Ever since Microsoft announced Starfield at the Xbox Showcase 2023, it hasn’t stopped trending in the community. It has constantly involved the fans in fascinating theories while still keeping an air of mystery around the title. The open-world space exploration title is unarguably one of the biggest games to release in recent times. As the Xbox exclusive is set to hit sales in September, a pre-load tease had the fans’ attention.

Earlier, the gamers had spotted an interesting detail on the Amazon page selling Starfield. The description had a lot of insights on the game but the highlight was the mention of a pre-load date. This news immediately spread across the community as fans were thrilled for a pre-load sooner than expected. However, the fans who were looking forward to the alleged pre-load date are now left confused after the mention was removed from the page. 

Starfield fans might have to wait a bit longer

The latest update suggests that Amazon has removed their description of Starfield that mentioned pre-loads for August 9. This comes as a confusing turn of events after the mentioned date sparked excitement among the community.

The Amazon page selling Xbox Series S and Starfield Standard Edition bundles had caught the attention of fans. In the features and details section of the product, it was revealed that the pre-load date for the game is August 9th. This meant that fans could start playing Starfield as soon as September 6 after preloading the game on the said date. Unfortunately, it seems like a missed opportunity now. 

The marketing strategy for Starfield has been commendable to date. Bethesda and Microsoft have together assured phenomenal branding for the upcoming giant. The frequent glimpses and details of the gameplay even after releasing a 45-minute-long gameplay have kept the fans on edge. Thus few Xbox fans feel this Amazon fiasco is a part of the marketing strategy.

Although, considering the pattern of Xbox exclusive releases, this seems like a vague guess. A lot of the gamers also felt August 9 would have been quite an early date for pre-load. According to these fans, it would have affected the hype of the game till September. Well, it seems like the developers did agree with the fans’ perspective. 

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The developers will now probably announce the next pre-load date close to the actual launch. In any case, fans are excited to experience Bethesda’s version of the cosmos. 

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