Xbox Live should be free now...

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XGamer0611 said:

eNamrah said:
How many people on Xbox Live actually have gold accounts? They're certainly in the minority. There are supposedly 10+ million Xbox Live members and not all of them are gold.

 

Actually, there are 17.7 Million XBL users and 10 Million are Gold Members.

Source: http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2008/01/07/10-million-xbox-live-gold-users-getting-a-free-arcade-game-after-holiday-2007-downtime-issues.htm

That article is dead wrong. The actual quote from MS doesn't say anything about 17m or 10m figures.

Firstly, its from the start of the year - there were around 17m 360s sold to date (lifetime), and I'm pretty sure not all of them are online.

Last figures I heard were about 10-12m online 360s, with 6-7m paying Gold Live subscribers. To date, I don't think MS has *ever* released the actual number of paying Live subscribers (just the number of total - Gold + Silver, or accounts).