Microsoft has recently announced the decline in its sales this 2015 for Xbox consoles but admitted there is a surge in its profits for game revenues. The company will employ Xbox Live usership as basis of incomes.
Game Informer wrote that the first fiscal quarter statement of the company indicated the total gaming hardware revenue is down this year compared last year. While Xbox Live usership has seen the light of day as its profits swell high compared last year at the same time. However, the company has not mentioned how many consoles are shipped the included period.
Microsoft standard practice of providing numbers every quarter did not happened this time, expressed Forbes. The company only declared that "consoles shipped will no longer be a primary metric for success from now on, with the company instead using high-margin Xbox Live usership as its primary stat."
Forbes analyzed that the decision of Microsoft using usership as primary measurement is the company's way of covering statistics that does not conform to their impressions. Aside from that, Microsoft is through with catching up with PS4 which dominates the console sales in September.
IGN cited a representative of Microsoft saying:
"To better reflect the company's strategy and ambitions to build best-in-class platforms and productivity services for a mobile-first, cloud-first world, Microsoft is changing the reporting of its financial results. We have been delivering a service-centric approach for the Xbox business for some time and now have Xbox now available across Windows 10 devices. Our measurement for success is focused on engagement on Xbox as a key driver for monetization."
The Microsoft added that the decision to user base as primary metric is a fresh way to look at the report on Xbox results.
Despite the announcement, many are hopeful that next quarter there will be a new surge of console sales especially the release of Halo 5 and other games exclusive for Xbox One.
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