How Much Does Microsoft Earn From Game Pass?

Microsoft made available to gamers Xbox Game Pass service has hundreds of games in its library and allows users to access games for a certain monthly fee. The service, which is also very popular in Turkey, saves players from spending thousands of dollars on games with three different plans: ‘Computer’, ‘Console’ and ‘Ultimate’.

Well, from this highly acclaimed service from Microsoft how much money did you make Have you ever wondered? New information emerging answers this question. As it is known, Microsoft announced in the past months that it will buy the game giant Activision Blizzard. Regulators around the world have also started to examine how this giant merger will affect the video game industry with incoming data. One of these data showed us the Game Pass earnings of the US technology giant.

Microsoft generated $2.9 billion in revenue from Game Pass for console in 2021

of Brazil The Economic Defense Executive Council (CADE) is one of the regulators that gave approval to the merger of Microsoft and Activision. CADE has publicly released a lot of data from the gaming industry, including things like Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo, to summarize the thought process for approval.

Here, some of the data published in this document also included the money obtained from Game Pass. According to the data, Microsoft Made $2.9 billion from Game Pass for console in 2021. this number the amount earned from Game Pass for console only; ie PC Game Pass is not included in it.

In addition, the total revenue of Xbox is $ 16.28 billion; Of this, $3.7 billion came from hardware and $12.58 billion from games and services. These numbers also revealed that Game Pass revenue accounts for roughly 18% of total Xbox earnings.

Microsoft does not have a definitive statement on the number of subscribers in the specified period. However, estimates indicate that the number of Game Pass users is around 18 million in 2021, as of last August. over 25 million it was showing.