{"id":373601,"date":"2026-07-30T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373601"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:44:09","slug":"xbox-revenue-falls-again-microsoft-says-turnaround-will-take-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/xbox-revenue-falls-again-microsoft-says-turnaround-will-take-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox revenue falls again: Microsoft says turnaround will take time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox has now posted four straight quarters<\/strong> of declining gaming revenue, and for the quarter that ended June 30, 2026, Microsoft said in its latest earnings report<\/a> that any Xbox comeback is going to take a while.<\/p>\n\n

For that quarter, Xbox brought in $4.98 billion<\/strong> in gaming revenue, down 10% from the same period a year earlier. Content and services also fell 10%, while hardware was down 13%, according to Microsoft\u2019s latest earnings report. Microsoft still reported $90 billion in total revenue, which left gaming as one of the few obvious weak spots.<\/p>\n\n

The full fiscal 2026 picture wasn\u2019t much better. Xbox revenue fell by $1.7 billion<\/strong>, or 7%, over the year. Content and services slipped 5%, and hardware dropped 29% as console sales cooled, according to Microsoft\u2019s latest earnings report. Satya Nadella and Asha Sharma still expect growth to return in fiscal 2027, which started on July 1, 2026, but Sharma\u2019s latest social media comments point to a slow recovery, not a quick rebound, as Xbox works through softer hardware demand, weaker content results, and the broader reset that followed the acquisition.<\/p>\n\n

If you follow Xbox closely, there\u2019s a lot here to keep an eye on. Based on Microsoft\u2019s latest earnings report and Sharma\u2019s social media posts, Microsoft has already cut 1,600 gaming jobs<\/strong>, plans to cut another 1,600, is spinning off five studios, replaced Phil Spencer with Asha Sharma in February 2026, is leaning harder on Fallout<\/a> and The Elder Scrolls<\/a>, and is still developing the next Xbox, Project Helix, for a possible launch in late 2027.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox has now posted four straight quarters of declining gaming revenue, and for the quarter that ended June 30, 2026, Microsoft said in its latest earnings report that any Xbox comeback is going to take a while. For that quarter, Xbox brought in $4.98 billion in gaming revenue, down 10% from the same period a … Continue reading “Xbox revenue falls again: Microsoft says turnaround will take time”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":373600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-373601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t