In his recent annual address to investors, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella reflected on the year’s outcomes in the corporation’s gaming segment and shared its development strategy moving forward.

By mid-2024, Microsoft sold 28.3 million Xbox Series units, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from the analytics company Aldora. This is significantly fewer than the sales of the PlayStation 5.

Microsoft Corporation cut production of Xbox Series consoles on release to save chips for the Xbox Cloud Gaming cloud service. This is stated in a letter from the head of Xbox Phil Spencer (Phil Spencer), a copy of which is in court documents.

Microsoft has updated guidelines that will help developers make games more accessible to people with disabilities. Studios will be able to submit their projects for PC and Xbox for review and receive feedback on their improvement.This was stated in the official Xbox blog by senior project manager Brannon Zahand (Brannon Zahand).

The new generation consoles have just gone on sale, but Newzoo has already prepared a report on the most popular games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the USA. Sony’s audience traditionally prefers exclusives, while Microsoft users prefer subscription games and multiplatform.Note: The MAU data only counts players from the USA and is taken as of November 15.