Some Xbox Live Stats

While Nintendo may have beat Microsoft and Sony soundly in the hardware space in January, Microsoft wants you to think about something else: Xbox Live. Microsoft says that Xbox Live currently has 17 million members worldwide (though it does not differentiate between how many are gold and silver members make up this number). The company also says that one million members are now using Netflix to watch film and television on Xbox Live. Oh, and Microsoft mentioned that Xbox 360 sales in January were up 33 percent - though it wasn’t enough to come close to what Nintendo moved during the month..

On a side note, the company said that the Halo Wars demo has been downloaded by over 2 million members. The demo was released on February 5. Whether or not players will buy it when it is released is another matter, but early indications are that fans are going to give the game some retail love.