Go look at Fallout 76’s reviews, it was unpopular at launch (IIRC) but it’s doing very well now … and that’s the point, they kept the lights on until the majority of players were happy.

Minecraft has had several games derived from it, that were entirely different games set in the Minecraft universe.

Microsoft bought Bethesda 3 years ago. To say that they had no ability to influence and/or didn’t take a risk on Starfield is … lazy at best.

And yes, they own Redfall as well, time will tell if they fix that one or it’s just a straight up failure.