Update: Microsoft’s CEO (Steve Ballmer) just confirmed the numbers below on CES 2012

Please see the above video as it includes all the highlights of 2011, and the following impressive statistics:

  • Xbox 360 is the best selling console in the US, according to MS
  • 66 million Xbox 360′s sold
  • 18 Million Kinect Sensors sold
  • Nearly 40 Million Xbox Live members

Even though Microsoft was already onto something before this holiday season (as well as during), the above summarizes what a great year it was for both Xbox and Kinect. Great numbers, and well deserved. Let’s hope MS has some nice things up their sleeve as part of their CES keynote that starts about 2 hours from now (live stream here).

Which of these stats do you find most promising for 2012?