Microsoft has published new financial results for the Xbox, which show a tremendous increase in the sales figures of the Xbox Series X / S. Will the recovery of the console possibly even danger to the PS5?
Strong numbers for Xbox Series X / S
According to the report, Microsoft was able to generate a sales increase of 16% in the gaming area compared to the previous year. Especially with the hardware numbers, there are big profits to record. Because Xbox Series X / S continues to be highly in demand, the plus is 166% compared to the quarter of last year.
According to CFO Amy Hood, Microsoft has sold more consoles than expected. And despite the global chip man, which affects many manufacturers.
Xbox Game Pass also continues to
Something smaller is the increase in services related to Microsoft. Here you could improve the result by 2%. The subscriber number for the Xbox Game Pass has also grown further in the last quarter.
Recently, however, the company has revealed that the Xbox Game Pass is currently not won as expected to subscribers. At the end of the year, forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite are still two highlights.
What are the exact numbers?
Microsoft sticks back to the detailed numbers of your sold consoles as usual. A direct comparison with Sony is therefore not possible. For the PS5 we last received an update of the sales figures in July 2021. Here the milestone was achieved by 10 million units.
Even with the subscribers of the Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft does not give any information price. In January 2021, the number was 18 million subscribers here.
Source: Microsoft
From Dominik Zwingmann author 27.10.2021 at 15:35
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