-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Xbox is forecasting a big revenue growth next quarter. overall gaming revenue up mid to high 40% content and services up mid to high 50%
Mowcno
Member
Would be nicer to compare MS+Activison Blizzard revenue from before to MS+Activision Blizzard revenue for this quarter. Activision and the rest of Xbox could both decline but because they're combined it would still be reported as growth lol.
Guess we're going to have to wait until the next fiscal year for the growth percentages to actually be worthwhile comparisons again.
Edit: Combined them myself. MS is forecasting decline here. (Edited again when I realised it was "mid to high 40" not 40%.)
Xbox Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $4.76 Billion
Activision Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $2.33 Billion
Combined Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $7.09 Billion
Taking "mid to high 40" to mean anywhere from 44% to 49% then MS is expecting:
Combined Revenue forecast (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2023) - $6.85 Billion ($4.76 billion +44%) (3.4% lower than Xbox+Acti 2022)
Combined Revenue forecast (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2023) - $7.09 Billion ($4.76 billion +49%) (flat compared to Xbox+Acti 2022)
So basically they are forecasting a small decline here.
Guess we're going to have to wait until the next fiscal year for the growth percentages to actually be worthwhile comparisons again.
Edit: Combined them myself. MS is forecasting decline here. (Edited again when I realised it was "mid to high 40" not 40%.)
Xbox Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $4.76 Billion
Activision Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $2.33 Billion
Combined Revenue (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2022) - $7.09 Billion
Taking "mid to high 40" to mean anywhere from 44% to 49% then MS is expecting:
Combined Revenue forecast (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2023) - $6.85 Billion ($4.76 billion +44%) (3.4% lower than Xbox+Acti 2022)
Combined Revenue forecast (Quarter Ending Dec 31st 2023) - $7.09 Billion ($4.76 billion +49%) (flat compared to Xbox+Acti 2022)
So basically they are forecasting a small decline here.
Last edited:
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I mean...they just acquired one of the biggest publishers in the industry and one of the biggest IPs, COD. This was to be expected.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Drizzlehell
Banned
My local weather channel also forecasted clear weather today and look how that turned out.
Negotiator101
Member
Xbox ain't going anywhere, sorry guys 
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Thats the bottom line in acquiring assets
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Microsoft right now:
Mr Moose
Member
Xbox the console or...?Xbox ain't going anywhere, sorry guys
TheRedRiders
Member
100 billion dollars of M&A later...
Sanepar
Member
Hey, James Ryan!
This is "growth"
This is the power of "engagement"
But these is obvious. They own cod and a new cod is coming.
StealthGoblin
Banned
And water makes things wet.
They've called their studios XGS so xbox content and services "isn't going anywhere" even though most of the revenue has nothing to do with "xbox" anymore.
DryvBy
Member
Revenue is up everywhere. It's called inflation. Profits don't equal revenue. Margin is more important. This is damage control from their news yesterday and that clown tweeter is a defense for MS.
If year 1 I sell a hamburger for $1 and year 2 I sell a hamburger for $2, thats me doubling my revenue. But if year 1 that hamburger cost me $0.50 to make and now it's $1.50 to make? I've made nothing extra.
If year 1 I sell a hamburger for $1 and year 2 I sell a hamburger for $2, thats me doubling my revenue. But if year 1 that hamburger cost me $0.50 to make and now it's $1.50 to make? I've made nothing extra.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
And thankfully I won't be contributing towards it 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Riky
$MSFT
That's not how accounts work.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
No one expected Xbox the brand to be gone. The console on the other hand...Xbox ain't going anywhere, sorry guys
Dr_Ifto
Member
I was thinking of something totally different, and got them mixed up in my head.
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
Annnngry!!!!!! Lol
Duhhhh, they just completed the Acti/Blizzard deal…..
Sooooo, Sony is now paying Microsoft money for the rights to market COD….
Duhhhh, they just completed the Acti/Blizzard deal…..
Sooooo, Sony is now paying Microsoft money for the rights to market COD….
Negotiator101
Member
Yeah go on? Let's see how we'll your comment age's?
devilNprada
Member
Not really... Unless this industry is unlike every other industry on the planet MS will pay Sony to market their product. It's an advertising expense.
Sony will take a certain percentage discount on every unit they sell as a coop advertising discount, is how it works in the real world.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Xbox is huge and growing!
devilNprada
Member
You should just will all your shit to him.... WTF is wrong with you?
Last edited:
Doesn't CC account for inflation or is that FX only?
Anyway, it's more that ABK revenue is added to MS gaming now so of course MS will see an increase. It's still a forecasted decline with the combined MS+ABK revenue with or without inflation though.
Last edited:
Negotiator101
Member
You own a burger van?
ByWatterson
Member
Jesus I hope so
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Who would have thought that purchasing a publisher that recycles the same game that is still a hit would benefit them financially, I for one am shocked.
Still third place though lol
Still third place though lol
ChiefDada
Gold Member
DryvBy
Member
I wish. I'd sell burgers that can only be paid on Tuesdays.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Maybe if Kotick record a video kicking some pregnant girl, sales drops a little
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Way to dunk on all those people who claimed they were trying to dominate and monopolize gaming in the Activision purchase thread.
They absolutely needed to give a revenue guidance to their shareholders.
You say this like they asked people to make it a thread here
Taking cred for other peoples work is what MS excels at.
Activision Blizzard is first party Xbox now, so it’s all their work now.
Try to keep up.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Hardware wise? I'm not so sure.Xbox ain't going anywhere, sorry guys
The way Phil explained in court to the FTC lawyers was that MS wasn't "spending" $70 billion. They were exchanging cash for an asset that (in Microsoft's opinion) was worth more than $70 billion.
Last edited:
