Starfield Climbs To 12 Million Players, Phil Spencer Believes It Can Have Skyrim-Like Life
Xbox boss Phil Spencer hopes Starfield can be like Skyrim for people who love space and space exploration.
By Hayley Williams on
Xbox is celebrating a new milestone for Starfield after Phil Spencer announced it's now seen over 12 million total players in the three months since launch. The Xbox head also talked about the future of the space exploration epic, comparing Bethesda's ambitions for the game to Skyrim's extended life cycle.
Speaking at CCXP in Brazil, as picked up by IGN, Spencer celebrated Starfield's success since launch. «Starfield has now had over 12 million players since the launch of Starfield, and it still sits in our top 10 most-played games from our studios,» he said.
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When asked if Spencer could see Starfield having a similar lifespan to Skyrim, the Bethesda RPG that is still popular with fans 12 years after its release, he said «that's our goal.» Spencer added that Todd Howard and the team at Bethesda hope that Starfield can be a similar experience to Skyrim for «people who love space and space exploration.»
«So we've already announced that we've got our next expansion coming, Shattered Space, we've already told the community that they'll get all the mod tools so they can go create their own content in Starfield, which has been so important for Skyrim,» Spencer said. «So a ton of confidence that for many many years Starfield will be sitting high in the gameplay.»
By all accounts Starfield has had a strong launch, counting 1 million concurrent players on launch
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