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It is quite evident that 2022 will not be remembered as the best year for Xbox. The lack of company titles over the past year has caused Redmond’s to go from leading the list of the best publishers in 2021, to not even appearing on the 2022 list. However, it seems that the lack of titles does not has negatively affected its economic results, since Xbox is the third company with the most benefits in 2022.
The data was shared during yesterday (via @MauroNL3), where the economic results of the different video game companies during 2022 were confirmed. As we have said, despite the fact that Xbox did not have its best year in terms of game releases, that has not prevented it from having managed to win a creditable third place, surpassing companies like Nintendo or NetEase, two large companies in the Asian market.
Xbox is the third company with the most benefits in 2022
According to the data provided, Xbox would have had a profit of 15.6 billion dollars, while the aforementioned companies would have achieved 14 billion in the case of NetEase, and 12.6 billion in that of Nintendo. The podium is led by the two most dominant companies in the current market, such as Tencent and Sony, which have obtained profits of 25 billion and 24.4 billion respectively, throughout the year 2022.
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However, these data that show that Xbox is the third company with the most benefits in 2022 have a “trap”. As we know, Microsoft does not publicly offer the economic results of the Xbox division, so the data of benefits have been made in an estimated way. This implies that the actual data could vary a bit, both up and down. Although yes, the difference is not expected to be very big. Below you can take a look at the economic results.
- $25.0B – Tencent
- $24.4B – PlayStation
- $15.6B – Xbox*
- $14.0B – NetEase
- $12.6B – Nintendo
- $7.56B – Bandai Namco
- $7.53B – Activision
- $7.38B – EA
- $4.83B – Take-Two
- $3.23B – Embracer
- $2.68B – SEGA
- $2.66B – Square Enix
- $2.37B – Ubisoft
- $2.34B – Konami
There is no doubt that it is surprising to see the results of companies like Square Enix or Ubisoft, which are in a really low position for the importance that they have in the industry, thus confirming their bad moment. Also, Embracer has managed to outperform these two companies, as well as SEGA and Konami, which is fantastic news for them. Finally, it is also worth noting that Take-Two’s revenues increased by 41% after the acquisition of Zynga.