Microsoft has today announced a series of stats surrounding the success of Xbox Live, which include a large number of zeros after every figure.

Since its launch in November 2002, Xbox Live gamers have logged over two billion hours on the network, and since the Xbox 360 launched, the stats become even more overwhelming.

Gamers have spent two billion Microsoft Points since the next-gen system launched at the end of 2005, and over 1.3 million messages sent every single day. Over 60% of Xbox 360 gamers are connected to the service, and over 65% of those have downloaded from Xbox Live Arcade.

Staying on the theme of Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft has announced that Texas Hold 'Em now has the one-day record for being the fastest downloaded item on Xbox Live - though the fact that it was free for the first 48 hours probably helped matters.

Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 07 has always hit the ground running, with North American gamers unlocking 600,000 Achievement Points and registering two million hours of Xbox Live game time in the first week. Microsoft helpfully converted two million hours into a ore palatable time period...of 228 years.

It seems that Microsoft has unlocked the key to online success in the latest iteration of Xbox Live...

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