Microsoft has dropped its Q4 financial results

Microsoft has dropped its Q4 financial results for the company’s last fiscal year, and the facts and figures make for some interesting reading. The good news is that both ’content and services’ revenue and overall ’gaming’ revenue are up by huge amounts at Xbox – driven by the team’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Content and services are up a whopping 61% on last year, with 58% of that figure driven by ActiBlizz – meaning this metric would have increased by just 3% without Activision on board. As for overall gaming revenue, that would have been down 4% if it wasn’t for ABK. Their contribution amounts to a 48% jump, meaning overall gaming revenue at Xbox is up 44% when taking the ActiBlizz numbers into account.

We suppose this is all a net positive then, even if revenue would have gone down year-on-year without the help of Activision. Clearly, Microsoft’s purchase of the company is bringing in a massive uptick in overall revenue at Xbox, driven by the company’s wealth of franchises now added to Microsoft’s gaming portfolio.

In fact, it’s not all revenue-driven though. During this financial report, Microsoft also announced that it has hit a whopping 500 million monthly active users across all platforms and devices, with CEO Satya Nadella stating that Xbox’s ”content pipeline has never been stronger”. Speaking of which, fans can look forward to Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 day one on Xbox Game Pass this fall.