There is no doubt that Xbox Live has been an enormous success for Microsoft. But just how successful is it? Microsoft announced that more than 6 million Xbox 360 owners are connected to Xbox Live, a target that was projected to be hit in June. Xbox owners have spent more than 2.3 billion hours playing Xbox Live since the system launched in November 2005.
The worldwide top 10 most played Xbox Live titles are:
1. Halo 2
2. Gears of War
3. Hexic HD
4. Call of Duty 2
5. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
6. Call Of Duty 3
7. Oblivion
8. Project Gotham Racing 3
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
10. Perfect Dark Zero
The top Xbox Live Arcade games are:
1. Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
2. Bankshot Billiards
3. Marble Blast Ultra
4. UNO
5. Doom
Other stats to keep you up at night:
There are 2 million text and voice messages sent every day on Xbox Live.
The average Xbox Live Gold subscriber has 22 friends on their friends' list.
To date, Xbox 360 owners have unlocked nearly 300 million Achievements, creating a grand Gamerscore of nearly 7.5 billion.
Nearly 70 percent of Xbox Live users have downloaded at least one Xbox Live Arcade game.
More than 70 percent of Xbox Live members are downloading content from Marketplace.
Xbox Live hosts more than 7,000 pieces of gaming and entertainment content.
More than 5 billion Microsoft Points have been activated on Marketplace to date.
Nearly 50 percent of Xbox Live members in the U.S. log into Xbox Live Marketplace every time they turn on their console.