• @[email protected]
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    321 year ago

    Xbox’s subscription service didn’t stop Bethesda’s RPG from dominating sales charts last month

    The myth being that game pass nukes sales.

  • @alokir
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    1 year ago

    I was seriously considering buying the game on release but after 8 hours of not having fun paying it I’m glad I had GamePass to try it on first.

  • @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    I wonder how long it will be until Skyrim overtakes Starfield for player count. On Steam right now it seems to be about 26k vs 46k.

      • @NOT_RICK
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        Bethesda always has a long tail on their games. They’re committed to at least one DLC

          • ThunderingJerboa
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            51 year ago

            While I agree with you, we have to keep in mind even though Bethesda games are pretty fucking shallow. Some people just love them the way they are. Console players are the perfect example of this. I know consoles “recently” added modding but its far more limited than their pc counterparts. Those games had legs even without the modding scene. Its just on the PC market mods are probably the main reason why people play it on that platform.

  • ampersandrew
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    Honestly, all this might show is that there’s enough hype behind a big marquis Bethesda release that it can power through Game Pass availability. Most games would love to sell in a lifetime what Skyrim sold in a single month 10 years after its initial release.

  • @BroBot9000
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    11 year ago

    They are going to use this as an excuse to buy more companies.

    Look Starfield still sold outside of gamepass, we aren’t a monopoly trying to own everything.

    The moment they have bought enough companies they will rip away any other option besides a subscription.