It was pretty dead when I first joined in the middle of June. Instances and communities have slowly started to fill and comment sections are getting more active.
Experience definitely got better once more third party apps got on board. There is a great selection out there with different tastes to suit a lot of users.
As buggy as Fallout 4 was I absolutely loved it and got me started on the Bethesda Train. Played New Vegas and Skyrim afterwards and those were great.
Starfield almost bored me to tears. Combat and Ship building are great but everything in between is just very average at best.
And then with Cyberpunk releasing it's 2.0 update and DLC these past week, I have almost no urge to go back to Starfield anytime soon.
The upgrades look pretty good for anyone on a 5 or older. Software features were tempting but my 6 Pro gets one more Android update next year so I can probably build off for another couple of years unless my battery craps out sooner.
Hope 7 years of updates becomes the industry standard.