The Number Of Active Users Of Xbox Live Has Grown To 53 Million People

Microsoft Received for the fourth quarter, ended on June 30 and put the end of 2017 fiscal year, in the course of which sales of the Corporation consoles decreased somewhat, but the software began to bring more profits.

According to the Company’s data, the income of the MORE PERSONAL computing division, which includes xbox, smartphones and tablet computers, decreased by 2 percent compared to last year, reaching 8.8 billion US dollars per quarter. According to Microsoft, Reducing profits occurred due to the fault of smartphones, while the game business brought the company for April, May and June as much as 1.65 billion dollars, which is 3% (or 44 million bucks) more.

Revenues from sales of content and Xbox services increased by 11%, largely due to transactions within the framework of XBOX Live. But the consoles themselves, alas, are no longer so profitable. To believe Microsoft, Due to reduced prices and fewer XBOX implemented, profit on this indicator decreased by 29%. But the Americans are unlikely to be very upset, because in November they are published on the market “The most powerful console in history” xbox one x.

Meanwhile, the number of monthly active users of Xbox Live (on consoles, PC and smartphones) continues to grow. If they were 49 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, then by the end of 2017 they had already gained 53 million.

In general, the cumulative income Microsoft Over the past quarter amounted to 23.3 billion dollars, of which 6.5 billion – net profit.