Microsoft has new services that can provide gaming revenue on top of console sales.
The company has introduced new gaming services by way of acquisitions.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaks during an interview on the David Rubenstein Show in New York on September 27, 2017.told investors earlier this week that it will no longer provide numbers about Xbox Live use, with growth of the online gaming service slowing.that came out on Tuesday, Microsoft said it will report revenue from Xbox content and services each quarter instead of a tally of Xbox Live monthly active users, which it had been disclosing in earnings since 2014.
The change follows a strategic shift in Microsoft's gaming unit, which accounts for 9% of the company's revenue. By acquiring assets like thevideo streaming service, Microsoft has established new forums for players to gather as well as new sources of revenue. The company has a cloud gaming service is coming in October.
"As the Microsoft Gaming business has expanded, the Xbox live MAU metric only captures a subset of opportunities across Microsoft's platform," a company spokesperson told CNBC in an email on Wednesday. "Further, we also expect greater volatility in the metric going forward as new content and services are introduced, like
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