Xbox Sales Are Up to Sky High, All Thanks to Starfield!
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Starfield’s release is just around the corner, and it has already started turning the tables on the console rivalry. Considered Microsoft’s ace card for the year 2023, it is expected to be a new chapter in the gaming world. The upcoming Sci-Fi exploration has teased the industry with a magnificent achievement prior to its release.
The developers have left no stone unturned to brand Starfield as the biggest game of 2023. In fact, the advertisement campaigns claim the forthcoming open world to be one of the finest investments ever made in the genre. With every official glimpse that has been made public to date, the title does stand by the claims. In the latest news, Xbox Series X sales have taken the market by storm, and fans are calling it the “Starfield effect”.
Xbox U.S. sales jumped by 660% taking the projections to an all-time high!
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There were a lot of speculations regarding the possible impact of Starfield in the console business for Microsoft. Most analysts had predicted a gigantic jump in the percentage of sales during the pre-launch weeks of Bethesda’s open world.
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This hypothesis was made based on the surreal hype the game had been carrying all around. Ever since its announcement at the Xbox Showcase 2023, Starfield has been trending. According to the latest traffic reports, American sales for Xbox made a massive leap of 660% in the past few hours.
A user shared the exciting news on Twitter, now X. He informed the community about the massive jump in sales as noticed on Amazon. With the massive jump the Series X witnessed in the past few hours, the console sales reached an ultimate of 870%. Check out the tweet by the user.
#Xbox sales jumped 660% a few hours ago in the U.S.
Now #Xbox sales are up a ridiculous 870%.🤯
That #Starfield effect is taking shape. pic.twitter.com/aZcEQuEpHh
— BOSS SHAWN (@bossshawn247) August 24, 2023
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Amidst the intensifying console rivalry, these numbers are a huge win for both Bethesda and Xbox.
Starfield: The beginning of an era?
The expectations placed on Starfield by the gaming community are absurd. Of course, the real success of any game can be determined only after players get their hands on a game. The game will be released in the first week of September. However, due to early access leaks by anonymous players, the game has already been crowned as “Bethesda’s best to date.”
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The arrival of Starfield certainly marks a new chapter in the gaming evolution. It’s been a while since players were subjected to an open world made at such a gigantic scale. Let’s hope the game lives up to the hype.
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Edited by:
Rohan Karnad