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Anna Koselke

Starfield "was the best-selling video game of the week" in US for first time in nearly 3 years, reports analyst, despite Bethesda's rough PS5 port of the RPG

Starfield Shattered Space trailer screenshot showing an alien planet with deep red skies and blue crystal-like rocky formations surrounding a glowing man.

Starfield has suffered a rough couple of weeks following its so-called "unplayable" PS5 port and subsequent disappointing fixes from Bethesda Game Studios, but it's not all doom and gloom for the space RPG – in fact, things might be a lot better than they seem.

Veteran analyst and Circana games lead Mat Piscatella reveals as much in a new online post, explaining that Starfield was actually "the best-selling video game of the week in tracked physical and digital US full game dollar sales during the week ending April 11th" – the same week Bethesda launched its divisive space game on PlayStation 5 and released its Free Lanes update, as well as the Terran Armada DLC.

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