Microsoft reported 91m monthly Minecraft players as of October 2018, but Xbox Live MAU is 64m.
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Microsoft FY19 Q2 - Gaming Rev. up 8% YoY, Xbox Live MAU at 64m
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That's a fair assessment. I am sure if they could do it financially, they would give the consoles away.
Does Nintendo and Sony have Xbox live sign-in?
Edit: talking about Minecraft versions ofc
Did NPD say Xbox was down in rest of the world and up 2% in 2018 vs 2017 in US? I can't find any such release from them. Probably missed that discussion around here.
Is that good? Probably not, but in terms of overall revenue, MS is doing fine.
You need to sign in on the Switch to be able to play multiplayer unless you play only on switches with one of the switches running the server.
The old version did not requires this, and it is probably why the bedrock edition is not on playstation, they don't want to mix in microsoft accounts.
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Probably a lot of people playing the non-bedrock edition.
You can't have mods and other fun stuff in bedrock on PC.
Yes on Switch version, not sure about PS4.
I don't think xCloud will officially launch this year, just beta. I also think it'll have slow growth in its infancy, but will take off when 5G and next gen arrives.
Their Commercial Cloud includes Office 365 commercial, Dynamics 365 and some LinkedIn offerings (those are newly recognizes now).
That revenue is normally reported in the Productivity & Business Processes division.
Their Intelligent Cloud division includes server products like SQL, Windows and Visual studio, that are not part of Microsofts Commercial Cloud.
Also Enterprise Services.
It's a different alignment.
Azure is Azure, though and included in both.
Azure was ~$7.6bn in FY18.
But you're right. It's not a good comparison and only compare Azure to the whole of AWS.
AWS is also more than just IaaS and PaaS.
But so far SaaS is still the biggest part of Microsofts Commercial Cloud.
Is this actually true?
Things like this contribute to the 64m monthly figure because we know there are only 41m xboxs out there and not all of them would be active. Others however would have multiple users.
True, that
Yes, it was up in US as of Dec 2018. But huge drop off from June 2018 till end of 2018 in US ( their strongest market ) means decline ROTW is big. Even though it was already 25% down before. Like @girgosz said
Man they are doing pretty good for a platform that I think...had no exclusives in 2018 outside of Forza? (When did Sea of Thieves launch?)
The services is bringing in money, I can only imagine what the Spencer Box will bring to the table next gen revenue wise.
The services is bringing in money, I can only imagine what the Spencer Box will bring to the table next gen revenue wise.
Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 launched in 2018. And MS published PUBG on Xbox One too.
Candy Crush doesn't require an XB account to play. A better shade would be that Solitaire must be accounting for like 10million of it :P
LMAo even Amy Hood said Xbox Live Software & Service revenue increase was driven by a strong third party title. Also strong Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass subscriptions offset other weaker than expected third party titles.
Xbox One hardware above expectations, even though it declined.
Everyone is blaming Fallout 76 and BF V
Xbox One hardware above expectations, even though it declined.
Everyone is blaming Fallout 76 and BF V
Yes, but only 3.3%
Change that to multi million.
congrats, happy to see them do well and hoping for a proper comeback from them next gen.
is minecraft switch likely a million seller by now?
is minecraft switch likely a million seller by now?
09./09. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 8.588 / 582.039 (-23%)
Considering it's almost at 600k in Media Create (in Japan) just for the retail release, I'd think the better question is if it's passed 2 or even 3 million worldwide at this point. :P
oops! yeah it should already be way past 1M by now.
People keep pointing at number of Xbox One sold this gen. But when we look at the finances, the results have been great this gen. 8% growth in year 5 ? Congrats MS !
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Never.
AWS is 5x the size of all their competitors (Google, Azure, Oracle, IBM etc). combined. And Microsoft "Cloud" combines non-cloud stuff after their reorganization shuffle.
Azure though. Holy Shit :O
Well done Microsoft. My next console may be an Xbox Anaconda or whatever the hell the actual name ends up being lol.
Well done Microsoft. My next console may be an Xbox Anaconda or whatever the hell the actual name ends up being lol.
I think it passed AWS in revenue. At least I think I read that a couple months ago.
Great to See everybody is doing fine. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo shaping up for a great future in gaming.
These Forbes contributor articles are simply wrong. MS doesn't break out Azure revenue, it's included in Intelligent Cloud which is basically Server & Tools + Azure/Github.
The reporting segment includes Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related CALs, Enterprise Services, including Premier Support Services and Microsoft Consulting Services.
He's basically comparing AWS (cloud only) with SQL/Windows Server, Enterprise services and Azure.
Azure revenue isn't reported. It's only growth. Intelligent Cloud is Server & Tools + Azure.
Azure is why Microsoft is best positioned for streaming + next gen, in my opinion.
Great numbers for Xbox, especially given the weak first party output this year.
Great numbers for Xbox, especially given the weak first party output this year.
It is. You just have to look at more than the presentation slides and a little deeper.
Azure without anything else made ~ $7.6bn in FY18 for Microsoft.
The whole of AWS (that includes other services, too. Not only hyperscale IaaS and PaaS) was $21.25bn for the comparable timeframe.
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From the Conference Call:
Even i didn't know how big PlayFab is
Mind posting a link? I can't find a breakdown of Azure revenue in their 10K.
And in any case, my main point was that Azure revenue isn't anywhere near AWS rev, unlike that dumbass Forbes contributor claims.
If this is the business Xbox is doing with comparatively smaller amount of exclusive content, imagine what they'll be doing when their new studios start rolling out games at a predictable cadence. Expecting massive growth next gen.
Azure isn't a close second, and the gap is getting bigger. AWS is growing faster than Azure in absolute numbers.This is from the most recent reinvent.
I don't think you guys have realistic ideas on what counts as an "active user"