The game that Phil Spencer (correctly) identified would not be the thing to make them trade-in their PS5s for an Xbox Series X, and the one that former Bethesda executive Pete Hines had to apologize to players over its perceived Xbox exclusivity, Starfield, has finally, and inevitably, made its way to PlayStation consoles with its arrival on PS5 today.
The space-faring epic arrived today alongside a couple of major updates for the game, including its Terran Armada DLC expansion, and the Free Lanes update, the latter of which is available to all Starfield owners as a free update, while the former is a paid expansion.
You'll be able to add the base game to your library for $49.99 USD, while the premium edition with the Terran Armada expansion will run you $69.99 USD. If you buy the base game now and choose to upgrade later, unless you're doing so during a sale, you'll have to spend an additional $24.99 to upgrade to the premium edition.
It's not just arriving with new DLC and updates, it's also arriving with visual improvements that take advantage of the added horsepower on the PS5 Pro, including PSSR 2.0. It's also taking advantage of other PlayStation-specific features like adaptive triggers, the speaker on the DualSense controller, and it's even making clever use of the light bar.
For more about everything new coming to Starfield in today's release, including what's new in the Free Lanes update and the Terran Armada expansion, as well as more details on what's coming with the PS5 version of the game, you can check out our interview with Tim Lamb, lead creative producer at Bethesda Games Studios on how this new update changes Starfield.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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