I think I speak for many Xbox users when I say “it was about time” that Microsoft has found the key to tackling both high-quality games and their marketing. With this I do not want to reflect that the quality of past games is better or worse, but it is clear that there has been a gap for years between what the user perceives when the comparison with Playstation is made.
Now, with Starfield, one of those games that manages to make an impact on the industry is on the horizon. The size of everything Bethesda set out to do with the game is gigantic. Not only because of the mapping, which we will have to see how good it is, but also because of the number of options, dialogues and graphics. It all sounds like those kind of generation-defining games.
In a detailed article, Forbes analyzes the situation with Starfield and how it will affect Sony
I’m not the only one seeing this, the folks at Forbes also seem to have quickly seen what this game can do. Not to mention what will happen to the PC modding community, which is another matter. This game is perhaps one of those that hurts to lose in the war of exclusives.
For quite a few years, Sony made sure to ‘steal’ games by paying for exclusives that yes they hurt Xbox. Without thinking too much, I arrive with Final Fantasy VII Remake, among others. AND according to what they say fellow Forbes, who predictably saw the game live and maybe even tried it out as IGN, this game will turn the tide, as it’s not hard to extrapolate the success of Fallout or The Elder Scrolls to this new proposal.
Of course, there’s no guarantee that Starfield will be any good or have a smooth launch. But the odds of its quality are in its favor, given the impact recent Fallout and Elder Scrolls games have had on the industry, and it’s not a wild multiplayer MMO experience like Fallout 76. It looks like the game the biggest and most ambitious at Bethesda, by quite a wide margin.
I think this is a situation that PlayStation gamers haven’t often found themselves in. Not for years, I would say. The one where they’re missing out on a really massive game that’s not available on their best-selling console.
It’s like imagining Skyrim, which sold 60 million copies in 12 years, not coming to PlayStation. Fallout 4 sold 12 million copies in 24 hours in 2015. Starfield will not increase that level of sales figures as it is offered on day one on Xbox Game Pass, although it is already at the top of the charts. Steam charts via pre-order there.
Of course, there is much more to say about this text, so I recommend that you read it calmly, because it contains powerful conclusions.
