands. It was launched in November 2010.

 

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, delivering the opening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, said there are now more than 66 million Xbox units in use and more than 40 million subscribers to its Xbox Live service, which offers more real-time, interactive entertainment.

 

Microsoft's last tally for Xbox and Kinect sales, from about six weeks ago, were about 59 million and 11 million, respectively, suggesting Microsoft sold about 7 million Xbox and Kinect units over the crucial holiday shopping season.

 

and here

 

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/01/10/ces-microsoft-reveals-xbox-360-sales-to-date

 

To be honest I haven't played much xbox 360 since Dragon's Dogma and right now catching up on wii games I've missed since the last 6 years...