Phil Spencer played Starfield over the weekend ahead of September

Technically, this means Microsoft paid $7 billion to buy ZeniMax Media three years ago for Phil Spencer to have early access to Starfield.

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More data on Starfield's launch: 1 million concurrent players, most wishlisted Xbox game on Steam