Analyst Reports 'Lukewarm' Starfield PS5 Sales, Says Crimson Desert Is on Track to Overtake Starfield's Lifetime Copies Sold by the End of 2026

Starfield has seen “lukewarm” sales on PlayStation 5, according to one analyst, who is now questioning Microsoft’s strategy of releasing its games on PS5 after they’ve already come out on Xbox and PC. According to Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, Starfield had sold 140,000 copies on PS5 as of a week after launch. Bethesda has yet to announce a sales figure for Starfield on PS5, or generally for that matter. The last we heard, in November 2024, Starfield had seen over 15 million players across all platforms. “While these would be decent numbers for many ports, it’s not fantastic for a port of the biggest Bethesda RPG in a decade (although launch-aligned, it's selling faster than other Xbox games that came to Xbox in the past six months, minus CoD),” Elliott said. “Still, Starfield's lukewarm PS5 sales obviously raise questions about the long-term viability of Xbox's delayed multiplatform releases (Starfield came to PS5 2.5 years after Xbox/Steam).” For context, Playground's Forza Horizon 5 has sold an estimated 5.7 million copies on PS5, which, according to Alinea Analytics, has generated $320 million in revenue. Forza Horizon 5 launched on PlayStation in April 2025, three-and-a-ha