Microsoft said financial report, which covers the last quarter of 2021, and we can certainly see pretty strong numbers in it on the Xbox.
The video player section grew 8% year-over-year to $ 5.43 billion (more than $ 1,600 billion). There was also a 4% increase in hardware sales, although the shortage of parts should be mentioned. There is a 10% improvement in digital services, mainly thanks to the Xbox Game Pass.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, says the big bets made in the last few years are starting to pay off in the content, community, and cloudy areas. Many people have been tied down and their cash flow has been high this quarter: as evidenced by the fact that Game Pass has more than 25 million subscribers. Differentiated content helps grow the service, and AAA appearances have resulted in good ratings and player numbers. 18 million played for Forza Horizon 5, while Halo Infinite reached over 20 million, making it the biggest start in Halo history. (PR-duma: a growing gaming industry, more players.) Activision said Blizzard’s acquisition plans would make it easier for people to play with their favorite games anywhere, anytime, and thus shape where the gaming industry could develop, such as the metaverse develops.
A To Bloomberg writer Jason Schreier says at least the next three Call of Duty must still be multiplatform because of the agreements made earlier. So this year’s Infinity Ward game, supposedly called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, the Treyarch product known from Black Ops, and the next major iteration of Call of Duty: Warzone should also be on the PlayStation 5. Of course, following the example of Netflix, it will be commercially important for Redmond people to “lock in Call Game Duty” as this allows IPs to sell subscriptions.
The Xbox Era the podcast and we’ve heard from one of the hosts, Shpeshal Ed, that another Microsoft franchise is getting a treatment similar to the Halo: The Master Chief Collection: the games would be collected in one collection in one place and could arrive sometime in 2023. Tom Warren, who writes for The Verge according to it could be Gears of War (“the gears have started in connection with the rumor”).
So they turn out for the Redmond people a things…
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