Xbox is seeing its massive investment in video game content pay off, as more of gaming comes to rely on subscription models. In an interview with Windows Central at convention Comic-Con Experience (CCXP), Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox, spoke to...
Microsoft is in talks with partners to launch a mobile gaming store that would compete with those of Apple and Google. Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox video game division, revealed the company’s plans during an interview at the CCXP comics and entertainment convention...
From business to leisure, the largest tech companies are driving recurring revenue from every part of consumers’ day-to-day routines with their subscription offerings. Take, for instance, Microsoft, which discussed in its earnings call last week growth in both its most work-focused subscriptions — its Office...
As more entrants crowd the gaming subscription space, Microsoft is still growing engagement with its Xbox Game Pass membership program, suggesting that when it comes to gamers, there is plenty of demand to go around. On a call with analysts Tuesday (Oct. 24) discussing the technology...
November 30, 2023
Microsoft is in talks with partners to launch a mobile gaming store that would compete with those of Apple and Google. Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox video game division, revealed the company’s plans during an interview at the CCXP comics and entertainment convention in Sao Paulo, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Nov. 30). While no […]
September 11, 2023
Microsoft-owned gaming platform Xbox is debuting its first co-branded credit card in the U.S. The Barclays-issued Mastercard, announced Monday (Sept. 11), will be available on Sept. 21 exclusively to qualified Xbox Insiders across...
June 30, 2021
Paysafe, the payments platform, will now be letting payments happen on the Microsoft Store or Xbox via the company’s eCash solution called paysafecard, a press release says. Paysafecard allows users...
April 19, 2021
Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service, which is sort of a Netflix for games and was known previously as xCloud, is debuting this week on iPhones, iPads and personal computers (PCs),...
