Bethesda’s big new game, Starfield, is exclusive on console to Xbox because Microsoft owns the studio and parent company ZeniMax. The fact that Starfield is exclusive on console to Xbox is good, director Todd Howard said in an interview, because it allowed the team to “focus” and make a better game.
“When you’re making something exclusive then the more you can focus,” he told the BBC. “You know this is the hardware or the thing people are playing on, so the ability to focus on that always yields a better product. You do want people to be able to access it of course. But being with Xbox means there is an ease of access for us.”
Howard went on to say that Starfield is expected to be Bethesda’s biggest launch ever thanks in part to Game Pass. All 25 million+ Game Pass subscribers can play the game as part of their membership.