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Carl2291 said:

AussieGecko said:

yeah I doubt MS cares about the actual sales of this Forza more to just get the name out there as the first 2 didnt do that. Number 3 actually showed that it could provide some sort of challenge (in quality of game) to Gran Turismo the franchise. Forza 4 will get bundled.. thats almost guaranteed but if Forza is to provide a proper competition to a game series that has been on 3 consoles, this will be the way to do it imo

If we're going by quality, Forza 2 was reviewed better than GT4 and Forza 3 was reviewed better than GT5... Take what you will from that. 

Review scores though, don't really matter in the long run. Mario Kart Wii jumps up and screams in everybodies face with that one. It's destroyed GT5 and both Forza's combined this gen.

Sales... Forza will likely never best GT, not unless it ends up coming with every 360 for a Year. It's certainly something that could keep a few potential buyers away from a PS3 though - See Selnor, for an example. Doesn't need a PS3 for GT, because Forza is enough for him.

Forza 2 was not reviewed better then GT4. Forza 2 got a lot of reviews in the 8.5-9.0 range, when GT4 got 9.5 plus generally. Forza 3 got many scores in the 9.0-9.5 range, where GT5 was 8.5-9.0.

However this doesn't mean Forza 3 is better then GT5. GT5 came out a year after Forza 3, people expected the game to be better. If the game is just as good as Forza 3, but came out a year later. Naturally reviews would be lower. If GT1 came out as is now, it would get a 5/10 as a $60 game. People expect improvement in the genre.

Also Forza may not outsell GT anytime soon, but Forza 4 may outsell GT5/6 in the Americas region. That would still be a win for Forza, and a sign of competition and growth.