New stats reveal that puchases and purchasers on the Xbox Live Arcade network have been steadily growing since the launch of the system. More noticeably, there was a huge spike with the announcement of Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday updates and during Konami's double release of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and TMNT 1989. Microsoft also estimated there will be over 100 games on XBLA by the end of the year and a massive 45 million downloads.

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At his GameFest lecture on Xbox Live Arcade development, platform manager Mark Coates revealed fascinating stats on the growth of XBLA games, including chart-toppers Street Fighter II and TMNT.

Coates offered stats on the Xbox Live Arcade service in addition to those given out yesterday by Microsoft casual division manager Marc Whitten, which showed Microsoft predictions of 45 million downloads and more than 100 games on Xbox Live Arcade by the end of 2007, as well as a 156% average financial return over 12 months for Xbox Live Arcade titles published so far.