Microsoft has once again released a report about Xbox Live usage, and it's quite an interesting read. According to it, Xbox Live users have downloaded content from the Marketplace 50 Million times now, an impressive number especially if you take into consideration that the 25 Million mark was reached just three months ago.

Also noteworthy is the fact that users unlocked 600,000 Madden NFL 07 achievements and hosted more than 2 million hours of online play via Xbox Live since the game was released on August 22.
Texas Hold 'Em comes up with similarly incredible stats, making the record as the fastest downloaded item ever on the Xbox Live Marketplace, with over 100 downloads per minute in the first 24 hours of the title’s release.

To top it off, we have a few additional statistics to go over...

Top Xbox Live Statistics

• More than 50 million downloads of gaming and entertainment content from Xbox Live Marketplace to date
• Over 2 billion hours spent on Xbox Live by gamers across the globe since the launch of the Xbox Live online gaming network in November 2002
• More than 60 percent of Xbox 360 owners are connected to Xbox Live
• 1,300,000 text and voice messages are sent via Xbox Live every day. Currently totaling half a billion sent messages between the Xbox Live community per year, this figure is set to explode with the launch of the Xbox Live Vision camera on 19th September, 2006 in the U.S. and 6th October in Europe
• 65 per cent of all connected consoles already downloading and playing Xbox Live Arcade titles
• Over 8 million downloads of Xbox Live Arcade games following the launch of Xbox 360
• Over 2 billion Microsoft Points sold to date