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Xbox Live Arcade revenue grows to over $100 million

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 05 Feb 2010 5:29 User comments (2)

Xbox Live Arcade revenue grows to over $100 million According to figures from Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE), the Xbox Live Arcade has hit $103 million in revenue for the year 2009, a giant 34 percent increase year-on-year.
The best-sellers were mainly at the $15 USD mark, and overall average price for downloadable games rose from $8.33 to $9.12 in the same time period.

Battlefield 1943 was the highest grossing game, accounting for $12.5 million in sales with an estimated 800,000 units sold.

The average XBL user spent $2.79 on Arcade for 2009, a drop from 2008.

There are currently over 20 million with XBL accounts.

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2 user comments

15.2.2010 20:37

Now that they have money lets get some real dedicated servers or give something back to the users greedy M$.

26.2.2010 01:51

I hope they fix the point system because it doesn't add up to the cash that you pay. I don't know why they don't have a fixed amount such as 20$=2000 points.

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