Starfield (XSX|S/PC/xCloud) - Update 1.10.31 is available now on Xbox and PC.

Will 140,000 of them be read out by that same one guy again?

Jenuall wrote:Will 140,000 of them be read out by that same one guy again?

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an asteroid to the knee

Victor Mildew wrote:

Jenuall wrote:Will 140,000 of them be read out by that same one guy again?

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an asteroid to the knee

There's a nip in the air. Class L atmosphere won't be good for my crops.

Starfield’s for the Humans!

Concept Art & a bit of story -

Explore the Settled Systems of Starfield with Bethesda Game Studios Design Director Emil Pagliarulo. Get some fresh details on Starfield’s unique setting and the factions that call it home. From the Settled Systems’ two largest factions – the United Colonies and the Freestar Collective – and the pirates of the Crimson Fleet, to the intrepid explorers of Constellation, with whom you will begin your journey in Starfield.

Starfield arrives exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and PC on 11.11.22. Play it day one with Xbox Game Pass.

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I'm assuming E3 will be the big showcase.
I'm interested but I'm tired of games being announced this early and then having to sit through years of pr bullshit.

Some Starfield music after 51mins -



New concept art -

Join Game Director Todd Howard, Studio Director Angela Browder and Art Director Matt Carofano as they discuss how Bethesda Game Studios' ambitions, passions and history have shaped the studio and how they are looking to the future with Starfield. Keep an eye out in the coming months for more episodes of 'Into the Starfield.'

Starfield arrives exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and PC on 11.11.22. Play it day one with Xbox Game Pass.

Dang, man, I'm still gutted that MS bought Bethesda. As a fan of games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls, I knew it was gonna be tough seeing future titles appear exclusively on Xbox (Game Pass) but it is slowly feeling a little more real now. I wonder if more folk will switch to Xbox... or if fewer folk will play the games?

Edit: If anyone is interested in the PlayStation perspective of the buyout and it's impact on gaming, please check out my post in the PS5 thread and chat there rather than de-railing this Starfield game thread. Ta!

Think you need to put your squirrel fighting fund, no Switch OLED, your current fund to save up and buy a Series S when Starfield comes out Jawa

Robbo-92 wrote:...your current fund to save up and buy a Series S when Starfield comes out Jawa

Haha, definitely no more consoles for me at the moment, Robbo. Even the Amico is outta the question!

jawa_ wrote:I wonder if more folk will switch to Xbox... or if fewer folk will play the games?

Both

The sales of e.g. Skyrim across non-xbox platforms seems like an insane potential to hope to translate into people switching ecosystem, it must be more long term in building the value of gamepass especially as it becomes more accessible streaming through other devices that people already own (so the entry cost is just the subscription, not a hard-to-buy and expensive console plus subscription).

Man, please Bethesda, don't f**k up this game.

jawa_ wrote:Dang, man, I'm still gutted that MS bought Bethesda. As a fan of games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls, I knew it was gonna be tough seeing future titles appear exclusively on Xbox (Game Pass) but it is slowly feeling a little more real now. I wonder if more folk will switch to Xbox... or if fewer folk will play the games?

I remember posting that I reckon these games will be exclusive to Xbox and PC and the majority of folk disagreed, something about money on the table?

Photek wrote:

jawa_ wrote:Dang, man, I'm still gutted that MS bought Bethesda. As a fan of games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls, I knew it was gonna be tough seeing future titles appear exclusively on Xbox (Game Pass) but it is slowly feeling a little more real now. I wonder if more folk will switch to Xbox... or if fewer folk will play the games?

I remember posting that I reckon these games will be exclusive to Xbox and PC and the majority of folk disagreed, something about money on the table?

The disagreement was that you couldn't see the reasoning behind why they might not be exclusive - going exclusive is leaving money on the table in losing out on some of the extra sales this would make on playstation.

Supporting more platforms has an increased development and support cost, of course, but it'd be a safe bet that would be more than offset by the extra sales on that platform for this or a new Elder Scrolls especially.

Being exclusive there will be some people who would have bought it on playstation given the choice but will now buy it on PC or xbox, or subscribe to game pass, and even go out and buy an xbox (if they can) to play it. I doubt in isolation that will offset the potential revenue from releasing on playstation - but that's presumably been weighed up against the wider and longer term effect of making this exclusive to increase the value of xbox and game pass.

My additional argument in favour of a multiplatform release was that, unlike in previous generations, there would still be an incentive to favour the xbox ecosystem over getting the game on playstation because of the imbalance in value between buying the game at full price and subscribing to game pass. I think that's still a relevant point, it just obviously wasn't a deciding one!

Join me on a trip down memory lane after I posted that I think Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6 etc will be PC Xbox Exclusive:

Errkal wrote:

more heat than light wrote:Having the games free on the service drives Game Pass memberships regardless of exclusivity. Releasing on PS5 is just extra cash, plus goodwill towards those gamers (which might translate into add-on sales, DLC etc).

This, I really don't understand how people don't see this it's really simple.

I didn't understand.

jawa wrote:Dang, man, I'm so unsure about the deal. It is going to influence my next console choice as I just wouldn't want to miss out on, say, Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5.

This was never going to happen.

jawa2 wrote:I'll be surprised if Microsoft are willing to pay out that kinda money and have games published on platforms other than Xbox.

Bingo.

jiggles wrote:The only way it seems to make any sense for Microsoft financially is to put them on Gamepass but still release elsewhere full price. Extremely high value add for their service without giving up literal billions in sales

On brand.

Tomous wrote:I think they're going to release the big titles on PS5 but with timed Xbox exclusivity.

To be fair, and because most of the forum was posting that they reckon it'll be multi-plat I recanted a little:

Photek wrote:I reckon announced or soon to be announced games will hit PS5, Starfield, TES and Fallout 5 will have maybe a year exclusivity on Xbox/PC and a few others will be fully exclusive.

Photek wrote:

jawa wrote:Dang, man, I'm so unsure about the deal. It is going to influence my next console choice as I just wouldn't want to miss out on, say, Starfield, Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5.

This was never going to happen.

jawa2 wrote:I'll be surprised if Microsoft are willing to pay out that kinda money and have games published on platforms other than Xbox.

Bingo.

jawa seemed very unsure about that console decision but, dang, jawa2 sure had his finger on the pulse .