It's that time again when Microsoft gives us the digits and we get to trudge through the facts, figures and numbers to learn about everything going down in Xbox 360 land. So, let's jump right in.After giving the numbers a quick look over, we found the biggest and most informative fact to be that worldwide Microsoft has sold 11.6 million Xbox 360 consoles, which is in line with what we've already expected. Other interesting tidbits found within' the press release include little nuggets like a new members joins Xbox Live once very eight seconds, that the 360's 6.3 game attach rate is the highest in the industry and that US Xbox 360 owners have purchased 24.3 million games which is more than the 19.3 million games both the PS3 and Wii have sold combined. Finally, Microsoft also included three "top ten" charts showcasing the top Xbox 360 and XBLA games played over Xbox Live as well as the top downloaded demos off the XBLM. And it's no surprise to see Halo 2 and Gears of War topping that list, but seeing Aegis Wing up there is a tad puzzling.
Check out more facts and figures after the jump as well as the top ten lists which are posted after the break. Hopefully, after giving everything a read over, your craving for Xbox 360 facts will be satisfied. Bon appetit!
Top 10 games played over Xbox Live worldwide:
1) Halo 2
2) Gears of War
3) Hexic HD
4) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
5) Call of Duty 3
6) Call of Duty 2
7) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3
8) Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
9) Crackdown
10) PGR3
Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade downloads worldwide:
1) Aegis Wing
2) Uno
3) Texas Hold 'em
4) Geometry Wars Retro Evolved
5) Bankshot Billiards 2
6)Street Fighter 'II Hyper Fighting
7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
8) Worms
9) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
10) Contra
Top 10 Xbox Live Marketplace Demos downloads worldwide:
1) Crackdown
2) Lost Planet E3 2006
3) Dead Rising
4) BioShock
5) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
6) Forza Motorsport 2
7) Sonic the Hedgehog
8) Saints Row
9) Superman Returns
10) Colin McRae: DIRT
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-20-2007 @ 5:53PM
Brooks said...
So, when did Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3 come out? It sure is popular!
I am sure they meant Ghost Recon 3: Advanced Warfighter, but I had to comment!
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9-20-2007 @ 5:54PM
TORO said...
Wasn't Bioshock factually the fastest XBLM download? I could've sworn I read that somewhere!? Oh well I don't care too much about that game anyways...
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9-20-2007 @ 5:54PM
a ham sandwich said...
that list'll change big time next week!
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9-20-2007 @ 5:55PM
NukeAssault said...
Halo back at the top eh? I havent played in a while myself. But come Sunday ill play both Halo 1&2 to get my self ready. =)
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9-20-2007 @ 5:55PM
Matt said...
Actually, what's surprising is that BioShock's demo made the top ten list so quickly. I wonder if interest in demos is a short lived phenomena.
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9-20-2007 @ 5:56PM
Joe said...
Did you ever believe that i could leave you? standin out in the cold... aegis wing? no... dead rising? wtf?
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9-20-2007 @ 5:57PM
Slnigshotz06 said...
Its no surprize really that they've hit their expected numbers so early, or that Halo 2 is still number one. What surprizes me is how "hip" it became to have an xbox 360 and to top that even to play Halo 2 and 3.
I have one of the most beautiful women in my psych class, and just yesterday she was talking to me about getting Halo 3 at midnight and how she and her friens are having a Halo 3 party the next day. On top of that my Calc teacher is a casual gamer who just has a nintendo Wii, and last week he bought an Xbox 360 along with a fully preordered Halo 3. Its preplexing to say the least.
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9-20-2007 @ 6:07PM
Evil Aardvark said...
Does no one else find Oblivion being on the top 10 list for games played over xbox live a little strange?
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9-20-2007 @ 6:10PM
ZomZom said...
Could someone with even rudimentary writing skills proofread this article and re-submit?
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9-20-2007 @ 6:22PM
Tony said...
@7 - Yeah, it's been funny to see this. It's almost become more of a pop culture thing than strictly a video game thing. I've overheard random people talking about it almost every time I've gone out the past couple of weeks and it's often not people I expect.
Also I'm not surprised about Aegis Wing. It's free.
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9-20-2007 @ 6:27PM
TORO said...
@ Slnigshotz06
Dam dude a hot girl going to the midnight-launch party??? I would've got her digits (GT) lol
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9-20-2007 @ 6:33PM
pandlcg said...
This may sound counterintuitive, but having a high attach rate of games for your consoles is not necessarily a good thing. It can be an indicator that your console is only selling to the hardcore crowd, and for a console to succeed it needs to sell to the masses as well.
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9-20-2007 @ 7:07PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Aegis Wing is free. Of course it'll be there.
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9-20-2007 @ 7:11PM
Devin said...
Wait till Halo 3 (this was mainly for the contest)
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9-20-2007 @ 7:11PM
Tripp said...
Aegis Wing was a free download for both Gold and Silver accounts and received a lot of press because of the game development history.
No real surprise that it is #1 on the Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade downloads list.
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9-20-2007 @ 7:52PM
Titwat said...
Euh Oblivion? What the hell?
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9-20-2007 @ 7:54PM
Spartacus said...
Can someone help me here?
11.6 million 360s sold
x6.2 attach rate
= 24.3 million games sold?!
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9-20-2007 @ 8:05PM
Titwat said...
The attach rate is international while 24 million is only in the us
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9-20-2007 @ 8:08PM
massive_98 said...
@17
I was thinking the same thing.
You guys seemed to rush through this post without actually reading what you wrote.
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9-20-2007 @ 9:41PM
OTAM said...
That list needs more Dead Rising and Viva Pinata.
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