GHG
Member
Well they aren't without Activision so what does it matter
It matters because the person who built the Activision Blizzard business is no longer around.
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Xbox + Microsoft FY24 Q3 Results: Total Gaming +51%, Content and Services +62% Hardware -31%
It matters because the person who built the Activision Blizzard business is no longer around.
Mr Moose
Member
They (MicroSoft) are the ones saying it though to give insight.Well they aren't without Activision so what does it matter
- · Xbox content and services revenue increased 62% (up 61% in constant currency) driven by 61 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
The success of the Xbox division has people so bothered that they have to make up alternate timelines where Microsoft didn't acquire ABK
It's strange how you guys always think people are bothered.
If the Xbox division was so successful, then Microsoft wouldn't be putting games on PlayStation and Switch.
Little Chicken
Member
Astray
Gold Member
GHG
did I misread this, or did the MS gaming business lose $350m this quarter alone?is Microsoft accounting for the ABK transaction fee on those numbers ala Sony/Bungie, or is the Xbox division so much of a money drain, even the addition of ABK can't douse the financial blaze that's happening there?
twilo99
Member
I guess they could’ve bought BTC or bunch of real estate with it and that could potentially be a better investment?
Doesn’t really matter tho, they make ~80 fucking billion dollars in profit every 12 months so might as well spend it on some shit
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
The problem's bigger than marketing; I haven't seen too many PS5 adverts the past month either. I could usually count on them late-night randomly on Adult Swim whenever I actually bothered to turn on the TV, but not of late.
Not even sure if there have been commercials for Stellar Blade on TV yet. Haven't stumbled into any Switch commercials either, and like PS5 that system is still selling very well. Xbox's problems are much worst than lack of commercials/marketing at this point, when it comes to console sales.
Varteras
Gold Member
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
You sure you wanna? Some of those chickies looked straight-up mutated.
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Bernoulli
M2 slut
MisterXDTV
Member
The success of the Xbox division has people so bothered that they have to make up alternate timelines where Microsoft didn't acquire ABK
What success??
LOL
Varteras
Gold Member
My iron American stomach has been tempered with McDonald's, Taco Bell, and 7/11 slushies. I got this!
GHG
Member
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
GHG
Member
is Microsoft accounting for the ABK transaction fee on those numbers ala Sony/Bungie, or is the Xbox division so much of a money drain, even the addition of ABK can't douse the financial blaze that's happening there?
Where are you seeing that?
I don't think without them they would have made a loss overall, it just means the "growth" would be flat/slightly down.
nial
Gold Member
ChiefDada
Gold Member
The acquisition bringing in the dough
Did you forget about the $69b that went out the door, Nut-throat???
yazenov
Member
The acquisition bringing in the dough
Gaming revenue grew 51%. Not profit.
You must know something we don't. profit could be in the red for all we know (for gaming).
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mayham2199
Member
Weird how people are trying to treat this as some sort of win. Not even Tom Warren is trying that hard.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
My iron American stomach has been tempered with McDonald's, Taco Bell, and 7/11 slushies. I got this!
Some of that new Verde sauce for clutch
Put some Verde sauce on that.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I bet they’ll announce the next big system seller at Blizzcon, don’t worry guys.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
You have a very naive perception of how big corporations work, lol. They are big and wealthy exactly because they are culling the lame ducks (sorry) left and right. Just ask Nokia.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
Or their next big cancellation. I mean it is Blizzard...
ChiefDada
Gold Member
Cyberpunkd
Member
It matters because Xbox is not growing hardware and software wise - they are 30% down on hardware and 4% on software.Well they aren't without Activision so what does it matter
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
We have 0 idea about their profit ratio. They may have an operating loss for all we know. They hide Xbox's profitability.
Bernoulli
M2 slut
yazenov
Member
MS fans confusing revenue and profit as usual. Mission accomplished for MS I guess since this is their goal to hide their failures by hiding essential information.
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Varteras
Gold Member
In case anyone saw this and thought nothing of it, or wants to understand the gravity of it, this is a fucking abysmal showing for a console in the Jan-Mar quarter at just over 3 years old.
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The success of the Xbox division has people so bothered that they have to make up alternate timelines where Microsoft didn't acquire ABK
GHG
Member
Considering you said this about Microsoft's involvement (or lack of) in VR the other day why is your stance regarding Xbox so different?:
Note: they were more than happy to give up on VR/AR eventually as well.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
Yea, Xbox as a console is dead. Down again by 31%? Weren’t they down by around the same last quarter? The console is in free fall and nothing can save it at this point. No wonder they are putting their games on PS5 and Switch now and talking about next gen hardware already.
demigod
Member
Timdog no longer a green rat, amazing if you ask me. He could teach a few gaffers a thing or 2.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
their success is massive and growingThe success of the Xbox division has people so bothered that they have to make up alternate timelines where Microsoft didn't acquire ABK
kazuyamishima
Member
Yes, WW.Worldwide...?
Under a million.
But the focus will be on the Sony results, especially from the Asian fella from Forbes.
rhodesianshepard
Member
800,000 units sold in an entire quarter is horrific. Hardware is dead
Lagspike_exe
Member
They might as well fully pivot away from hardware. 30% HW sales drop at a this phase of the generation is catastrophic, particularly how low they already were and the fact that the majority of sales is from the lower priced console. I'm not sure they can do anything to salvage the hardware business at this point since they tried everything and thrown an insane amount of money on it.
bender
What time is it?
Our fervent flock of feathered friends are frivolously fighting these feverish figures.
Varteras
Gold Member
"Sony did well, but not well enough. They sold 4.9 million consoles this quarter, but that's quite far from the 5 million they should have sold. This reflects a troubling trend for the PS5 and Sony's future in the console market".
Punished Miku
Gold Member
GHG
Member
It's going to be an Xbox branded Windows PC and the only way people will be able to access their legacy Xbox libraries outside of the games that also have ports available on the windows store will be via streaming.
Book it.
. Like Sony did with bungie?
Banjo64
cumsessed
The ‘next gen early’ angle they are going for confuses me. As if people (and developers) will drop PS5 for another Xbox when they have no history of execution.
The free fall is terminal, the brand is in a death spiral.
For the longest time I would have felt obligated to challenge posters like
Little Chicken
- but now I just can’t wait to read their reality-challenged takes. Fair play to them, they are funny.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Dude I'm not sure that saying so many f words in a row is allowed here.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
jezz asking the tough questions inside that bucket.[]
