Starfield sold one quest for $7, and the horse armor walked again
Starfield's paid Creations charged $7 for a single mission
The market's verdict: +4.8% on MSFT in the week after.
What actually happened
Starfield is Bethesda's game, and Bethesda is Microsoft's studio, acquired with ZeniMax for 7.5 billion dollars in 2021, so when Bethesda shipped the paid Creations system in June 2024 it was Microsoft's store doing the selling. The second Trackers Alliance mission, The Vulture, cost 700 credits, roughly seven dollars, except credits came in 1,000-packs, so in practice ten. After months of thin post-launch support, players review-bombed the game's Steam rating to Mostly Negative, and Todd Howard conceded "we hear that feedback, too". Horse armor entered its second era, this time with a first-party budget behind it.
This one is well documented.
Links
↳ caused by Starfield paid Creations launch (June 2024)
Timeline
- Jun 11, 2024 Stood by it Microsoft stood by it.