Microsoft has prepared a report for the first fiscal quarter of 2022. In July-September, its gaming direction earned $3.6 billion, which is the best result for the first quarter in the company’s history.
Main figures:
- Microsoft’s total revenue for the quarter was $45.3 billion, an increase of 22% compared to last year. Net profit rose to $20.5 billion — an increase of 48% year-on-year;
- The company’s gaming revenue reached $3.6 billion, which is 16% more in annual terms;
- The Working Casual portal noted that over the past 12 months, the revenue of the gaming direction amounted to $ 15.87 billion. This is a record for Microsoft;
Annual revenue of Microsoft gaming direction, calculated in different quartersiron sales jumped by 166% at once compared to the first quarter of 2020.
- We should thank the release of Xbox Series X|S consoles for this;
- but the quarterly revenue from Xbox content and services has hardly changed over the year. It grew by only 2% in annual terms. Microsoft attributed the slight increase to a reduction in the number of game releases from third-party studios. At the same time, there are more Xbox Game Pass subscribers, but the company did not specify how many.