Microsoft recently revealed the money it earns from Xbox Game Pass subscriptions – PC Game Pass not included – to persuade Brazilian regulators to acquire Activision Blizzard. The Economic Defense Administrative Council (CADE) approved the purchase in the middle of last week, although it hasn’t been to date that data as relevant as the profits Microsoft receives from its stellar subscription service has been shared publicly. .
The figure that we will share with you below comes from a document published by CADE in which its reflection process on the approval of the purchase is exposed. According to this report, Xbox Game Pass generated over $ 2.9 billion from Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S consoles in 2021. This means that the subscription service represented about 18% of the total annual income Microsoft gets from Xbox ($ 16,280 million) and nearly 30% of its gaming and services income ($ 12,581 million) that year. .
Number of Xbox Game Pass subscribers
Coinciding with the announcement of the purchase of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft announced in January this year that its subscription service already had more than 25 million subscribers. Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass are constantly growing, so we recommend that you check out their latest news, including Contemptthe first-person survival horror that will be released on October 14, in addition to other titles such as Cavalry 2 or Medieval Dynasty.
