Starfield broke Xbox Game Studios’ launch day record
By ForGeeks Starfield appears to have broken Microsoft’s record for the number of players on release day for Xbox Game Studios. After the game’s release on Wednesday, Xbox chief Phil Spencer said the number of concurrent players topped one million across all platforms, but it wasn’t clear how many unique users were playing Starfield.
After the game’s release on Wednesday, Xbox chief Phil Spencer said the number of concurrent players topped one million across all platforms.
That has now been revealed by a tweet from the official Starfield account, which claims that more than six million people had played the game by the end of its first official release day. While Xbox has yet to report this, it also appears to be the biggest first-day launch for any Xbox Game Studios game (which includes Bethesda’s games).
It’s also the biggest first-day launch for any Xbox Game Studios game (which includes Bethesda’s games).
The previous biggest launch was Forza Horizon 5, released in November 2021. At the time, Spencer said the game had «reached 4.5 million players on PC, cloud and consoles» and that it was «the biggest launch day for an XGS game».
At the time, Spencer said the game had reached 4.5 million players on PC, cloud and consoles.
