Starfield fell on several levels, including gameplay mechanics, mediocre story, things to do, and raw content. Originally it was going to be a much smaller game

Starfield fell on several levels, including gameplay mechanics, mediocre story, things to do, and raw content. Originally it was going to be a much smaller gameplay area which theoretically would have better content. FO76 is proof Bethesda can recover though because that was in a way worse state than Starfield at launch. But if the next Starfield DLC is a flop like the first one, I wouldn't hold my breath that it gets worked on further. The UE5 remaster of Oblivion (which is excellent) is proof they can extract more revenue from a UE5 Morrowind, Fallout, or Skyrim while working on TES6.