Microsoft shares numbers from a record Black Friday week for gaming

When Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 to the world last year one area they said would get a renewed focus would be gaming on the PC.

It was around that same time that we first saw the concept of streaming from the Xbox One console that allows you to play Xbox One console games on your Windows 10 devices.

That feature has been very popular and my own personal experience using it on my home network has been spectacular with no lag or any other delay issues.

With the Xbox One's recent update to a core OS based on Windows 10, that connection between console and gaming on the PC is even tighter and Microsoft really focused on that during this years Black Friday week.

Xbox Live's Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, shared several details on his blog overnight to highlight the amount of activity those platforms saw during the Black Friday period and the weeks leading up to it.

Included among those stats are:

Over on Windows 10 there were similar increases:

The last official count of devices running Windows 10 was provided in early October and stood at 110 million Windows 10 installs. Recent speculation puts that count at approximately 148 million with Windows 10 finally passing the Windows XP install base.

When you consider that Windows XP was considered the best gaming version of Windows ever those new numbers for Windows 10 PC gaming on Steam and the streaming from Xbox One consoles has now positioned Windows 10 to take over the gaming throne for Windows.

What has your gaming experience been like on Windows 10?

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