Microsoft pushes buck against a report stating the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't helped Xbox Game Pass by claiming it's missing context.
Microsoft posted strong Q2 2025 earnings, beating expectations with robust cloud and AI growth, though it faces challenges in maintaining its Cloud segment's rate of growth.
Microsoft's FY25 Q2 earnings reveal a decline in Xbox hardware revenue, while content and services revenue has increased. The company posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Microsoft responded to an article suggesting that the purchase of Activision Blizzard didn't bring the company the expected benefits. In a statement, the Redmond-based giant denies the information present in the article.
Xbox Game Pass posted a record revenue in Q2 of FY2025 thanks to Call of Duty and Indiana Jones, but Xbox console sales continue to dive.
Chris Young, who joined Microsoft in 2020, worked on the software company’s investments, its OpenAI relationship and the Activision Blizzard acquisition.
Christopher Young was one of Microsoft's highest-paid executives, with a total compensation of $12 million in 2024
TikTok would be, by far, Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date. Other than Activision Blizzard, Microsoft previously paid $26bn for LinkedIn, $19.7bn for speech recognition company Nuance Communications, $8.5bn for Skype, and $7.5bn for Bethesda owner ZeniMax Media .
Microsoft refuted a recent report claiming the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't had a significant impact on Xbox Game Pass or its overall gaming business. The company highlighted the fact ...
Microsoft divulged details of the company’s FY25 Q2 earnings on Wednesday (Jan 30), revealing gaming revenue had dropped 7% year-on-year, for the quarter ending December 31, 2024. The small print included a significant decline in Xbox hardware revenue (29%), but revenue for content and services moved in the opposite direction, up 2%
MSFT's second-quarter fiscal 2025 results reflect strength in AI business and Copilot adoption amid decelerating growth in its Azure cloud infrastructure unit.