Starfield Was The Best-Selling Game In The U.S. The Week Of Its PS5 Launch

Starfield Was The Best-Selling Game In The U.S. The Week Of Its PS5 Launch

Admittedly, the competition wasn't stiff

Starfield: Tops the Weekly Sales Charts with the Launch of the PlayStation 5 Port!

Bethesda Game Studios’ game has finally landed on Sony’s console two and a half years later, even though it had originally been planned for that platform before Microsoft bought ZeniMax Media.   Although the PlayStation 5 version of Starfield only landed somewhere in the middle of the pack when compared to recent PlayStation ports of Xbox-published games, its sales were still strong enough to push it to the top of the weekly U.S. charts. Mat Pis…

Xbox's Starfield Tops The US Gaming Charts For First Time Since 2023

Not much competition, but a win's a win! - Last week, we shared how Starfield had reportedly sold around 140,000 copies on PS5 during its first week on Sony'...

Starfield on PS5 impressions

PlayStation owners have spent the last three years watching from the sidelines while Xbox players roamed the Settled Systems. After what felt like endless rumors, leaks, and a painfully slow confirmation, Starfield finally hit the PS5 on April 7, 2026. I'm not here to debate if the game is actually good, as you can check out our original review on PC (spoiler alert: yes it was). The real question is whether this long overdue port actually runs w…

What caused Starfield’s PS5 sales surge?

Starfield regains the top spot during PS5 launch week Starfield has returned to the top of the US sales chart during PS5 launch week, giving Bethesda “a second bite” after the game first performed strongly on other platforms. The key driver is straightforward: the PS5 release put the space RPG…