Starfield beats Balders Gate 3 as most played RPG of 2023

Greetings! The numbers are in and the number one story over at N4G, rustling the most jimmies, is Starfields epic take down of Balders Gate 3 as the most played RPG of last year. Congratulations to the team at Bethesda games for not only making the game most people spent time playing but also capturing the title for most time living rent free in haters minds... Truly a banner year for Microsofts own Bethesda Game Studios.

What does this do for you system wars? Are you too busy playing/thinking about Starfield? Are the forum numbers down because everyone is playing/drawing pictures of it? Are you prepared to "kneel before Todd' and kiss the ring?

https://www.aroged.com/2024/01/04/players-spent-more-time-in-starfield-in-2023-than-in-baldurs-gate-3/

Great news for gamers around the world.

Starfield....for the players.

Another easy Xbox win

@TheEroica said:

Greetings! The numbers are in and the number one story over at N4G, rustling the most jimmies, is Starfields epic take down of Balders Gate 3 as the most played RPG of last year. Congratulations to the team at Bethesda games for not only making the game most people spent time playing but also capturing the title for most time living rent free in haters minds... Truly a banner year for Microsofts own Bethesda Game Studios.

What does this do for you system wars? Are you too busy playing/thinking about Starfield? Are the forum numbers down because everyone is playing/drawing pictures of it? Are you prepared to "kneel before Todd' and kiss the ring?

https://www.aroged.com/2024/01/04/players-spent-more-time-in-starfield-in-2023-than-in-baldurs-gate-3/

Go figure, because it had more players than BG3. :/ Easy to spin this to win this narrative.

But this is the most important. More peeps are playing this, more peeps are dissapointed

Look at this pointless ass stats that they're constantly giving you when it comes to Microsoft, and we've seen the exact same thing with Infinite, a game that was so successful they fired everyone. But hey, the most important thing to do with them is to give you an illusion of success, you know, those 22M accounts bullshit🤡

22.284.331 million days played😂WHO ASKED?😂😂😂
26.027.845 hours building ships😂WHO ASKED?😂😂😂
12348923472349 Planets visited😂WHO ASKED?😂😂😂
4.575.290 outpost settlers😂Who the hell asked?😂😂😂

This game has offered nothing else but something to pile on, which is great, these titles are needed for SW. Thank you Microsoft.

Probably because of all the load screens and crashes and restarts that inflated the numbers.

@TheEroica said:

@loudheadphones said:

@TheEroica said:

Greetings! The numbers are in and the number one story over at N4G, rustling the most jimmies, is Starfields epic take down of Balders Gate 3 as the most played RPG of last year. Congratulations to the team at Bethesda games for not only making the game most people spent time playing but also capturing the title for most time living rent free in haters minds... Truly a banner year for Microsofts own Bethesda Game Studios.

What does this do for you system wars? Are you too busy playing/thinking about Starfield? Are the forum numbers down because everyone is playing/drawing pictures of it? Are you prepared to "kneel before Todd' and kiss the ring?

https://www.aroged.com/2024/01/04/players-spent-more-time-in-starfield-in-2023-than-in-baldurs-gate-3/

Go figure, because it had more players than BG3. :/ Easy to spin this to win this narrative.

But this is the most important. More peeps are playing this, more peeps are dissapointed

lol. Real excuse is the spin of yours. How to make Starfield to look good. :/

Stop trying to make Starfield a thing. Even reddit Starfield recognizes it's a massive flop.

Lems: It's time to get over making Starfield threads

Also Lems:

This got the response i expected

Now now... The correct response is, only Starfield threads when there's Starfield news.... This is a trending story. News.

Ew.

Doesn't Starfield selling and being played a lot kind of make it a thing?

Didn't play either lolz

TC just got rekt 🤣

2023 was an amazing year!

Haters gonna hate, but Starfield was a fun game! Whether you want to say Starfield didn't live up to the hype or we as consumers got our expectations too high, it does not matter; the game was still a lot of fun, and I personally got dozens of hours out of it.

Was it the next Skyrim? No, and that hurt a little bit, I must admit. But I don't regret the money I spent on it, the time I invested with it, and so on and so forth.

As for Baldur's Gate 3, it's a masterpiece I've been enjoying in early access for quite some time and the finished product is one of the best RPG's of the 21st century...perhaps of all time. As a D&D tabletop player, it does the franchise justice in its execution of mechanics and sheer amount of stuff you can do.

As I said, 2023 was an amazing year, in large part due to these two great games.

Hey! We just said: stop trying to make Starfield a thing! QUIT IT!

😋

Microsoft fans have a serious case of victim complex and it's funny AF to see.

The company does too. It's hilarious.

"Just let us buy EVERYTHING so we can COMPETE!"

@hardwenzen: The average time played is 47 hours.

The stats do not support your narrative.

Try harder.

@BenjaminBanklin: Keep crying.

So let me get explain this to myself as if I was a 1 year old child. A game that is free on game pass had more players than a game that isn’t free on game pass. Hmm I’m still confused about all of this

So the avg play time of Starfield is the exact same amount of time it took me to complete a single run. Sounds like a one and done game to me. :(

So people are playing 2 amazing games a lot

/Shock face

My experience with crashes has been significantly higher on BG3 than Starfield. It is not even close.

Which part was that implied?🤔

Wow, really?

I've had my share of bugs and some janky behavior, but no crashes. It always seemed like a fairly stable game, even in early access.

You win the game!

The game is winning worst game of the year all over the place, and you think your 47h means anything? All it says to me is that you're desperate to use your Xbox, and play whatever shovelare Microsoft releases.

@mrbojangles25: I was surprised by the frequency of the game crashing. My experience with BG3 has been rough. Definitely not what I expected but🤷🏽‍♂️

Free on Gamepass? Whoa I didn't realize Gamepass was free!! Phil is a wizard!

Simple edits for simple minds.🙃

@receding801 said:

@TheEroica said:

Greetings! The numbers are in and the number one story over at N4G, rustling the most jimmies, is Starfields epic take down of Balders Gate 3 as the most played RPG of last year. Congratulations to the team at Bethesda games for not only making the game most people spent time playing but also capturing the title for most time living rent free in haters minds... Truly a banner year for Microsofts own Bethesda Game Studios.

What does this do for you system wars? Are you too busy playing/thinking about Starfield? Are the forum numbers down because everyone is playing/drawing pictures of it? Are you prepared to "kneel before Todd' and kiss the ring?

https://www.aroged.com/2024/01/04/players-spent-more-time-in-starfield-in-2023-than-in-baldurs-gate-3/

A moderator makes the crappiest post of the day. Are you seriously trying to say BG3 is worse then Starfield or somethin?

Wait... The thread is crappy because you hate Starfield? Or because the news is jarring? Why would a thread reporting facts and truths be considered crappy...? Something seems off.

Now, simple question:

Which game is actually good, and which one sucks?

The most overhyped game vs the most overrated. Fight!

Congrats to Bethesda.

How dare you...

@TheEroica: How dare I indeed. 😅

there's a free version of Starfield??.. 🤔

Thank you guys for contributing to the W.... Couldn't have done it without you.

@Antwan3K: These folks can’t get their narratives straight. One day games are free on Game Pass, the next day the service costs too much. 😂

At the start of 2023 I never would have imagined fanboys would be celebrating the most hyped up game of the year beating a niche CRPG in hours played.

😂 They are spinning themselves stupid.

You need a new crystal ball! 🔮

@Pedro: They sure are. It’s very humorous to watch. 😅

There were vastly more players who played Genshin Impact than both games 😎

I was told the one I got from the Mogwai shop was legit

I mean, if were are celebrating and giving out awards for games people don't have to actually PAY for to play then, you indeed did just REKT the TC.

This was a straw grasping attempt to present a false equivalence to gloat about a game included in a service vs a full price retail game.

Wrong... This was an attempt to share the most trending stories on a major game site and add some razzle dazzle to it... All the discontent it stirred in people us crazy though. Wasn't it Thoreau who said, keep your money and your fame.... Give me truth. What's to be upset about?

I gotta give myself a pat on the back for that one 😎