For those wondering Starfield's impact on the Xbox ecosystem (specifically consoles and Game Pass subs), we do have monthly Amazon US video game sales rankings that we can use to gauge this. Obviously, this doesn't give us the full picture, since it's just Amazon US only and no actual number of units sold are included, but hey, this is better than nothing! :)
| Month | 1 month gpu amazon sales rankings | 3 month gpu amazon sales rankings | Series X |
| Jan 2023 | 15 | 48 | 74 |
| Feb 2023 | 15 | 50 | 48 (forza bundle) / 89 (standard sku) |
| Mar 2023 | 19 | 44 | 76 |
| Apr 2023 | 23 | 52 | 95 |
| May 2023 | 33 | 93 | 50 |
| June 2023 | 10 | 35 | 90 |
| July 2023 | 14 | 31 | 53 |
| Aug 2023 | 12 | 27 | 25 |
| Sept 2023 | 84 | 10 | 19 |
| Year | 1 month gpu amazon sales rankings | 3 month gpu amazon sales rankings |
| 2020 | 97 | didn't chart in top 100 |
| 2021 | 45 | 44 |
| 2022 | 34 | 37 |
| 2023 | 14 | 29 |
Some notes:
- 3 month GPU finished at #10 for September, the highest rank it's ever been for the entire year. It very well could have ranked even higher because Amazon ran out of stock for approximately 1 entire week during the month.
- 1 month GPU finished at #84 because Amazon ran out of stock less than one week into the month and still hasn't restocked as of today.
- Series X has been steadily climbing in rankings since June.
- June was the showcase, which explains the spike in Game Pass subs that month.
- GPU has been steadily rising in rankings on a yearly basis since 2020.
Looking forward:
- Not sure what's going on with the 1 month GPU stock availability on Amazon, as it's been nearly 1 entire month and they still have yet to restock this.
- I expect Series X and 3 month GPU to most likely finish lower in rankings this month, based on their current placement right now on the daily rankings. Series X is currently at #35 on the daily rankings and 3 month GPU is at #19.
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