Xbox Gaming Segment Gets Another Boost Thanks to Activision Blizzard


by IGN

IGN— Microsoft's gaming revenue climbed significantly year over year, according to its Q3 earnings report. But the massive jump in takings is deceptive — most of it is just reflective of the addition of Activision Blizzard.

VG247—Xbox games revenue surges with Activision boost and Game Pass users rack up millions of hours playing Diablo 4. Microsoft has announced its third quarter earnings for the period ending March 31, 2024, noting a 62% revenue increase in Xbox content and services.As part of the More Personal Computing sector, Microsoft said the increase was driven by 61 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition. Thanks to the latter, revenue for the sector was up 17% to $15.6 billion year-over-year (yoy). However, taking Activision Blizzard King out of the equation, revenue for Xbox content and services was only...

Trusted Reviews—Xbox Game Pass is getting a huge boost from a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is arriving on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate this week, via its affiliation with EA Play. In an Xbox Wire blog post, Microsoft says the popular Respawn Entertainment third-person action adventure game is landing on the Xbox subscription service on April 25. PC Game Pass users will also be able to wield Cal Kestis' light saber in the well-loved sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order, which saw gamers learn new light saber techniques and force abilities as they fought the fledgling...

Mashable—Best Xbox game deal: Get 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' on Xbox for just $3.99 right now. As of May 2, the Xbox digital version of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is just $3.99 at the Microsoft Store.