Xbox Live Counts Active Users! +46m are ACTIVE USERS - Not All-Time Members.

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sethnintendo said:

J_Allard said:
Wow impressive attach rate for Kinect and XBLG still printing money.

lol @ people harping on what a company defines as active. As if every single platform company in existence does not also do things with numbers to make them more impressive. Just out of curiosity, what are the official "active user" guidelines that Sony and Nintendo use for their active user PR?

Sony and Nintendo active users are probably near 100% for those that care about having internet on their home consoles considering it is free to play online, stream video services, etc. 

Oh dear.

So people logging in to XBL in the past 8 months means active for MS. And no matter if they have gold or silver.

Sony only releases a number of accounts. And that includes everything. PSP, PS3, PS Vita, Playstation forums and probably even old PS2 accounts.

I never saw Nintendo release any numbers at all. But I will bet my left arm that Nintendos online business is by far the smallest one. The casual approach with the Wii, the lackluster sales for the more hardcore Wii U (at least marketed as such), the shitty online service as a whole (friend codes? really?), basically just old Nintendo games to buy on demand compared to PSN / XBLA, no big apps, etc.