Starfield surpasses 6 million players to become Bethesda's best launch yet, beating Skyrim and Fallout

Well no shit most of us got it for free with gamepass

It came with my ryzen 7800x3d. Didn't even know it until amd sent me an email to a steam code for it.
Only reason I’m playing it. I’m usually not an RPG fan, but I pay for gamepass so I can try these games without buyers remorse.
- what are your thoughts so far?
most of us
Sauce?
- Straight outta my ass
  But also, there are like 25 million gamepass subscribers, so I'm not surprised if upwards of 10% of them downloaded the new Fallout Scrolls in Space
That's actually a great point
- I genuinely want to know how many people actually paid for it, and how many people just downloaded it cause we could. Consider this one vote for "cause I could"

Skyrim’s launch was less impressive than it’s eternal longevity. Released on 11.11.11 and ported to everything but a Texas Instrument's calculator. (Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s been done too, mods included)

Good, the game is fantastic.

I have complaints, but over all I'm having a lot of fun. Pretty typical with any Bethesda game to be honest.
- Oh yeah. It definitely has that classic Bethesda jank in many of the normal places, but it still feels good in all the ways that matter. Like you’re finally awake.
- Yeah. Skyrim is my top 5 favorite games of all time but I got issues with that game for sure. It's not perfect. But damn is it a blast.
  Feeling the same with Starfield, I got issues, but the core of it is so fun. Having way more fun with it than Fallout 4.
- You’ll fix every complaint and be able to make every man in the game into a waifu once mods are officially added. It’s gonna be a game I play for the next 5-10 years for sure.
It really is. I can't stop playing it.
Agreed it's not perfect but it slowly sucked me in more and more. Ready for NG+
- Fair warning about NG+: Think long and hard about it when you do. That is all.

Knowing Bethesda I decided to start Baldurs Gate and wait for them to iron out the bugs until I’m finished with that

It's honestly a really well polished game and I've only had a very small handful of bug encounters. Its less buggy than curent patches of FO4 and Skyrim
- My biggest common Bethesda glitches so far was ONCE, one of the NPCs had the white squares attached to her hair and played miss sparkle for our conversation and then the occasional alien getting caught on geometry and then vibrating because the engine didn’t know what to do. Outside of that it’s been remarkably bug-free so far. Oh, I’m 30 hours in too!
- That’s good to hear, and I believe you, but I’ve also been burned by Bethesda many times in the past
I'm over here still trying to finish Elden Ring.
- I passed on that one, but took a solid 3 months to beat Tears of the Kingdom
Ironically I think BG3 is buggier than Starfield on release.
I've experienced a few instances of bethesda jank, but nothing game breaking or even requiring a reload in ~55 hours of play. Just silly things like bodies getting stuck in a ceiling after an explosion. My SO is playing BG3 and has been getting CTD's and other more egrigious bugs since hitting act 3.

Elder Scrolls: Spacerim

Outer Worlds 0

Forget Barbenheimer, I'm going full on Balder's Field and playing both.

So far, Baldur's Gate III seems deeper. Just starting on Starfield.

I'm nearing 100 hours in BG3 and absolutely loving it. I'm not even into the full Act 2 yet, still making my way through the act 1 - act 2 transition/passages.
Choices matter, characters matter, story matters... shit is so fun
I've got Starfield through gamepass just waiting to go but I'm still trying to get motivated to start...
- If it helps, you have to put in some work. The first group of missions for the Freestar Rangers has a dialogue option where you can ask for a promotion and the Marshal laughs in your face and tells you to get back to work. That’s like 5 missions in and 3-4 hours. No taking the faction over in a couple of hours.
its kinda wild to me that balders gate 2 was i think 23 years ago and then i suddenly hear about 3
Still existentialism related.
BG3 is definitely the deeper game IMHO.
Starfield has some charm -- it's also got a lot of slog and grind and some serious issues with immersion.

It's on gamepass right? I wonder how these numbers would compare if it wasn't....

I mean, peak on Steam is still lower than Baldurs Gate 3 daily count after over a month since release. So I don't think it's THAT successful, though the numbers are not bad for a single player game.
- But for anybody on both game pass and steam, it's cheaper to just play on game pass. That skews the data quite a bit. I'll play it for "free" now and then buy it on steam in 5 years on sale if I ever get the inclination.

The biggest reason I never got into Skyrim or Fallout is because it's not in space.

I also want a medieval game in space
- unironically, yes. Give me some Peter F Hamilton Void-esque stuff.
- Y'know that would almost make sense tbh. You wouldn't want to be tossing grenades or shooting guns inside a spaceship lol

Haven't tried it yet, too many good games came out recently. It's on my wishlist though so hopefully it goes on Steam sale soon

And it still runs like ass

100% deserved! Masterpiece with unlimited potential. ❤️

I thought it was woke

oh god, PRONOUNS! The horror!

Not surprised. I'm just trying to decide if I should get an xbox or a steam deck to play it on. Xbox seems like it'll play it better, but portability is rather enticing.

I bought a Series S specifically for this game and it plays great. I'm typically a Playstation person, but so far I haven't picked up a PS5 because the only game I don't have access to, that I want to play, without a PS5 is FFXVI.
- Hmm, if the series s can play it well, that's probably the direction I'll go. Portability would be nice, but I wouldn't use it that often, I'd likely get the tv dock and leave it there for 90% of its life. The series s has the best price point, and would probably serve my needs best
I am planning to go for Xbox (actually, I am waiting for Pro version, the activision case brought up that there was plan for PS5 pro soon, so Xbox Series X Pro shouldn't be far behind). While Starfield is a major reason, there is also Avowed coming up, and I have big hopes for that. Not to mention Fable.
Also, I've never had Xbox so want to play older franchises too. So, Xbox makes sense to me. Your requirements might be different.
- Haven't heard of Avowed, and as much as I loved the old Fable games, I have little hope this one will do them justice. Starfield is literally the only reason I am interested in xbox (that may change once I have it, but for now that's it)
I have it on PC, and performance is really hit or miss on Steamdeck, so I mostly play on my PC. There are some modded quality presets that help, but in the big cities framerate really dips.
If your options are Xbox or Steamdeck, id go for xbox

Will wait for the Switch 2 port