Reasons behind Sony’s apparent intent to make its PlayStation Network free are becoming crystal clear with news out of the Microsoft camp. Xbox Live has officially breached the 24-million download mark. Five million downloads alone came during last week’s E3 conference.
Only Xbox Live could bring E3 home in high definition for consumers around the world," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "The sheer volume of downloads during E3 week was simply staggering. To put it in perspective, all the printed material in the U.S. Library of Congress is estimated to be about 20 terabytes, and Xbox Live delivered 30 times that amount in just 7 days. While others talk about online entertainment in the console space, we are delivering it in glorious high-definition to the millions of members we have across 24 countries."
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Sony has sort of announced that use of its Live-like service would be free, but downloads will cost. With traffic like Xbox’s, the company will more than likely make its money back and then some.
For the Xbox, some of the top downloads have been the Halo 3 game trailer, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition demo and Test Drive: Unlimited’s demo.
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