Fess
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Is that in the official numbers only or do they combine the achievement stats for Xbox, Microsoft Store, Steam that people posted around the FH5 release?
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The hype around Starfield is massive, and growing.
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Not sure I fully understand the question, but this was an official stat from Xbox/Playground and it included sales + GP
Fess
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Talking about the player count on the first achievement, it was used to see how big the player base was outside of the official PR.Not sure I fully understand the question, but this was an official stat from Xbox/Playground and it included sales + GP
Is this combining players on all platforms or is it based on the Xbox accounts only?
Would be cool if Starfield would have a similar early achievement, like at the step-out moment.
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MidGenRefresh
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Starfield achievement list is available online and I'm pretty sure that one of the 'Complete <mission name>' achievement will be exactly that: complete first mission, aka 'step-out' moment.
Talking about the player count on the first achievement, it was used to see how big the player base was outside of the official PR.
Is this combining players on all platforms or is it based on the Xbox accounts only?
Would be cool if Starfield would have a similar early achievement, like at the step-out moment.
Oh, im pretty sure that combines all the players on all platforms.
I followed that thread when it happened and I know it included Steam players too
Chittagong
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It’s going to be boring and/or empty is the last thing I got left
DenchDeckard
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You're right you know. There is literally 0 hype for Starfield...none whatsoever....
Punished Miku
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They cant distribute anything like that using another IP. It'll be some minimal stuff like what was in Skyrim AE on console.
DenchDeckard
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Great point. Vanilla for xbox and mods for steam it is!
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Sounds like the people watch YouTubers like doc dark. Who did a fart sniffing video about the air changing with the Starfield hype.
King Dazzar
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I'd be surprised if there weren't a lot of mods available for Xbox down the road. I did most of my modding for Skyrim and Fallout 4 on PC including compiling my own. I got fairly deep into it for many years and PC is obviously far more extensive. But I also have a fully modded version of Fallout 4 running on XSX. Native 4k 60fps with a complete overhaul of textures and ui amongst others. I'm not sure what the plan is for Starfield, but I'd be surprised if there isnt some decent mods making it across from PC.
For now though, at 30fps I wont be interested on console yet. But give it a couple of years and I'm sure this will grow into something great.
DenchDeckard
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Do you think a Modder could mod a 60fps series x version? Or 40fps? That would be amazing.
King Dazzar
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I've no idea how the engine has changed. But my understanding is that its retaining the same modding flexibility as previous games. If so, it would be potentially extremely easy to unlock the frame rate and cap to 60fps vsync'd. I'd be surprised if it isn't amongst the very first mods. Its literally just an ini file change if similar to Skyrim/Fallout. But I'm no expert on how the 120fps/40fps and VRR implementations work technically on Xbox. For Fallout 4 its a simple ini file change, cap at 60fps vsync'd.
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Shut0wen
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Dont even like no man sky but it literally sounds the same except no mans sky has no quests
FoxMcChief
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Dr.brain64
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Mr.ODST
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Salty fanboy detected
Ivory Samoan
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I've seen med-little hype, and I'm quite hype-sensitive haha...
ManaByte
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Vox Machina
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The amount of people ITT that equate hype to advertising is kinda blowing my mind. No wonder marketing works so well.
fallingdove
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Look at the completion rates of these games.
Very few people are going to have the patience or attention span to visit 1500 procedurally generated worlds.
Most will play for 10-15 hours, get bored and move on to something else, with a smaller population completing the story and diving a bit deeper into some of the systems.
I have no idea how many people will play the first week. If you could read, I suggested that Microsoft was going to take the approach of reporting on users and not copies sold.You think it’ll only have 5 million players in the first week?
Forza Horizon 5 had 10 million first week.
MMaRsu
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Already posted
FoxMcChief
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The game already looked great from the deep dive. I just can’t wait to see it running on my tv.
CrustyBritches
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TrueGrime
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FoxMcChief
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Do Todd justice. He’s watching.
There’s going to be decent chunk of people who try Starfield on Gamepass and dip. But those weren’t planning to pay $70 for the game anyway.
They don’t need to report on copies sold. You’ll see it topping Steam charts and racking up a significant number of concurrent users. You’ll see people deduce how many purchases of the premium, early access editions there are from the initial achievement.
I suspect these metrics will bring you some measure of unhappiness
CrustyBritches
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Balducci30
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Can someone explain the hate for the start screen? Cus I actually like the start screen
MMaRsu
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Just pathetic trolling
Astray
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There's a huge desire by console warring weirdoes to dunk on anything that isn't on their box.
Same thing happened and is still happening to FF16 too
Chukhopops
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If you’re talking about this:
This is the same guy who made the “MS is paying shill” claim. You can look him up to understand why he’s so sore about MS/ABK.
Edit: don’t know why tweet embeds don’t work anymore.
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DenchDeckard
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Wow, there's someone trying ro create a narrative from a start screen. From a start screen.
CrustyBritches
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I've been kind of torn between whether to get the Steam Premium version for $83(Fanatical), or just stick with GP PC version and upgrade it for $32. In the short-term, GP PC is cheaper and I have dual-boot setup for my Deck so I'm not worried about that. However, in the long-term I'm guessing the Steam version will have more robust modding support with easier implementation. Decisions, decisions.
Punished Miku
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I hope its clear now how credible this guy's objectivity is. Lotta people defended him.Wow, there's someone trying ro create a narrative from a start screen. From a start screen.
Badlucktroll
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If i download starfield with gamepass ultimate, then buy the premium edition upgrade, do i fully own the game? (meaning, if i let my gamepass subscription lapse, i can still play it)
balls of snow
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Nope you need to buy the base game too.
Ginzeen
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Stuart360
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I dont think you would own the main game, but its a first party game, and wont have licensing problems in the future like with something like Forza with the cars and music licenses. So Starfield will probably be on GP for life anyway.
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