Starfield will be an Xbox Series X exclusive, new rumors suggest
Bethesda’s Starfield won’t release on PS5, apparently
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Starfield, Bethesda’s upcoming space-faring RPG, is set to be exclusive to Xbox consoles and PC, according to an industry insider.
GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb has confidently stated thatStarfieldwon’t be coming toPS5andPS4– “period” – and that the game will soon be confirmed as an Xbox and PC exclusive.
In a tweet, Grubb said: “Starfield is exclusive to Xbox and PC. This is me confirming that.”
Starfield is exclusive to Xbox and PC. Period. This is me confirming that. https://t.co/j78Msk8nyGMay 15, 2021
Starfield’s future on PlayStation platforms has been in doubt ever sinceMicrosoft’sacquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. It’s led to many suggesting that future Bethesda published titles, which includes the likes of Fallout, Wolfenstein, The Evil Within,The Elder Scrollsand more, will be exclusive toXbox Series X,Xbox Series Sand PC or have some sort of timed-exclusivity moving forward.
Ultimately, though, details on Starfield as a whole are still thin on the ground. The game was revealed at E3 2018 and despite being tipped for a 2021 release, little is known about the single-player RPG. Its exclusivity, then, almost seems like a moot point at this stage.
The lack of information around Starfield isn’t unprecedented for a Bethesda-developed game, though.Fallout 4was shown at E3 2015 and released just three months later, so there’s a good chance Starfield could follow a similar trajectory. We’d be shocked if Starfield wasn’t shown at this year’sE3, then, which Microsoft is attending.
Gazing upon the stars
Microsoft recently added20 Bethesda titles to its Xbox Game Passservice, and it’s likely that any future games from the studio will release onXbox Game Passon day one. That includes Starfield, but it remains to be seen if the game will be released onPS5.
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Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has previously said thatfuture Bethesda gameswill be released on other platforms on a “case by case basis” and that Microsoft would ensure that, “We will want Bethesda content to show up the best as – on our platforms.”
An interesting example of this isDeathloopand Ghostwire: Tokyo, which were announced as PS5 exclusives before Microsoft’s acquisition. The games are tipped to come to Xbox Series X at a later date, but we’ll have to see how generous Microsoft will be with other Bethesda games moving forward.
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