Microsoft's Q3 2016 Earnings: Xbox Live now has 46 million monthly active users

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Microsoft today announced its earnings for Q3 2016. In the report, Microsoft reported a pretty huge growth for Xbox Live. According to the company, Xbox Live monthly active users grew by 26% YoY to 46 million, which is pretty huge. Microsoft has also reported a growth of 1% in its Personal Computing business, which includes:

  • Windows OEM revenue declined 2% in constant currency, outperforming the PC market, driven by higher consumer premium device mix
  • Surface revenue increased 61% in constant currency driven by Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book
  • Phone revenue declined 46% in constant currency
  • Xbox Live monthly active users grew 26% year-over-year to 46 million
  • Search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs grew 18% in constant currency with continued benefit from Windows 10 usage

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Find the full report here.

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