Todd Howard did something that many thought to be impossible: he showed gameplay for a game that wasn't connected to either Elder Scrolls or Fallout; he released a video going more in-depth into the upcoming Starfield game that also included some gameplay footage. The reaction online was initially very positive, with people praising the game and its look, especially when talking about the space suits.

I really love Starfield's art direction🔥

From what we've seen, I can already tell that Starfield will have some of the coolest-looking spacesuits we have seen in any science fiction piece 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HEbcsDhGbV

— Colt #BullshitMafia (@infrarogue89) October 13, 2022

From gameplay specifics to what inspired the creation of Starfield, Todd Howard answers some of your questions in this new Constellation Questions video! pic.twitter.com/osryZw52ga

— Starfield (@StarfieldGame) October 13, 2022

Bethesda is bringing back the Adoring Fan in Starfield! 👀 pic.twitter.com/2tM88wjSdM

— MrMattyPlays (@G27Status) October 12, 2022

Starfield’s new dialogue system has been revealed in a brief interview with Todd Howard.

Looks to be a more traditional Bethesda Game Studios style with persuasion checks entering a point based mini game!

Todd also confirms the game has passed 250,000 lines of dialogue. pic.twitter.com/xXRU6NbELY

— MrMattyPlays (@G27Status) October 12, 2022

However, seeing how good the game looked made quite a number of people online mad. Not mad at Todd, or the company itself, but mad at Sony due to the Microsoft acquisition. Because of this merger, Starfield is designed to be a console exclusive to Microsoft systems, meaning that PlayStation 5 owners won't be able to touch the game. This intense anger was further focused once a report came out that at one point the Microsoft team had reached out to Sony about putting Xbox Gamepass on Sony consoles, which would have allowed Halo and other gems be allowed on the system, with the proposal allegedly being shot down by Sony.

Bruh I just read an article that said Sony blocked Gamepass from coming to PlayStation. We could have legit had Halo and maybe even Starfield on PS consoles through Gamepass. I am punching air so hard right now

Why does Sony hate their players?!?!

— DestinyNostalgia (@DestinyNostalgi) October 13, 2022

I wonder what % of the people hating on Starfield are doing it cause they won't be able to play it vs. having genuine issues. Any clue? pic.twitter.com/vxPU1osCoV

— POLTER-JAFFE (@davidscottjaffe) October 14, 2022

Alot of what PlayStation makes exclusive they don’t own. There is no reason you should be mad at XBOX for making what they OWN exclusive, yes that means Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6, Avowed, Fallout 5 and maybe eventually Diablo 5, it’s blatant hypocrisy

— Moat (@moatxsx) October 14, 2022

However, despite the polish and shine, there is still a vocal contingent of gamers online who are being very cautious in regards to Starfield_, with their reasoning being based on previous games being absolutely buggy messes, with "_Fallout 76":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/fallout-76 being pointed to as the biggest piece of evidence for why not to buy into the hype.

People hyping up Starfield are funny because they believe that a Bethesda open world game will release in a non-buggy state that is playable for 30 minutes without crashing

— Dead Fish (@D34dFeesh) October 14, 2022

Honestly kudos to Bethesda for banking so hard on their current audience never having played Oblivion that they'd say, with a straight face, "Starfield will have a persuasion system similar to Oblivion" and expect praise. Takes a lot of courage, or a real short memory.

— Phaps #BLM #ACAB (@PharaohPrinplup) October 14, 2022

People getting hyped up about Todd Howard comments on #Starfield

Remember Fallout 76…
16 Times the Details

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— shaykiro (@shaykiroG) October 14, 2022