Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Published , by Ozzie Mejia
It's been an eventful day for the team at Microsoft. Beyond the obvious news of the day, the company revealed the latest numbers for the Xbox Game Pass service. The subscription service's user numbers have grown significantly in the past year, passing the 25 million subscriber mark. That all sounds good, doesn't it? Well, yes and no. It's a solid number, though not one that met company projections.
The latest subscriber numbers come courtesy of a new SEC financial filing revealed by Axios (via Engadget). While the Game Pass subscriber number of 25 million is impressive, Microsoft had originally set a growth target of 48 percent year-over-year. The company missed that goal by reaching a growth percentage of only 37 percent and that's even with the release of first party juggernaut Halo Infinite.
Of course, Xbox Game Pass user numbers stand to improve in the years ahead. Microsoft has a full lineup of Day 1 titles that vary from high-profile indie games to major AAA titles from third-party publishers. It also appears that in the wake of Tuesday's Activision Blizzard acquisition, those games may join the Game Pass ranks in the future.
We'll keep on covering Xbox Game Pass, as well as the rest of the news affecting the gaming world, here at Shacknews. Keep it here for the latest updates.