Although Xbox’s personal {hardware} marketshare has quickly and persistently declined in recent times, Microsoft is continuous to see spectacular development. The corporate has absolutely transitioned into being a multiplatorm writer, having launched a number of main first-party Xbox titles for PlayStation and Nintendo Change over the past yr (the previous specifically)- and is now reaping the advantages.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed (by way of Tom Warren on Twitter) within the firm’s current quarterly fiscal briefing that for Q3 of fiscal yr 2024-25, which ran from January to the tip of March, Xbox was the “prime writer” by pre-orders and pre-installs not solely on the Xbox Retailer, but in addition the PlayStation Retailer. Having lined up the likes of Age of Mythology: Retold, Forza Horizon 5, and Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle for the PS5 within the early months of 2025, that doesn’t come as an enormous shock.
In the meantime, PC Recreation Cross additionally noticed a forty five % year-on-year bump in its income, whereas cloud gaming surpassed a collective 150 million hours performed by its total userbase, setting a document and marking the primary time that it has seen these numbers. Considerably, throughout all first-party Microsoft titles on all platforms (so additionally together with PlayStation, Change, and cellular along with Xbox and PC), the corporate noticed over 500 million month-to-month energetic customers throughout the quarter.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Xbox for Q3, 2025:
• “Ended the Q as the highest writer by preorders and preinstalls on each Xbox and PlayStation Retailer.”
• PC Recreation Cross income up 45% YoY
• Cloud gaming new document: surpassing 150 million hrs performed for the first time this Q pic.twitter.com/xmWBMvrU8E— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) April 30, 2025
Xbox video games attain over 500 million month-to-month energetic customers
PC Recreation Cross income up +45%
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) April 30, 2025
