Microsoft sold over 300,000 Xbox 360 consoles in January. That’s cause for celebration in the halls of Redmond, as the company’s gloating presser boasts of not only strong software sales, but record Xbox Live numbers.

Seems January 2009 was the “single biggest month ever for Xbox LIVE”, which leads us into a presser which sees Microsoft boasting – oh, just like Nintendo! – that 2009 has started with a bang.

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The slapping of high fives is also sounding throughout Microsoft HQ at the news Xbox 360 games constituted five of the top ten games for January, and that sales of 360 hardware were up 33% over January 2008, with 309,000 consoles sold.

January NPD results are in and Xbox 360 highlights include:

* Xbox 360 system sales hit 309,000, up 33 percent from a year

earlier, as holiday momentum carries into 2009

* Xbox 360 claimed five of the top 10 titles in January, with

more top-rated games available than on any other system

* Single biggest month ever for Xbox LIVE as record number of

new members joined in January; exclusive game add-ons extend

blockbuster experiences

Xbox 360 kicked off 2009 with a bang, posting record system sales for

January of 309,000 units (January NPD data), a 33 percent jump from a

year earlier. Sales were driven by Xbox 360’s broad lineup of

blockbuster video games, as well as Xbox LIVE, which saw more new

members join than during any month in its history. The $199 Xbox 360

Arcade model also offers tremendous value for consumers looking to jump

into next-generation interactive entertainment.

Games on Xbox 360

Xbox 360 games claimed five spots in the January top 10, including “Left

4 Dead,” “Call of Duty: World at War,” “Skate 2,” “Lord of the Rings:

Conquest,” and “Gears of rummy noble War 2” (January NPD data).

Sales of third-party games on Xbox 360 hit $139 million in January

(January NPD data), with Xbox 360 generating more life-to-date sales at

retail for third-party publishers than competing consoles. With 132

Xbox 360 titles rated 80 or higher on Metacritic, compared to 90 for PS3

and 42 for Wii (Metacritic data), it’s no wonder that Xbox 360 owners

lead the industry in game purchases, having bought an average of 8.1

games each.

Xbox LIVE Records Highest Member Growth in History

January was also a banner month for Xbox LIVE as more people joined than

in any previous month in its history. A total of more than 17 million

people are now active members of the industry-leading service, which

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features a vast selection of downloadable games, game add-ons, movies

and TV shows of any device connected to the TV.

Consumers Get More Entertainment on Xbox LIVE

* More than 1 million Xbox LIVE members now enjoying Netflix’s

streaming video service

* Each household has watched an average of 16 movies over the

service

* Xbox 360 is the only place to get the complete storylines for

hit games like “Grand rummy star Theft Auto IV” and “Fallout 3”

* “Fable II Knothole Island” and “Fallout 3 Operation:

Anchorage” were two of the top performers for game add-ons in the month

of January

* The “Halo Wars” demo, released on February 5, set a day-one

record for the most demo downloads on Xbox LIVE; with more than 2

million downloads in the first week, it was one of the top demo

downloads of all time on the service

* “The Lost and Damned” arrives February 17 for the

highest-rated game of all time, “Grand Theft Auto IV”, only on Xbox LIVE