Starfield has loved an excessive amount of success, to nobody’s shock, changing into Bethesda’s largest launch ever with over 6 million gamers. And, as many would have predicted, the sci-fi RPG’s launch has additionally resulted in boosted gross sales for Xbox Sequence X/S.
In reality, as per information supplied by the Gfk (by way of GamesIndustry), within the UK, the Xbox Sequence X and S noticed a cumulative 76% week-on-week improve in gross sales for the week ending September 2, making it one of the best week in 2023 within the UK for Microsoft’s current-gen {hardware}. In the meantime, the next week, ending September 9, is its second-best week of the yr.
Starfield launched globally on September 6, and was out there to Premium Version homeowners in early entry for roughly every week previous to that. Although Bethesda’s RPG was a significant component contributing to Xbox’s elevated {hardware} gross sales, one thing else that contributed was the launch of the Xbox Sequence S’ 1 TB mannequin. In reality, in the course of the week ending September 2, the brand new mannequin accounted for twenty-four% of all Xbox gross sales within the UK, and 20% in the course of the week ending September 9.
Previous to Starfield’s launch, it was additionally reported that it had pushed Xbox Sequence X to a 1,056% gross sales improve on Amazon US.
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