Xbox Game Pass Subs Estimated Around 20 Million As of June 2022

Based on a contempo fiscal filing by Microsoft, Xbox Game Laissez passer subscribers were around 20 1000000 as of June 2021.

Last month, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick suggested that around xxx meg users were subscribed to Microsoft's gaming subscription service. In response, Xbox boss Phil Spencer referred to the xviii one thousand thousand figure released in January of this year. Since so, various rumors have been floating around regarding Xbox Game Pass subscriber numbers with some claiming that 30 meg is authentic and some stating that Zelnick was clearly mistaking.

"Phil didn't pitch his own service, which is impressive, given he could take... but you've got around 30 meg [Xbox Game Pass] subs Phil, right? Something like that?", Take-Two's CEO said during a Yahoo Finance "fireside chat" concluding month.

"The last public number we appear was eighteen [one thousand thousand]", Phil Spencer replied.

Fast forward 1 month, and we might take some more authentic Xbox Game Pass numbers. Information technology should exist noted, however, that these numbers are already several months quondam and, patently, numbers take changed since then.

Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new financial filing ahead of the company's 2021 Annual Shareholders Meeting, which will take place next month on November 30. Interestingly, this filing contains growth numbers for Xbox Game Pass, and based on these numbers, subscribers numbers grew by 37% compared to last year. Despite annual growth, this is below the target that Microsoft set for this year – the target was 48%. Going by this growth number, reputable industry annotator Daniel Ahmad estimates that Xbox Game Pass subs were around 20 one thousand thousand as of June 30, 2021.

This would put Game Pass subs effectually 20m every bit of June if going by the 37% YoY growth figure.

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) October 19, 2021

Non quite near the 30 million number that Zelnick mentioned, only as said, these numbers are already more than iii months old and numbers accept increased since then. Still, the xxx million number appears to have been rather 'optimistic'.

What are your thoughts on these Xbox Game Pass numbers? How will Microsoft's upcoming AAA releases, including Forza Horizon v and Halo Infinite, affect Game Pass subs? Hit the comments down beneath.