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Forza now has 4 million MAU, Forza Horizon 3 sold 2.5 million copies
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hanspampel
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Forza Horizon 3 is not done selling yet.
When did Forza Motorsport 3 reach 5.5 million? can you give me a source on that?
Forza Motorsport 3 sold 2 million in its fist 4 months
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/forza-3-sells-2-million-worldwide
Forza Horizon 3 sold 2.5 million in its first 4 months
Yeah, the person earlier in the thread who said "best racing game ever" has a good argument. Hard to find any game with as much content and variety...and it's a blast to do everything from cruise to race.
I question whether someone has played it if they don't put it in the conversation as a serious contender.
That's the key for me. Sometimes I want to go into the game and just drive around. I still haven't completed all the challenges so if I end up seeing one of those XP boards I'll go for it. As long as someone isn't going in with expectations of a pure sim racer, I can't see how this isn't one of the most enjoyable games of the past couple years.
hanspampel
Banned
as said, that is up 1 million (or 33.3%) over mid 2016
all about the MAU growth
yes
MrTroubleMaker
Member
I'm glad it is doing well.
I didn't know I wanted this so much.
Anyway, awesome news for the Forza teams. They deserve every single sale and then some.
In March as well, before we got the hot wheels expansion.
I say god damn.
In terms of revenue, if 0.02% of those players put in a single dollar, that's 80k in revenue.
Racing games are dead guys, pack it up.
if they make it like tokyo xtreme racer for the head to heads.............LAWD
make it full on street racing and I'm in!
They've never done a proper Goty before for any of the Forza games, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
Diablohead
Member
on the moon
CalamityPixel
Member
Good games certainly well deserved.
Alex_Mexico
Member
How is it that we practically get one Forza every year (with alternating sub series every other year from different studios) and we can't get a single Gran Turismo on PS4?
GT3 and GT5 are the best selling Sony exclusive games in their respective consoles. We're in year #4. You'd think we would've gotten one by now. Either Microsoft is doing something very right or Sony Japan/Polyphony are doing something very very wrong.
GT3 and GT5 are the best selling Sony exclusive games in their respective consoles. We're in year #4. You'd think we would've gotten one by now. Either Microsoft is doing something very right or Sony Japan/Polyphony are doing something very very wrong.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Not in a universe where PGR2 exists.
Christopher Nolan. Idris Elba.
Crankshaft
Member
Last gen I was all about the Need for Speed games, this gen Forza Horizon has done a flying upper cut to NFS to knock them from my top spot. FH3 is incredible. EA is going to have to work hard to reclaim the arcade racing crown.
Content. One GT has more content than 2 FM.
Bits N Pieces
Member
I've been trying to play a few other games over the last week and failing miserably and I keep going back to FH3.
Not only is it probably my favourite racer ever but the Hot Wheels expansion is like digitised crack, just an incredible all round package.
Congrats to Turn 10 and Playground, what a truly beautiful partnership this has become.
Not only is it probably my favourite racer ever but the Hot Wheels expansion is like digitised crack, just an incredible all round package.
Congrats to Turn 10 and Playground, what a truly beautiful partnership this has become.
BleedOrange
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hanspampel
Banned
different business models and development cycles
Forza development is probably one of the most efficient in the whole industry
you will get your GT game this year
LoveCake
Member
I have always liked racing games since I was a nipper and have played most of them, the first Gran Turismo was a game changer, I still have my copy and it still has the rubber smell that was embedded in the disc, the second game was also good, but when the first Forza games was released It was something different and then again with Horizon, Gran Turismo 5 compounded my view on this, as it was dire on release.
Some how the Forza Motorsport and Horizon games have got better and better.
Some how the Forza Motorsport and Horizon games have got better and better.
funkystudent
Member
Forza has consistently been the best thing from Xbox first party
Good for them
Good for them
FH3 was my first Forza and I'm definitely getting FM7 later this year. What a fantastic game.
I never played a GT but I find that very hard to believe.
I never played a GT but I find that very hard to believe.
I hope people don't pass on Forza Horizon 3 out of loyalty to other racing franchises, or because it's an Xbox/Win10 game. I don't say this lightly, it's a masterpiece, and plays like an open love letter to arcade racing fans and car collecting enthusiasts. It's that good.
It's clear the developers put player fun as their #1 priority for FH3. You get rewarded for pretty much everything you do in the game, even driving like a maniac plowing through people's front yards and trashcans.
While the game does make my GPU fan work harder than normal (980gtx), it runs well with uncapped framerate.
It's clear the developers put player fun as their #1 priority for FH3. You get rewarded for pretty much everything you do in the game, even driving like a maniac plowing through people's front yards and trashcans.
While the game does make my GPU fan work harder than normal (980gtx), it runs well with uncapped framerate.
Fortinbras
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It's also not true.
i mean, they gave sales numbers along with MAU...
4 million people playing your franchise within the last month is nothing to scoff at.
I think it's more that the whole industry is conscious of how important capitalizing on a service model is, compared to the older (and fading) single-purchase, one-and-done system for bigger projects. If you're actually following software publishing (and not just the lens of a particular videogame platform's communications), you see MAU used as a/the standard for showing performance. This changeover totally corresponded with Microsoft going from industry-lead to where they are now, but looking at the industry (and Microsoft's broader annual report structure) shows that change is anything but some desperate attempt to "hide" the performance of one division.
GT6: A total of 41 tracks (featuring 86 distinct layouts) are currently available (discounting the Moon).
http://gran-turismo.wikia.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_6#Tracks
GT6 includes 1245 cars.
http://gran-turismo.wikia.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_6#Car_List
FM5: 15 tracks
http://forza.wikia.com/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_5/Track_List
All 218 cars currently in the game.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/forza-5/Cars
FM6: 26 tracks
http://www.ign.com/wikis/forza-6/Tracks
All known cars that will appear in Forza Motorsport 6. There are a total of 460 available cars at launch plus DLC.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/forza-6/Cars
And then GT has things like rally, snow, nascar, b-spec, go-karts and others out of the box.
Rally expansion for FH? DLC.
Snow for FH3? DLC.
Nascar for FM6? DLC.
Sure but people playing the demo, buying the game second hand, borrowing from someone or another user from the same copy also appear there.
Motorsport and Horizon are two completely different games. Hope you know that
Liking Horizon doesn't mean you will like Motorsport.
Most of GT's cars are old PS2 style cars I believe. Also what has your post got to do with the success and quality of FH3?
This list can be brutal for GTS.
It also does not include people who don't connect their Xbox to the internet.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Does it need it, that's the question.
Tracks, yes, but PD have a habit of wasting resources on an excessive number of cars.
?
Guy asked why a GT game takes longer to make than a FM game. And the number of employees in PD is 1/3 of that from T10. Expecting them to release the same amount of games is unrealistic.
From the latest list I could find
GT6
447 premium cars
152 semi-premium
642 standard cars.
Yes.
4million people who have bought Forza games played one of those games last month. That's actually really impressive.
Now pull out every single recycled asset and compare it to new assets built on new engines for FM. "Premium" car counts for example vs all of FM cars being high-poly..just for kicks.
Also, for kicks...the Forza Horizon games have like 500 tracks.....LOL...I mean...if we want to really break it down.
Seriously though, do you expect Sport to have twice the stuff of FM7 and FH3? I'd love your thoughts on that. I've moved on to the PS4, like most.
Motorsport and Horizon are two completely different games. Hope you know that
Liking Horizon doesn't mean you will like Motorsport.
I know I know. I played a bit of Forza 6 Apex which is a free PC version.
I mean you can even drive on the Top Gear track!
hanspampel
Banned
we know GT Sports won't have the content of a regular GT
Scorpio
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
What does that even mean anymore??