Xbox Game Pass Didn’t Hurt Starfield From Moving Individual Units

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Starfield was easily one of the most anticipated video game titles slated to launch into the marketplace. Fans waited years to get their hands on the game and in the middle of all that, Microsoft acquired Starfield. The purchase of Zenimax Media also meant that Bethesda would be under the control of Microsoft, which ultimately turned Starfield into a Microsoft exclusive. Players would either have to enjoy this game on a PC or an Xbox Series X/S console. Fortunately, on the bright side, if you were a subscriber to Xbox Game Pass, you would get this new hyped-up RPG at no additional cost. 

Microsoft has been pushing Xbox Game Pass for quite some time now. The service opens up a massive catalog of video game titles for players to enjoy. Best of all, we knew that every Microsoft first-party title would land on the subscription service. That might have incentivized some players to go ahead and get their subscriptions ready for this RPG. If not, it might have been extremely tempting, knowing they would soon have their hands on Starfield. With that said, one of the arguments we hear about Xbox Game Pass is that it can cannibalize sales. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like Bethesda had any issues moving units.

Thanks to Gamerant, we’re finding out that a new Circana report had released a new statement suggesting Bethesda’s Starfield game was the top-selling game for the month of September and continues to see itself ranked high on the list of new releases. That is quite an accomplishment, with some other titles launched last month. Of course, that’s on top of the amount of individuals who took up Starfield from the Xbox Game Pass subscription services. 

It should be interesting to see if there is any dropoff in terms of