{"id":1189327,"date":"2026-02-17T00:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diGt6XziBQbhL5JX5yTUhD"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:02:33","slug":"pc-gaming-cant-stop-getting-ws-as-microsoft-shares-its-being-weighed-down-by-console-and-hardware-revenue-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pc-gaming-cant-stop-getting-ws-as-microsoft-shares-its-being-weighed-down-by-console-and-hardware-revenue-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"PC gaming can&#8217;t stop getting Ws, as Microsoft shares it&#8217;s being weighed down by console and hardware revenue woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>At this point, I&#8217;m getting a little tired of running victory laps\u2014my knees aren&#8217;t what they used to be\u2014but PC Gaming tallied up another mark on the scoreboard. We&#8217;re coming up on our five year anniversary of cheekily declaring <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/well-i-guess-we-won-the-console-war\/\">we&#8217;d won the console war<\/a>, and it turns out yeah. We were sort of right. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/hello-pc-gaming-here-are-the-consoles-ok\/\">Consoles aren&#8217;t exactly doing great, right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has once more proved our writers&#8217; powers of prophecy by revealing that Xbox hardware revenue has actively been weighing the whole operation down, despite gaming revenue doing very well. That&#8217;s as per a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/Investor\/earnings\/FY-2025-Q3\/press-release-webcast\" target=\"_blank\">financial earnings<\/a> release (thanks, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-hardware-revenue-continues-to-tumble-but-gaming-revenue-is-up-microsoft-reports\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>)\u2014more specifically, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/view.officeapps.live.com\/op\/view.aspx?src=https:\/\/microsoft.com\/en-us\/investor\/earnings\/FY-2025-Q3\/Document\/DownloadDocument\/56\/SlidesFY25Q3.pptx\" target=\"_blank\">a slide<\/a> on this presentation that details the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Gaming revenue up 5% (up 6% CC)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Xbox content and services revenue grew 8% (up to 98% CC) driven by growth in Xbox Game Pass, Call of Duty, and Minecraft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Xbox hardware revenue declined 6% (down 5% CC)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t necessarily anything new, though. As part of our own Tyler Wilde&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/hello-pc-gaming-here-are-the-consoles-ok\/\">concerned check-in<\/a> on our console cousins almost a year ago, he pointed out that Microsoft had indeed reported a staggering 30% decline in Xbox hardware revenue between early 2024 and early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Now, part of this whole decline has been due to Microsoft shedding its console-exclusivity chains and going system-agnostic, as well as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/xbox-showcase-2024-comparison\/\">acquiring game studios to fly under its banner<\/a>. Blizzard, Bethesda, Obsidian\u2014the list goes on. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/microsoft-announces-4-studio-closuresincluding-arkane-austin-and-tango-gameworks-creators-of-prey-and-hi-fi-rush-respectively\/\">It&#8217;s also shut down a fair few, too<\/a>, in its hunger for growth. With that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/stunned-devs-left-scrambling-for-livelihoods-in-wake-of-yesterdays-layoff-bloodbath-in-the-end-the-contributions-didnt-matter\/\">$69 billion acquisition of Blizzard preluding a huge sweep of layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also because there&#8217;s just no real reason to spring for an Xbox at the moment. There are no real major console exclusives, and Game Pass, which has been a banger on PC lately\u2014Indiana Jones &#038; the Great Circle, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Avowed are all excellent games worthy of your time\u2014is similarly system-agnostic.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not to criticise Microsoft for those choices, which are objectively pretty consumer-friendly (and there are other, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/rpg-tenderfoot-tactics-removed-from-xbox-store-in-solidarity-with-pro-palestine-boycott-we-call-on-others-in-our-community-to-do-whatever-they-can-to-fight-this-historic-injustice\/\">more important issues<\/a> to level at the computing giant right now) but merely a statement of fact: Console exclusivity is more and more becoming a thing of the past. Unless you happen to be Nintendo, in which case, you&#8217;ll be holding onto your console exclusives to the very end. Also, you&#8217;re <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/nintendo-s-lawsuit-against-palworld-isn-t-just-bad-for-the-industry-it-s-bad-for-nintendo\/\">probably busy suing somebody<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f1e4b103-e1a6-4898-a877-9dfc8b358dcf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pc-gaming-cant-stop-getting-ws-as-microsoft-shares-its-being-weighed-down-by-console-and-hardware-revenue-woes.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f1e4b103-e1a6-4898-a877-9dfc8b358dcf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/pc-gaming-cant-stop-getting-ws-as-microsoft-shares-its-being-weighed-down-by-console-and-hardware-revenue-woes\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point, I&#8217;m getting a little tired of running victory laps\u2014my knees aren&#8217;t what they used to be\u2014but PC Gaming tallied up another mark on the scoreboard. We&#8217;re coming up on our five year anniversary of cheekily declaring we&#8217;d won the console war, and it turns out yeah. We were sort of right. Consoles aren&#8217;t exactly doing great, right now. Microsoft has once more proved our writers&#8217; powers of prophecy by revealing that Xbox hardware revenue has actively been weighing the whole operation down, despite gaming revenue doing very well. That&#8217;s as per a financial earnings release (thanks, Eurogamer)\u2014more specifically, a slide on this presentation that details the following: Gaming revenue up 5% (up 6% CC) Xbox content and services revenue grew 8% (up&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pc-gaming-cant-stop-getting-ws-as-microsoft-shares-its-being-weighed-down-by-console-and-hardware-revenue-woes\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1189327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PC gaming 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