MS Expects Half of All 360 Owners To Use Live

Gamespot is reporting that Xbox chief officer Robbie Bach expects half of all Xbox 360 owners to use the Live service. From the article: "Bach confirmed that currently, only 10 percent of Xbox owners--some 2 million users--subscribe to Xbox Live. With the addition of the free 'Silver' version of Xbox Live, Bach believes that about 50 percent of the console's owners will go online via the 360. However, they will still have to pay to play games online via the new Xbox Live Gold."

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I'd rather see the % of people who would...

[ForestGrump]

...have one and actually play it!

Take me for example. I have a PS2 and I've played a grand total of oh...30 hours on it in the past 2 years i've had it. But then, I went off to school and didn't want it with me so I gave it to my little cousin (on the condiditon he would be responsible with it and I wouldn't get in trouble over giving it to him).

Re:Nintendo too

[Phantasmo]

Well Nintendo doesn't have any online games yet, but their service is getting a bit of press attention and I think they can beat Microsoft in terms of total number of online players. The service will be free and from what I've read I think it'll be pretty easy to find your friends or even random players with a similar record. The fact that it'll be free (as opposed to Live's $6/month) can't hurt! However,
There will be no voice chat in official Nintendo games for the DS.
There has been nothing announced regarding headsets for the Revolution.

I think this is a big mistake. Nintendo should provide voice functionality but insist that users agree to a license stating that they acknowledge that they may hear offensive language and that Nintendo does not (and cannot feasibly) moderate the voice chat. This would avoid the "someone called my kid a f*g and it's all your fault!" lawsuits that Nintendo is afraid of while allowing adults like me to sling good-natured insults at my buddies in Mario Kart or Four Swords. If I hear something that offends me, I usually just add the user to my ignore list. If given the option, I'll spend the time to fill out a useful report.

You have my demands. Get to work, Nintendo!