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Xbox and Bethesda want Starfield to be the longstanding hit Skyrim has been, but right now I’m unsure if they can pull it off. Well, head of Xbox Phil Spencer says as much at CCXP 2023, comparing the longevity of Skyrim to the plans Bethesda currently has for Starfield.

That’s our goal,” Spencer begins. “Skyrim is such an amazing hit from Bethesda Game Studios, and talking to Todd Howard and the team what they wanted to do as people who love space and space exploration is give them that same opportunity [as Skyrim].

“So we’ve already announced that we’ve got our next expansion coming, Shattered Space. We’ve already told the community that they’ll get all the modules that they need, so they can go and create their own content in Starfield, which has been so important to Skyrim. So a tonne of confidence that for many, many years, Starfield sitting very high in the gameplay.”

Will Starfield stick around as long as Skyrim? Xbox thinks so

Bethesda and Xbox want Starfield to have the longevity of Skyrim thanks to upcoming DLC and mods, but only time will tell if it does.

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[Magic Carpet]

Neogaff want a Starfield thread everyday for 12 years? What?

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Akuji]

Good luck with that.
But to their Credit, sea of thieves has way longer legs then i anticipated after the Release.

 

[diffusionx]

it's struggling to get through the first 12 weeks

 

[Solidus_T]

It's already getting battling with Skyrim for players on Steam. No chance it will stick around for as long.

 

[lem0n]

Not a chance in hell.

 

[LostDonkey]

I gave up already and I bought the stupid edition early access.

Sucker.

 

[SlimySnake]

This is their problem. They want everything to be gaas. Nah, work on the fucking sequel asap and fix the issues people have with the game. uncharted 1, Mass effect 1, assassins creed 1 were not perfect but their devs went back to work immediately and made sure the sequels definitely were.

They now have a good base to work off of. Go ahead and make space exploration fun. Bring back the skyrim feel when you're exploring and stumbling into new quests. Work on a better story and take the series to the next level. Expansions can never do that. You almost always put the b or c teams on it and they dont have as much resources.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll play all updates they want to put out.

 

[semiconscious]

Neogaff want a Starfield thread everyday for 12 years? What?

hey! it not like it's every year that ms releases a big budget, triple-a title, now is it?...

 

[Buggy Loop]

 

[JohnnyFootball]

There is no chance in hell that will happen. You people like Niko who has done 33 playthroughs. I cannot fathom anyone putting THAT much time into a game. Witcher 3 is probably my favorite game from the last 8 years. I've only done about 8 playthroughs in that time.

Starfield's overall game design simply doesn't allow for that kind of legs. Starfield feels like a collection of small tiny insignificant worlds, as opposed to a large open breathing world that Skyrim brought. NO amount of MODing can fix that.

I'd love to be proved wrong.

I will probably play Starfield again, once it comes to PS5. Yes, it will happen. MS will want the revenue since it has failed to move the needle in terms of consoles sold and/or Gamepass subscriptions. I look forward to the LOL icons.

 

[FrankWza]

Hold on. In the other thread people are saying that this game is being talked about endlessly because of jealousy. Who's this Phil guy? Doesn't he work for xbox?

 

[jshackles]

What they want and what they'll get are two very different things, I think.

They'd have to pull a Hello Games and start massively overhauling all the games systems and release giant useful updates a few times a year (for free). Not likely, and even if they did, it's not likely to save this game.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

 

[Crayon]

It's nice to want things but this is in the hands of the modders.

 

[Chuck Berry]

And I want a Porsche

 

[GHG]

It's nice to want things.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

It won't even have 90 day staying power.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

The modding community can probably extend the life of the game for that time. Like the game or not, it's an interesting base for modders.

 

[balls of snow]

Expand planet exploration and have 10 expansion packs the same quality as the Crimson Fleet questline and you have me for 12 years.

 

[poppabk]

It's nice to want things but this is in the hands of the modders.

Yep no single player has those kind of legs without long term content updates and graphical updates. And the modders will, or will not be the ones providing them.

 

[Flutta]

We all want things, doesn’t mean we always get what we want.

 

[Senua]

Get to work on making it better then...follow CDPRs lead

 

[Banjo64]

BuT XbOX didN’t HYPe StarFIELd UP

 

[Optimus Lime]

It doesn't even have 30 minutes of staying power.

 

[Rheon]

This is stupid because it's not like Bethesda intended Skyrim to have the legs it does from the get go.

You can't force something like that.

 

[Pop]

No chance*

*Unless they allow it on Playstation platforms

 

[AALLx]

The thing is, Skyrim was a fantastic game on release, bugs and all (I played it day one on PS3), without any mods.

 

[killatopak]

It’s possible but I don’t think it has a good chance.

Skyrim was more than the game itself. It had memes and memorable stuff that was made popular beyond the game itself. Arrow in the knee, giant space program, one of greatest osts, fus ro dah, lore, and of course mods.

Mods are amazing but it’s not what is being talked about and discussed in Skyrim/Bethesda games community. It was everything else. Unfortunately the everything else is what’s Starfield is lacking.

 

[GHG]

Get to work on making it better then...follow CDPRs lead

Well that's the thing, CDPR are just about to release official mod tools for the Witcher 3 early next year.



Even the competition for what game/platform modders decide to make mods for is heating up, there's no guarantee the best modders are going to be making mods for Starfield over stuff like the Witcher 3 or even Cyberpunk. The landscape that existed when Syrim launched is not the same as the gaming landscape today.

Larian will also be releasing BG3 modding tools at some point as well.

 

[Neff]

Unless I'm mistaken Skyrim had insane legs because there was a lot of crazy stuff you could do with the many mechanics and systems, and because the mission/faction structure was impressively dense. I work with a guy who has broken the game endless times and told me about all the wacky obscure stuff he's done, simply because he enjoyed doing it. After 100+ (admittedly very enjoyable) hours I just don't see that same kind of potential in Starfield.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's nice to want things

 

[Heisenberg007]

 

[Heisenberg007]

No chance*

*Unless they allow it on Playstation platforms

On behalf of all PlayStation players, we'd like to kindly decline the offer and urge the Nintendo players to take one for the team.

 

[GeoramA]

Nobody will be playing that trash game in 2035. The game already feels outdated. Unless you have a fetish for constant load screens and fast traveling, of course.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Skyrim had that staying power because of the modding community. They kept it relevant.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

On behalf of all PlayStation players, we'd like to kindly decline the offer and urge the Nintendo players to take one for the team.

Speaking for all the Nintendo players:

No

 

[Toytown Assassin]

I cant see it. I put in 200 hours and I'm done. That may seem a lot but for me that'd be just getting started on any other bethesda game. There are 2 big problems with the game. 1st off they removed all meaningful exploration. Even the 'random' encounters in space are trash. The same few events just repeat even if you kill the buggers or steal their ships. The 2nd problem is replayability. Rerolling utterly sucks. The leveling and upgrading systems are so obnoxious and grindy I cant face doing them ever again. So yeah I'm done. Wont even bother with DLC.

 

[kiphalfton]

it's struggling to get through the first 12 weeks

12 days later, novelty wore off
12 weeks later, ported to PS and Nintendo
12 months later, given away for free
12 years later, Bethesda is out of business due to Starfield, Todd still in denial

 

[BouncyFrag]

12 years of paid mods that is.

 

[gothmog]

Honestly Starfield isn't as exciting as Skyrim was. Nothing is really going to change that for me.

 

[Hudo]

Sorry but Starfield is just too fucking mid for that.

 

[FunkMiller]

 

[Negotiator101]

 

[Kurotri]

Exhibit 349834 of Xbox being out of touch with reality.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Man if the modding scene makes the reception of Starfield turn around on it's head here I'm going to laugh.

Before mod tools: Trash game

After mod tools: I always supported you

 

[DeepEnigma]

Man if the modding scene makes the reception of Starfield turn around on it's head here I'm going to laugh.

Before mod tools: Trash game

After mod tools: I always supported you

Would say a lot about the development team in contrast.

 

[Wooxsvan]