Microsoft has released a \u201cMicrosoft by the Numbers\u201d report, which details a collection of statistics regarding the company\u2019s sales and milestones.<\/p>\n
As of 11 August 2013, Microsoft has sold 76 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide, with 24 million Kinect sensors getting into the hands of gamers.<\/p>\n
The Xbox 360 has also spent 30 straight months as the best-selling game console in the US.<\/p>\n
Halo has always proved to be a strong point for Microsoft, and the fourth primary instalment in the series, Halo 4, earned $220 million in global sales in the 24 hours after its release.<\/p>\n
Total sales of Halo games exceed 50 million copies.<\/p>\n
In terms of the online experience, Xbox delivered 18 billion hours of entertainment throughout 2012.<\/p>\n
Some other interesting non-gaming stats include about 9 million litres of free beverages consumed every year by Microsoft employees on the campus. The most popular soda selection is Coke Zero; 1 million cans are consumed annually.<\/p>\n
About 554,000 pizza slices and an additional 250,000 personal-sized pizzas are consumed each year by hungry employees in Microsoft cafeterias.<\/p>\n
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