Starfield hit over 1 million concurrent players on all platforms at launch
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Starfieldleft its early access period yesterday (September 6), and managed to quickly surpass a whopping one million players across all platforms, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed.
As GamesRadar+reports, in a celebratory tweet, Spencer wrote: “Starfieldexceeded one million concurrent players across all platforms today. Thanks to all the players who helped us reach this great milestone and congrats to [Bethesda Game Studios].”
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/5jFaCyPz4GSeptember 7, 2023
While Spencer didn’t provide a breakdown of the most popular platforms to playStarfieldon,data from SteamDBshows that the all-time peak of concurrent players onSteamwas 269,177, at around 3pm ET yesterday. Obviously, that means that the remaining players must have been playing onXbox Series X|S, or viaXbox Game PassUltimate’s cloud streaming.
It’s little wonder thatStarfieldhas proven to be so popular - it’s been one of the most highly anticipatedupcoming gamesfor years, but the fact that it’s available to play viaXbox Game Passmeans that anyone who was already subscribed to the subscription service can dive in without having to spend an extra penny.
In his review, TechRadar Gaming’s editor in chief, Jake Tucker, gaveStarfieldfour out of five stars, and although he loved the starship combat and skill system, he didn’t think that the game was without its flaws. He wrote: “I’ve enjoyed the time that I’ve spent with the game, and I fully expect scores and scores of people to be playing this for years. There’s so much here for willing captains who want to explore every different station, survey and map out every world. For me, I’ll be left looking up from the ground, wondering if a more interesting version of the game is out there in the stars somewhere.”
If you’re diving intoStarfield, you can check out our list of thebest Xbox controllersto kit yourself out for your grand space adventure. Alternatively, you can check out our recommendations for thebest open-world games on PC.
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