Xbox Boss Wants Starfield to be Most Played Todd Howard Game
Even though it’s slated to release later this year in November, Microsoft and Bethesda have shown very little of sci-fi title Starfield. A brief teaser trailer was shown at E3 2021, alongside its release date, but there remains no official gameplay footage (although the aforementioned teaser did apparently consist of in-game footage). Amidst this secrecy, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has made it clear that he has rather lofty aspirations for the game.
According to Axios reporter Stephen Totilo, who shared a Twitter thread about a recent interview he had with Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming said that when he talks about Starfield with its director Todd Howard, they discuss how they can make it the most played game Howard has ever made. Considering Howard’s career, that’s an undeniably tall order.
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Howard has been with Bethesda since 1994 and has worked on several entries in the popular Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. Even if one were to focus on the ones Howard served as director on, that covers Fallout 4, which was both a critical and commercial success (it made $750 million within 24 hours of its release) and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
Skyrim is no doubt the current record holder for Bethesda’s most played game. Initially released in 2011, it has enjoyed several re-releases, with it now widely available across every major gaming platform, as well as continued mod support. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition released only this November, bringing with it numerous DLC and expansions alongside entirely new content. It’s probably impossible to calculate exactly how much time fans have spent on Skyrim alone but between the re-releases and capacity for
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