Xbox Q2 FY25 gaming revenue is down 7% year-over-year

Microsoft FY25 Q2 Earnings Reveal Xbox Revenue Decline and Game Pass Growth
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. Xbox FY25 Q2 earnings in brief: Microsoft Gaming revenue declined 7% (down 8% in constant currency) Xbox hardware revenue down 29% Xbox content and service revenue up 2% Xbox Cloud Gaming logged 140 million hours of engagement PC Game Pass subscriptions are up 30% Compared to the last quarter,
Xbox Q2 FY25 gaming revenue is down 7% year-over-year, but Xbox Game Pass still grew
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.
Xbox Q2 hardware sales down 29% as Game Pass experiences record growth
Microsoft has released its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year, which saw its overall gaming
Microsoft says its revenue dropped by 7% in its Q2 2025 earnings while Xbox hardware sales dropped by 29%
"All up, Game Pass set a new quarterly record for revenue and grew its PC subscriber base by over 30% as we focus on driving fully paid subscribers".
Xbox Game Pass Revenue Achieves New Quarterly Record and Grows PC Subscribers by 30%
As the industry shines a bigger spotlight on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft is under pressure to deliver revenue through subscriptions to the popular service rather than software sales. It's a strategy that's a win for consumers,
Xbox hardware sales slump, but Game Pass is surging
Microsoft has announced mixed results for its latest financial quarter, with strong growth for Game Pass offset by the continued decline in Xbox hardware sales. Overall, revenue for Microsoft's gaming division was down seven percent year-on-year for the three months ending 31st December 2024,
Game Pass carried Xbox with record revenue and huge subscriber gains last quarter
Microsoft's latest earnings report shows that Game Pass has rocketed skyward. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, announced the news during the report's webcast: "All up, Game Pass set a new quarterly record for revenue and grew its PC subscriber base by over 30% as we focus on driving fully paid subscribers.
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