With billions of dollars up for grabs all based on the perception of who’s winning the next gen console war is it any wonder that representatives from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft will use every chance they get to drop sales figures to the press? The latest salvo comes from the big M touting their Xbox 360 horn. According to gaming mag Next Generation Microsoft has sold 11.6 million consoles in 37 countries and more 360 games have been sold (24.3 million units) than all of the PlayStation 3 and Wii games combined (19.8 million units.) The company’s Xbox Live service is the largest social network in the living room with 2.6 million IM, text and voice messages sent over the service every day. To underscore their bragging rights, a new Xbox Live subscriber joins the network every 8 seconds.

Microsoft also provided the top ten most played Xbox Live games, the most downloaded demos and the most popular arcade downloads. We’ll show you the top ten most played Xbox Live games but to find out who made the top of the charts for the other two you will have to follow our link to the source site after the jump.

The top most played games on Xbox Live are:

10. PGR3
9. Crackdown
8. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
7. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3
6. Call of Duty
5. Call of Duty 3
4. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
3. Hexic HD
2. Gears of War
1. Halo 2

Anyone want to bet against Halo 3 not turning up on that list this time next week? Thought not.

via The Game Gene