Microsoft today aounced its eaings 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