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]
I wonder if on there computer screens they got a “achievement unlocked” and how much it was worth..
“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.
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?
i call bullshit there were also over 1 million consoles banned
Just think of it this way, there would have been 3 million if they didn’t ban those consoles.
Wow. Very impressive! I feel bad that I missed out :/ Yeah well, there’s always next time xD
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.
thats crazy I personally only saw it go up to 6 hundred thousand people
Imagine 2 mil ppl going to the hbg forums at once, biggest site crash ever
I can dig it! Breaking records is totally hip!!
i don’t want to imagine cramming those 2 mil into one room. I imagine it would smell like sweat and fear.
yeah, i figured their record would be higher than that.
i was probably part of that statistic. No biggie, i mean i did my part.
i dont see how thats a lot for how many people who have xbox live that should happen ever day
nelsonHAHA.gif >:)
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Holy fuck…I need to get into online gaming again.
this has to be added to world record book of gaming!
only 2 million???
Highfives all around chaps, now all we need is Microsoft giving a couple hundred Microsoft Points to commemorate the occasion.
I signed in right after I posted this. Just so I could feel special and like a part of it. haha
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.
I’m so proud of my self right now
What a record! Even though I wasn’t a part of it. lol