Bethesda It always gives higher priority to Xbox Series X | S version. From starfield, as well as the studio’s previous games, even before it was acquired by Microsoft. This is what emerged from the interview with game director Todd Howard in Lex Friedman’s video.
Speaking about the acquisition of Bethesda, Howard made it clear that the company is Always have a good relationship with Microsoft Since the Xbox release of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
“When your company goes through a change like that, no matter what, even if it’s someone you’ve worked with for a long time, you never know what to expect,” Howard said. “I’ve worked with them since we started developing consoles with Morrowind. They came to us and told us we had to make this game for Xbox. I had a great experience with them when they were making the first Xbox and then on the 360 with Oblivion and so I think the point is that we felt That we have a great relationship with them and understand what their culture is like.”
When asked how the development approach to having to make a game like Starfield, which is actually an important Xbox exclusive for 2023, changes, Howard explained that the acquisition didn’t change the way the team worked much, as Bethesda usually always starts development on the console. Focus first on green versions. Indeed according to Howard, the ability to direct all efforts on a single console (as well as on PC), as well as being able to rely on the support of Xbox engineers, would greatly benefit the console version of Starfield.
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“For us, Starfield exclusivity is nothing unique. Although we’ve made games for PlayStation – and I think the PS5 is a crazy machine, they’ve done a great job and we’ve had great success on PlayStation – we’re traditionally developers for PC and with the move to Xbox that’s become our main platform. Like Morrowind which is basically an Xbox exclusive, Oblivion has been an Xbox exclusive for a long time, and so have the Skyrim DLCs.”
So we made a lot of games that started development as if they were all for Xbox. So to start development and say we’re focused on Xbox is in no way unnatural for us. It’s always been kind of the norm and from a development perspective I love that we can Focusing on one console and getting help from the best Xbox engineers to make this game look amazing.”
Starfield will be available for PC and consoles in a while 2023 It will be included in the PC and Xbox Game Pass catalog at launch. Recently, Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s gaming division, said that delaying it was the right decision.
