Activision Blizzard again helped drive Microsoft’s gaming division in its latest financial results, despite a significant decline in Xbox hardware sales.

For the three months ended June 30, 2024, gaming revenue was up 44% year-over-year, Microsoft said on Tuesday, which includes 48 points of net impact from Activision. Without the acquisition, gaming revenue would have been down 4 percent.

Xbox hardware revenue declined 42% year-over-year, but Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Xbox Game Pass, was up by 61 percent this quarter. Again, the majority of this (58 points of net impact) came from Activision Blizzard.

Earlier this month Microsoft raised Xbox Game Pass prices and announced plans to introduce a new Standard subscription tier that doesn’t include day one releases.

Modern Warfare 3 also became the first Call of Duty game to be added to the subscription service, while Black Ops 6 will be the first Call of Duty title to launch day one when it’s released on October 25, 2024.

The first Activision Blizzard game to be added to Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service was Diablo 4 on March 28.

Posted: Aug 04, 2024 1:11 pm
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