Starfield Topped 230,000 Concurrent Players on Steam in First Two Hours in Early Access - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2023 / 5,811 Views
Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET / 1 am UK last night released the Early Access version of Starfield for those that purchased the Premium Edition or the Game Pass Premium Upgrade of the game.
The open-universe action RPG in its first couple of hours available reached 234,502 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB. This does not include anyone playing the game via the Premium Upgrade as that requires using the Xbox app on PC or an Xbox Series X or S console.
The official launch for Starfield is on September 6 for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.
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I was one of them! Felt bad for those outside of the US as it launched literally in the middle of the night lol. It's been a very smooth and for the most part bug free experience so far. Game shockingly looked and played very well at high framerates.
Looking forward to hopping back on tonight! Great start!
This game is going to be massive
i got my order in on the Starfield Constellation Edition, this is what i got yesterday. "This item is still delayed. We're continuing to work on shipping it to you within the next few days" . still very excited
Regretting my decision to wait until the regular release, just trying not to read too much information on it before I get to dive in. From the little I've read, it's only made me more excited to play it.
Hang in there . Atleast some complaints are being raised and some issues might be patched.
Still, by far the most polished and bug free Bethesda game I’ve ever played. A game of this size is always going to have some issues, but it’s off to a great start. Hopefully there will be a day one patch that irons out some of the notable issues that have come up.
Cool. What system you playing on?
Trailed the game last night, and its phenomenal. Visusls, Sound, Gameplay all top end. Surprisingly no bugs yet for a Bethesda game.
Pretty good. I will wait for black Friday myself. Cannot play everything and still want to wait for reviews from the countless barred sites.
There's so much to play this year man it's insane. I just started up BG3 last weekend. No way I get to Starfield this year. This isn't even including the backlog of games I have.
I have 3 weeks holiday coming. Not sure if I should starfield or bg3 first.
Get gamepass on PC or Xbox. No need to buy
And yet, lots of people seem to have. These 230k+ people are just those who bought it on Steam, just those who bought the premium edition, and just those that happened to be online and playing it at that particular moment in time. Since there will be others who bought it on Xbox, or on PC via the Microsoft Store, it's likely that millions have purchased it already.
One of my co-workers refuses to get Game Pass. And he buys every Forza, he bought Starfield, he bought Sea of Thieves, etc. He's a strong candidate for Game Pass, but he won't do it for reasons that I don't understand.
Maybe cheaper for them to buy outright. I will play starfield multiple times, subbing would be more expensive for me. Maybe it is the same for them.
Well, subbing can be free. I don't pay for my Game Pass, as I need to only spend about 2 minutes a day earning enough Microsoft Rewards to renew it every month. ;)
But setting that aside, sure, if you don't anticipate playing any other Microsoft/Bethesda/Activision/Blizzard titles, or any of the pretty big selection of indie games on the service, then I guess buying it outright makes more sense.
And fair enough, actually. Starfield is SUCH a big game, that you really could play just this game for years to come, if you were really into it.
Thats true but if people can't afford to buy new games all the time, gamepass is a good option to get.. your co worker is weird🤣. Maybe he loves physical?. I manage to convert my older brother who refused to gamepass but he cave after I told.hik to try the 1 dollar for 3 months lol
No, my co-worker doesn't love physical, he's digital-only! He always buys, he always buys digital, and he always buys the most premium digital version. And he likes a lot of Xbox and Bethesda games, so he's a strong candidate for Game Pass. So, damn straight he's weird, if you ask me! :P
Whereas, I got Game Pass early on, and (other than deeply discounted games, years after release, on rare occasions) haven't bought a game since.
