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MSN Gaming Zone with 4 Million Members

March 1, 1999: Microsoft says the MSN Gaming Zone now counts more than 4 million registered users with more than 30,000 gamers logging onto the site at peak times.

MSN Gaming Zone with 4 Million Members hits the March 1999 news desk on March 1, 1999. Microsoft says the MSN Gaming Zone now counts more than 4 million registered users with more than 30,000 gamers logging onto the site at peak times.

These numbers establish the MSN Gaming Zone as the No. 1 gaming community on the Internet and have resulted in a nearly 600 percent surge in monthly ad revenue from just six months ago. It is not the loudest kind of gaming news, but the business and community machinery matters. Games do not appear out of thin air.