Xbox Live hits 1.4 million members as Xbox market share rise
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Microsoft's Xbox video game console seems to be doing even better than previously thought. Thanks in part to humongous sales of Halo 2--6.4 million worldwide since its November 2004 debut--the Xbox has experienced an unprecedented period of growth during the past several months. According to Microsoft, the Xbox has increased its market share for 14 consecutive months and now controls 37 percent of the console market. The Xbox was the only video game console to grow market share during both calendar year 2004 and the last quarter of 2004. Meanwhile, the Xbox Live online game service now has more than 1.4 million subscribers, exceeding expectations. The market includes more than 200 Xbox Live-enabled video games, the software giant says, and the most popular title--Halo 2, naturally--has had subscribers log a record 91 million hours of game play.