In the latest financial report, presented at the end of the fiscal year 2017, Microsoft has revealed a new growth for the Xbox Live platform.

This is an important milestone for the online gaming infrastructure of the American giant, with an increase of 13% for the number of users registered on the platform.

Overall, and that is among all the devices on which Live is operational (ie PC, mobile, Xbox 360 and Xbox One), subscribers have risen to 59 million, a record figure since the opening of the network.

Strengthened by these numbers, Microsoft has already announced that it wants to grow its presence in the gaming world with a wave of investments.

It remains to be seen on what will hit in particular the colossus of Redmond, if on the research and development of a new console or on the acquisition of exclusives and the opening of first-party studies, branch in which it is historically rather lacking. Or maybe both …

We hope to learn more about the next E3.