Will Xbox Series X/S make it to 36 million?

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SvennoJ said:

One day after posting record profits....

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-hardware-revenue-continues-to-tumble-but-gaming-revenue-is-up-microsoft-reports

As a whole, Microsoft made $70.1bn in revenue during Q3 and saw a net income of $25.8bn, marking a 13 and 18 percent year-over-year increase respectively. That growth was predominantly driven by its Cloud and Office services, but its gaming division saw success too.

Overall, Xbox gaming revenue was up five percent year-over-year, and within that, Xbox content and services - which includes Microsoft's first-party game releases and Game Pass - saw an eight percent increase. Indeed, Microsoft said it was the top publisher on both Xbox and PlayStation for the quarter.

These successes were offset, however, by a continuing decline in Xbox hardware numbers over Q3, with console sales falling by six percent year-on-year


Guess they gave up on HW and are now killing it off...

Raising game prices as well, just not GP (yet) GPU is $19.99 a month now, $240 a year since September last year. Probably gonna increase again before COD comes out.

I agree that another price increase for Game Pass is likely coming this fall/holiday. At $80 per game, it only takes 3 games at that price to break even with Game Pass and far less if you use PC Game Pass. PC Game Pass is by far the best deal for Game Pass at $12 per month. If you want games at launch on console you need Game Pass Ultimate at $20.

I see Game Pass Core and Standard price remaining the same, while PC Game Pass goes up to $15 (to match Standard price) and Ultimate up to $22 or even $25.