Microsoft published financial results in the second quarter of the 2025 financial year, which ended 31. While the field of artificial intelligence and cloud services continues in dynamic growth, the game unit is faced with a significant drop in income.
The total income from the game sector fell by 7 % of the year -on -year And generated $ 6.6 billion. This is 530 million dollars less than in the previous year. The largest decrease was sales from Xbox hardware, which Falled by 29 %The Microsoft field has not been able to sell the console for a long time, and the interest of the players is becoming less and less.
On the other side Content and Xbox Content segment increased by 2 %Mostly from the growing number of Game Pass subscribers, which recorded a record quarterly income. Unfortunately, Redmon giant did not update subscribers. Instead he boasted PC Game Pass are growing by 30 %Field
According to the Ampere Analysis report, Microsoft was the largest publisher in the world of video games in December 2024. He reached $ 465 million. 64 % of this came from PlayStation. We are not surprised that Phil Spencer and his team are more focused on a multifaceted strategy. Most of this should be from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6The field by the way, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 4 million players played. But we do not know sales because the game is located in Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
In addition to the Microsoft Game division, it continues to invest in artificial intelligence, where it is observed by a year, increasing by 175 %. Azure cloud services increased by 31 %What does a slowdown mean compared to the previous quarter, but it is still a key area of company growth.
When we are in the cloud, the Xbox cloud games were used in the last quarter 140 million hoursThe field is still a record.
The CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella emphasized the importance of continuing cooperation with Openi and described AI as a key factor in the company’s future success. In the same way, the financial director of Amy Hood said that The company will continue to invest in cloud infrastructure and the development of new technologiesField
Finally, it is useful to reassure Xbox fans. Despite the further decrease in equipment sales, the new generation of Xbox is still planned. Microsoft should come not only from the new console, but also with the portable one.
Source :Indian TV
