Starfield PC hardware system specs revealed; game will be locked at 30fps on Xbox consoles

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Bethesda Game Studios' long awaited sci-fi RPG Starfield is on its way on September 6. Pre-orders for the game are being taken by digital stores, including Steam. The Steam pre-order page also shows off the game's current PC hardware specs.

One of the more notable things about the listed PC specs, for both Minimal and Recommended levels, is that the game will require 125GB of storage space. Once again, we see a major game take up over 100GB of onboard PC storage, following games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Redfall, and many more this year alone.

Another interesting thing is that, even though Starfield is a single-player-only game, it will still require a broadband internet connection. It's not clear if this connection needs to be always on for the game to work. Finally, the game will require an SSD for storage, rather than an old-fashioned hard drive:


It's possible that these specs could change between now and the game's launch so for now just take these hardware recommendations as possible but not totally confirmed.

Meanwhile, if you want to get Starfield on the Xbox Series S or X consoles, IGN has confirmed with Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard that the game will be locked at 30fps for both consoles. The Xbox Series S will run at that frame rate at 1440p resolution while the Xbox Series X will do the same at 4K resolution. Howard stated:


The Xbox version of the game is available for pre-order now at Xbox.com.