During a conversation with Bloomberg, the head of Xbox also touched on the topic of games. In his opinion, in the future, exclusives will be replaced by titles with crossplay support, although not everyone likes them now.

Peter Moore, who led Microsoft‘s gaming division until 2007, shared his memories in the Front Office Sports podcast. He said that at the time of the launch of the Xbox 360, the company saw console wars as an opportunity to challenge Sony.

Microsoft reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, ended June 30. The company reported that gaming revenues decreased by 7%. Sales of “iron” sank the most — by 11% at once compared to last year.

Xbox consoles managed to beat PlayStation for weekly sales in Japan for the second time in a month and a half. According to Famitsu, last week the Japanese bought 6695 copies of the Xbox Series and 3035 copies of the PlayStation 5.

Tim Stuart said this during a conversation with investors. In his opinion, the situation has worsened due to a new series of lockdowns in China.

According to the Game Data Library, this has happened only 10 times in the entire history of the Japanese market. According to his calculations, 6,225 Xbox Series consoles and 2,693 PlayStation 5 consoles were sold in the country last week.

Yesterday, Bethesda announced that it is postponing the release of Starfield and Redfall for the first half of 2023. Soon, the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, decided to comment on the transfer.

Microsoft is developing a program to add advertising inside free games on Xbox, Business Insider reports. According to the sources of the publication, its release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022.

Sarah Bond, vice president of the Microsoft gaming ecosystem, hinted at a possible reduction in the commission in the Xbox store. According to her, in the future, a more flexible model may replace the 30% fee, when the commission amount will depend on the store functions used by developers.

Microsoft has published new operating principles for its app store. This is a consequence of the announced deal with Activision Blizzard. The company decided to show regulators its openness and desire to encourage competition. However, so far we are talking only about the PC store.Microsoft announced the changes on February 9 in its official blog.

After the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, there were predictions that Microsoft’s next step could be the purchase of a conditional Capcom or SEGA. However, analyst Serkan Toto dispelled these myths and explained why the chances of absorbing a Japanese company tend to zero.Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Microsoft has reported on the results of the second fiscal quarter of 2022, which ended on December 31. It also became known how the entire calendar year 2021 passed for the company — it turned out to be a record for the gaming direction.

New details of Microsoft’s negotiations with Apple have become known from the published emails. For the sake of launching a cloud gaming service in the App Store, the company was ready to make a number of compromises. On iOS, among other things, AAA Xbox exclusives could appear. However, the negotiations have reached an impasse due to financial and technical differences.This was reported by The Verge with reference to documents related to the litigation between Apple…

Fritupley Call of Duty and Fortnite attract the bulk of Xbox users. However, Microsoft is still making a big bet on the Game Pass. Using the example of Outer Wilds and Bethesda projects, analysts from Newzoo talked about the impact of the subscription service on the popularity of both AAA titles and small indie games.The most popular games of October on Xbox

Activision Blizzard employees demanded the resignation of Bobby Kotick. The petition has already been signed by over 1300 people. Meanwhile, Phil Spencer announced that Xbox will reconsider the terms of cooperation with the scandalous company. According to him, such an attitude towards employees has no place in the gaming industry.Overwatch

The Xbox Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming service has become officially available on consoles. Xbox users will now be able to play games from the Game Pass library without installing them on their hard drive. Russia, however, is not yet on the list of supported countries.Microsoft announced the launch of Cloud Gaming on the official Xbox blog.

Yesterday, Microsoft, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Xbox and the Halo franchise, opened access to the free-play beta of the Halo Infinite multiplayer — three weeks earlier than planned. In the first hours after the release of the game, its online on Steam exceeded 270 thousand people.

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.

Microsoft said that since yesterday, October 4, Windows 10 owners can upgrade their system to Windows 11 for free. The new operating system is positioned, among other things, as a gaming one.