Starfield has officially hit 10 million players, according to Bethesda.
07.09.2023 - 05:35 / ign.com
Bethesda's Starfield exceeded one million concurrent players across all platforms today, according to CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer.
"Thanks to all the players who helped us reach this great milestone and congrats to [Bethesda Studios]," the Xbox boss added alongside the news.
Starfield exceeded 1 million concurrent players across all platforms today. Thanks to all the players who helped us reach this great milestone and congrats to the @BethesdaStudios https://t.co/5jFaCyPz4G
Bethesda's sprawling space epic, which topped sales charts even before its official launch on September 6, has enjoyed a positive start to its life after launch.
Players have been using Starfield's ship creator to recreate famous vessels from the likes of Star Wars, Serenity, and Star Trek, and many hidden references to other games like Skyrim have already been discovered. Savvy speedrunners have even figured out how to complete it in under three hours.
However, if you’re still just getting started, here are all the things to do first in Starfield.
IGN’s review explains the pull to seek out Starfield’s “immense amount of quality roleplaying quests and interesting NPCs” is strong, despite a rough start and some core aggravations.
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Starfield has officially hit 10 million players, according to Bethesda.
Starfield has seen more than 10 million players since it came out on September 1 in paid early access form, Bethesda has announced. The impressive milestone means Starfield remains the biggest launch in Bethesda history after shooting past six million players on September 7.
Starfield got off to a predictably stellar start upon its release earlier in the month, becoming Bethesda’s biggest launch ever with over 6 million players and seeing over 1 million concurrent players across all platforms on the day of its release. Unsurprisingly, the sci-fi RPG has continued to see similar success in the days since then.
, like many of Bethesda's past RPGs is a game full of choices and consequences. Most often, major choices in any given quest line will come through dialogue or optional objectives clearly marked in the quest log. However, there's one choice players don't even know they're passively making, which can have devastating consequences later on in the game's main campaign.
Having already surpassed Skyrim and Fallout by becoming Bethesda’s biggest launch to date - with over six million players, according to the developer - Starfield has now smashed another of its predecessor’s records.
Starfield has already smashed Skyrim's concurrent player record on Steam.
Starfield has been continuing to set records as its momentum keeps growing as potentially 2023’s biggest release.
Bethesda's space behemoth Starfield has now reached another new milestone in Steam concurrent players.
Starfield has managed to attract more concurrent players on Steam than Skyrim ever has.
Starfield hasn't even been out for a full week yet (well, if you're ignoring the premium edition's early access launch) and it has already managed to beat Skyrim's all-time player peak on Steam.
Starfield has surpassed six million players on launch day, making it the biggest Bethesda launch of all time.
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