Xbox Series X/S sales reached a new weekly high for 2023 coinciding with Starfield’s early access release.
Sales ofMicrosoft’s consoles were up 76% week-on-week for the seven days ended on September 2, according to data from market research firm GfK, which was published onGamesIndustry.biz.
Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG was released on September 6 forXbox Series X/S,PCvia Windows andSteam, and Game Pass, but players who pre-ordered its Premium Edition or Constellation Edition were able to start playing five days earlier.
Microsoft also launched thenew Series S 1TB model on September 1, which accounted for 24% of totalXboxSeries console sales during the week in question.
The following week, ended September 9, was also the second best of the year for Xbox Series X/S sales in the UK, according to GfK.
The upturn follows a slow year for UK Xbox hardware sales, which were down almost 23% year-to-date as of the end of August.
Starfieldalso appears to have broken Microsoft‘s record for thebiggest launch day for an Xbox Game Studios title.
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Over six million people played the game by the end of its first official day of release,including more than one million concurrent players, according to the platform holder.
VGC’sStarfield reviewcalled it “the ultimate Bethesda game”, saying it “takes what people loved about Fallout and Skyrim and casts it across an enormous galaxy”.
