Det var i første omgang meningen at Starfield skulle være udkommet d. 11 november i år, men det blev afsløret tidligere på året at spillet ville blive forsinket. Det vides endnu ikke hvor lang den forsinkelse vil blive.
Men Phil Spencer mener fortsat at det var den rigtige beslutning at give Bethesda mere tid. I et interview med The Verge siger Phil Spencer, at Microsoft før har truffet den forkerte beslutning at udgive spil før de reelt set var klar:
"We have experience shipping games too early. But in hindsight, when you look at a game like Starfield - which has taken so long and so much investment in new IP from the team - the decision to give the team the time to build the game that they feel they should be building is just the right thing to do."
Det forventes at Starfield udkommer inden sommeren.
