"Downloads via Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace have surpassed the 50 million mark, doubling the 25 million figure reached only three months ago.
The release of EA's Madden NFL 07 has helped boost the numbers, with two million hours of gameplay logged in the first seven days and 600,000 in-game achievements recorded.
Xbox Live Arcade title Texas Hold 'Em has also set a day one record as the fastest downloaded item on Xbox Live Marketplace. It was also the first full game to be offered free if downloaded within the first 48 hours of release.
Other figures released by Microsoft make impressive reading. The currency used on Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft Points, has surpassed two billion units sold - with over 60 per cent of Xbox 360 owners now connected to Xbox Live.
An average of 1.3 million text and voice messages are sent via Xbox Live every day, with half a billion messages sent amongst the Xbox Live community per year.
Xbox Live Arcade is proving popular, as 65 per cent of connected console owners have downloaded and played the digitally distributed titles. More than 8 million Arcade games have been downloaded since the launch of Xbox 360."
Se ha llegado a 50 millones de descargas (doblando las 25 millones de hace 3 meses)
Se han registrado 2 millones de horas de juego online del Madden NFL 07 en sus primeros 7 días (este juego ha vendido otros 2 millones de copias en dicha semana * Wtf? *)
Texas Hold 'Em tiene el record de descargas en un día.
2 mil millones de Microsoft Points vendidos.
Se envian 1,3 millones de mensajes de texto/voz al día.
El 65% de consolas conectadas a XBL han bajado y jugado las demos distribuidas.
Más de 8 millones de 'Arcade Games' han sido descargados.
