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The sales for this game are horrible considering the name is carries, They shouldn't release so many a gen.



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richardhutnik said:
enditall727 said:
richardhutnik said:

It is very good, but very likely, there isn't a huge market for open road racing titles.  Heck, even racing itself isn't huge, unless it is karting (Super Mario Kart) or something like Forza or GT, that have their own bases.


"looks around" but.... This IS Forza..

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It is as much as normal Forza as the Playstation Portable is a Playstation home console.

Forza Horizon is an open-road racing game, not a driving sim.


That wasn't the greatest comparison and what made you use the PlayStations as examples instead of GAMES if you don't mind me asking? 

 

LOL PLEASE tell me that you didn't get mad over that comment -_-

 

Whatever with that though

 

YOU are the 1 that said "Forza" as if this wasn't a "Forza" game.

 

And they are actually a lot closer together now that I really think about it. I mean they are both RACING games that are in the FORZA franchise. I understand the slight difference but you are trying to make it seem like they are different how Mario Galaxy is to Mario Kart Wii. These Forza games are in the same genre(racing)



outlawauron said:
Chris Hu said:
 

I guess you never heard of Black Friday.  Also the only store that had is for super cheap was Walmart at $15 not $14.99.  Furthermore the game is doing fine it already sold over 600K units in four weeks.  Which is great for a spin off, something you probably never heard of either.

Amazon also pricematched WalMart's deal. Sadly, it sold out very quickly.

I'm sure it will be on sale a couple more times before Christmas.  But probably not at $15 more likely $29.99. 



think-man said:
The sales for this game are horrible considering the name is carries, They shouldn't release so many a gen.


I'm sure they will not have as many games next generation since production costs are going up. 



I don even know where to begin with this. First of all I have played the living daylight out of Horizon! I picked it up on day 1 and paid full price for it. To find out that its availible for $15 now really irritates me.

My extensive play time with the game makes me qualified to tell all of you that its incredible!!! Plain and simple. Eveything about it! The way it plays, the way it looks, the way it feels, just everything is remarkable!

It saddens me to learn that it isnt selling very well. I blame Microsoft. There is no reason that they cant throw a lot more money behind the advertising campaign for the game. Its well deserving of it! If it could just get into the hands of gamers and if they could just feel and experience the game, im sure they would share my views. But none of this will happens unless Microsoft takes some of their endless funds and promotes it!!



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Not every forza game is going to be heavily bundled.

Also games do have sales early on. I got GT5 for 34 pounds on day one. that was because i was a blockbusters member and they were doing an offer. The game sold for 40-45 everywhere else. A game can have a offer.



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think-man said:
The sales for this game are horrible considering the name is carries, They shouldn't release so many a gen.

How is that horrible for a spin-off open racer?It's not really hard to outsold other open racer like Burnout Paradise (1.73 million on PS3),Midnight Club: Los Angeles(2.04 million on PS3),Need For Speed: Undercover(1.88 million on PS3)



riderz13371 said:
Chris Hu said:

I guess you never heard of Black Friday.  Also the only store that had is for super cheap was Walmart at $15 not $14.99.  Furthermore the game is doing fine it already sold over 600K units in four weeks.  Which is great for a spin off, something you probably never heard of either.

Lol are you attacking the person who posted this? I hope you realize he didn't write the article...

There's a thing called black friday, don't know if you guys ever heard of it... Doesn't matter if he wrote the article or not, if he didn't agree with it he woudn't have posted it. He's a Sony fanboy and posted this article with the intent to inflame people. Racing games in general aren't very popular, and Forza Horizon is doing really well for being a niche open world racing simulator. Forza Motorsport is a better game in my opinion compared to GT5. Forza has more realistic car damage, car sounds are better, more options in terms of customization, more vivid backgrounds, more active and supportive Xbox live community, more DLCs, and Forza had night racing way back in Forza 1. It's just an all around better game.



think-man said:
The sales for this game are horrible considering the name is carries, They shouldn't release so many a gen.


What does it matter how many they make? There's no law that says thou shalt only make one, or few and far in between. Obviously they wouldn't keep making them if they weren't selling. The Xbox 360 has a better and bigger lineup of awesome racing games face it, and overall more fun games coming out lately. Which is what people want in a console right? To play games, lots of games, and have fun...



uuuhhh...I mean...sales arn't great. But tanking? No.