The next step would be to make downloadable content available for retail games, a feature that is obviously standard today. Popular early titles included Mechassault and Ghost Recon. The Xbox Live Starter Kits were beating the tar out of Sony's PS2 network adaptors, selling 44 percent more units. We're very confident in our plan and we think at the end of the day all third parties will realize it benefits them to publish their games for Xbox Live.' - Xbox Group PR Manager David Hufford, November 15th 2002 Four months after its launch Xbox Live already had 350,000 users. 'We believe these early days are the days when we'll be tested and will be proving ourselves to them. In its news article at the time, IGN wrote that Xbox Live 'could very well be the all-encompassing future of gaming.' That November, Microsoft delivered the service and the future had begun. A standard was set so that every Xbox Live-enabled game would include voice chat. Microsoft was adamant about getting users online quickly and easily. The membership fee was set at $49.99 a year, which is what it still costs today.

At E3 2002 Microsoft unveiled its plans to establish an online gaming service for the Xbox called Xbox Live.

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