Microsoft’s Xbox content and its services achieved a revenue growth of 8%. Search and News Advertising earnings increased by 21%, excluding traffic acquisition costs. The tech giant returned $49.7 billion to its investors through share repurchases and dividends in the Q3 of fiscal year 2025.

Microsoft has shared its financial earnings for the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, and there's good news for

Starting this holiday season, consumers will find that Xbox games are priced at $80, the same as Nintendo's Mario Kart World, as noted by Vice News. The price hike is part of a pattern of rising costs in the gaming world, closely mirroring Nintendo's strategies for its new Switch 2 console.