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Over half of Xbox Live users had Gold accounts in 2008
joystiq.com - 2/26/2009
Over half of Xbox Live users had Gold accounts in 2008
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The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that just over half of Xbox Live subscribers have paid Gold accounts as of February 2008. The information comes directly from an Excel workbook from within Microsoft. According to the document, 56 percent of worldwide Xbox Live subscribers paid for ...
Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live [Gaming]
consumerist.com - 2/25/2009
Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live [Gaming]
— consumerist.com — Teresa says that she was harassed by other players and later suspended from XBOX Live because she... identified herself as a lesbian in her profile. When she appealed to Microsoft, she says they told... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ... (more) Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On ...

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mtv.com - 2/26/2009
Microsoft Apologizes For Xbox Live Ban On Gay Gamertags - Video Games News Story
— mtv.com — A recent complaint from a gamer has rankled thousands of people across the Internet who don't feel... someone should be suspended from Microsoft's Xbox Live service just because she wrote in her profile that she is a lesbian. The complaint hit the blog ... (more) Microsoft Apologizes For Xbox Live Ban On Gay Gamertags ...

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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 2/23/2009
Just over half of Xbox Live subscribers pay to play
— blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com — Just more than half of Xbox 360 owners who use the video game console's online service pay... to play games online, according to an internal Microsoft document reviewed by the Seattle P-I. (more) Just over half of Xbox Live subscribers pay to play

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Second Story Gamer:  Xbox Live Has Made Five Times as Much Money as PSN (Because of Gold Subscriptions)

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Xbox Live Has Made Five Times as Much Money as PSN (Because of Gold Subscriptions)
Second Story Gamer — ... .  Recently, information has come out that a little over half of those users (something around 60%) have gold subscriptions.  That gives us roughly 9.5 gold subscribers for 2008.  Multiply that by the $50 each of them pay to keep their Gold subscriptions and you get a grand total of $475 million.  Sure that’s a guesstimate but it can’t be far off the actual number. ...

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