Today at the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct, there are exciting things for players and game creators, including dozens of new games, new 1TB Series S consoles, PC Game Pass coming to NVIDIA GeForce and new ways players can get their games anywhere. showed the future. It’s the second half of the year. After the double feature, the head of Xbox, Phil SpencerHead of Xbox Creator Experience, Sarah BondHead of Xbox Game Studios, mat bootyGame Director at Bethesda Game Studios, Todd Howard Microsoft’s future in gaming was also covered at the next gaming event.
Players are discovering and playing games like never before. We hit new records for monthly active users and monthly active devices. And just last quarter, the number of people playing PC games on Game Pass grew 46% year over year. Game Pass continues to grow, reaching nearly $1 billion in total subscription revenue last quarter.
We’re excited about the future of Xbox, creating groundbreaking new games, inviting creators to build their dream projects on our platform, and opening up opportunities for anyone, anywhere in the world. It’s a game that everyone can enjoy. These are the key pillars for our continued growth.
Xbox players will get more consistent arrivals of new exclusives in all formats.
We know players choose to play Xbox for great content. Our goal is to release at least 4 first party games per year. However, we also carefully consider and balance the needs of each project. This builds on the work our team is doing to grow the existing community we have nurtured over the years. Elder Scrolls Online, Sea of Thieves, Minecraft, Forza, and so on. Over the past five years, the Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda teams have so far: sea of thieves and groundwhich franchises entries like Mine Craft legend and elder scrolls online.
Our first-party games currently have over 150 million monthly active users. We invest in new franchises, take risks, and are committed to creating the most diverse lineup of games of any company in the industry. fable, clockwork revolution, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II And so on, representing the most ambitious lineup of games we’ve ever introduced.
of courseStarfield is one of these games. With simultaneous release on Xbox Series X|S, PC and Steam (Game Pass day one on Xbox, PC and cloud), we think: star field Bethesda Game Studio’s most-played title ever. Bethesda Game Studios has long been based on the Xbox development platform, but now that Bethesda is part of the Xbox family, we’re able to support them more than ever, empowering the team to create their most ambitious games. It is now possible. In the history of the studio, in a new world for the first time in over 25 years.
We support creators of all sizes
In today’s showcase, [email protected] games like Dungeon of Hinterberga game by an Austrian husband-and-wife duo, whose debut title shared a showcase. star field. Our support enables creators of all sizes to create the games they want, at the scale they need.
To that end, we offer multiple paths to business and multiple paths to success. Our indie program is [email protected], currently pays out over $4 billion to over 5,000 creators in over 100 countries. Our new developer acceleration program helps bring new, under-heard voices to the space. We’ve already helped fund projects from 30 underrepresented developers, and are in touch with another 250.
Game Pass provides a way for millions of members to play games. One of Sarabonde’s favorite notes made at the showcase is that all Game Pass titles featured this year are by creators who have previously released games on Game Pass. We also expanded PC Game Pass to 46 more markets, bringing the total to 86, giving game developers the ability to reach millions of people in new countries.
There are currently over 5,000 games in development for Xbox from developers in 100 countries. This is the third-party development of the most games in Xbox history. With this game’s provenance, our vision is for Xbox to offer the most diverse and accessible lineup in the industry, so you can find your next favorite game in no time.
We want to bring games everywhere
In today’s showcase, we introduced forza motorsport, starfield, south of midnight, and more crucially next-gen games: titles that harness the power of the Xbox Series X. Supply His chain issues have eased, allowing us to increase supply around the world, making it easier than ever to find an Xbox Series X. The line-up of limited items introduced today is about to arrive.
It also offers the most affordable way to next-gen with Xbox Series S, bringing the latest games to more players than ever before. This is an effective strategy. Our data shows that more than half of Series S buyers are using the Xbox platform for the first time. And today we’ve built on that strategy. We’ve heard you say you want more storage. With the new black Series S, we’ve introduced a version of the console with 1TB of space. This is perfect for anyone looking to build a richer library on their console. It will hit stores on September 1st. We recently worked with our partners at WD and Seagate to lower the price of expandable storage and increase size options for plug-and-play solutions.
We’re also making the Xbox console experience even faster and more user-friendly, and working on a whole new home user experience. After months of testing in our Insider program and continuous refinement through Insider feedback and user research, we’re delivering a new look that’s focused on discoverability and will start rolling out to all users in the coming months. To do.
Today we shared that Game Pass members will soon be able to stream select PC games from their library through Nvidia GeForce NOW. This will allow his PC Game Pass catalog to be played on any device that GeForce NOW streams to (low-spec PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, mobile devices, TVs, etc.) and will roll out in the coming months. We want to grow our industry, deliver great new first-party titles each year, give our partners more ways to distribute and access their games, and play all our games wherever players want to play. We are excited about the future of providing multiple ways to We look forward to taking this journey with our community.
