Starfield has six million players in just a few days.
Starfield has six million players in just a few days.
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Starfield crosses 6 million players on day two of standard access

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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As many as the stars. OK, we’ll, we’ve got a ways to go, but Bethesda’s new Starfield sci-fi game is a hit with six million players so far on the PC, Xbox and Xbox Game Pass.

The game debuted its standard edition yesterday on September 6, and it came out for early access users on September 1. With that many users, it’s clear that it’s already a hit for Bethesda, which is a big deal as it is Bethesda’s first brand new franchise in 25 years.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.