US, March 6, 2007 - With an eye on Sony's keynote speech tomorrow, Microsoft today announced that more than 6 million Xbox 360 owners are connected to Xbox Live, four months ahead of the company's objectives. Microsoft, however, didn't reveal the breakdown of Gold tier (paid subscribers) versus Silver tier (free) members.
The company revealed several telling facts about its customer base. Xbox owners have spent more than 2.3 billion hours, the equivalent of 95 million days of gaming or more than 260,000 years, on Xbox Live since the system's launch in November 2005. The Xbox game Halo 2 is the most played title on Xbox Live, even though it's not a full-fledged Xbox 360 game, followed by Gears of War and Hexic HD.
The worldwide top 10 most played Xbox Live titles, based on unique users, 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
Microsoft reports 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 interesting stats:
There are 2 million text and voice messages sent every day on Xbox Live.
Gamers have spent more than 710 million hours playing online with more than a half a billion games played.
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, driving more than 135 million downloads since the launch of Xbox 360.
Xbox Live Arcade has now surpassed 25 million downloads.
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.
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