How much money has Microsoft made from the XBLA?

HEXUS.gaming writes:

"We've heard Microsoft on many occasions banging on about how great the Xbox live arcade is and how successful it has become since launch, but without seeing the figures it's always wise to treat such bragging with a pinch of salt until we see the facts."

The facts are in...

[power of Green]

"Let's just hope we don't get to a point where games are released incomplete and then we have to download new content just to find out what happens next"

^^^ Isn't there DLC already releasing just like that?, although I don't think MSFT's platform has done this yet.

[xm15e2s]

Wow, that's a lot of cash.

[ice_prophecy]

Your comment here is very passive aggressive. Just say exactly what you are trying to insinuate. Making positive discussions with you will then be a lot easier.

[X_GAMER_X]

I think episodic will be great Idea.
Just like when you watch a serie and have to wait a week or more to find out what next. Thats what they are using now with halo peter jackson project I think.

And when it comes how much money they make out of live, Well..Enough to give us quality.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

I would say 5 bucks...

[Silogon]

That's an ugly family. I'd hate to be the father of that kid/thing. It'd just bring on unwanted problems and situations for you later in life like when he gets beat up and or taken advantage of.

[Kyur4ThePain]

Put up your picture.

[Silogon]

If little things like that amuse you I'd gladly put up a portrait of you and your entire family.

[titntin]

Episodic is potentially a good idea. They did it recently with 'Siren' on the PSN - with the game being available in 4 downloads of three chapters each.

Problem is - if your anything like me, you don't want to wait, so I ended up buying the entire thing in one hit with a full 10 gig download! Impatience is not a virtue!

I think episodic content on live could be very big thing, as one of the differences between the two online systems is the size of game they are able to offer, and currently live does not offer games that have the size and scope of some of the PSN offerings (Siren, Warhawk, GTpro5 and the upcoming Socom).

By splitting large titles up into pieces that do fit live's restrictions, the service can offer much larger titles than it currently does and start really talking about proper digital distribution. All the time its limited to small titles, digital distribution is just talk...

Some kind of solution to this, would ensure that live remains the premium online space into the future.

[ice_prophecy]

I like the idea of episodic content. But it should be applied to small games only.

I'd think it would work with adventure platform games, and it would have to be weekly releases, without fail.

Eg: "The adventure of salad fingers and Onion face - Episode 1: The chopping Block Chase"

and each week come out with a new adventure. The game would have to be FUN, small, short, sweet, and most importantly CHEAP.

[DaKid]

That is a great idea. Episodic content would do well I believe. But as you said they would have to be cheap. Cheap enough were people would buy it and not have to think whether its worth it or not. Also they could release once a month and it would be fine. and maybe 3 to 4 times a year for the larger games.

I would love to see games Like Braid come out with more content, but not for $15, I love the game, but if they add more levels or even another game it needs to be cheaper.

[Tarasque]

How about who cares how much money they have made off of XBL.

[thewhoopimen]

So wait... according to the article they made $180 million last year and only $60 million this year? Does that mean sales are down on XBLA?

[wicked]

As long as they keep ploughing the money back into new games and IPs, I am happy.

[karlostomy]

75% of the 240 mill revenue ($180mill) has been earned in the last YEAR.

Ie. in the first two years, only 25% was earned.

That is VERY significant and bodes well for MS 360 future profits, given that the hardware will be reduced in retail price soon (according to n4g rumours)