Forza Horizon 5 looks like it is going to be massive on PlayStation 5.
It begins, folks - the start of Forza domination on PlayStation.
US PS Store Pre-orders
#3 - Forza 5 Premium Edition ($100)
#4 - Forza 5 Standard Edition
UK PS Store Pre-orders
#1 - Forza 5 Premium Edition ($100)
#3 - Forza 5 Standard Edition
Germany PS Store Pre-orders
#1 - Forza 5 Premium Edition ($100)
#2 - Forza 5 Standard Edition
France PS Store Pre-orders
#1 - Forza 5 Premium Edition ($100)
#2 - Forza 5 Standard Edition
And Forza is already charting very high on the best sellers charts, despite not releasing for another 2 months. Forza is going to be a monster, an absolute monster, folks. But we already knew that.
Best Sellers on PS Store
US - #16
UK - #7
Germany - #4
France - #5
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At the very least, maybe Xbox and their games will finally get the respect that they've always deserved. That's the one benefit that I see coming out of this. I'm pretty sure that when the other bigger Xbox games come to PlayStation, those, too, will sell like crazy. We'll need more data points beyond just Forza to confirm this, but at this point, it's pretty clear to me that the games were never the issue. It's just that people are/have always been unwilling to buy an Xbox just to play their games this generation and that going multiplatform was the right move. The masses were never going to buy an Xbox, so why not bring the games to where they are.
I posted the below in the Forza thread, but it's worth reposting here, since I'm assuming not everyone has seen this.
I don't think some people realize just how big Forza is going to be on PlayStation. As impressive as these pre-order numbers are, what's even more impressive is that these pre-orders are already charting very high on the overall, best sellers. It's already in the top 10 in many regions and even more impressive, it's already in the top 5 overall best sellers, despite not coming out for 2 more months:
turkey - 2 (ahead of fortnite at #3 and behind fc 25 at #1)
hungary - 3
romania - 3
germany - 4
austria - 4
belgium - 4
greece - 4
poland - 4
portugal - 4
france - 5
brazil - 5
netherlands - 5
That's right, the Forza pre-orders are already outselling the vast majority of released titles (and some big titles, at that), which is absolutely bonkers for a title that's like 2 months out. I could see Forza easily selling multi-millions on PlayStation.
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Xbox has always had a very hard time penetrating the Asian countries around the world. But now that they're putting their titles on PlayStation, they're seeing excellent results. The pre-orders for the premium edition ($100 sku) are ranking very high in these Asian countries:
Korea - #1
Hong Kong - #1
Taiwan - #1
Thailand - #2
Singapore - #2
Japan - #5
