Xbox boss Phil Spencer says his aim is to have more people playing upcoming Bethesda epic Starfield than the company’s legendary Skyrim.
And yes, that’s despite the fact Starfield will be skipping PlayStation entirely.
Speaking with Axios reporter Stephen Totilo in comments published via Twitter, Spencer said his vision for Starfield was for it to be the “most-played Todd Howard game ever,” in reference to Bethesda’s game designer and director.
The metric of how many people play Xbox Game Studios titles has been key to Microsoft of late, as the company trumpeted franchise-best milestones of 20m players for Halo Infinite, and 18m for Forza Horizon 5.
“I love the Forza 5 and Halo stats… I love how many people played Psychonauts 2 vs Psychonauts 1,” Spencer said. “So, when I look at the teams, when Todd and I talk about Starfield, it’s: ‘How do we make sure this is the most-played Todd Howard game ever?’