Otherwise, a steady quarter for Xbox
With people stuck at home and turning to games, a lot of gaming services are seeing record numbers of users. Earlier this week,Xbox head Phil Spencer saidit’s important companies are “thoughtful and not exploiting [the pandemic],” while noting that he’s happy Xbox can “[be] there at a time of need.”
This hasn’t caused some sort of spike in Xbox’s overall numbers, however, as they’re mostly flat year-over-year. Gaming revenue is down 1% and Xbox content and services revenue is up 2%. COVID-19 sheltering is the cause for the slight rise in the services sector, but it doesn’t look better becauseFortnite‘s success has been skewing yearly comparisons for a while now. Elsewhere, hardware revenue was down 20% — a foreseeable dip as Xbox One sale prices are further discounted and consumers hold out for next-generation consoles.
Microsoft’s gaming revenues flat in Q3 2020[GamesIndustry.biz]
