Microsoft FY2024 Q1 Earnings - Software up 13%, Hardware down 7%

[the-pi-guy]

Xbox's Q1 2024 (July to September) was the highest Q1 ever reported for the brand.

Q1 2024 did over $3.9B, which puts it at the same level as October to December 2017, and is now the highest non holiday quarter for Xbox pic.twitter.com/VYJxDD2UoY

— John Welfare (@Welfare_JBP) October 24, 2023

[Legend]

That's incredibly good. Just Starfield or has the rest of their software been doing better?

[Legend]

"Starfield launch promoted a single day record for new Game Pass signups"

Well that answers that question from the other thread.

[the-pi-guy]

"Starfield launch promoted a single day record for new Game Pass signups"

Well that answers that question from the other thread.

MS just needs 365.25 starfields a year for maximum growth!

[Legend]

MS just needs 365.25 starfields a year for maximum growth!

Are you implying MS won't be around for the next skipped leap year?

Bold bet.


Actually serious, I wonder if bad games like Redfall do ok with gamepass signups too. A lot cheaper to try it on gamepass than actually buy it.

[BananaKing]

"Starfield launch promoted a single day record for new Game Pass signups"

Well that answers that question from the other thread.

I mean is that surprising? It's the biggest game to launch since gamepads inception, and it was from a studio who was multiplatform.

[Legend]

I mean is that surprising? It's the biggest game to launch since gamepads inception, and it was from a studio who was multiplatform.

Not surprising but Halo or Forza could have pulled big numbers too. I'm still not sure if Starfield was higher or lower than Forza Horizon 5's player count.

[BananaKing]

Not surprising but Halo or Forza could have pulled big numbers too. I'm still not sure if Starfield was higher or lower than Forza Horizon 5's player count.

There is also the question of how many people let their sub finish or resubbed after starfield released