Xbox Series X|S Receives Applause as Microsoft Outperforms PS5

A new quarterly report from Microsoft makes it clear that the Xbox Series X|S is not doing well. Nevertheless, the tech giant can celebrate great gaming success. This is partly due to games on the PlayStation.

Microsoft makes gaming profits, but Xbox is weak

Microsoft has published a new quarterly report that also sheds light on the tech company's gaming division. Overall, the numbers look very good. Microsoft's revenue from gaming products is compared to last year increased by 51 percent overall. Sales from Xbox content and services have increased by 62 percent. This includes, for example, Xbox Game Pass.

The US tech giant can do this above all else Thank you to Activision Blizzard. The publisher of games like Call of Duty and Diablo 4 is almost single-handedly responsible for the growth. If you subtract the numbers, Microsoft gaming efforts are stagnating or even declining slightly. So the takeover seems to have been worth it.

The Xbox Series X|S, on the other hand, has to have one accept a bitter setback. Revenue from hardware sales fell by a full 31 percent compared to the previous year. Microsoft itself admits that fewer consoles were simply sold (source: Microsoft/The Verge).

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Xbox games run well on PlayStation

Of course Microsoft knows that looks bleak for the Xbox Series X|S. The poor numbers now also make it clear why the company prefers to stay away from exclusive games and wants to offer some of its own games on PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains in the quarterly report new strategy. Xbox games on the PlayStation are therefore quite successful:

We're bringing our games to new platforms and releasing four of our fan favorites for the first time on Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation. In fact, earlier this month we had seven games in the top 25 on the PlayStation Store, more than any other publisher.

Of course, these top 25 games also include Call of Duty, a game that Microsoft doesn't develop itself. but just shopped. Nevertheless, it is clear that the future of the Xbox brand is not necessarily limited to its own console.