Xbox Live Breaks Records

Published on November 12, 2009, by - Posted in Hot, Main, News, Xbox 360 0

Today, Xbox Live had a record breaking day.  Two million people were connected to Xbox Live service at one time today.  I’m sure a lot of those people were playing Modern Warfare 2, but that is still impressive.  Imagine cramming all two million of those people into a small room to play Xbox?

The announcement was made by Major Nelson through a tweet

We just hit a new #XboxLIVE record: Over TWO MILLION people connected to the service at once.

Congrats to the guys at MS for that achievement.  Let me turn on my xbox to add to those 2 million.

[Via Major Nelson Twitter]

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32 Comments on "Xbox Live Breaks Records"

  1. MrM13D November 13, 2009 at 14:48 - Reply

    I wonder if on there computer screens they got a “achievement unlocked” and how much it was worth..

  2. DrumRoll November 13, 2009 at 08:51 - Reply

    “We just hit a new #XboxLIVE record: Over TWO MILLION people connected to the service at once.”

    We just hit another new #XboxLIVE record: Over ONE MILLION XboxLIVE members BANNED at once.

    [DrumRoll] Thank you! I’m here every Tuesday.

  3. Ray November 13, 2009 at 08:28 - Reply

    Do they really mean connected? It doesn’t sound very impressive to me. I would think there are always 2 million people connected. The install base is over 30 million, no?

  4. john November 13, 2009 at 02:57 - Reply

    i call bullshit there were also over 1 million consoles banned

    • Kreyg November 13, 2009 at 06:32 - Reply

      Just think of it this way, there would have been 3 million if they didn’t ban those consoles.

  5. techi November 12, 2009 at 23:14 - Reply

    Wow. Very impressive! I feel bad that I missed out :/ Yeah well, there’s always next time xD

  6. Gladiator007 November 12, 2009 at 22:40 - Reply

    You can’t argue with the numbers. To boot, Modern Warfare2 has sold twice as many units on the 360 than on the PS3. That speaks volumes to Microsoft’s presence.

  7. pengy-mofoooo November 12, 2009 at 22:13 - Reply

    thats crazy I personally only saw it go up to 6 hundred thousand people

  8. ceco_bg November 12, 2009 at 21:59 - Reply

    Imagine 2 mil ppl going to the hbg forums at once, biggest site crash ever

  9. AxleIsBored November 12, 2009 at 21:45 - Reply

    I can dig it! Breaking records is totally hip!!

  10. Rocker2791 November 12, 2009 at 21:42 - Reply

    i don’t want to imagine cramming those 2 mil into one room. I imagine it would smell like sweat and fear.

  11. mc594 November 12, 2009 at 21:33 - Reply

    yeah, i figured their record would be higher than that.

  12. lou8ega November 12, 2009 at 21:32 - Reply

    i was probably part of that statistic. No biggie, i mean i did my part.

  13. pizzaboy331 November 12, 2009 at 20:56 - Reply

    i dont see how thats a lot for how many people who have xbox live that should happen ever day

  14. Noby_guy November 12, 2009 at 20:55 - Reply

    nelsonHAHA.gif >:)

    • Noby_guy November 12, 2009 at 20:56 - Reply

      please ignore this comment, I put this comment into the wrong comments section. :(

  15. Deezbeez November 12, 2009 at 20:53 - Reply

    Holy fuck…I need to get into online gaming again.

  16. MrTastyDDR November 12, 2009 at 20:22 - Reply

    this has to be added to world record book of gaming!

  17. tuner_racer November 12, 2009 at 19:10 - Reply

    only 2 million???

  18. Tovan November 12, 2009 at 18:46 - Reply

    Highfives all around chaps, now all we need is Microsoft giving a couple hundred Microsoft Points to commemorate the occasion.

    • Kreyg November 12, 2009 at 18:50 - Reply

      I signed in right after I posted this. Just so I could feel special and like a part of it. haha

  19. xDSJxPyro November 12, 2009 at 18:43 - Reply

    I was a part of it, I think. Pretty soon PSN will brag about some feet that they just accomplished. I am glad for XBL, and glad I am a part of XBL.

  20. Chris_is_dop3 November 12, 2009 at 18:21 - Reply

    I’m so proud of my self right now :)

  21. death_monkey November 12, 2009 at 17:10 - Reply

    What a record! Even though I wasn’t a part of it. lol