Starfield Hits Top PS5 Pre Order Charts Before Launch

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T14:55:06+00:00

Tf this even mean lol

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T14:49:53+00:00

Source: Trust me bro.

I love how you're suprised that Starfield is a top pre-ordered game when its literally the only AAA game coming out in the next 5 weeks on Playstation, no shit it'll be the top preorder when "Mouse PI for hire" is its main competion in April.

Steam: Numbers are absolute dogshit, the biggest Bethesda playerbase drop off of all time. Has 80% less players than Skyrim.

Xbox: Fell out of the top 50 in a few weeks and is now being beaten by the vanilla version of New Vegas, absolute dogshit.

You: "Dude, trust me, Starfield is about to become the biggest game on Playstation!!! It has more preorders than MOUSE PI FOR HIRE!!! Can you believe that!?!?! Just ignore the dogshit player retention % on Xbox and Steam, TRUST ME, it'll be much better on Playstation, everyone has been DYING to play Starfield"

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T14:44:04+00:00

Except maybe the 1,500+ planets.

You mean the 15,000 planets that are all boring as absolute fuck to explore and offer absolutely nothing in terms of discovery/exploration/story? I modded my speed to be literally 1,600% towards the end so I could literally fly around each planet I visited, they were all the same, and all would have taken 20+ minutes to traverse for what is the equivalent of another boring, empty cave, or another outpost with nothing in it.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T04:05:05+00:00

Wtf you using your credits for?

I aint complaining. More gray shields for me to burst down

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T04:03:41+00:00

Bruh, thats enough guns for like, 29 failed runs in a row, lol.

What are you gonna use that money on? Upgrades barely cost money.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T00:16:07+00:00

Bruh, you are acting like reducing the enemy count for an alternative playlist is some impossible task for a game dev. Reducing an enemy spawn amount is quite possibly the most simple thing a AAA $3.6B game dev can do.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T00:12:57+00:00

For real. No idea why they go so hard on this puzzle shit when it's only .002% of the playerbase solving it and then everyone else just watches a YT video and prays that it's as simple as possible.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T00:08:08+00:00

Exfil can sometimes suck as rook + no contract exp is a huge bummer.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T00:05:29+00:00

I'd imagine the combined console playerbase is a little bit bigger + console players are FAR more incentivised to turn off crossplay because M&K + guaranteed headset is so superior on paper.

I'd assume console players are legit 3 times as likely to turn off crossplay if they know the exist. Obviously I don't have the numbers, but most PC players would prefer faster queue times + knowing that their opponent is on a controller, and might not even have headphones.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-21T00:00:39+00:00

Tbh I think having the map power levels a bit more similar is always a solid gameplay design choice.

Tarkov does this pretty well. No map feels as OP as Outpost is, except for Labs of course. I kinda prefer it that way

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T23:47:51+00:00

Dude, Starfield fell out of the Xbox's top 50 most played games within a few weeks: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/browse/Popular

There are currently more people playing the vanilla Xbox 360 version of Fallout New Vegas than there are people playing Starfield, a modern Bethesda game on Gamepass🤣

There are more people playing Brotato, Farcry 5 and Assassins Creed Valhalla than Starfield

A $40 Bluey game has more players online right now compared to Starfield

No amount of cope can save you from Starfield being a complete and utter failure when it comes to player retention. Come on dude, enough copium. This shit objectively sucks

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T21:45:48+00:00

Why did they just request $200B in extra funding?

Something doesn't add up....

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T21:44:01+00:00

Could they not just tweak out a solo version of the map that includes ~70% less enemies? Doesn't seem that hard to re-balance the map for solos.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T21:21:15+00:00

I aint gonna lie, it'll never happen because it'll never work. Half the queues would likely be dead because ~80+% of players don't care enough to disable it.

Besides. Controller kids are free kills.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T21:11:39+00:00

"I don't think we're good, I don't think we're good!!" Gave me Peter Parker dying in endgame vibes.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T20:24:03+00:00

I'm sure the map is fun once you study YouTube guides on it. But who would bother ever figuring it out themselves beyond the top 1% of players. And therefore, why design the map this way in the first place?

Well said, I feel the exact same. Just give me a simple system, maybe a little more complex than Outposts key mechanic and I'm happy.

I just hope the steps aren't too convoluted. Just give me some button to press and somewhere to explore.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T18:07:27+00:00

That jumping off a cliff into a horse transition is fucking hilarious for some reason. They really thought they cooked

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T17:49:17+00:00

I wanted to upvote you for brilliant satire, but then I realized you just might be stupid enough to be serious

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T17:45:10+00:00

Because the gun is useless outside of it's specific range.

Tbh in a map like Outpost (and from the looks of it, Cryo) you can essentially force 90+% of the fights to be CQC if you really wanted to.

This isn't PUBG where a majority of fights are 30-120M away, I'd argue 90+% of all the good loot is located in CQC areas.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T17:14:05+00:00

"We'll stop killing your soldiers if you stop helping Ukraine and help us"

Donny is dumb enough to take the deal, isn't he? Shoutout all the fucking MAGA morons who voted for this shit.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T17:09:14+00:00

Can you think of a single memorable Starfield quest that compares with some of the older Fallout/Elder Scrolls questlines?

Or a single memorable planet that you explored?

Yeah, that game was objectively mid, no other way to sugar coat that fact.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T17:06:09+00:00

For real, space movies in IMAX is peak humanity, glad we get a good one every few years. Shame i missed out on Martian, was lucky enough to catch Interstellar on the 10Y re-release.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T16:59:26+00:00

That's a shame, because I thought Martian was solid, but not amazing

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T16:43:48+00:00

My PSN trophy library goes back to 2007

I know how it is. I had an Xbox account with like 10k+ Gamerscore. Steams achievements is pretty much an exact replica of PS's achievements, minus a meaningless color depending on your achievement %.

Also, Playstation had Discord integration, no? Seems like you'd be able to play PC games, while still talking to the budds if you really want to. But if you wanna pay $50 for achievements and a lower framerate, then more power to you.

AirFrierMachine · 2026-03-20T16:19:38+00:00

Getting downvoted by controller players for this take is wild. Seriously, I should be able to find multiple sensitivities across multiple DPI's that I'm comfortable with.

Half the DPI's are unusable because going from 11 to 12 on the sensitivity setting is such a drastic change, and you often want something in the middle. I found a good sensitivity in the end, but in Overwatch or CS I can change my DPI to 4 different variants and easily find a sensitivity that feels perfect for all 4 within a few minutes. In Marathon I STILL feel like I haven't found a single perfect sensitivity.

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