Q2 earnings reveal a decline in Xbox hardware revenue, while content and services revenue has increased. The company posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Xbox FY25 Q2 earnings in brief: Microsoft Gaming revenue declined 7% (down 8% in constant currency) Xbox hardware revenue down 29% Xbox content and service revenue up 2% Xbox Cloud Gaming logged 140 million hours of engagement PC Game Pass subscriptions are up 30% Compared to the last quarter,

Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses are doing pretty well — and their impact is being felt across the company. In its Q2 2025 earnings, Microsoft announced revenue of $69.6 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent year-over-year,

Indiana Jones and Call of Duty pleased Microsoft, but their results were not enough to completely offset the decline in Xbox hardware sales.

Yet another Xbox hit franchise crosses the console divide as the racing game will soon be available on PlayStation.

A blatant clone game of Super Mario Strikers is currently available on the Xbox Store, expected to be delisted by Microsoft soon.

Microsoft pulls in over $6.58 billion in revenue from its Xbox games division throughout Holiday 2024, driven primarily by software and services growth.

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Xbox is "evolving" and as part of its new strategy, it's now releasing major first-party IP on other platforms. Now, ahead of the 'Switch 2 Direct' this April, Microsoft's gaming division has announced it's bringing its popular open-world arcade racer Forza Horizon 5 to the PS5 this Spring.

Further to Microsoft's pledge to make Xbox more profitable, one of their biggest franchises is arriving on PlayStation soon.

Xbox's Phil Spencer has reaffirmed that Microsoft is still committed to the hardware space while trying to push more multiplatform releases. As seen in the Xbox Developer Direct, games like Doom: The Dark Ages will come to rival platforms. Microsoft is also reportedly going to support the Nintendo Switch 2 when it releases.