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Phillip W. Spencer III:Starfield has now over 12m players since it's launch
manfestival
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Starfield
ByWatterson
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Can someone photoshop Phil's face (just face) on this meme?
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Kurotri
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I cannot agree with this
Laptop1991
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Obviously they are going to PR Starfield to hell and back, but i go by Steam, and Steam reviews still aren't positive enough for me, it's still a dissapointment at this point , i hope that changes.
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
It was 10 million on September 20th
An additional 2 million in 2 months is nothing to sneeze at either though.
TransTrender
Gold Member
It wouldn't be if that number was actual literal sales.
Perrott
Gold Member
Forza Horizon 5 had over 10 million players within its launch week.
Comparatively speaking, Starfield fucking bombed considering Bethesda's legacy as the maker of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
Just imagine if Cyberpunk 2077 had been available at no additional cost to an user base of +25M users between two platforms from day one... and three months later it turned out that it had been *tried* by less than half of the service's subscribers and ended up being surpassed in terms of metrics by a fucking racing game, out of all things.
And they bought an entire publisher only over this game.
Comparatively speaking, Starfield fucking bombed considering Bethesda's legacy as the maker of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
Just imagine if Cyberpunk 2077 had been available at no additional cost to an user base of +25M users between two platforms from day one... and three months later it turned out that it had been *tried* by less than half of the service's subscribers and ended up being surpassed in terms of metrics by a fucking racing game, out of all things.
And they bought an entire publisher only over this game.
ChorizoPicozo
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Happy engagement or angry engagement?
The Pleasure
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In sales maybe, in people clicking on it not really.
IFireflyl
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digoutyoursoul
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The engagement of Starfield is massive, and growing
massive massive game
No amount of engagement can rid my feeling of the game being archaic shite. Should be embarrassed compared to what other devs have put out in less time frames.
Dr. Wilkinson
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Eh you can say that about practically any game tho. What was the percentage of people who finished Witcher 3, like 25%?
I don’t normally ever “finish” massive games like these, but that doesn’t mean I don’t play the shit out of them and get my money’s worth.
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Badlucktroll
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digoutyoursoul
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I was disappointed in it being a huge mass effect fan however it had some great third person combat and some of the environments were gorgeous.
Mibu no ookami
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He might be the most cringe-game platform leader in history.
Actually, there is no might about it, he is.
Actually, there is no might about it, he is.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
The game clearly struggled a bit in development. Hopefully ES VI is a return to form.
ShadyAcshuns
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By most accounts Starfield is a resounding success.
Hrk69
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Baldurs Gate 3 is still holding strong
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digoutyoursoul
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To be honest with you I’m not a big Bethesda fan, I had kind of hoped this would change my viewpoint but I think that was more to do with being a disgruntled Xbox fan wanting something to be genuinely happy about.
LastBattle
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Great result so far for a new ip. After finishing AW2 recently I returned to Starfield yesterday. It has its issues for sure (my daughter walked past and said “omg what is that!”, referring to
An NPCs face I was talking to) but I don’t know what it is with Starfield. It’s like comfort food in gaming form. I easily put in a 5-6 hr session. I can’t do that with the vast majority of
Other games.
An NPCs face I was talking to) but I don’t know what it is with Starfield. It’s like comfort food in gaming form. I easily put in a 5-6 hr session. I can’t do that with the vast majority of
Other games.
Mibu no ookami
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When 25+ million people have access to the game at no additional cost, I'm not sure that 12 million is a "great" number. In fact, I know that it isn't.
I love the cringe desire to make this game sound like a success. It clearly isn't and that is why Bethesda is writing their cringe responses on Steam because Steam sales have cratered as a result. These aren't things you do when your game is a "hit."
I love the cringe desire to make this game sound like a success. It clearly isn't and that is why Bethesda is writing their cringe responses on Steam because Steam sales have cratered as a result. These aren't things you do when your game is a "hit."
ChuckeRearmed
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Not a great result to be honest. Still good for a new IP though, but it seems like it was really affected by the bad word of mouth created by steam reviews and media constantly posting the negative stuff about the game. Very curious about future TES performance.
Do you understand that not everybody is playing every game? There are 100m+ consoles out there, 1b+ PCs yet there are not many games that pass 10m in sales...By your own logic, the every game is a flop because not every device owner bought it.
It is still in top 10, surpassed only by GaaS games on Xbox.
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2 million players, not sales. I'm guessing most of those players are from gamepass not Steam as Starfield is barely in top100 bestsellers by now.
Mibu no ookami
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I love how disingenuous you are.
- How many games are in development for 8+ years?
- How many games get the advertising and marketing push that Starfield got?
- How many games have the hype/buzz of a Bethesda release?
- How many games are available as a free download
Do you know how many PS+ games I "purchase" that I'll never play?
Compare Starfield to games that have actually, SOLD 10 million copies. Skyrim SOLD 10 million copies in 1 month.
At least half of these downloads will have been on GamePass, meaning that Starfield is doing FAR less than Skyrim in more time.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Why is game sales the be all and end all? We have multiple people who have 2000+ game collections according to that other thread. I guarantee a lot of people have bought games and never played them or put in less than an hour. It might have been the best metric once upon a time, but nowadays with free to play GaaS and subscription services it's becoming less and less meaningful.
ChuckeRearmed
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You immediately made yourself irrelevant by that statement
You do understand that people play a lot of different games on Game Pass? People play various games on Game Pass, just like people buy various games. Simple as that.
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ByWatterson
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YESSS!!!
Mibu no ookami
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You immediately made yourself irrelevant by that statement
The irony is palpable.
The engagement of Starfield is massive, and growing
massive massive game
I've never seen someone so excited to talk about engagement since I proposed to my wife.
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VideoGameEnjoyer
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Seems incredibly mediocre considering how this game was talked about leading up to the launch.
Negotiator101
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I enjoyed the game myself and am looking forward to the DLC but do we need to keep having threads about the game? Honestly anything with Starfield or Phil Spencer in the title becomes a shit show.
ShadyAcshuns
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The only ones responsible for over-hyping is the people that did that to themselves.
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