The Bethesda team probably doesn’t have much to smile about at the moment. Above all, a look at the role-playing game Starfield will certainly make you happy some worry lines on the forehead. At the beginning everything looked completely different: The launch of the space RPG was a great success, and the sales figures were definitely impressive. But after the great euphoria not only followed a vehement feeling of disillusionment, but now also a violent crash. This proves last but not least the latest figures.
The stark crash of Starfield
At the best of times around the release, the PC version was alone More than 330,000 players simultaneously in the vastness of Starfield (buy now €69.25 / €62.99). It was clear that the role-playing game would not be able to maintain this level in the long term.
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But now the numbers have collapsed extremely sharply. In the past 24 hours, the highest number was just over 8,000 players who were active on Starfield’s servers at the same time. That is far less than a tenth the previous record.
A look at the most recent reviews on Steam also speaks very clearly: Less than half of recent reviews for Starfield have been positiveto be precise, only 42 percent.
The overall ranking of the Bethesda role-playing game is currently up at a “balanced” level. The majority of reviews complain about one thing in their opinion unfinished game, lack of immersion and a huge amount of wasted potential.
The Bethesda developers have been making constant improvements over the past few weeks with extensive updates. But that doesn’t seem to be improving the current mood of the fans. It stays a pervasive feeling of disillusionmentwhich probably cannot be eliminated even with further updates.
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What else is going on at Bethesda right now?
On the negative feedback for the newest brand from the Bethesda cosmos the group has already commented. On The Elder Scrolls 6 However, fans still have to wait quite a while. Besides, it’s this year Redfall came onto the market under the group’s banner, albeit as a horrendous flop mocked.
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