Selling Game In The U.S. The Week Of Its PS5 Launch
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Starfield launched on PlayStation 5 last week alongside major content updates, Free Lanes (free) and Terran Armada (paid expansion), boosting it to the top of Circana’s best-selling U.S. games for the week.
- The updates add new weapons, quests, vehicles, and ships, primarily targeting existing fans rather than attracting new players, according to Bethesda’s Todd Howard.
- Despite the PS5 launch driving most of the sales, Starfield sold an estimated 140,000 copies on PS5 launch week, far below its initial launch of over six million players in September 2023.
- Competition during the PS5 launch week was minimal, with only Pokémon Champions on Switch as notable competition, which is a free-to-start, digital-only title with untracked sales data.
- Starfield’s player counts surged on Steam (from 140th to 26th) and Xbox (from 56th to 18th), and it debuted at 61st on PlayStation 5, while PS5 sales accounted for 95% of its new full game sales that week.
