Phil Spencer has indicated in the past that Bethesda games will be exclusive to platforms where Xbox. Not only did the company score the rights to the original sci-fi IP, but it also secured the entirety of Bethesda’s gaming portfolio. We now have an answer, at least in the case of Starfield.
It turns out that Sony was negotiating Starfield ’s PlayStation 5 exclusivity before the recent, hugely surprising Xbox buyout of Bethesda. Perhaps, the price of Starfield’s exclusivity offered by Bethesda was too high for Sony to consider while Microsoft laid out an enormous sum of $7.5 billion without any hesitation. Gaming insider Imran Khan reveals that Sony was in talks with Bethesda to secure exclusive rights to Starfield before the studio's Xbox buyout. While Sony was the first company to approach Bethesda with exclusivity discussions, it was Microsoft that took the talks to the level of proper actions. The developer is not quite ready to share any specific details regarding the game, but Pete Hines, Bethesda’s marketing chief, promised that the eventual reveal of Starfield would be worth the wait. Little to nothing is known about the title it is expected to focus on space exploration utilizing Bethesda’s traditional approach towards creating open-world RPGs.
Back then, the company noted that the game was its first original project in 25 years since establishing The Elder Scrolls franchise. Earlier today, The Washington Post published a new trailer for Starfield, where the release date of November 11. Starfield was announced at E3 2019 during Bethesda’s showcase as a brand new sci-fi IP. The Starfield release date is November 11, 2022, and it's an Xbox console exclusive.
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