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Microsoft Q1: Gaming revenue increased 9%, while Xbox hardware revenue declined 7%
- Thread starter Gamernyc78
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See? No matter which metric you ask was declining, the answer is yes!
The CEO's 15th Yacht isn't going to pay for itself!
He was pushing some talking point about PlayStation being evil bullies and that the concept of exclusive games is unusual and only exists because of PlayStation. Anyone who knows about the history of gaming should have immediately known that was BS.
Seeing how Satya Nadella transformed Microsoft into a more platform agnostic service provider, Xbox is kind of in a middle ground where their software can't be on competing consoles, only their own console, PC, cloud, and smart devices.
after thinking about it some more I actually think Satya would definitely can xbox hardware and not have exclusive games if the other platform holders would agree to host gamepass on their platforms. Which they won't as it threatens to destroy their business model.
The damage control in the reeeee thread is so insane lol
I'm 100% sure these are getting paid
I'm 100% sure these are getting paid
He said he wants to get rid of exclusives period, not on Xbox alone. He has all the power to dictate Xbox's release policy, and he can start with becoming a full third party publisher.
Again and again, revenue =/= profit. Xbox 100% never seen profit since OG Xbox.
Xbox Series X/S :
18.5 million by December 31, 2022 according to Ampere analysis
+21 million as of June 30, 2023 via ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program in Brazil
(knowing that they are eating at least a 2:1 ratio worldwide against the PS5)
We can estimate that M$ must have delivered at best 1.5~1.6 million over this last quarter (with the -7% compared to 2022 if this doesn't include the XB1 sales)
Which would give us a LTD of 22~23 million for X/S, when the PS5 should be running at at least 45~46 million if we add the last quarter (July-September).
18.5 million by December 31, 2022 according to Ampere analysis
+21 million as of June 30, 2023 via ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program in Brazil
(knowing that they are eating at least a 2:1 ratio worldwide against the PS5)
We can estimate that M$ must have delivered at best 1.5~1.6 million over this last quarter (with the -7% compared to 2022 if this doesn't include the XB1 sales)
Which would give us a LTD of 22~23 million for X/S, when the PS5 should be running at at least 45~46 million if we add the last quarter (July-September).
FY2021Q2 : +86% (Xbox Series Lanuch)
FY2021Q3 : +232%
FY2021Q4 : +172%
FY2022Q1 : +166%
FY2022Q2 : +4%
FY2022Q3 : +14%
FY2022Q4 : -11%
FY2023Q1 +13%
FY2023Q2 : -13%
FY2023Q3 : -30%
FY2023Q4 : -13%
FY2024Q1 : -7%
FY2021Q3 : +232%
FY2021Q4 : +172%
FY2022Q1 : +166%
FY2022Q2 : +4%
FY2022Q3 : +14%
FY2022Q4 : -11%
FY2023Q1 +13%
FY2023Q2 : -13%
FY2023Q3 : -30%
FY2023Q4 : -13%
FY2024Q1 : -7%
This hurt Sony with the PS3 more than MS did in that era.
I dont know what on earth could make Sony make such a horrible decision of launching a console that lost hundreds per unit sold. The PS3 must have got to the point of no return where sony just said fuck it, launch the shit and we will figure it out as we go.
Goes to show how bad the oversight was in that era and prolly the reason why sie today have no problem shutting shit down closing studios, canceling games before they get to the point of no return and end up costing them more than they can gain. PS3 was a lesson learned for them.
PS3 hardware made Sony lose all the profit they had with PS2 gen.
It was really atrocious.
But they changed (they had to because the company was near bankruptcy) with PS4 that basically saved the whole Sony… yes PlayStation division started to profit with PS4 and that helped Sony to save the others divisions and rethink what was good or not for their business.
Kaz made a lot of decisions using PS4 success as base to put Sony back on profits.
Yoshida said after become CEO that Kaz was “key to Sony's monumental turnaround”… and I agree it was a really big turnaround using gaming (PS4) as base…. PS4 hardware was profitable before the console turn out a year old.
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