When Microsoft president of Entertainment & Devices Robbie Bach first stepped onto the stage at CES 2009, we figured we'd be treated to a sizzling first look at a hot new game. Not so: he just gave us a bunch of numbers. You can find them after the jump.
- Microsoft has sold 28 million Xbox 360 consoles.
- There are 17 million registered Xbox LIVE members worldwide -- up 3 million since October.
- The average Halo player spends 150 hours fragging fools over Xbox LIVE.
- In its first five years, there have been 10 billion hours of gameplay and social interaction performed via the service.
- Xbox LIVE downloads have increased 60% since the New Xbox Experience launch.
- Users have added 33% more friends since the introduction of Avatars in the New Xbox Experience.
- This Spring, the first event in Microsoft's Xbox LIVE PrimeTime series of interactive social games will be the quiz show title "1 vs 100."
- Over 12,000 TV shows and movies will be available to stream over Netflix.
- Between "Lips," "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero," Xbox LIVE has hosted 60 million music track downloads, which account for 80% of all song downloads on all gaming platforms.
- On 2/5/09, you can get your hands on the "Halo Wars" demo, and
- 12-year old girls will school you after making and distributing their own games with the Kodu Game Creator, a program for the XBL Community Games chanel that uses radial dials to allow kids to create simple, trigger-based programs ("after ten seconds, open the door,") later this year.
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