With its FY16Q2 (fiscal year) earnings report, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Live now boasts of 48 million active users up from 39 million in last quarter.
Microsoft has added 9 million new gamers to their Xbox Live monthly user base from the previous quarter. The company announced that Xbox Live’s monthly active users grew by 30%, which is, of course, very impressive.
Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft, stated:
“It was a strong holiday season for Microsoft highlighted by Surface and Xbox. Our commercial business executed well as our sales teams and partners helped customers realize the value of Microsoft’s cloud technologies across Azure, Office 365 and CRM Online.”