{"id":294630,"date":"2025-01-30T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=347363"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:28:56","slug":"xbox-is-becoming-less-interesting-as-a-console-but-its-numbers-are-growing-thanks-to-its-flagship-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/xbox-is-becoming-less-interesting-as-a-console-but-its-numbers-are-growing-thanks-to-its-flagship-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox is becoming less interesting as a console, but its numbers are growing thanks to its flagship franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft <strong>reported a remarkable increase in the use of its Xbox Cloud Gaming platform, reaching 140 million hours of streaming in the last quarter<\/strong>. This growth comes despite a 7% decline in Xbox division revenue, presenting a mixed outlook for the company. Although details about player and subscriber engagement are often elusive, the recent investor call provided a glimpse of significant progress.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Reason for the Growth: Call of Duty<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The increase in the popularity of Xbox Cloud Gaming coincides with a 30% growth in PC Game Pass subscribers. <strong>This momentum is largely attributable to the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which arrived on the Game Pass service as a playable title from its launch<\/strong>. Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-todo-lo-que-debes-saber-sobre-fecha-precio-ediciones-y-mas-detalles\">highlighted that Black Ops 6<\/a> became the best-selling game on Xbox and PlayStation platforms, breaking records with more players at its launch than any other paid title in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Ops 6 - TR\u00c1ILER DE PRESENTACI\u00d3N DEL JUEGO\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7wW6V0OiIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the challenge persists: <strong>Xbox hardware sales experienced a 29% drop, suggesting a growing disinterest in consoles<\/strong>. To counter this trend, Microsoft has been working on a portable gaming device and has implemented marketing campaigns, despite some users&#8217; criticism of its focus on services rather than hardware. The strategy seems to rely on AAA titles to maintain momentum in Cloud Gaming and Game Pass, which becomes a challenge given that the Call of Duty franchise only releases new titles once a year.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to Call of Duty, <strong>other games from Activision Blizzard&#8217;s catalog, such as Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, have also contributed to strengthening the service<\/strong>, becoming accessible for cloud streaming for the first time. 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This growth occurs despite a 7% decline in Xbox division revenue, presenting a mixed outlook for the company. Although details about player and subscriber engagement are often elusive, the recent investor call provided a glimpse of significant progress. The reason for the growth: Call of Duty. 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