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News - Forza

Discover the latest Forza news from the teams behind the Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport series of games.

forzamotorsport.net

Don't you just love it when games are delisted a mere 4 years after it launched....

 

[Stuart360]

I hate how they do this with Forza. The games are gone forever, into oblivion. Well if you dont own the game.
Stupid licenses.

 

[Bragr]

What? that's a weird one, you can't buy the game?

 

[Stuart360]

What? that's a weird one, you can't buy the game?

Its happened with all the Forza games, including Horizon.
Its to do with the car and music licenses running out.

 

[M1chl]

What? that's a weird one, you can't buy the game?

You can't buy FH 1-3 for example, companies don't want to pay licencing fees for music or possibly even cars.

 

[kingfey]

What? that's a weird one, you can't buy the game?

You can buy physical copies, or keys from key sellers. But it wouldnt be on xbox store,

This is due to license issues. Cars and music have certain license period for Forza series.

 

[ManaByte]

I have the steelbook physical copy.

 

[ACESHIGH]

I'll buy it again if cheap. Waiting when they do the same with Horizon 4.

 

[Jibran#one]

It will be either free with gold or 5 dollars with all expaisions very soon just like all the previous forzas
Forza 7 delisting is weird since there is no motorsport game till the next one came atleast wait till the next one is close

 

[SlimySnake]

DriveClub had the same issue.

Oddly enough, this doesnt apply to GT games which you can still buy.

 

[Stuart360]

It will be either free with gold or 5 dollars with all expaisions very soon just like all the previous forzas
Forza 7 delisting is weird since there is no motorsport game till the next one came atleast wait till the next one is close

Well under usual circumstance, 4 years would mean 1-2 Motorsport games, and 1-2 Horizon games will of come after. Its different this time because of Motorsport getting anew engine, and moving to next gen.

 

[djkimothy]

I had no idea this was a thing. Did Gran Turismo go off the market in the past too?

 

[Kuranghi]

They should release a version where all the cars have comical fake names like the players in PES, with no music or car noises. Call it:

Forza Motorsport 7: Licenses Elapsed Edition

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Hate this licensing shit.

 

[Kagey K]

Hopefully they do a giant discount on it before delisting

 

[01011001]

they will most likely sell it for super cheap soon or even give it away before it's delisted

 

[chilichote]

Okay, I think that's really stupid ... I like to play Forza (especially Forza Horizon), but mostly only years later. So this is pretty disappointing!

 

[Jibran#one]

Just keep it on gamepass and don't let anyone buy it or that shit doesn't work ?

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

As always: DIGITAL FUTURE baby.

 

[elliot5]

Just keep it on gamepass and don't let anyone buy it or that shit doesn't work ?

they cannot distribute the game anymore and game pass requires digital distribution, so no. either buy it now or get a disc later

 

[Termite]

If you have it through Game Pass will they just remove access? Sucks if so. And 4 years is way, way too short a lifespan for a game, and for licensing of the cars therein.

That said, I thought Forza 7 was really disappointing. The games haven't moved on over the past few iterations, the music sucked, it was pretty sterile, it was clearly designed around microtransactions. Compared to the Horizon games it doesn't feel like the same insane level of effort went into it, and compared to GT Sport it felt like it was missing some soul.

Hopefully they get back on track with Forza 8.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Just keep it on gamepass and don't let anyone buy it or that shit doesn't work ?

They are deleting it from Gamepass too.

I actually bought the car pass for Forza 7 but never the game (it was on GP) and now they might give it to me for free lol it's on sale for $10 anyway.

The same thing will happen to Horizon 4 ☹

 

[matty3092]

So it seems its on sale from now until it gets delisted on September 15th, for those of us in the UK its £7.49 for standard edition or £17.49 for the ultimate edition you're welcome.

 

[Stuart360]

So it seems its on sale from now until it gets delisted on September 15th, for those of us in the UK its £7.49 for standard edition or £17.49 for the ultimate edition you're welcome.

Yeah they did the same thing with Horizon 3.
The Ultimate Edition is def worth that price imo.

 

[Andodalf]

As always: DIGITAL FUTURE baby.

this makes no sense.

Are they printing new discs? No? Then it’s the exact same as for digital. If you already bought it, you’re fine. If you haven’t bought it, you’re not. No different than games with hard to find or expensive physical copies

 

[skneogaf]

This is the worst thing that happens in gaming.

Outrun coast 2 coast was the same and I didn't buy it when it was available.

In fact there's quite a few games that feature music or cars that are unobtainable now unless you can find a disc copy if one was actually made.

 

[Schmick]

Okay, I think that's really stupid ... I like to play Forza (especially Forza Horizon), but mostly only years later. So this is pretty disappointing!

You can still buy it right now and still have it forever. But as others have said perhaps wait until closer to the cut off date. The game could end up as a Games with Gold game or be on sale cheap.
But after the cut off.... that's it. No more.

 

[FoundryMusic]

I just got a message from Xbox about it:

Free - nice

 

[Schmick]

As always: DIGITAL FUTURE baby.

Are you implying that once the cut off date has been reached that you'll be able to buy new physical copies?

 

[Schmick]

I just got a message from Xbox about it:

Free - nice

Very nice!

 

[Stuart360]

I just got a message from Xbox about it:

Free - nice

As they should of done, with you buying the dlc. Its still nice to see them actually do it though.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Heh just as I'm about to finish the last campaign tournament, will probably get it on a firesale.

 

[Syphon Filter]

How come they wont sell it on the store anymore?

 

[Riky]

I just got a message from Xbox about it:

Free - nice

I just got that too

 

[makaveli60]

Shame. I want the DLCs for Horizon 3 but no luck. Is there no chance to get them on Xbox somehow?

 

[Great Hair]

Its happened with all the Forza games, including Horizon.
Its to do with the car and music licenses running out.

You can't buy FH 1-3 for example, companies don't want to pay licensing fees for music or possibly even cars.

But they´re apparently giving a "free" code that will last until 2023. Meaning the licenses for each car is (still) valid up to that point? Makes no sense to delist it, and still send an email with a "free code".

Bet it has more to do with them moving to the next game aka "please, buy the next installment of Xx this fall!". They´re going to have to re-license the cars anyway for the new game, why would they have to drop the old game because? if the car is the same model and so on.

It would be extorsion if they were forced to pay twice for each game installment (imho). Music might be a different problem, but this can be solved by letting the user use their own CD (like on some PS1 game back in the stone age).

 

[M1chl]

But they´re apparently giving a "free" code that will last until 2023. Meaning the licenses for each car is (still) valid up to that point? Makes no sense to delist it, and still send an email with a "free code".

Bet it has more to do with them moving to the next game aka "please, buy the next installment of Xx this fall!". They´re going to have to re-license the cars anyway for the new game, why would they have to drop the old game because? if the car is the same model and so on.

It would be extorsion if they were forced to pay twice for each game installment (imho). Music might be a different problem, but this can be solved by letting the user use their own CD (like on some PS1 game back in the stone age).

You can download games tho, I am still able to access FH1-3 , existing copies still works, it's just they don't have licence...to licence it further. If that makes sense...

 

[Calverz]

DriveClub had the same issue.

Oddly enough, this doesnt apply to GT games which you can still buy.

I’m sure iv tried to find gran turismo 5 & 6 on ps3 store weren’t there. Maybe I didn’t look hard enough

 

[Spitfire098]

Companies Should Do More To Preserve Old Games, Says Phil Spencer - The Gamer July 15, 2021

 

[Unk Adams]

People be like: "We need an all digital future! They won't delist games so quickly! Stop being a paranoid conspiracy theorist!"

 

[TheGodfather07]

yeah this is bullshit but it is what it is

 

[anthony2690]

News - Forza

Discover the latest Forza news from the teams behind the Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport series of games.

forzamotorsport.net

Don't you just love it when games are delisted a mere 4 years after it launched....

Don't you just love when people complain over nothing, Microsoft is doing good, they didn't have to do this pretty cool incentive but they have (even though I've never purchased dlc, as far as I am aware)

Edit: retail copies are not going to magically vanish either...they will still work too.

 

[ShirAhava]

I learned by lesson after Forza 2 haven't bought a Forza game since....rushing to get that Car Broker achievement before the servers shut down.....bad times

 

[Magnific0giganticus]

#fuckdigitalforever

 

[Javthusiast]

#fuckdigitalforever

 

[Elbow Identity Shallow]

I always buy the Ultimate Editions of these games but I really couldn't get into this one for some reason so I've only played a couple of hours of it so far. I should start it up and buy all the stuff that should be free to me before I lose the option to do that.

 

[wvnative]

I learned by lesson after Forza 2 haven't bought a Forza game since....rushing to get that Car Broker achievement before the servers shut down.....bad times

i don't think they've shut servers down, horizon 3 is still up i think

 

[TheShocker]

Sounds like the game will still be supported somewhat though. Just not available for purchase.

 

[treemk]

EOLing games like operating systems...enjoy the long term effects of your Gamepass

 

[01011001]

EOLing games like operating systems...enjoy the long term effects of your Gamepass

this has quite literally nothing to do with gamepass