After almost eight years of development, Starfield finally launched in September of last year, causing a whirlwind of discourse surrounding Bethesda's RPG formula, the hype that surrounds high-profile releases like it, and the state of Xbox and its first-party studios. Of course, Starfield was also met with a pretty divisive critical reception. But despite the discourse and the reviews, Bethesda promised that it would continue to work on Starfield.