Bethesda’s space opera Starfield, famously cancelled on the PS5 after Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the publisher, could still release on Sony’s console in the future.
Speaking with reporter Destin Legarie, Xbox bigwig Phil Spencer was asked if the intergalactic RPG would be “staying put for the time being”.
A Fallout 4 Nintendo Switch 2 port seems like an inevitability, but what about other Bethesda RPGs like Starfield.
I think all games will end up on switch from Xbox. MS has embraced going to other platforms now if games aren't doing well on Nintendo MS may be more selective in the future
On playstation they have been quite successful
All are welcome to Switch 2. Microsoft Games Studios is interested in long term profits and market value not petty fanboy thoughts.
Tom Warren, senior editor at The Verge, claims on The Xbox Two + 1 podcast that a PS5 port of Starfield "should be ready" this year.
i believe that 100%
but not cause its difficult to work the ps5, its cause the game itself is fundamentally broken asf
Hope it does pretty good, big fan of Bethesda.
But not gonna lie this game was fucking ass.
Probably my least favorite Bethesda style rpg ever.
Regretted paying to play it early.
The official PlayStation logo has been spotted in one of Starfield's mods on Bethesda's own creations site.
They should try to remove the stupid overabundance of ridiculous loading screens for the PS5 version. But I assume it's not possible because of their crap engine and/or their laziness to do anything about it. But it is possible in some instances as some modders have done so a few times for PC from what I have seen.
It will be super jarring and weird for PS5 players to see so many loading screens, I worry it will destroy any potential immersion. I don't think I could handle it honestly lol. Combining that with the uninspired gameplay, I expect it would tank my motivation to play and finish the game.
I have zero interest in this game but there are people who like it. People have their personal preference.
Starfield was strongly hyped as a triple-A exclusive that could drive Xbox Series console sales. Since Microsoft announced that four of its games would tentatively release on other platforms, there's been speculation about whether Xbox would fully embrace third-party status. Starfield's potential release on other platforms has become a barometer, a key indicator, on whether Xbox will go completely third-party.
Whilst there have been other games announced as coming to PlayStation and Nintendo, the most extreme in the Xbox creator community have always held on to the notion that Starfield would remain exclusive. Now the final barrier has been removed, Phil Spencer head of Microsoft gaming has refused to agree that Starfield, its flagship title, will remain exclusive.
“ 'Keeping Games Off Other Platforms Is Not the Path for Us’”
Of course not because that is not how third-party publishing works. This isn’t new. Xbox is reinventing the wheel and getting praised for it by the usual fanboys.