Microsoft plans to increase the price of new, first-party Xbox Series X and S games to $70 in 2023, after prices remained steady at $60 since the Xbox 360 era (Rebekah Valentine/IGN)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft reports Q1 Windows OEM revenue down 15% YoY, devices revenue up 2% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue up 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 3%  —  It’s a new financial year for Microsoft, and the Windows and Xbox maker has just posted the first quarter of its 2023 financial results today.

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass is profitable and accounts for ~15% of Xbox content and services revenue, after revealing PC Game Pass subscriptions rose 159% YoY  —  Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed that the company’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service is already profitable.

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple to increase prices of apps and IAP on the App Store in all territories that use the euro and some Asian countries like Japan, starting October 5  —  Apple announced on Monday that it will soon raise App Store prices in multiple countries, including Japan, South Korea, and many others in Europe.

Tom Warren / The Verge:
In filings with UK’s CMA as part of its Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft says it plans to build a new Xbox Mobile Platform and a store to sell games  —  Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company’s mobile gaming efforts.  Microsoft is quietly building a mobile Xbox store …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft plans to integrate DALL-E 2 with the newly announced Microsoft Designer app and Image Creator tool in Bing and Microsoft Edge  —  Microsoft is making a major investment in DALL-E 2, OpenAI’s AI-powered system that generates images from text, by bringing it to first-party apps and services.

Kris Holt / Engadget:
Microsoft rolls out Discord voice chat integration to all Xbox users after a test with Xbox Insiders; PS will reportedly gain deeper Discord integration in 2023  —  Microsoft is now rolling out the Xbox November update, which includes a heap of useful features.