During the recent financial report to shareholders, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has also addressed the company's gaming sector explaining that is healthy and that is bringing increasing profits mainly because of sales software and subscriptions as Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass .

About the latter, Nadella explained that the Netflix-style service for Xbox One games had a very strong start despite not not reveal numbers, as well as the streaming service Mixer (previously known as Beam) managed to raise in no time a solid user base. Xbox Live also has been growing steadily, reaching the record of 53 million registered users.

The company's CEO explained that Microsoft's strategy is to leverage on current trends in the world of gaming, namely the willingness of players to use multiple devices, the popularity of streaming services and eSports: thanks to initiatives like Xbox Play Anywhere, Mixer and publication of titles designed for the online competition-as well as services like Xbox Live Arena-Xbox world is very well positioned in this regard.

Microsoft had revenue to 9 billion dollars from the sector in the last quarter, a result certainly remarkable Xbox that contributes in part to the staggering 24.7 billion profit from any company in the same period.