Phil Spencer played Starfield over the weekend ahead of September

Technically, this means Microsoft paid $7 billion to buy ZeniMax Media three years ago for Phil Spencer to have early access to Starfield.

Starfield's opening is slow says Phil Spencer, will take a few hours to reach epic scale

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Starfield takes a few hours before it blows up in terms of its epic scale

Starfield is Bethesda's biggest launch ever with 6 million players on Xbox and Windows PC

Xbox shipped games too early, Phil Spencer admits

Xbox Game Pass price hike announced ahead of Starfield release, comes into effect next month

Starfield Global Release Times and PC Specs Revealed

Starfield breaks 1 million concurrent players across all platforms: a 'great milestone,' Phil Spencer says

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Starfield breaks 1 million concurrent players across all platforms: a 'great milestone,' Phil Spencer says