It is evident that Microsoft is raining sticks from all imaginable places because, either for one thing or another, is at the center of user criticism and even some of the most relevant companies in the sector. If not, remember the mess with the antitrust causes for the purchase of Activision-Blizzard and that could affect its future release portfolio. including Starfield?
Redfall is now available
The title developed by Arkane Austin is already among us. It arrived yesterday, May 2, both on PC and Xbox consoles and the truth is that The reception has not been what many expected. For example, in the Redmond offices, where Phil Spencer and company are trying to avoid the collapse of their platform due to a policy of exclusive releases that is a complete disaster.
redfall It has come with bugs, many technical bugs, but the concept problems of the development itself seem less seen. It gives the feeling that the cooperative title was going to be more ambitiousmore complex and that the delays and the rush to have an exclusive of some relevance already in the stores has caused a small cut that we will see how it is resolved.
At the moment, the opinions around redfall are being a butchery for Microsoft and Bethesda, with mockery even from across the street (from the director of the last god of war) who speculate that PlayStation has someone infiltrated Xbox studios to destroy them from within. So seen the result of this redfallwe can not help but wonder if the delay it suffered should not have been even greater, until they had the game they really wanted from Bethesda.
Will it affect Starfield?
It is evident that after the small disaster of redfall many have turned their heads to look for Starfield. The other great exclusive of the year for Xbox, which was to have hit stores on November 11, 2022, had to be delayed because it was evident that they were not arriving. Now, after some hesitation, the thing has been set for the month of September but it continues to tell us that it will not be enough.
There is a feeling in the environment among the fans that Starfield takes the same path redfall. That delays in release dates don’t seem like enough and that if Microsoft wants to be completely honest with its users it should delay the release. After four months, we have hardly seen anything relevant, no substantial change and it does not seem that there will be, at least until June.
We already told you a few weeks ago: for those of us who have seen dozens of games come out in the last 30 years within the sector, something smells strange. Not because they want to hide anything from us, but precisely because they are not doing the opposite, which is to brag about how well they are doing with periodic videos where small guides or previews of whatever is offered: a class, an object, a mission, a planet. Watch Blizzard with Diablo IV, which is on time for its release date and does not stop offering new relevant information. Seen one and the other, it is perceived in the environment that the same Starfield it will have to undergo some change in its expected date of sale.
Microsoft must now choose how it wants to care for its users: if to let 2023 pass and offer an experience Starfield PERFECT, or return to be guided by haste, poor planning and destroy another development that looks like a sells consoles. And the same thing, in that stake, something more is at stake than making one of their video games a success and the general indifference towards the platform begins.
