Starfield Has Been Rated for the Nintendo Switch 2

Bethesda’s Starfield game has just made the jump from the Xbox/PC ecosystem to the PlayStation 5, and the Nintendo Switch 2 could be next in line. Portuguese website Universo Nintendo (via Eurogamer) spotted that the game has recently been rated for the Nintendo Switch 2 by the Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information Board.

The Xbox division under Phil Spencer’s leadership made it clear that it wanted to bring Xbox games to more platforms, including rival consoles. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, another Bethesda game, is also headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 on May 12, 2026, so it’s probably not surprising that a Starfield port is also in the works.

Unfortunately for PlayStation 5 gamers, Starfield has been plagued by freezing and crashing issues since its release a week ago, and Bethesda promised to release a hotfix this week. Bethesda games are known to be quite buggy at launch due to their complex RPG systems, but the situation was apparently so bad that some PS5 players have been asking for refunds.

Microsoft now prefers to highlight player count milestones rather than sales milestones, and Starfield hit 15 million players across PC and Xbox back in November 2024 (that number also includes Game Pass subscribers who may have played the game without purchasing it. However, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics, Starfield only sold 140,000 copies on PlayStation 5 since launch, which isn’t great for an AAA game of this caliber. If Starfield and other Xbox first-party games don’t sell that well on rival consoles, maybe the new Xbox leadership will have second thoughts about the division’s multiplatform strategy.