Xbox: 120 million monthly active users and growth in Game Pass subscribers

Among the generally negative results published by Microsoft for Xboxes however, at the end of the financial quarter, a couple of positive points emerge from the videogame division of the Redmond giant, such as 120 million monthly active users it’s a growth in Game Pass subscribers.

We saw negative results in the second quarter of fiscal 2023 last night, which posted a 13% drop in gaming division revenues, equal to the decline in hardware sales. In the generally negative trend of the quarter, however, the achievement of the record of 120 million monthly active users on Xbox was also reported, according to what was stated by Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft.

The number in question probably concerns access to Xbox services in general, but this was not explained better by the head of Microsoft, who also spoke of a growth in Game Pass subscribers.

“We saw new spikes in Game Pass memberships, game stream hours and active devices each month. Monthly active users surpassed a record 120 million during the quarter,” Nadella said, presenting fiscal quarter results. ended these days.

“As far as gaming is concerned, we continue to follow our vision of giving gamers more choices, allowing them to play great titles wherever, how and when they want,” said the Microsoft CEO. “We keep on invest and add value to Game PassNadella reported regarding the subscription service, “This quarter we partnered with Riot Games to make games available to PC and mobile users alongside premium content.”

Finally, Nadella also mentioned the event Xbox Developer_Direct which will take place this evening, at 21:00 on January 25 and which we will follow live: “We are energized by our line-up of upcoming triple-A games, including great titles from ZeniMax and Xbox Game Studios, and will be sharing more details and gameplay in our showcase tomorrow”.