Who's Online? Sony Claims 20m, Microsoft Claims 17m - PC World
Thu, Feb 26th, 2009
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British statesman Benjamin Disraeli once opined there were "lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Case in point, a few weeks ago Microsoft claimed that over 17 million people were "now active members" of its Xbox Live online community. Of the roughly 28 million total Xbox 360s in the wild, that's about 60%.
That sounds impressive, but since Microsoft breaks Xbox Live into two tiers — one free that gives access to basic online features, one that costs $50 annually and effectively allows players to compete with each other online — the number's effectively meaningless.
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