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darkenergy on 09 October 2017
DonFerrari said:
Barozi said:

12k in 33 weeks is only 52 copies sold a day... world wide. For the most recent title in the series. FM7 launch is irrelevant as data is only up to August 19th.
FM5 did 240k in its 3rd year and 128k in its 4th year. I don't see how FM6 with less than 1/3 of the year left is supposed to go from 12k to anywhere near that. The holidays are big, but they won't make it sell 19 times the amount it sold in the first 2/3 of the year.

There are several last gen games that still sell more than that. Hell we have FM5 outselling it almost 2.5:1 for the year.

Have you considered the franchise is dying away?

That's what people keep saying every year and then they are proven wrong.



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caffeinade on 09 October 2017
shikamaru317 said:

Forza Horizon will continue to go up imo, while Forza Motorsport will continue to go down until MS finally decides to give them 3 years per game instead of 2.

So open world one year, karts the next and motorsport on the third.

Sounds like a good cycle to be on to me.



UltimateGamer1982 on 09 October 2017
caffeinade said:
shikamaru317 said:

Forza Horizon will continue to go up imo, while Forza Motorsport will continue to go down until MS finally decides to give them 3 years per game instead of 2.

So open world one year, rally the next and motorsport on the third.

Sounds like a good cycle to be on to me.

FTFY



caffeinade on 09 October 2017
UltimateGamer1982 said:
caffeinade said:

So open world one year, rally the next and motorsport on the third.

Sounds like a good cycle to be on to me.

FTFY

Can't they just add rally to motorspot though, or Horizon?
A kart game would have to be very different, mechanically and visually.



malistix1985 on 09 October 2017

It will not outsell FH3 obviously, it should have a nice boost around Xbox One X Launch because its one of the showcase titles.

But I expect FM7 to be hurt a lot by the microtransactions boycot, altough there is no option to buy with real money the intention is there and it was not recieved with a good response and thus it will hurt sales a lot.

For the franchise overall I am sure Forza will be one the best open world racer for many years and also one of the best motorsports titles to enjoy for many years. Its not the best simulation game with Project Cars and many other true simulation games available on PC but its one of those games almost anyone can pick up and play with a lot of dept regardless.

Overall Forza has a bright future, especially since its not tied to xbox and also has PC players buying in to the experience.




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EthanWilliam on 09 October 2017

Good post



Chris Hu on 09 October 2017
malistix1985 said:
It will not outsell FH3 obviously, it should have a nice boost around Xbox One X Launch because its one of the showcase titles.

But I expect FM7 to be hurt a lot by the microtransactions boycot, altough there is no option to buy with real money the intention is there and it was not recieved with a good response and thus it will hurt sales a lot.

For the franchise overall I am sure Forza will be one the best open world racer for many years and also one of the best motorsports titles to enjoy for many years. Its not the best simulation game with Project Cars and many other true simulation games available on PC but its one of those games almost anyone can pick up and play with a lot of dept regardless.

Overall Forza has a bright future, especially since its not tied to xbox and also has PC players buying in to the experience.

That is actually a lot of big fuzz about nothing.  Forza had microtransactions (Tokens) since Forza Motorsports 4 so its not new to the series.  The loot crates are pretty dumb but they are completly optional.  Its actually pretty easy to earn credits in Forza 7.  Plus you can use one of the VIP cars to level up super fast which will give 50,000 credits every time you level up or a random car for free or with a huge discount. 



Azzanation on 09 October 2017
FIT_Gamer said:
At #127 on Amazon 3 days after launch and has 2.5/5 star rating. Wonder if it'll even chart on NPD.

Who goes by Amazons rating system?

The game sits on a healthy 87 metacritic.

Game might not sell well based off the Xbox Audience has already been spoiled with car racing games since launch and inarguably the best car racer this gen in Horizon 3.



DonFerrari on 09 October 2017
darkenergy said:
DonFerrari said:

Have you considered the franchise is dying away?

That's what people keep saying every year and then they are proven wrong.

So I suppose the drop in sales means the franchise is on a rise?

malistix1985 said:
It will not outsell FH3 obviously, it should have a nice boost around Xbox One X Launch because its one of the showcase titles.

But I expect FM7 to be hurt a lot by the microtransactions boycot, altough there is no option to buy with real money the intention is there and it was not recieved with a good response and thus it will hurt sales a lot.

For the franchise overall I am sure Forza will be one the best open world racer for many years and also one of the best motorsports titles to enjoy for many years. Its not the best simulation game with Project Cars and many other true simulation games available on PC but its one of those games almost anyone can pick up and play with a lot of dept regardless.

Overall Forza has a bright future, especially since its not tied to xbox and also has PC players buying in to the experience.

Based on the sales the Motorsport isn't so much on a bright future at the moment.



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JRPGfan on 09 October 2017
Azzanation said:
FIT_Gamer said:
At #127 on Amazon 3 days after launch and has 2.5/5 star rating. Wonder if it'll even chart on NPD.

Who goes by Amazons rating system?

The game sits on a healthy 87 metacritic.

Game might not sell well based off the Xbox Audience has already been spoiled with car racing games since launch and inarguably the best car racer this gen in Horizon 3.

In the UK it did below 30k (from neogaf), and thats a 60%+ drop off compaired to Forza Horizon 3 launch.

If its doing badly in the US too... I guess its up to australia to save it, sales wise?

Not charting in europe either, germany/italy/france/ ect.

 

FIT_Gamer said:
At #127 on Amazon 3 days after launch and has 2.5/5 star rating. Wonder if it'll even chart on NPD.

#175 now.