On Steam, Starfield—a game that launched only last September after eight years of development—is being totally spanked by Fallout 4. At least in terms of player numbers. In April, Starfield peaked at around 9,000 concurrent players. That's about 180,000 fewer than Bethesda's previous RPG. Last year, Todd Howard said that Starfield was designed to be played for years, and that he expected updates would keep coming out for another five years. Honestly? I think it's already time to pack it in.
OK, we should put these numbers in context, along with the caveat that concurrents aren't always the most important metric for judging a game's success. And these numbers are exclusively from the Steam version, so they don't include console players or anyone flitting around in space via Game Pass.
