Xbox Hardware Revenue Up 16% in Previous Quarter, Xbox Game Pass Continues to Grow - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 26 April 2022 / 2,419 Views
Microsoft has released its earnings report for the third quarter of the 2022 fiscal year, which ended up March 31, 2022.
Xbox gaming revenue grew six percent year-over-year to set a new record for the March quarter. Xbox hardware revenue grew 14 percent due to the continued high demand for the Xbox Series X|S.
Xbox Content & Services revenue increased four percent compared to a strong quarter a year ago. Microsoft cited growth in first-party and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions that were partially offset by a decline in third-party software sales.
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said the increase in Xbox hardware revenue was above her expectations due to Microsoft being able to ship more consoles to stores than originally expected.
Over the last 12 months - April 2021 to March 2022 - the Xbox brand has generated revenue of nearly $16.5 billion. This is an all-time record for Xbox over any 12 month period.
Overall, Microsoft reported revenue up 18 percent year-over-year to $49.4 billion and net income up eight percent to $16.7 billion.
The latest VGChartz estimates put Xbox Series X|S sell-through at 14.16 million as of April 16, 2022. The Xbox Series X|S continues to be the fastest-selling Xbox console generation ever as it is tracking ahead of the original Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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This was a non holiday record quarter for Xbox’s revenue, they are really on a roll. What a massive recovery for the brand
Really makes me wonder what kind of numbers we'll see this holiday season for Xbox since that's when most of their releases this year will be coming out with Starfield to cap it all off! Especially considering how many more consoles will be available amongst all the console manufacturers by that time.
It does help that their acquisitions are now able to contribute to the revenue pool.
It will be interesting to see how things jump after the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard.
Have the acquisitions actually made that much of a difference yet though? Only new releases from acquired studios in 2021that would've had an effect were Psychonauts 2 and Deathloop (which isn't even on Xbox) along with live service games like ESO and FO76. That's not too much lol. This holiday season will definitely start to change all that though to where those acquisitions do make a huge difference in the revenue pool.
Also interesting to note: Amy Hood just confirmed that Xbox is gaining console market share. First time I have heard a Microsoft exec say something like that in many years
So they sold less than in holiday quarter and had revenue 16% up?
combines MS and Activision revenue would surpass PlayStation revenue at this point, would it not? Or it would be close, at least. I don't have the numbers exact numbers but think PS is somewhere over 20b while Activision around 9b, plus MS 16.5b would put them at around 25b, same ball park as PlayStation.
Papa Phil, we are humbled
The mod that continues to downvote you, needs to be sacked.
Probably just a couple of Premium++ or whatever users. Console warriors don't have a sense of humor.
