Phil Spencer admits Xbox won't be able to avoid price hikes forever - and reveals Game Pass is now profitable
Elsewhere in his Tech Live chat, Spencer revealed some interesting tidbits about Xbox's various services, including the news that Game Pass is now profitable, despite growth beginning to slow on consoles - a situation Spencer says is"mainly because at some point you've reached everybody on console that wants to subscribe".
While new console subscriptions maybe slowing, Game Pass on PC is said to be"seeing incredible growth", and Game Pass as a whole now accounts for around 15 percent of Microsoft's overall Xbox content and services revenue - a figure Spencer believes is likely to hold.
, making for the gaming division's best ever Q1 results. A three percent fall in Xbox content and services revenue was said to have been"partially offset" by growth in Game Pass - with"more than 20 million people" now having used the service to stream games.Get your first month for £1 when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription.