Craig of War
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Microsoft / Xbox - Quarter 4 Fiscal Year 2021 Results
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Salty Popsicle
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I do wonder what people were buying just as we entered lockdown last year
For the boring version of the tweets
For the boring version of the tweets
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StreetsofBeige
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Another kick ass Xbox quarter. First party game sales and GP rocking.
Kagey K
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Must be because Gamepass needs to be making $5B a month by itself in order to be sustainable.
impressive numbers. revenue (not profit obv) being 2 Bethesdas in a single quarter year lol crazy money..
Waiting for someone to not read how 3rd party revenue contributed to the lower content and services revenue and say it's bc game pass isn't profitable and is dying which is why they won't share the numbers.
Waiting for someone to not read how 3rd party revenue contributed to the lower content and services revenue and say it's bc game pass isn't profitable and is dying which is why they won't share the numbers.
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pasterpl
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but but but….no games
And that nice steady growth on their yearly graph shows that this is a marathon for ms not sprint
kingfey
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"Xbox content and services revenue decreased $128 million or 4% driven by a decline in third-party titles on a strong prior year comparable that benefitted from stay-at-home scenarios, offset in part by growth in Xbox Game Pass subscriptions and first-party titles."
Most important piece for gamepass. This is for those who are concerned for gamepass profit.
Most important piece for gamepass. This is for those who are concerned for gamepass profit.
Optimus Lime
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Great! The XS is a brilliant system, and Microsoft are doing a lot of great stuff in the space. I vastly prefer the XS over the PS5, so I am glad they're doing well.
Mr Moose
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Insane Metal
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The Series X is a great console and Microsoft is going after the games, finally. Wish them all success. 
Stuart360
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I'll be surprised if we hit page 2 before someone comes in saying exactly that lol.
onesvenus
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This will get quoted a lot to claim 3rd party games don't sell
DenchDeckard
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they are being this successful while in the middle of Xbox has no games meme….I can’t even imagine what the revenue will be like once the big hitters land and consoles are readily available. Gonna be a big generation for gaming.
Stuart360
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Regardless what certain sections on here say about them, things like having a good BC program, FPS Boost, next gen patches, etc, are enough to get people buying Xbox consoles. Sure everyone wants the next gen games to come, and they will, but there are advantages of owning a Series console now.
Marty-McFly
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Good to hear they're doing well, but I'd still like to hear some raw numbers about hardware sales and projections moving forward.
I believe MS is going to get Xbox back on track this gen.
I believe MS is going to get Xbox back on track this gen.
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Little Chicken
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Give me some money.
Stuart360
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And you will never get them anymore. As Phil said before the gen started, they could be 'winning' the gen and they still wont release numbers anymore.
People need to forget the sales warz aspect and accept that simple hardware sales are not the 'be all and end all' for Microsoft anymore.
DenchDeckard
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Completely agree, love the series x and happy with what it offers right now. its only going to get better in the future. Will deffo pick up a series s down the line for the spare room.
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Marty-McFly
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The numbers will come out one way or the other. There are several tracking firms worldwide like NPD that keep track of these things. We always get the numbers eventually.
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ChuckeRearmed
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It is time for acquisitions 168 bn in revenue, 61 bn in profits this year
168 bn in revenue, 61 bn in profits this yearThey need to release games on Playstation because they won't be able to recoup the cost
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Little Chicken
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I think we'll see them double down on cloud and Game Pass over the next 12 months. Hopefully they continue to invest in their carbon neutral policies, too.It is time for acquisitions
They need to release games on Playstation because they won't be able to recoup the cost
dcmk7
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Tbh doesn't sound massively positive.
Saying that all the hardware is sold out, (well the Series X) and still very early days for this gen. The next gen games are coming out right now and safe to assume this Christmas will be huge for Xbox. So think the next set of results will be more representative.
Saying that all the hardware is sold out, (well the Series X) and still very early days for this gen. The next gen games are coming out right now and safe to assume this Christmas will be huge for Xbox. So think the next set of results will be more representative.
ManaByte
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dcmk7
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DenchDeckard
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Are we looking at the same data? Or are you looking at that graph upside down?
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Shawn Layden is such an idiot.
yurinka
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Nice to see they are improving. Let's hope some day they improve enough to be confident enough to go back to report console and game sales.
It has a ton of great multis and BC games. What it needs is way more big AAA exclusives.
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Magnific0giganticus
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15 billion sales, not profit.
Banjo64
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Dr Bass
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Well apparently numbers of any sort aren't the "be all and end all" for MS. Doesn't really make sense as they seem to be doing fine. If you stop sharing numbers you have a reason to hide them, and MS is far from the only company to pull such a move.
Sales numbers are the lifeblood of business by the way, so saying it's not the "be all and end all" is absolutely absurd. That's like saying your paycheck isn't the "be all and end all" for your money if it's the only income you have. Come again?
"We are doing great! Oh you want to know about sales numbers? Well if you want to figure all that stuff, that's not really important to us ... "
Anyway! Just prefer to deal with reality. These threads read so bizarrely. There is a certain continually used image, that I won't post, that is repeatedly used, fits yet again, and it always boggles my mind that it happens.
I don't understand this. So if someone doesn't have an over the moon take on the company currently hitting "last place" numbers in every important metric, your response is an attempt at mocking them? I don't think this reaction comes across the way you think it does.
Again Xbox is doing fine, and there is plenty of room to improve and grow. I just can't get over the reactions from the "Xbox-only" crowds in some of these threads. You're literally celebrating over a company that won't report numbers, experiences marginal growth, and is down in some categories. But pointing that out is just called reporting the news, it's not a bash.
To wit:
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Microsoft reports weaker Surface and Windows revenue amid global chip shortage
Cloud and Office save the revenue day
www.theverge.com
P.S. Notice what The Verge points out about GP numbers. And, again, this is just "the news." This is not a "take."
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dcmk7
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Do you genuinely believe it's a glowing report? It seems lukewarm at best, apologies if it offends (very) sensitive people. More hardware being available will increase revenue. Supply still hasn't met demand yet.Are we looking at the same data? Or are you looking at that graph upside down?
If you note my second paragraph actually says this period isn't representative anyway.. And like I said expect the next set of results to be a lot more impressive.
You guys need calm it down tho.
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dcmk7
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StreetsofBeige
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Even blew past the 360 hey days. And done despite stock shortages.
Burythelight
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Shhh don't wake up manabyte from his world of fantasy. Imagine lose so many time on trivial things instead to talk about games. Pathetic
Stuart360
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They stopped giving out hardware numbers in 2014. Its time to accpet it and move on.Well apparently numbers of any sort aren't the "be all and end all" for MS. Doesn't really make sense as they seem to be doing fine. If you stop sharing numbers you have a reason to hide them, and MS is far from the only company to pull such a move.
Sales numbers are the lifeblood of business by the way, so saying it's not the "be all and end all" is absolutely absurd. That's like saying your paycheck isn't the "be all and end all" for your money if it's the only income you have. Come again?
"We are doing great! Oh you want to know about sales numbers? Well if you want to figure all that stuff, that's not really important to us ... "
Anyway! Just prefer to deal with reality. These threads read so bizarrely. There is a certain continually used image, that I won't post, that is repeatedly used, fits yet again, and it always boggles my mind that it happens.
I don't understand this. So if someone doesn't have an over the moon take on the company currently hitting "last place" numbers in every important metric, your response is an attempt at mocking them? I don't think this reaction comes across the way you think it does.
Again Xbox is doing fine, and there is plenty of room to improve and grow. I just can't get over the reactions from the "Xbox-only" crowds in some of these threads. You're literally celebrating over a company that won't report numbers, experiences marginal growth, and is down in some categories. But pointing that out is just called reporting the news, it's not a bash.
To wit:
Microsoft reports weaker Surface and Windows revenue amid global chip shortage
Cloud and Office save the revenue day
P.S. Notice what The Verge points out about GP numbers. And, again, this is just "the news." This is not a "take."
Its not the 'be alla nd end all' because they have PC now, mobile, Gamepass, Xcloud, and other services and licenses. We are not in the 8bit and 16bit days anymore when your only source of income was console sales and game sales.
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Banjo64
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So it’s a record Q4 for Xbox, and you lead your first post with ‘doesn’t sound massively positive’, and then you start squawking that everyone is too sensitive to your obvious trolling.
The mods need to go on another cull at the moment as some of the usual PS brigade are pushing it far too much.
dcmk7
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You're far too sensitive.
To be that upset that someone dared to voice a differing opinion that wasn't glowing in praise.. Even though I said MS is going to smash it the rest of this year is pretty immature.
And then to insinuate that I should be banned for my opinion. Grow up.
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Banjo64
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I’m not sensitive, your attempts at ‘subtle’ trolling are just ridiculously piss poor
