George Jijiashvili, senior analyst at Omdia sees the struggles of Game Pass as symptoms of larger problems at Xbox, among them declining hardware sales during what should have been a growth phase for the console. While Xbox Series X and S hardware sales dropped 19% year-over-year in 2023 b...
One thing that has not changed in the console rollover: Microsoft still requires an Xbox Live Gold subscription in order to access streaming services. This $60/year subscription also enables online multiplayer. Sony has a similar for-fee system in its PlayStation Plus service. And let’s not ...
It also makes money through the sales and licenses of Microsoft Xbox gaming platforms together with Xbox live subscriptions, transactions, advertising, and 3rdpart video game royalties. Revenues from display advertising via the MSN portal and search advertising via Bing Search Engines are also included...