{"id":290849,"date":"2024-10-31T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=343142"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:47:47","slug":"how-is-xbox-doing-financially-microsoft-reveals-all-the-numbers-of-its-gaming-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-is-xbox-doing-financially-microsoft-reveals-all-the-numbers-of-its-gaming-division\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Xbox doing financially? Microsoft reveals all the numbers of its gaming division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have already mentioned that Black Ops 6, the latest installment of Call of Duty, has been an unprecedented success and what that means for Xbox, who spent 69 billion a year ago to buy Activision \/ Blizzard \/ King.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we know this because <strong>Microsoft has presented its first quarter 2025 results,<\/strong> which show that its software gaming revenue has increased despite the decline in Xbox hardware revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company claims that <strong>its Xbox content and services revenue grew by 61% year-over-year compared to the previous quarter<\/strong>, a figure driven by &#8220;53 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/Investor\/earnings\/FY-2025-Q1\/press-release-webcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">the company&#8217;s press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft&#39;s Q1 2025 (fiscal) earnings:<br><br>\u2022 ? Windows OEM + devices revenue up 2%<br>\u2022 ? Gaming revenue up 43%<br>\u2022 ?\ufe0f Xbox content + services rev up 61%<br>\u2022 ? Xbox hardware down 29%<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCBJ2dUW9u\">https:\/\/t.co\/TCBJ2dUW9u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tom Warren (@tomwarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomwarren\/status\/1851728159416422760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But hardware revenue fell again, by 29% this quarter<\/strong>, which may be influenced by Microsoft&#8217;s continued strategy to make its games available beyond Xbox consoles, a battle they have lost against Sony and Nintendo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, these numbers do not take into account the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which was launched last week. However, we know that the numbers have only improved since last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft&#8217;s numbers beyond gaming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Intelligent Cloud<\/strong> division of the company is key in the profits, with total revenues that <strong>increased by 20% year-on-year<\/strong> to 24.1 billion dollars driven by Azure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Azure and other cloud services revenue increased by 33%<\/strong>. Productivity and Business Processes, which includes its Office products, increased by 12% year-over-year to $28.3 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">??? ????????? ????? ??????<br><br>Microsoft earns money by ??????? ??? ????????, ????????, ??? ????? ????????. These include everything from Windows operating systems to ????? ????? ?????????,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLdLga9gL7\">pic.twitter.com\/gLdLga9gL7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Milan Milanovi\u0107 (@milan_milanovic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milan_milanovic\/status\/1850932802436600136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Microsoft&#8217;s revenue from OEM and devices, which are now presented together, increased by 2%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft, like many other companies, is heavily investing in AI-focused features and tools at the moment, especially to enhance Copilot. Microsoft&#8217;s AI business is set to surpass an annual run rate of 10 billion dollars this quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/30\/24284038\/ai-is-big-business-for-microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">said Nadella on the call<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite all this, <strong>Microsoft has plummeted in the stock market today<\/strong> (a 5% drop in 24 hours), marking a black Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have already said that Black Ops 6, the latest installment of Call of Duty, has been an unprecedented success and what that means for Xbox, who spent 69 billion a year ago to buy Activision \/ Blizzard \/ King. And we know this because Microsoft has presented its results for the first quarter of 2025, which show that their software gaming revenue has increased despite the decline in Xbox hardware revenue. The company states that its Xbox content and services revenue grew by 61% year-over-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":290854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-290849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310982,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290849\/revisions\/310982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290849"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=290849"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=290849"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=290849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}