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Xbox Hardware Revenue Craters 32% (pcgamer.com)

(Thursday January 29, 2026 @11:47AM (msmash) from the game-getting-over dept.)


Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue [1]fell 32% in the final quarter of 2025 and overall gaming revenue declined 9% year-over-year, according to the company's latest quarterly earnings, released as part of results showing Microsoft's total revenue exceeded $80 billion.

Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5%.



[1] https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/xbox-hardware-sales-slump-by-32-percent-as-microsoft-reports-that-its-overall-gaming-revenue-is-in-decline/


No games (Score:2)

by rsilvergun ( 571051 )

They seem to have bought Bethesda and Id just to make sure that they don't make games for their competitors. Same with Activision. This wasn't hard to predict. It is frustrating how little antitrust law enforcement we get though.

Refusing to do antitrust law enforcement doesn't just get you more expensive product it gets you inferior product.

If you like video games you want to see the government enforce antitrust law because it'll get you better games through competition.

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