Why is Starfield coming to Game Pass but not PS5

Starfield is without a doubt the biggest launch for Xbox during this year. The newest IP of the creators of The Elder Scrolls and developers of Fallout takes us across the galaxy in an experience that promises special moments for each planet you visit. The game will arrive on september 6 to Xbox Series X | S and PC, at the same time that it will be part of the catalog of Xbox Game Pass in all its modalities. Some users will wonder why it will not be published on PS5. Here is the answer..

Why isn’t Starfield coming out on PS5?

Starfield is not going to be released on PS5 for an obvious reason: The Zenimax Media conglomerate, which Bethesda Softworks is a part of, belongs to Microsoft since 2021. This means that Microsoft gets to choose on which platforms each of its games is released, and in this case they have chosen to keep it exclusive to their ecosystem.

However it was not always so. During the trial between the United States Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft for the purchase of Activision Blizzard, the head of the Xbox division clarified one of the motivations that had led them to take over Zenimax a few years earlier. As revealed by Phil Spencer, they had received data that suggested that it was possible that Starfield was to be an exclusive to PS5, such as the collaborations that the company had already maintained with PlayStation in games such as Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo.

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Xbox Game Pass and the commitment of all the first available from the first day

During the consolidation of Xbox Game Pass, the company made decisions that would mark the future of its catalog. The most important one was the commitment to publish in the subscription all of its internally produced games from the day of its debut in the ecosystem. Heavy names like Halo Infinite, Gears 5, and Forza Horizon 5 have followed this line, and Starfield will not be the exception. In fact, you can now preload the title to be able to start playing from launch..