Starfield reportedly debuts to "Middling" sales on PS5

A new report suggests the PlayStation 5 version of the Starfield has had a “medium” start on the platform, earning $7.7 million in revenue with 140,000 copies sold in its first week. Starfield first launched for Xbox Series X/S and PC back in 2023, but has now become the latest first-party Xbox game to jump over to its competitor, joining the likes of Forza Horizon 5, Gears of War: Reloadedand Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Over the past few years, Xbox has changed its release strategy in a big way. Exclusives now seem to be a thing of the past, as 2024 saw some major first-party titles, such as Based and Sea of Thievesmake it to the PlayStation 5. The following year saw even bigger games, such as Forza Horizon 5 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024also gets PlayStation ports. But the big question for many months was always: when Starfield released on ps5? As Bethesda's biggest RPG in a decade, it seemed like the demand for a PlayStation 5 version was there, but now new sales data cast doubt on that assumption.

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Starfield reportedly sells 140,000 PS5 units in a week

Speculation and rumors surrounding a PS5 version of Starfield circulated online for months before an official announcement from Bethesda. The divisive RPG finally made its way to the platform on April 7, along with a massive free update known as Free Lanes, and a new paid DLC, Terran Armada. Unfortunately, the sales figures are described as “medium” by analyst outlet Alinea. According to a report from the site, Starfield has sold a total of 140,000 PS5 units in its first week, generating $7.7 million in gross revenue. While this may sound like a positive launch for a nearly three-year-old title, Alinea says Bethesda's biggest RPG in nearly a decade should be performing better than it is.

For reference, the best performing Xbox title released on PlayStation 5 in the last 6 months is Ninja Gaiden 4which has sold 257,000 copies on the platform since its launch in October 2025. This record is then closely followed by Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 with 245,000 copies, The Outer Worlds 2 at 160,000 copies, and then Starfield. Although the outlet describes the numbers as “medium”, it's only been a week and has already sold more than Avowed, Age of Empires 4and South of midnight did when they came to PS5. Starfield is also the fastest-selling Xbox-to-PS5 port in the last six months, which Ninja Gaiden 4 sold almost 100,000 copies in the first 6 days.

However, Starfield has a long way to go if it wants to hit Forza Horizon 5The PlayStation 5 release, which Alinea says has sold an astounding 5.7 million copies to date and generated more than $320 million in gross revenue. Other impressive ports include Gears of War: Reloadedwhich has now sold 1 million copies across all platforms, with 70% of sales on PS5. Then, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has now “out-sold the Steam version and is on par with Xbox,” according to the outlet, which notes that around 4 million players accessed the title on Xbox

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What won't help Bethesda boost sales is a continued crashing issue that plagues it Starfields new PS5 player. Fans have blasted the RPG as “unplayable” on the console, as some say Starfield crashes “every two minutes.” Thankfully, it didn't take long for Bethesda to respond to the issue, which affected thousands of players. The studio says it has narrowed the problem down to a small number of causes and plans to release a new hotfix update in the coming days to resolve the crashing issues.