It has been heavily rumored for a while thatStarfieldwill be one of the next bigXboxexclusives to get thePS5port treatment, potentially arriving on the rival console before the end of 2025. However, a new report claims that plans have changed internally at Xbox, andBethesda’s space game won’t be released on PS5 until 2026.
That’s according toa new report courtesy of MP1st. The site claims that reliable sources revealed the initial plan was indeed to have Starfield launch on PS5 before the end of 2025. However, poor sales of Shattered Space, Starfield’s first and so far only major expansion, have led to Xbox and Bethesda reshuffling the deck and moving things around.
Starfield’s second expansion and its PS5 port could both launch at the same time in 2026
Claims that the still unconfirmed Starfield PS5 port’s release date has been pushed come on the heels of other claims that the game’s second major DLC expansion, which has been confirmed and has been in the pipeline for a while,also isn’t going to launch until 2026. It was assumed that the follow-up to Shattered Space would be here before the end of 2025. MP1st’s report compounds prior rumors, suggesting the second expansion and Starfield’s PS5 port may now launch together in Spring 2026.
While you might think older flagship Xbox games from series likeHaloandGears of Warshould be the focus when considering what to port to PS5 next, it makes more sense for Starfield to be at the front of the queue. Halo and Gears don’t necessarily need the sales bumps they’ll inevitably get when their games, old and new, arrive onPlayStation.
Starfield does need that sales bump, especially with Shattered Space’s Steam reviews still stuck firmly on mostly negative. Bethesda and Xbox clearly expected Starfield to be anElder ScrollsorFallout-levelhit, but that just hasn’t been the case. While a PS5 launch won’t completely turn things around, the arrivals of other Xbox games, even some of the smaller ones, on PlayStation have already proved that ignoring those who still think we’re embroiled in a console war is the way to go.
In June alone,Xbox-published games accounted for six of the PS5’s best sellers.Forza Horizon 5was the best of those six, and the second-best-selling game overall in June, despite being released on the platform two months earlier. Starfield might not make quite as big a splash, but a PS5 launch could help move the needle. Saving it for 2026 and launching it at the same time as the game’s final DLC so that it can be marketed as a “complete edition” also makes a lot of sense.
