PS5 games helped Microsoft end the quarter in the „green.” PC Game Pass sees 45% year-over-year growth

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Lately, there’s been a significant shift in Microsoft‘s gaming division strategy. Instead of exclusively releasing titles, their games are now being distributed on rival consoles as well. The latest financial report indicates that this new approach is already yielding noticeable advantages for the company.

  1. In the first quarter of this year, the revenue of Microsoft’s gaming division increased by 5% compared to the first three months of 2024.
  2. What’s important is that this success was mainly due to significantly better results in the gaming department and related services, which saw an increase of 8%. However, revenues from the sale of consoles and accessories decreased by 6%.
  3. Game Pass on PC recorded a revenue increase of 45% compared to the first quarter of 2024.
  4. The games of the giant from Redmond are warmly received on Sony consoles. In the first quarter, Microsoft was the largest publisher in the PlayStation Store in terms of preorders and pre-installations. This is of course thanks to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5, which launched on PS5 in April, but their pre-sale started much earlier.
  5. According to recent reports, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sold faster on the PS5 in its first week than it did on the XSX and PC during its debut last year. Of course, it’s partly because Game Pass isn’t available on PlayStation 5, but it’s still a good example of PS5 owners enjoying Microsoft’s good games.

Rapid advancements are being made in cloud gaming. Between January 1st and March 31st, 2025, gamers collectively clocked over 150 million hours of playtime on xCloud. This is a historic milestone, marking the first quarter that surpassed this significant threshold.

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2025-05-01 15:32