The Xbox 360 has a two year anniversary coming up on November 22. In honor of this upcoming, epic event, Microsoft has released a list of market statistics on the console. The “Big M” provides figures on the sales of both the 360 and its games as well as details demonstrating the success of Xbox Live and Xbox Live Arcade.

Microsoft reports that the company has sold more than 11.6 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide in 37 countries where it is currently available. Of these countries, 25 have access to Xbox Live. In addition, U.S. NPD (an independent provider of consumer and retail market research information for the gaming industry) says gamers have bought more Xbox 360 software (24.3 million units) than the PS3 and Wii put together (19.8 million games combined). The Xbox 360 has over 250 games currently available, which includes 86 Live Arcade games. The 360 holds the largest games ‘attach rate’ with 6.3 games sold per console owner.

Xbox Live, which already boasts 7 million subscribed members, is projected to reach 10 million members by June 2008. According to Microsoft, the numbers work out to one new Xbox Live member every 8 seconds. Microsoft estimates that Xbox Live members have spent over 3.2 billion collective hours playing online and earning a total combined Gamerscore of OVER 9,000!!! more than 14 billion. Almost 70% of consoles download and play Live Arcade titles, and at 200 free downloadable demos, what’s not to love? Furthermore, the average Xbox Live Gold subscriber has 23 friends on their Live friends list.

Statistics would be worthless if we couldn’t list the top 10 final countdowns. Here’s the skinny:

Top 10 games played over Xbox Live
01. Halo 2
02. Gears of War
03. Hexic HD
04. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
05. Call of Duty 3
06. Call of Duty 2
07. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3
08. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
09. Crackdown
10. Project Gotham Racing 3

Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade downloads
01. Aegis Wing
02. Uno
03. Texas Hold ‘em
04. Geometry Wars Retro Evolved
05. Bankshot Billiards 2
06. Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
07. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
08. Worms
09. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
10. Contra

Top 10 Xbox Live Marketplace Demos downloads
01. Crackdown
02. Lost Planet E3 2006
03. Dead Rising
04. BioShock
05. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
06. Forza Motorsport 2
07. Sonic the Hedgehog
08. Saints Row
09. Superman Returns
10. Colin McRae: DIRT

Honestly, does any part of these top played and download lists come at any surprise to anyone?

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