Microsoft posted strong Q2 2025 earnings, beating expectations with robust cloud and AI growth, though it faces challenges in maintaining its Cloud segment's rate of growth.
Microsoft is Now Biggest Video Game Publisher
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Microsoft is Now the Biggest Video Game Publisher
Microsoft Was the Top Video Game Publisher Last Month
Microsoft was biggest games publisher globally in December, VGC reports
Roughly $465M was spent on Microsoft-published (MSFT) games in December, making the Xbox maker the globe’s biggest games publisher across PC,
Microsoft's FY25 Q2 earnings reveal a decline in Xbox hardware revenue, while content and services revenue has increased. The company posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Microsoft responded to an article suggesting that the purchase of Activision Blizzard didn't bring the company the expected benefits. In a statement, the Redmond-based giant denies the information present in the article.
Xbox Game Pass posted a record revenue in Q2 of FY2025 thanks to Call of Duty and Indiana Jones, but Xbox console sales continue to dive.
Microsoft refuted a recent report claiming the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't had a significant impact on Xbox Game Pass or its overall gaming business. The company highlighted the fact ...
Christopher Young was one of Microsoft's highest-paid executives, with a total compensation of $12 million in 2024
Chris Young, who joined Microsoft in 2020, worked on the software company’s investments, its OpenAI relationship and the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
Donald Trump seeks a "bidding war" for the app after years of pressure on ByteDance to sell its US operations over security concerns.
TikTok would be, by far, Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date. Other than Activision Blizzard, Microsoft previously paid $26bn for LinkedIn, $19.7bn for speech recognition company Nuance Communications, $8.5bn for Skype, and $7.5bn for Bethesda owner ZeniMax Media .
Microsoft pulls in over $6.58 billion in revenue from its Xbox games division throughout Holiday 2024, driven primarily by software and services growth.
Microsoft shared details on the company's financial results for Q2 FY25 on Wednesday, revealing that gaming revenue was down 7% year-over-year for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2025. The quarter did see Xbox content and services revenue up 2%, to which the company credits growth in Xbox Game Pass. Xbox hardware revenue declined 29% year-over-year.
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