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Microsoft Ship 6.6m Xbox Consoles, Achieve $26.5b Revenue - News

by Miles Taven , posted on 26 January 2015 / 6,996 Views

Microsoft today released their second quarter results announcing revenue of $26.5 billion and operating income of $7.8 billion.

6.6 million Xbox consoles were shipped, down from 7.4 million the year prior, the company cited the Xbox One's price promotion and first party software such as Minecraft, Halo: MCC and Forza Horizon 2 for a strong holiday showing. Revenue for Xbox was down 20% on the back of cheaper entry price for Xbox One, along with the drop in overal console sales. First party software revenue was up a whopping 79% year over year.

Other highlights include Surface revenue being up 25% to $1.1 billion and over 10 million Lumia phones sold during the holiday quarter.


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7 Comments
chidori-chan2 (on 27 January 2015)

Still bad sales IMO.

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Sixteenvolt420 (on 27 January 2015)

So, they didn't release how many were sold this year, just shipped?

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KazumaKiryu (on 26 January 2015)

its okay. the 360 is strong in the usa. But the first quarter 2015... is very bad. no big exclusiv game for xbox one. and for ps4 coming "Bloodborne" and "The Order 1886". Many 360 player buy then a ps4, i think. And in japan coming dragon quest heroes and one piece pw3 for ps4. the first quarter 2015 is maybe a horrorimage for microsoft.

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Azuren KazumaKiryu (on 27 January 2015)

A "horrorimage"

This is what happens when you try to Google Translate from once language too another: you turn "nightmare" into "horrorimage".

Though you are correct, Microsoft's ass pounding will continue into 2015. At this rate they'll never be able to take global sales for even a week.

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Captain_Tom (on 26 January 2015)

Less than half.

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SjOne (on 26 January 2015)

A major step up from the losses their past consoles brought

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DanRybacki (on 26 January 2015)

Doom-mongers in 3, 2, 1...

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