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ScreenRant: Starfield Could Be The Xbox Exclusive That Saves The Series X
- Thread starter Eddie-Griffin
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YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Modding I think defeats the purpose of console gaming: simplicity. Mods inevitably leads to tweaking.
Also I'm sure quite a few Starfield mods need better hardware than Xbox to run.
Astray
Member
Both positions are honestly pointless, Sony had an initial flop with No Man's Sky and they survived mainly because they had other good titles coming.
The big issue is that Xbox has genuinely been so starved of system sellers that they had to place a lot of hope into Starfield, the fact that the title is being cited in regulator reports in the ATVI purchase process only adds to this.
This is the title that will likely define this gen's console race imo, and for many reasons.
ByWatterson
Member
They did, right? They just have had unbelievably bad management and nothing of note from their investments has come out yet.
It's pretty insane, honestly. Essentially none of the promise of their acquisition spree has borne fruit half a decade later.
SF Kosmo
Banned
There's little doubt that Starfield is a make or break game for Xbox right now. Halo and Gears are in the twilight of their relevance, and the former won't see another new entry this gen. If we are still living in a world where marquee exclusive titles matter, then Starfield is gonna be it.
That said, MS has a lot of studios working on a lot of things, and I'm sure many quality titles in the pipe. But a lot of them are still quite far away, and few of them have anywhere near the level of hype going for them as Starfield. We're at a point in the gen where Sony is starting to roll out their heavy hitters, and MS needs something top tier.
That said, MS has a lot of studios working on a lot of things, and I'm sure many quality titles in the pipe. But a lot of them are still quite far away, and few of them have anywhere near the level of hype going for them as Starfield. We're at a point in the gen where Sony is starting to roll out their heavy hitters, and MS needs something top tier.
systemr123
Banned
True that, it's a slightly less complete failure than Xbox One though since there are no legendary Mattrick quotes on it
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SJRB
Gold Member
How fucked must your 20-studio gaming division be if apparently all hope is on one notoriously technically incompetent studio with a terrible track record working on a game that looked aggressively mediocre in almost every way with gameplay mechanics that already seem archaic before the game is even out.
People seriously expecting Starfield to be the second coming of christ are up for a rude awakening.
People seriously expecting Starfield to be the second coming of christ are up for a rude awakening.
Trogdor1123
Member
I don’t understand their position either. The Xbox is doing just fine.
SneakersSO
Member
There is for sure some merit to your fear.
To me though, its that the little bits of this experience that I feel would help make it all cohesive just aren't there. My top 3 for BGS remains unchanged after having experienced much of it: Oblivion == Skyrim > Fallout 3.
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MikeM
Member
Anyone who plays with mods on PC that combining some will break stuff. They would need to do a lot of QA for each mod which no one wants to do.
SteelCurtain 59
Member
Well it's made by the BGS main team who has literally not made a game that wasn't great in quite some time, maybe ever, so I expect it will be great, but Xbox doesn't need saving so it's not going to be a "savior"
Roberts
Member
I loved how space expansion was portrayed in Ad Astra movie. It is probably one of the very few sci-fi movies where humanity's ascent into the stars is shown as a miserable endeavour - it's depressing and bleak, it barely works, it's dangerous and most importantly, kind of pointless. And I kind of hope Starfield will have some of that stuff in it opposed to Star Trek's optimism. But who am I kidding, I will play it no matter what. Bethesda never disappointed me and I don't see a reason why this one will.
Stuart360
Member
I think people forget Bethesda have multiple teams, and multiple studios under them.
Todds team, the ones actually making Starfield, their last 5 games were Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4.
If Starfield doesnt end up a good game, it will be a first for that team.
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Gameplay Gods Bless
Member
I imagine it'll be much better than Fallout 4 which sold massively and is beloved by many despite it's controversial changes.
Mephisto40
Member
It could also be an epic failure
Looking forward to it, but i'm fully expecting it to have game breaking bugs when it releases
You can pretty much guarentee the main story will be uncompleteable at launch due to some stupid bug
Looking forward to it, but i'm fully expecting it to have game breaking bugs when it releases
You can pretty much guarentee the main story will be uncompleteable at launch due to some stupid bug
93xfan
Banned
hopefully it doesn’t have stuttering issues like so many PC games these days.
Other than fallout 76 which it's something entirely different since it's an online game I don't see how Skyrim and FO4 were complete clusterfucks when compared to other AAA games that do way less.
The issues are overstated because these games historically had poor performance in a family of consoles that have the most marketshare. A platform where Starfield won't be releasing. But played just fine on the other and shine on PC.
And comparing rockstar and CDPR is a bit unfair. Rockstar does way less on SP games vs CDPR with way more budget.
I am playing RDR2 now and like the game specially because we don't have many western games. But its mission design is straight from the early 00s. CDPR at least upped the ante on AAA WRPGs with each Witcher release. Games have yet to match and surpass Witcher 3.
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saintjules
Member
A FPS game that would be the savior of the entire hardware sounds like a really long stretch.
Interfectum
Member
No doubt Starfield will do well but it won't 'save' or 'destroy' a platform.
lughnasadh123
Member
People are putting too much expectation into one game when the problem is, no matter how good or bad it is, the question is always going to be: "so what's next?". Until we get a better answer for that it'll just be the same ol' same ol'.
Tokio Blues
Gold Member
It will be very buggy and it wont be polished. Also, the fact that it wont have the transition when you are landing on a planet its a boomer. I dont know man, was very hyped at start. But know I m not very optimistic about this.
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Fuz
Banned
But only thanks to modders.
Topher
Identifies as young
2 points...
Is the series X really dying
Not even a little
Is starfield really being anticipated the same as cyberpunk 2077 / elden ring / hogwarts were. I hardly know anyone anecdotally in my gaming circle who is chomping at the bit for it
Those games were not equivalent in hype levels. I'd say Starfield has less hype than Cyberpunk 2077 or Elden Ring. Hogwarts was a big unknown so there was more uncertainty than hype. Starfield is somewhere inbetween Hogwarts and Cyberpunk/Elden Ring, imo.
There is nothing needing "saving" here at all, but I think most will say that Starfield is an important new title that a lot of people are looking at as a sign that Microsoft has begun to correct the issues with their first party AAA development beyond just getting out the checkbook.
StueyDuck
Member
I disagree with that purely because hogwarts was smashing steam sales before the game even came out.
Starfield seems way way below all of those games. Comparative to a halo infinite at best. I know hard-core elder scrolls fans who still play skyrim who don't even know what starfield is.
I am just not seeing all this insane hype in real life talking to actual gamers, seems more of a Twitter console war thing.
This is all anecdotal till we actual sale numbers. I am just not seeing it with real life gamers, where as with the other titles I saw people come out the woodworks that haven't played games in years pre-ordering them.
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Topher
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Yeah, but Hogwarts was still an uncertain title until the reviews hit and the positivity in reception shot the hype through the roof overnight. Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, and Starfield are all games that have are/were anticipated for years.
twilo99
Member
Bigger failure that the X itself
bxrz
Member
Where are you getting that Perfect Dark, Fable and Everwild is in development hell. You just made that up to push a narrative
Humdinger
Gold Member
I lean Sony, but this idea that one particular game is going to "make or break" Xbox is tired. We've heard it over and over, and it's never been true. A massive business will never stand or fall based on one single game. That's silly, especially when you consider MS has just gobbled up so many huge studios, which will be churning out "product" fairly soon.
Is Starfield a big-budget, highly anticipated game for Microsoft? Sure. Will mediocre reviews and sales destroy the Xbox brand forever? Of course not. It'll further damage Bethesda's reputation, but it won't sink Xbox. They have plenty of other games in the pipeline.
Is Starfield a big-budget, highly anticipated game for Microsoft? Sure. Will mediocre reviews and sales destroy the Xbox brand forever? Of course not. It'll further damage Bethesda's reputation, but it won't sink Xbox. They have plenty of other games in the pipeline.
vargas117259
Neo Member
Nope it won't happen, stop dreaming nobody will buy and xbox just to play Starfield
Batiman
Banned
What’s with this bump? Is this sarcasm? I’m confused…
