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Do you think the review scores will hurt Starfield's sales?
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West Texas CEO
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Lol, it's already sold out in my area, so no.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Won't hurt sales as much as GP and pirating.
FunkMiller
Banned
Any game that’s day one on GamePass negates any conversation about sales.
Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
Because ppl expected 101/100.
It's a Bethesda game in space. I'm sure people will know if it's for them or not.
Roman Empire
Member
No, Starfield is one of those games that are just too big to fail. Bethesda gets all that beloved Microsoft money, and their games sell like hotcakes independently of bugs, some lack of technical prowess, and being rough around the edges. You can resume in one word what justifies long-time sales for Starfield, and it is "MODS". 20 million lifetime sales for a game like this is too low just to give you an idea of how much this game will sell.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
Sales... I don't think the game was ever going to be about sales.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Even if Starfield was an 11/10 it wouldn’t sell because of GamePass
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Holy shit, I thought Spiderman was a good game! I didn't realise it was total crap!
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The Shepard
Member
87 is not a bad score, it's actually a very good score. Now whether or not the game deserves this is what you should decide for yourself, after playing it of course, Like I plan to.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Lol, no.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Yes, the general public 100% cares about metacritic scores and there is a strong correlations between good sales and a high metacritic score. COD, FIFA, and the like are yearly franchises and using them as evidence isn't being honest.
Baldur's Gate engagement skyrocketed AFTER the glowing reviews and its peak is top 10 all time on Steam. I can practically guarantee you that this wouldn't have been the case if it had scored an 87.
88 is very good but it's on the same level as Horizon when people wanted and expected something more akin to Elden Ring or Baldur's Gate III.
twilo99
Member
Do you think they will keep going after this?
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Concerning trolling or genuine ignorance?
TOTK gave Switch a 45% sales boost. I have no doubt when a game can effect system sales like that, this game WILL give Xbox higher sales this quarter. But between it being on PC too and the below 90 aggregate review score, it won't be the boost they were hoping for.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
We've been waiting for 25 years.
Kataploom
Gold Member
MasterCornholio
Member
We just have to wait on what the gamepass effect will be.
But reviews?
No they won't especially with how well it did.
But reviews?
No they won't especially with how well it did.
twilo99
Member
Do you think they should've made it xbox exclusive and done away with PC? That's probably what Sony would've done if they owned the IP...
MasterCornholio
Member
More like a delayed release seems to be Sonys way of handling things.
rhodesianshepard
Banned
2 weeks ago I was all in on getting a Series S, now not so much. I was really hoping it get low 90's. The illusion of grandeur in Starfield really is a bummer to me(fast travel, tiles ect). I'm sure I'll get a series S in the next year because Gamepass is a great deal, but I'm in no rush. Starfield not a system seller for me but I'm sure it will be one of the first games I'll play when I do purchase an Xbox
I'm very curious how gamers respond to Starfield. Reviewers said the first few hours are really slow, and many mentioned how it took 20+hrs to really click. There are a lot of gamers that won't dedicate that amount of time. It will be interesting
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Na they're still getting all the profit from PC sales. There is really nothing more they could've done. At least this isn't Redfall levels of disaster. Its likely still a success for them and Xbox sales, just not the levels of success hoped for. We'll see when they do their next earnings report.
twilo99
Member
They would've moved considerable amount of boxes if it was an xbox exclusive and collect extra profit from the hardware sales...
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twilo99
Member
True, couple of years is not a big deal for a game like Starfield anyway.
PSbigfan
Member
I'm not fanboy or something but which games do you mean elden ring, it takes two, Sekiro.
Btw tlou 2 is my favorite game of all time lol.
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True. But at the same time there would've been public backlash, and if this DID review 90+ they hit the jackpot with a "console seller" new IP + the PC sales. Earnings report gonna be interesting when all year they've had to report hardware sales being down.
PropellerEar
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Puscifer
Member
Just going to repeat what I've said before.
Bethesda has been the same since day 1. A main story that's like 7 hours long but the open world is so interesting that finishing the main story is basically coming to the finality of your personal playthrough, however long that is. After 150 hours of Skyrim I finished the game and Starfield has no reason to deviate. There's NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING like a Bethesda game.
KrazyKrelian
Banned
It will sell great on Steam but I doubt MS ever releases sales numbers for what it will do on the Series S/X because they will look underwhelming due to Game Pass.
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Do I think sales will be effected by almost averaging a 90 on Metacritic? What kind of half-wrinkle smooth brain shit is this? This game really is bringing out the worst in people.
Laieon
Member
No. I think Bethesda (as someone who doesn't really like their games) is a lot like Blizzard (as a Blizzard fanboy) in the sense that their fans know what they like, they'll tell their friends, and review scores are moot. Sales on something like this at launch is also pointless, because Bethesda games have legs for decades. We'll be seeing Starfield Ultimate Edition 4k 120FPS Portal Edition on the Nintendo [Insert Console Name Here] in 2033.
We've also heard it mentioned hundreds of times in that for PC, it's all about the mods, so whatever is here at launch is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. If the game isn't exactly what the fans are looking for Day 1, maybe it will be a year from now even if that doesn't involve Bethesda doing anything themselves.
We've also heard it mentioned hundreds of times in that for PC, it's all about the mods, so whatever is here at launch is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. If the game isn't exactly what the fans are looking for Day 1, maybe it will be a year from now even if that doesn't involve Bethesda doing anything themselves.
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RJMacready73
Banned
Watched a load of reviews and it's exactly as I expected, it's a Bethesda game with its utterly shit wooden mannequin NPC's.. I mean c'mon ffs it's 2023 how do they still make characters look horrible, plenty o bugs etc wrapped around a solid enough game that unfortunately got hyped into the stratosphere. The lack of proper exploration after spending a few hours in NMS VR is a total turn off, pity.. if this had released as a 10/10 game mixing all the best parts of Skyrim/NMS/Star citizen I probably would've bought a series X but after seeing the reviews im fine with not playing it
twilo99
Member
We will see how many people don't buy the game because it didn't score 90+
Regardless, they've missed a fantastic opportunity to sell more xbox hardware, they would've probably set a record.
Sony would've never let such a blunder happen on their watch.
twilo99
Member
That's true for a lot of studios/games ... just look at Counter Strike, nothing special to look at, but the success is simply astonishing because of that very reason.. CS players don't give a fuck about bugs or how the game looks like, they will play it no matter what.
RJMacready73
Banned
Once modders get loose on this game and start filling out those planets with actual meaningful and unique content instead of the lackluster copy pasta, add in vehicles, proper next gen graphics and NPCs that actually look realistic, I can see me picking it up for my laptop on a sale
Bry0
Member
You think pc gamers are going to buy Xboxes to play a modless Bethesda game at 30 fps? Come on, lol.
twilo99
Member
the boxes are getting mod support and you can hook up mouse and key to them no problem..
The 30fps is indeed disappointing, but I bet you they would've sold considerably more xbox consoles if the game was exclusive to it compared to the current situation.