Forza Motorsport sales evolution and future?

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DonFerrari said:

captain carot said:
Graphically FM 7 has cutbacks as well as improvements. In actual gameplay, spray looks more realistic, lighting is way more dynamic and improved overall and lots of other stuff. Rain isn't always the same either, other than in FM6.

At the same time we've had a ton of racing games on Xbox. Three Motorsports, two Project Cars, two Dirt, Assetto Corsa, multiple WRC and Formula 1, not to mention the more arcadelike yet more fun Horizon.
Releasing Forza 5 immediately before 7 might not have been the smartest move either.

And yes, real simulation crowd might not be that big. If i where to make a guess, the real simulation crowd is probably not that big on any platform. Now Forza Horizon might have taken away all those gamers that aren't interested in all to realistic racing games.

We always had the burnouts, wipeout, nfs and other arcade racers in PS without impacting GT much if any.. so not sure how much that applies to Xbox.

If you're not looking at indy games there's hardly anything like Burnout anymore. The next NfS is more car action like racing with extremely simplistic controls. I actually think if you don't like the Fast and Furious campaign, the racing part itself is the most shitty NfS ever had.

Horizon is something different though, depending on how you set up your game it's always a bit over the top but not totally unrealistic like most other arcade racers.

Gran Turismo has some benefits. Even traditional car magazines writing about it (for years) is one. Lesser releases might be another. I really think a new Motorsports every two years is too much.

It will be really interesting to see, where GTS sells and how.

And, it looks like more simlike racing games and especially Forza Motorsport usually have the bigger audience in Europe. At least if VGChartzs numbers aren't totally of.