Xbox network
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online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service by Microsoft
Key facts
- Developer
- Xbox ( Microsoft )
- Type
- Online service
- Launch date
- November 15, 2002 ; 23 years ago ( 2002-11-15 )
- Platforms
- Current: Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 iOS iPadOS Android , Discontinued: Xbox (April 15, 2010) Windows XP / Vista / 7 (August 9, 2022) Windows Phone (May 16, 2022)
- Status
- Active
- Members
- 120 million (as of January 2023)
- Pricing model
- Free for Xbox network, $9.99/month for Xbox Game Pass Essential, $14.99/month for Xbox Game Pass Premium , $22.99/month for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
- Website
- xbox .com /live
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.xbox.com/live
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- Commons category
- Xbox Live
- software version identifier
- 2.0.16537.0
- number of subscribers
- 90000000
- inception
- 2002-11-15
- service status information URL
- support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status
- title
- Xbox Live
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Article
The Xbox network , formerly known and commonly referred to as Xbox Live, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Xbox for the latter's brand. It was first made available to the original Xbox console on November 15, 2002. An updated version of the service, adding the Xbox Live Marketplace, became available with the Xbox 360 console launch in November 2005, and a further enhanced version was released in 2013 with the Xbox One. The service is used on the latest Xbox Series X and Series S and, in addition to a Microsoft account, is the account for Xbox ecosystem; accounts can store games and other content.
The service was extended in 2007 across the Windows platform, named Games for Windows – Live, now defunct, which made most aspects of the system available on Windows computers. The Microsoft Store and Xbox app are now used to cross over the Xbox ecosystem into PC gaming, in addition to handhelds and mobile phones as part of the Play Anywhere initiative. Microsoft's former mobile operating system, Windows Phone, included full Xbox Live functionality until it was discontinued. The service shut down for the original Xbox on April 15, 2010, and original Xbox Games are now only playable online through Insignia, an unofficial Xbox Live replacement service, or through local area network (LAN) tunneling applications.