Xbox Series S and X UK sales jumped 76% on Starfield launch

The launch of Starfield and a new version of the Xbox Series S significantly boosted sales of Microsoft consoles.

[Obscure_Observer]

Doesn´t matter how haters try to bring it down, Starfield is a hit!

[Battlestar23]

Agreed it's a massive hit with over 6 million copies sold in less then a week not even FF16 was capable of that. The game is the best game of the generation and will win GOTY.

[purple101]

Game of the generation?

Whoah there' nelly

[CrashMania]

*players not copies sold, though I'm sure it'll sell very well on steam at least, but we know MS won't reveal any numbers outside of 'engagement'.

And whether you or any of us likes it or not, hard to see ToTK not winning goty...

[Brazz]

Not 6 million copies sold, but 6M players. We have no data on Starfield Sales numbers.

[DarkHeroZX]

Not sold but "played" lol.

[Einhander1972]

6 million copies sold

6 million people "played it" not sold. Big difference.

[Rockstar]

Calm down. I know you've been waiting for a hit but let's not lose our head here...

[Petebloodyonion]

Why drink and drive when you can smoke and fly?
Honestly, you seem to be on solid stuff :)
Care to tell us where you have that 6 million game sold info?
And yes it's quite probable that SF will be a GOTY contender (might even win some) but I fail to see what sets this game apart from several exploration games nor have seen any reviewers hinting at such a notion.

But hey I might be wrong.

[talocaca]

Lol....those 3 million FF16 players paid $70 for each copy (more if you include the Deluxe Editions)...also the number is probably higher now.

Starfield's 6 million players probably come mostly from GamePass....very unlikely to be generating a lot of revenue, let alone profit.

[Vengeance1138]

Someone's in for a rude awakening when reality hits in December lol

[shinoff2183]

Is that 6 million sold though or 6 million played. Ms likes to distort their numbers all the time.

Still an enjoyable game, probably my favorite game this year, but I'd take that 6 mill with a huge grain of salt cause I don't believe it sold 6 million anything and it's more 6 million played.

[BehindTheRows]

A. It's 6 million PLAYERS, not copies.

B. Why'd you use Final Fantasy? That's not even PlayStation's biggest launch. It's Ragnarök, and that sold 5m in 5 days.

Xbox has no exclusive that has ever done that, and unless they (Microsoft) state otherwise, Starfield didn't either.

[Elda]

Please provide 100% actual factual solid proof that Starfield sold over 6 million copies. You're getting that confused with 6 million played Starfield.

[EvertonFC]

Correction: 6mill players not copies sold.

[Lightning77]

It's 6 million players. MS doesn't give out sales numbers or copy sold. Best of the generation is very questionable. I personally don't think it is but to each there own I suppose.

[MrNinosan]

No, it didn't sell 6 million copies. It didn't sell more than FFXVI, however, it has 6 million downloads where the majority is from GamePass.

[Crows90]

6 million copies were not confirmed dude

[Soulsborne]

Lil bud was asleep all year, probably tried ER out after TGA.

A console exclusive with a niche fanbase vs multiplat BGS new IP also on GP. I know its hard but think before you speak.

[LonDonE]

tust me, iam at the teamoph uc missions, pope getting old mass effect vibes fom the game. dont know what people ae moaning about, the game is clean on my pc, i get solid 60/144fps and uns incedibly fo a bgs game, not had hadly any bugs too.. its decent cant wait to play mo. it like mass effect but enhanced

[JusttJD0099]

Thanks, really needed aa good laugh today.

[fr0sty]

Taking the victory lap in the wrong direction before you even reached the finish line... MS was able to give away 6 million copies of it to GP subscribers, among a few sales. There's a reason why we don't get the actual copies sold number, a reason I'm sure would greatly disappoint you, so just go back to playing your game.

[S2Killinit]

Lol okay.

And 76% only? Thats not good at all. 76% on launch means it spiked. That is actually much less that I had anticipated.

[ken2813]

What’s the next goal post? Over 30 million hour watched?

[KrystofKage1]

Game of the generation? Not even game of the year.

[Ashunderfire86]

I won’t say game of the generation. Save that for Perfect Dark and Hellblade 2. Baldur Gate 3 will be this years game of a generation! Spiderman 2 will come very close, but it would be a huge shocker if that game trumps the game of the year contender!

[Jigga69]

starfield is at 84% on metacritic. It was not even the best game of the week. lol

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

Best Game of the Generation!? (I cannot take you seriously with the GOTG comment so I'm going to let that go)

However... GOTY??! Whoa hold on there slim...kinda jumping the gun there a bit aintcha? What the hell have you been smoking? SF is a decent game but it's FAR from a GOTY material.

[Nineball2112]

It really is! Fantastic game.

[VenomUK]

What this means is that in the week of the Starfield launch Xbox sales went up by less than double. It’s good, and this is not downplaying, but it’s not a major leap in sales, and it will fall in the second week. Meaning, if repeated in all international territories, Starfield has been a hit with Xbox owners but has had not dramatically increased sales.

[Crows90]

Sterfield is a Bethesda game...so it's a hit just like fallout.

Those not looking at it with rose tinted glasses however, get to see it's not a great game at all. It's average at best and not their best game either.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Those not looking at it with rose tinted glasses however, get to see it's not a great game at all. It's average at best and not their best game either."

Nobody invests more than a few hours playing an average game, especially nowadays with some many great games out there!

Tons of PS fans spending tons of hours in Starfield right now rather than playing Final Fantasy XVI, BG3 or Armored Core for instance!

MK1 and Lies of P will be out in a few days and those people will CONTINUE to be all over Starfield!

That´s average Starfield to you!

[Elda]

@Obscure. You're definitely reaching. Most solely PS5 owners are done playing FFXVI due to the game released almost 3 months ago. PS5 owners are definitely still playing AC6 & BG3. When Lies Of P & MK1 releases next week solely PS5 owners will be playing either of those 2 games or possibly both. I'm playing some Starfield but when Lies Of P & MK1 releases next week my full attention will be playing both of those new games, I'll be playing MK1 on my PS5.

[Obscure_Observer]

@Elda

Awesome! We need more women as part of the FG community!

That said, I wasn´t talking about gamers like you. You didn´t even like Bethesda games in the first place. If you´d managed to spent some hours in Starfield despite your personal tastes, more power to you.

What I saying is that too much hate surrounding Starfield that most people talking crap about that game had never played it, while those PS fans playing Starfield in other platforms are mostly enjoying the game.

[HyperMoused]

6M players, id be guessing thats between copis sold and gamepass subs, which is also money...great launch

[Hofstaderman]

If you sell one console the previous month and four this month that's a 400 percent jump. Give us the actual numbers Microsoft...

[raWfodog]

Yeah I was wondering why the same site gave the actual numbers for PS5 (and accessory) sales in an earlier article but did not release numbers for the XB sales. They have that info if they know how much percentage it rose.

[Hofstaderman]

MS don't release figures for obvious reasons...they getting pummeled since 2013.

[jznrpg]

Because it doesn’t look as good as it sounds

[GamingSinceForever]

XBOX sales were up 76% week-over- week, whereas PS5 sales were up 60% year-to-date. 😂

[Plague-Doctor27]

In UK they sold 25k in August. This bump is week over week. Extrapolating to whole month they'd sell around 43k for September (at best)

[EvertonFC]

It sells about 10,000 aweek in the UK, so about 17,000 this week. The article makes it sound like it sold hundred of thousands lol.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

300% jump*
100% is already doubling
But yeah, giving us percentages means nothing when we don't know the numbers

[Sonic1881]

6 million players or 6 million copies sold??🤔

[VersusDMC]

They love their misinformation don't they?

Except when people bring up that Fallout 4 sold 12 mil day one...then they are quick to clarify that it was shipped numbers.

[jznrpg]

Speaking of Fallout 4 , I was so disappointed. It was Fallout 3 with ultra lame base building. It didn’t feel any different at all, story was basically the same story same game with slightly better graphics. Instead of growing from Morrowind and New Vegas they have went to lesser RPGs with a lame sprint button . They could have been the best rpg maker in the world after Morrowind but instead they make jankier games for casuals.

[Crows90]

The easy answer to that is why didn't they ship the same for starfield?

[Cockney]

Still last place

[ThinkThink]

Xbox will always be last place. As long as they continue to compete, they're all good in my book.

[ravens52]

Xbox will always be last place. As long as they continue to purchase*, they're all good in my book.
*Fixed*

[ARESWARLORD]

Congratulations Xbox

[maniacmayhem]

Call me crazy but it's as if new and exciting games sells consoles

[crazyCoconuts]

Right and they have to be console exclusives for that to work. Despite me not liking HOW Microsoft is getting their exclusives, there's no doubt that they need them for Xbox to survive

[PunksOnN4G]

Lol i see xbox kids bragging about this??? yall had 76% boost still LOST in sales in that Area and bragging like yall did anything Xbox series X is behind Xbox one by over 3-4mil untis still its selling at a worst pace then xbone which was slling faster at tis same point LOL

[EvertonFC]

Plus that 76% actually works out at about 7,000 units, article makes it sound like it's 100,000 units sold 😂🤣

[PunksOnN4G]

Yeah i just seen the numbers its not even a crazy BUMP lol... Also can i just say... I THOUGHT XBOX KIDS DNT CARE FOR HARDWARE SELLS.. Now they running around like yooo u did nto even with the NPD or the Charts u should ur best amount and stil did not hit #1 for the week with starflop LOL

[InUrFoxHole]

SF is a fantastic game 👏 👏 👏
God Howard is the man!

[Julion0715]

Every Xbox article man it’s the same shit always hate every time 😂

[Crows90]

Maybe because they mislead so much

[InUrFoxHole]

Yeah like putting 8k on their box.. believe in generations.. games only being possible on ps5... both these companies are liars. They'll say and do whatever to get our $$$

[EvertonFC]

No difference to all the hate on playstation articles either.
Spiderman 2 will have all the usual comments too, like it plays the same as the other 2 games etc.
It swings both ways.

[InUrFoxHole]

Lol ps gets hate but be honest... you know xbox gets more hate

[Julion0715]

Na bro not like this

[PhillyDonJawn]

Eats them up inside

[EvertonFC]

Was expecting a bigger percentage tbh, it sells about 10,000 aweek in the UK so 76% isn't actually much when you think about it. Xbox sells about 80,000 a week globally to put that into context.
The article makes it sound bigger than it is.

[anast]

Numbers, but a game from the early 2000s will run on the S...so there is that I suppose.

[LastAvenger]

When you’re at the bottom the only other direction is up. Unless we hand you another shovel called Redfall. Yeah that’ll dig you deeper.

[Viljong]

And Lies of P is gamepass day1 allready there for preinstall.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

only? PS5 saw 300% boosts last quarter with no major launch.
We're talking about the biggest Xbox S/X launch since forever in Xbox's second market!

[JusttJD0099]

Now the question is, how are the return numbers?
Probably way up as well after being disappointed.

[Destiny1080]

double digits, did an indie game just launch

[Soileh]

76% of 0 sales is still zero Phil...

[repsahj]

Grats for 17,000 units sold M$!

[EvertonFC]

MS will ONLY be looking at increased numbers of GP, it's been stagnant and sits at 25m subs since January 2022.
If MS don't announce new GP sub numbers then you know there not happy.

[PhillyDonJawn]

Nice, SF was big for xbox.the hype came out the blue but it lived up to it.

[EvertonFC]

If game pass sub numbers don't increase I can guarantee you MS will class it as a failure.
The whole point is to get GP profitable with 50/100m plus subs not sit at 25m sub count for the last year and half.
If there flagship title doesn't increase sub numbers do you think that's a success? I'll give you the answer NO, NO and NO, it's that's simple.

[jwillj2k4]

How do we know 6 million unique people played it? Which credible / non-subjective source provided this data?

[Jigga69]

I was expecting more... but that's not a surprise from a soon 83% Metacritic game.

[TheExecutioner]

XBOX needs more than starfield to catch with SONY and Nintendo.

Both starfield and red fall weren't ready, but Microsoft chooses to launch them ASAP.

IMO starfield should have been a holiday launch game