Starfield, once heralded as Bethesda’s bold new frontier, has seemingly vanished into the void – and fans are starting to lose their patience. Its no-show at the recent Xbox Games Showcase was more than just a disappointment; for many, it felt like the final straw. No DLC, no PS5 version, not even a whisper from Bethesda. Just silence. 
And that silence is deafening.
While other titles like The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 got some love, Starfield didn’t even get a passing mention. For a game touted as Bethesda’s first original IP in over two decades, this level of post-launch neglect is raising serious questions about the studio’s commitment.
Across Reddit, forums, and social media, once-devoted players are voicing frustration. One long-time fan who poured over 1,000 hours into the game confessed, “If it weren’t for mods, I would’ve given up long ago.” Others feel betrayed – not just because content isn’t coming, but because there’s no communication at all. It’s not just that Bethesda isn’t showing up – it’s that they aren’t talking.
The Shattered Space expansion, released a year after launch, failed to reignite interest. Reviews on Steam were largely negative, and sales barely made a ripple. Despite hitting 15 million players early on, Starfield struggled to maintain momentum. And without consistent updates or community engagement, fans feel like they’ve been left to pick through the ruins for clues about the game’s future.
Some are still clinging to hope, theorizing that Bethesda might shadow-drop a new expansion or PS5 version, just as they did with the surprise Oblivion Remaster. It’s not an impossible dream – Bethesda has pulled off silent drops before – but at this point, it feels more like wishful thinking than a strategic pattern.
It doesn’t help that other anticipated titles like State of Decay 3 and the Perfect Dark reboot were also absent from the showcase. But for Starfield fans, the sting cuts deeper – not just because the game has struggled, but because they were promised more. Bethesda’s Todd Howard once said annual story expansions were the goal “for a very long time.” That vision now seems as distant as the game’s unexplored galaxies.
At its core, Starfield was perhaps too ambitious for its own good. A sprawling single-player RPG set in space sounds incredible on paper, but in practice, it lacked the spark and longevity of Bethesda’s previous hits. Now, with no roadmap and a disheartened community, many are beginning to move on – with or without Bethesda’s blessing.
If Starfield has been abandoned, fans just want honesty. If something is coming, they deserve to know. Because right now, all they have is radio silence – and a galaxy full of broken promises.
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Outer Worlds just did what Starfield was trying to do… but better