Starfield Breaks Skyrim's 12 Year Steam Concurrent Player Record in Launch Weekend

Starfield has overtaken Skyrim's all-time concurrent players record on Steam in its first weekend.
Starfield hit a peak of 330,723 concurrent players on September 10.
Skyrim's record peaked 12 years ago at 287,411 concurrent players.
Starfield fell short of Bethesda's previous release Fallout 4, which sits at 472,962 concurrent players.
Starfield's inclusion on Xbox Game Pass likely affected its Steam numbers.

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