| selnor1983 said:
Well for a start the link I already provided is only talking about Gold members. http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/?xr=shellnav Or for example when Microsoft announce any Live figures they announce Active users who spend time Actively Playing on Live. Which requires Gold. Like this statement: Microsoft said it has sold more than 55 million Xbox 360 video game consoles since 2005 and it now has 35 million active Xbox Live users who spend an average of 60 hours a month on the service. http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/03/microsoft-tops-35m-active-xbox-live-members-and-55m-xbox-360s-sold/ You cannot be active on Xbox Live if you have Silver. Otherwise the average usage would be way more as it would include anytime the Xbox is actually on. Its not really difficult. |
Nothing here proves that they are gold members.
Check this out: Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Division CEO Dennis Durkin believes that 2010 has been a milestone year for the Xbox business.
"It's been a good three years for us," he told listeners at the Credit Suisse Group Technology Conference yesterday. "We've had nice stair steps in terms of growth every year sequentially getting bigger than the previous year, and this year is going to be our biggest year ever."
He also revealed that last week had seen "our biggest Black Friday in history, in our Xbox history."
Live and Kinect appeared to the focal points of growth, with Durkin revealing high take-ups for paid Live subscriptions. "Of our 25 million members, about half of them are subscribers for the business and pay us about $60 a year for that. So, it's a very, very large business for us and for our partners." The average subscriber was on the service for three hours a day, he claimed.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5045830/steam-65-million-active-accounts-6-million-concurrent-users
The numbers they report don't only represent Gold members. If I am wrong I'm sorry, but there is just no way there are 50m actively paying for Gold.
