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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, Oct. 10, Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft's all-around game subscription service that provides access to hundreds of games at a relatively low monthly fee. Microsoft is trying to buy Activision Blizzard, a big acquisition worth more than $70 billion. Regulatory scrutiny of the deal led to the disclosure of some data, giving us a glimpse of Xbox Game Pass-related revenues. As of January 2021, Xbox Game Pass's revenue for the current fiscal period reached $2.9 billion (about 20.677 billion yuan).

In the face of the traditional game revenue model, Microsoft offers thousands of dollars worth of content at a price of $10 a month through Xbox Game Pass. It may be cheaper if players take into account the upcoming Xbox Game Pass "friends and family" account.

Analysts had previously believed that Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service could only be maintained by constantly burning money.

Some of the data Microsoft handed over to regulators for the merger of Xbox and Activision Blizzard proved that Xbox Game Pass also made a lot of money.

According to CADE, a Brazilian regulator, revenue from Xbox Game Pass subscriptions was $2.9 billion in the fiscal period to January 2021. Tweaktown points out that it accounted for 18% of Microsoft's game revenue in the fiscal year, which will bring Xbox Game Pass subscribers to about 1800-19 million. CTOnews.com learned that in January last year, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass had reached 25 million users.

It is important to note that the "$2.9 billion" figure includes only users of the host version of Xbox Game Pass, not PC Game Pass. The exact proportion of income is not clear.

Of course, the revenue doesn't show how much money Microsoft has invested to earn that revenue. But it does make it clear that there is a positive and ongoing demand for this type of subscription service. Whether it's Xbox Game Pass,Xbox cloud games or PC games, this service is likely to last for a long time.

Compared with the same period, Nintendo members earned $932 million and EA members earned $356 million, while Sony PS members accounted for about 40% of software services revenue.

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