Xbox Game Pass over 18 million subscribers, Xbox Live passes 100 million

Xbox Game Pass has at present hit xviii 1000000 subscribers, stated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, speaking on its FY21 Q2 earnings call. Microsoft'southward Xbox Live gaming network also hits a new milestone, with over 100 1000000 monthly active users (MAUs) beyond all platforms.

Microsoft outlined its 2nd-quarter financials on Tuesday, including connected success for its Xbox brand, with gaming acquirement increasing 51% year-over-twelvemonth. High demand for its latest gaming consoles, Xbox Series Ten and Xbox Series South, saw hardware revenue virtually double with 86% growth. Xbox content and services also surged 40%, attributed to its games and subscriptions, including Xbox Game Pass.

Information technology'south the tertiary fourth dimension Microsoft has talked numbers around Xbox Game Pass, its Netflix-manner gaming subscription at the middle of its content and services portfolio. Information technology almost doubles the showtime reported Xbox Game Pass back figures from its FY20 Q3 earnings, previously surpassing 10 million users beyond Xbox and PC. It also reported 90 one thousand thousand Xbox Live MAUs back in April, which represents all users, rather than exclusively paying Xbox Live Aureate subscribers.

Xbox Game Pass remains increasingly primal to Microsoft's gaming vision, available across Xbox consoles, Windows PCs, and mobile devices through cloud streaming. While its standalone Xbox Game Pass subscription grants access to hundreds of titles on Xbox and PC from $ten, its all-inclusive $xv Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier likewise includes its new cloud gaming platform.

Microsoft has made bold investments in its Xbox Game Pass offerings, with regular promotions to upgrade its existing Xbox Live Gilt subscribers and opportunities to trial the service for $1. Various partnerships have similarly bolstered that value, with EA Play, Spotify, and Disney+ all featured for Ultimate-tier users.

The announcement follows recently proposed changes to Xbox Alive Gold membership, outlining plans to double pricing for the service, primarily granting access to online multiplayer. It later reverted this following widespread criticism, a move interpreted as an opportunity to migrate users to its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan.

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