Game Pass subscribers are snapping up Starfield at $35 for early access
By ForGeeks Game Pass subscribers are snapping up early access to Starfield for $35. As Pure Xbox notes, in both the US and UK versions of the Xbox Store, the Premium Edition upgrade to Starfield tops the list of highest paying games. Further analysis reveals that the upgrade tops the list in nearly every other country where the Premium Edition Upgrade is available for purchase.
A further analysis reveals that the upgrade tops the list in nearly every other country where the Premium Edition Upgrade can be purchased.
While it’s no surprise that the most anticipated Xbox exclusive in years should top the Xbox charts, it’s the fact that it’s Premium Edition Upgrade that has become available for purchase that is most notable. The Premium Edition Upgrade is available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers, who will receive the standard edition of Starfield on September 6 as part of their subscription anyway.
The Premium Edition Upgrade is available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers, who will receive the standard edition of Starfield on September 6 as part of their subscription.
Although the Premium Edition Upgrade is also available to players who pre-ordered the standard edition of the game, buying the standard edition and the Premium Edition Upgrade will cost more than buying the Premium Edition alone. So we can assume that the majority of upgrade purchasers are Game Pass subscribers.
The Premium Edition Upgrade is also available to pre-orderers of the standard edition of the game.
So the above data suggests that many Xbox Game Pass subscribers are willing to pay an extra $35 on top of the Premium Edition subscription price. Since the most notable of these features are the story expansion, unavailable on release, and early access to the game starting Sept. 1, it’s safe to assume that many players who paid for the Premium Edition did so for the latter.
This trend isn’t unique to the Xbox Store. As GamesIndustry.biz notes, the «physical» version of the Premium Edition Upgrade, which is simply a box with a code to download the Premium Edition Upgrade, entered the UK charts at number seven.
The game’s release of the Premium Edition Upgrade, which is simply a box containing a code to download the Premium Edition Upgrade, entered the UK charts at number seven.
