The publisher also announced that there are also 46 million Xbox Live subscribers, representing a 15% increase from year-to-year. These include both free and Gold subscribers.
(It might be important to note that this makes the rumor that the next-generation Xbox console will have always-on DRM - that would be 30 million Xbox owners out in the cold.)
Microsoft has also announced that the publisher will be launching 40 new Xbox interactive entertainment apps in 2013, which is a convoluted way of saying Microsoft will be releasing over 40 first party games in 2013.
