Microsoft’s Xbox Gets Another Revenue Boost From Activision

But console hardware revenue declined

Image: XboxMicrosoft has released its Q1 2025 financial results today and once again the company has received a significant boost from its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This includes increases to its gaming revenue and ‘Xbox content and services’ revenue.

The tech giant reported gaming revenue growing by 43% “including 43 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition”. As for Xbox’s content and services revenue, it’s grown 61% with “53 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition.

As for Xbox hardware sales, the company reported a revenue decline of 29%. Overall, Microsoft revenue was at $65.6 billion in the latest earnings release, with an increase of 16% year-over-year.

The latest update about Microsoft’s gaming division follows CEO Satya Nadella recently noting in a letter to shareholders how the company now owns “20 franchises that have generated over $1 billion in lifetime revenue” including series like Halo, Diablo, Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls and Candy Crush.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was also released on Xbox as well as Microsoft’s subscription service Game Pass last week.

Have you purchased any Activision Blizzard games recently? Have you subbed to Game Pass or bought a new Xbox recently? Let us know in the comments.

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.

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