Is there anyone on the market who didn’t suppose Starfield can be an immense hit the yoctosecond it launched? It turned Steam’s prime sport earlier than it even formally launched. Now it’s been declared that Bethesda’s anticipated sci-fi RPG has surpassed a million concurrent gamers.

That’s in response to a latest Twitter submit from Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer. In keeping with the exec, this quantity was “exceeded” immediately, simply at some point after Starfield‘s full launch. It needs to be famous that that is throughout all platforms. And by “all platforms,” he means the 2 that the sport is out there on.

Starfield exceeded 1 million concurrent gamers throughout all platforms immediately. Because of all of the gamers who helped us attain this nice milestone and congrats to the @BethesdaStudios https://t.co/5jFaCyPz4G

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 7, 2023

It shouldn’t be a shock to anybody that it’s doing extremely properly, particularly so quickly after it launched. In reality, if you happen to take a look at the info on SteamDB, you possibly can see that over 170,000 persons are at the moment enjoying on PC on the time of writing. After all, these numbers are altering on a regular basis and will simply spike as soon as we hit the weekend.

Sucks to be another sport releasing this month

After greater than a decade of being within the pipeline (from Todd Howard’s preliminary pitch to the ultimate launch), the hype appears to be value it. Starfield is receiving nice evaluations just about throughout the board.

It’s acquired its faults, after all. It’s a Bethesda sport in any case, however one which appears much less buggy than issues like Skyrim or Fallout 76. In the long run, a million concurrent gamers throughout Steam and Xbox is a mighty milestone, even for the massive weapons of the gaming world.

Proper. That’s the Starfield stuff performed. When’s The Elder Scrolls 6 popping out, Todd?