![]() ![]() ![]() Jeremy Hinton, who leads the gaming division in Asia, discussed the prime importance of the service in Xbox’s future at a media event in March. It was among the brightest spots for Xbox that quarter, which saw overall gaming revenue decrease 13% year-over-year, partly due to the lack of strong exclusives. “We saw new highs for Game Pass subscriptions, game streaming hours, and monthly active devices, and monthly active users surpassed a record 120 million during the quarter,” Nadella said at the time. Although Microsoft did not provide region specific numbers, CEO Satya Nadella in a January 2023 earnings report conference call, said that the service surpassed 120 million monthly active users globally in the period from October 2022 to December 2022. Since launching in Japan in 2020 and SEA in 2022, PC Game Pass has doubled its numbers in Asia, the company said. In the Philippines, the service comes to P119 per month, making it cheaper than most other entertainment subscription services like Spotify at P149 per month, Netflix (the cheapest being a mobile-only tier at P149 per month), or a similar PlayStation Plus Extra subscription at about P520 via the PlayStation Hong Kong store as there is no official Philippine storefront. Yet the company’s consoles have never really come near pole position in Asia where homegrown Sony and Nintendo have always reigned supreme.īut the brand’s presence is increasing, specifically in Southeast Asia, where the company officially launched its PC Game Pass subscription service in April 2022, making about 300 games available to Windows PC users through a subscription model. MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft and its Xbox game division has always had a solid lineup of exclusive franchises: Halo, Gears of War, Forza, to name a few, Fable if we’re really looking back. ![]()
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