Xbox Live este un serviciu online pentru console ce a fost introdus de Microsoft in 2002 pe XBOX. Odata cu aparitia Xbox 360, XBL a primit un update major, devenind unul dintre cele mai bune sau poate cel mai bun serviciu online de pe console. Microsoft castiga destul de multi bani de pe urma acestuia, potrivit unei companii de cercetare, Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment sau mai simplu FADE, numai Xbox Live Arcade a generat incasari de $103.4 milioane in anul fiscal 2009 inregistrand o crestere de 34% fata de anul trecut. Cel mai de succes joc arcade a fost Battlefield 1943 avand incasari de peste $12 milioane. Pretul in medie a unui joc a crescut de la $8.33 in 2008 pana la $9.12 in 2009. Mai jos aveti un "Top Ten" cu cele mai vandute jocuri in Xbox Live:
1) Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) - $12.5 million ($15.00)
2) Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) - $7.3 million ($15.00)
3) Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) - $7.1 million ($15.00)
4) Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment / Epic Games) - $6.1 million ($14.38)
5) Family Game Night (Hasbro) - $4.2 million ($9.53)
6) Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Capcom) - $4.2 million ($15.00)
7) Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) - $2.8 million ($10.00)
8) Worms 2 (Team 17) - $1.8 million ($10.00)
9) Peggle (PopCap Games) - $1.8 million ($8.86)
10) Turtles in Time: Reshelled (Ubisoft Singapore) - $1.7 million ($10.00)
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