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Xbox Live More Popular than iTunes?
Microsoft announced this morning that they'd reached 10 Million downloads with the new Xbox Live service, a download rate even faster than the iTunes Music Store. From the Gamespot article: "The tech giant also revealed that more content for Xbox Live is on the way. The company confirmed that new achievements and automobiles will be available for Project Gotham Racing 3, new multiplayer maps are headed to Perfect Dark Zero, and an online cooperative mode for Kameo: Elements of Power will be ready soon. The company did not say whether said downloads would be free or, as is more likely, come at a price."
Apple should offer video games through iTunes to see if it's more popular than Xbox Live. Of course, I think Ballmer will hurl a building or two if Apple can one billion games downloaded. :P
Shoes are more popular than television sets.
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Actually, it's Apples to Microsofts.
Article's comparison reminds of a conversation on the Simpson's:
Lenny: If you ask me, Muhammad Ali in his prime, was much better than anti-lock brakes.
Carl: Yeah, but what about Johnny Mathis versus diet pepsi?
Moe: Oh, I cannot listen to this again!
were updates and bugfixes? Hey I can create my own popular portal by making crappy games.
...what matters is what you like, not what you are like...
In a related story, the Orange Industry of Florida declared "Oranges More Popular than Apple."
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So how many of those downloads were bug fixes?
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