Windows 10 To Cost $119, 10 New Xbox Backward Compatibility Games, E3 2016 Plans

“Microsoft MSFT -0.60% Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Windows 10 hitting 300 million active devices, the cost of the Windows 10 upgrade starting July 30th, speculation about the Surface Book 2, a demo of the pre-touch sensing technology, the acquisition of Solair, the general availability of Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 10 new games being added to the Xbox One Compatibility list, the revamping of SharePoint, an investment in Pivotal Software and the $1 trillion all-time revenue milestone.

Windows 10 Hits 300 Million Active Devices

Windows 10 launched in July 2015 and now there are 300 million active devices running on Microsoft’s newest operating system. This milestone was achieved on May 5th.

Terry Myerson, the EVP of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group, said that the goal for Windows 10 is to hit one billion active devices by 2018. Windows 10 is the operating system that powers PCs, Surface tablets, Lumia smartphones, Xbox One consoles and the HoloLens.

Microsoft also revealed some additional stats about Windows 10 in the announcement. Microsoft said that more than 63 billion minutes were spent on Microsoft Edge in March 2016 alone. The Cortana digital assistant in Windows 10 answered over 6 billion questions since it launched. And over 9 billion hours of gameplay on Windows 10 has taken place since the operating system launched.

One of the biggest reasons why Windows 10 grew at a rapid pace is because many Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 based PCs were automatically upgraded to Microsoft’s newest operating system over the last nine months. Windows 10 was rolled out as a free upgrade promotion, which will be ending on July 29th.