Gaming
initial results from NXE
by Alan on Dec.11, 2008, under CE, Gaming
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Microsoft’s “Major Nelson” shared some Xbox Live statistics post-NXE launch on his blog this week. Some of the data I have already reported on in my previous post on NXE but there are a few new tidbits (quoted directly from Major Nelson’s blog) that I feel are worthy of discussion:
- Movie downloads increased 49% and TV episode downloads were up 30% the week after launch
- Xbox LIVE Arcade sales almost tripled in the first week after the New Xbox Experience launched
- Avatar-specific titles like A Kingdom for Keflings registered the second-best first week of performance ever
- UNO which was updated to include in-game Avatars, saw a 650% increase in sales in just one day
All-in-all this sounds like a great initial result but (continue reading…)
