Just picking select quotes from 4chan:
Fallout 4 peaked at 472k players on steam against 2 consoles and Bethesda launcher, since then steam TRIPLED in size.
In 2023, Starfield can't even beat fallout 4 against ONE dead console (20 million units, steam wipes the floor with it several times) and ONE dead store.
>But gamepass 6 million players
1.)Forza Horizon 5 had 10 million players in 2021 and gamepass numbers grew since then
2.)Steam is probably making up 1-2 million of those players. Let's be generous and give 1 million xbox+Microsoft store.
3.)Even a well known flop, Hi-Fi Rush, managed to clear 2 million players thanks to gamepass
4.)Most importantly, steam bros are extremely loyal to their online drm store, which is why claiming they went to Microsoft store is laughable.
5.) In total, the gamepass deal drew 3-4 mil players. But what is "player"? A person clicked on the play button once.
Bonus:
>but one million concurrent players btfo!
Baldur's Gate also came out on gog, and gog numbers are unknown.