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]wide: 10.4 million shipped as of ], ].<ref name="CES07">{{cite web |url=http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/live-from-the-bill-gates-keynote/ |title=Live from the Bill Gates keynote |accessdate=2007-01-08 |last=Rojas |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-01-07 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Engadget |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><br> ]wide: 10.4 million shipped as of ], ].<ref name="CES07">{{cite web |url=http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/live-from-the-bill-gates-keynote/ |title=Live from the Bill Gates keynote |accessdate=2007-01-08 |last=Rojas |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-01-07 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Engadget |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><br>
]: 4.5 million consumer sales as of ], ].<ref name="Xbox 360 life-to-date US sales as of December 31, 2006">{{cite web |url=http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14940 |title=Updated: Breaking: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $12.5 Billion in 2006 |accessdate=2007-01-11 |last=Brightman |first=James |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-01-11 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=GameDaily Biz |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><br/> ]: 4.5 million consumer sales as of ], ].<ref name="Xbox 360 life-to-date US sales as of December 31, 2006">{{cite web |url=http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14940 |title=Updated: Breaking: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $12.5 Billion in 2006 |accessdate=2007-01-11 |last=Brightman |first=James |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-01-11 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=GameDaily Biz |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><br/>
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====Marketplace==== ====Marketplace====
{{Main|Xbox Live Marketplace}} {{Main|Xbox Live Marketplace}}
The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content. The service offers movie and game trailers, ]s, Xbox Live Arcade games, gamer tag images and Xbox 360 Dashboard themes as well as in-game weapons, items, and costumes. These features are available to both silver and gold members on Xbox Live. A hard drive or memory unit is needed to store products purchased from Xbox Live Marketplace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/accessories/harddriveornot.htm |title=To Hard Drive or Not? |accessdate=2006-09-30 |last=Gettys |first=Jim W. |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-08-19 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Microsoft |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> In order to download priced content, users are required to purchase ''Microsoft Points'' for use as ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/microsoftpoints.htm |title=Xbox 360 Get the Points |accessdate=2006-09-30 |last=Barker |first=Ben |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-09-20 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Microsoft |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Some products are free to download. Users are able to view items available to download on the service through a PC via the ] website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11982/Xbox-Live-Pipeline-Browse-Live-Marketplace-from-your-PC/ |title=Browse Live Marketplace from your PC |accessdate=2006-10-13 |last=Berardini |first=César |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-12 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TeamXbox |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> An estimated seventy percent of Xbox Live users download items from Marketplace.<ref name="Live Stats">{{cite web |url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12028/Latest-Xbox-Live-Facts-and-Stats/ |title=Latest Xbox Live Facts and Stats |accessdate=2006-10-19 |last=Berardini |first=César |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-18 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TeamXbox |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows Xbox Live users to download purchased or promotional content. The service offers movie and game trailers, ]s, Xbox Live Arcade games, gamer tag images and Xbox 360 Dashboard themes as well as in-game weapons, items, and costumes. These features are available to both silver and gold is needed to store products purchased from Xbox Live Marketplace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/accessories/harddriveornot.htm |title=To Hard Drive or Not? |accessdate=2006-09-30 |last=Gettys |first=Jim W. |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-08-19 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Microsoft |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> In order to download priced content, users are required to purchase ''Microsoft Points'' for use as ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/microsoftpoints.htm |title=Xbox 360 Get the Points |accessdate=2006-09-30 |last=Barker |first=Ben |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-09-20 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Microsoft |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Some products are free to download. Users are able to view items available to download on the service through a PC via the ] website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11982/Xbox-Live-Pipeline-Browse-Live-Marketplace-from-your-PC/ |title=Browse Live Marketplace from your PC |accessdate=2006-10-13 |last=Berardini |first=César |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-12 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TeamXbox |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> An estimated seventy percent of Xbox Live users download items from Marketplace.<ref name="Live Stats">{{cite web |url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12028/Latest-Xbox-Live-Facts-and-Stats/ |title=Latest Xbox Live Facts and Stats |accessdate=2006-10-19 |last=Berardini |first=César |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-18 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TeamXbox |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>


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