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.

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.