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Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms

Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms

More than 4.28 billion game hours are played each month with Xbox Live across PC, console and mobile.

Speaking at GDC 2019, Xbox Team principal program manager Bill Schiefelbein revealed a number of key stats about Xbox Live usage across platforms.

Overall, Xbox Live is used by more than 64 million active monthly users and it receives 736 million XBL party chat joins each month.

You can view all the key stats below. The figures were not broken down platform-by-platform.

It was announced just ahead of GDC that the Xbox Live service has been expanded to support cross-platform capabilities, which includes iOS and Android devices.

The full story is over on PocketGamer.biz

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