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Xbox Live Arcade Sales 'Almost Tripled' After New Xbox Experience Launch

by Chris Faylor, Dec 11, 2008 11:15am PST

Sales of downloadable Xbox Live Arcade games "almost tripled" in the week after the November 19th launch of the Xbox 360's new interface, Microsoft has announced.

In particular, Cabonated Games' UNO saw a 650% sales jump in just one day, a feat attributed to the fact that it was updated with support for the new customizable player avatars. NinjaBee's A Kingdom for Keflings, an avatar-utilizing game launched on November 19, "registered the second-best first week of performance ever."

In addition, Xbox Live members have added an average of 33% more friends since the New Xbox Experience hit, Xbox Live programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb observed on his blog, though no explanation or hard numbers were given.

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The Kefling game is actually awesome, check it out if you like to just chill out on your couch and build things.

Dec 11, 2008 1:41pm PST

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  is there a point to the game, or any skill required? I fail to see any sort of challenge to it. : sharkII
  - Well, simply enjoying an easy-going game is a challenge for some people ;) : grabtharshammer

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I spend significantly less time on the dash since this new update, because I don't enjoy using it at all. I guess I'm in the minority though.

Dec 11, 2008 11:33am PST

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Contrary to this article, I find I spend less time in Marketplace in particular under the NXE because:

A) It takes an eternity to load content
B) It is no longer easier to just find the newest releases
C) Finding free stuff is even harder

NXE has a lot of features I like, but Marketplace took a significant downgrade if you ask me.

Dec 11, 2008 11:55am PST

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Ahhh. The IRONY is you can't use the NXE with an arcade system. "Weak, pathetic fools."

Dec 11, 2008 11:52am PST

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Ahhh. The IRONY is you can't use the NXE with an arcade system. "Weak, pathetic fools." : Wii_Tard
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  Incorrect. You can't use it with the Core system unless you buy either a memory card or a hard drive. The... : TrptJim
  - Im sure someone will come along and straighten us out even further. LOL : Wii_Tard
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  uh yes you can, we offer a memory program for this Tard. : two50six
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    wonder if someone knows how much memory the NXE requires to install... : Wii_Tard
    - Obviously not you : derelict515
    - I thought they said 150MB or something : SlingBlaze

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I find the new system hard to get used to but infinitely quicker to navigate in terms of pure speed of accessibility. Organizationally, however, it's a mixed bag.

Be that as it may, I've finally gotten used to it and really like it.

Dec 11, 2008 1:07pm PST

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  It still takes bloody ages to list your arcade games which is a disappointment. Previews of the NXE th... : nudel
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    It still takes bloody ages to list your arcade games which is a disappointment. I'm going to disagree... : sharkII
    - It's definately quicker for me. But I only have about 15 in there after cleaning out a bunch of shit. : thecray

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I would love to hear what the numbers are with the avatar-supported games completely removed. I mean of course people are going to try out one of the FOUR games that support Avatars, because they want to see what it's like. With that data removed it would be interesting to see if the new interface is helping sales.

Dec 11, 2008 2:09pm PST

I would love to hear what the numbers are with the avatar-supported games completely removed. I mean of c... : OverloadUT

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People are willing to play UNO now that they no longer have to worry about the looming danger of seeing an anonymous gamers' ballsack show up on their Live webcam.

Dec 11, 2008 1:41pm PST

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- I know it sucks... I miss the nutsacs just as much as you do Ajax : bozer

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My system has started randomly hard-locking on boot since I installed the new dashboard. Have never had a single issue before then. The system will either hang right before it displays the dashboard, or will load the dashboard and ignore any input from my controllers. If I reset, it usually boots with no problems.

I am not sure if there is a correlation yet, but I noticed it might be doing it when I shut down the system while in the Netflix Streaming module, instead of backing out to the regular dashboard before shutting down.

Dec 11, 2008 11:54am PST

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