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Chris Hu 7 hours ago
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Ryuu96 said:
G2ThaUNiT said:

This is certainly going to pop off lol

Tbh...I would rather Forza Horizon 6 have been day one multiplatform and releasing in 2025 than Forza Horizon 5 be a late port to PS5, Lmao. I just want Forza Horizon 6 now but with this port, and an update as well, Forza Horizon 5 has a lot more support left in it. Goddamn...I can't really blame them because of how massive Forza Horizon 5 is but I selfishly want Forza Horizon 6 now and I don't give a fuck if it's day one multiplatform...Stop updating Forza Horizon 5!!!

This is going to be massive though, maybe Forza Horizon will soon become a blackhole game, Lol.

Sea of Thieves is still selling great on PlayStation.

Folks in gaming have so internalized the idea that the huge live service games are huge that they are rarely brought up as why new games struggle to find an audience.

New games struggle (imo primarily) because there's no air for them to breathe. The biggest competitor to any new game is Fortnite.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 30 January 2025 at 15:38

Over 60% of new video game buyers in the US will buy a new video game once every 6 months - or less frequently.

For video game players overall, over 75% of US video game players say that most influential characteristic of a game that will get them to play is that game is free to play.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 30 January 2025 at 15:43

The second most influential characteristic is that over 65% of video game players say that regular free updates help push them towards playing a game.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 30 January 2025 at 15:45

Here's a chart looking at the top 2k+ games played on PS5 in the US during December 2024 from Circana's Player Engagement Tracker, ranked by the percentage of active PS5 users that played. (And it doesn't look much different on XBS or Steam)

This is what any new game is up against.

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— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 30 January 2025 at 15:52

The list of most played games on PS5 in December 2020 and December 2024.

Shaded titles are franchises that appear on both lists.

The more things change...

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— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 30 January 2025 at 16:22

They are no longer supporting FH5 next month will not have a new playlist for the first time and the last two updates only added three new cars.