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Turn 10 head details why 'Forza Horizon 2' is on Xbox One and Xbox 360

Turn 10 creative director Dan Greenawalt detailed why they decided to create Forza Horizon 2 for the Xbox 360, in addition to Xbox One, and added that some features are only available on Xbox One due to the more advanced technology the system possesses.

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DarkOcelet3534d ago

I didnt move to current gen yet so thats great news for me .its gonna be great for both the xbox360 and xone gamers .

Gamer19823533d ago

its great news for 360 owners and it was obviously done because xbox one has not even sold through 5 million yet so they obviously want to sell to their maximum audience. If they made it an Xbone title only they would lose money on this.

Axios23534d ago

Glad to see MS continuing to support their fans from last gen:

Hoizon 2
TF
etc

Torque_CS_Lewith3534d ago

Project Spark
Ori and the Blind Forest
Max and the Curse of Brotherhood

Automatic793533d ago (Edited 3533d ago )

Also,

Fable
Warface
World of Tanks
TombRaider 2
The Crew

harrisk9543533d ago

lol

You believe that MS is putting Forza and TF (and let's not forget the timed exclusive Tomb Raider) on the 360 to "support their fans from last gen"? First, the Forza decision is the only one that was MS's. The other 2 games are being developed and published by third-parties. Forza is most likely being developed for XB1 because MS is not confident it will sell enough on XB1 or move enough XB1 consoles. Certainly, putting all of these games on last gen hardware does nothing to help XB1 sales.

y7jzdgy3533d ago (Edited 3533d ago )

Crawl back under your rock.

harrisk9543533d ago (Edited 3533d ago )

y7jzdgy

Can't handle reality? What is not correct in my post? Do you honestly believe that releasing all of its major releases on the 360 platform does anything to help XB1 sales?

700p3533d ago

.......Are you dumb? On both consoles most of their userbase are still on LAST gen. Its smart and it shows they still care about their fanbase.

harrisk9543533d ago

And looking at the lists posted by Torque and MichaelLito79, it makes no sense why anyone would upgrade from XB360 to XB1 when you can get all of the same games on both. How much does this help XB1 sales?? Legit question, if anyone of the XB guys on here can answer it.

n4rc3533d ago

Well is it about sales or supporting fans?

Make up your mind

harrisk9543533d ago

It is all about sales. MS does very little to "support" its fans. Sony, Nintendo and MS are all in this business to make money. The difference is that Nintendo is a games company first. One of Sony's primary businesses is games. MS has a games division, but its primary focus is on its OS and software suites. MS takes out a check book and buys its way into every business sector it is in and has failed horribly at the majority of them.

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ScorpiusX3533d ago

Same as any other company it's always about the money above all else.

Gamer19823533d ago

Yep money and the ironic thing is its stifling xbox one sales which in the long run is going to cost them money. MS always want your money now rather than later. They have always been a get rich quick company and it has done well for them in the past. But lately its been burning them bad its why they are buying up businesses left right and centre like skype, nokia, zune etc..

Automatic793533d ago

If giving gamers long term support is hurting them then so be it. I rather have a system that shows support long term then abandone them when the new toy is in town.

radler3533d ago

Because Xbox One isn't selling and they need to push the game onto 360 to have any hope of making money.

Chris123533d ago

Development started before the consoles release so that decision was already made. Unless you believe they knocked up up within a few months?

Trolling at its worst.

OmegaShen3533d ago

That doesn't mean a thing, look how many PS3 titles turn into PS4 only titles.

This is a the reason Xbox One is being hold back, the isn't a reason to buy one if you can play most big titles on last gen.

radler3533d ago

@Chris12

Xbox One will have been out for a year when FH2 launches and your logic also fails on account of all the pre-existing Xbox One games as well as the launch titles. Do you think those were made the day before the console launched?

lol.

ThePope3533d ago (Edited 3533d ago )

Here's the best part; If this was Sony doing this, people would be going crazy how amazing Sony is to its fans, and is always delivering for them.

But since its MS its all about sales and $$. The fact is that you can’t port a game over in 6 months (which if sales numbers were the reason they would have had no idea they would have 5 million a year ago). And if these PS Fanboy fools logic were sound then Forza 5 would have been on 360 as well, as the X1 had no install base. And before you say they wanted it exclusive so people would buy an X1, few people buy consoles for racing games.

lfc_4eva3533d ago

Yeah you're so right. Apparently 5 million imaginary boxes have walked out of stores around the world.

mhunterjr3533d ago

It's pretty clear this game was in development before the console went on sale. There's no way they could have made the decision to make a 360 version based on xb1 sales, because the decision was made before the xb1 went on sale.

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Looking Back To 2014 and Forza Horizon 2

Paul writes: "Forza Horizon 2 then, a game from 2014 - a game that still stands up today"

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xRacer74x1668d ago

Would love to see a PC port of this game Forza 3 and 4 are just gorgeous on XBOX but Jaw dropping on PC.

ilikestuff1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

I remember when gran turismo was the driving sim king, I miss those days, I played the crap out of gt1, took me forever to get enough credits to get that viper, gt2 brought those muscle cars! Gt3 was a banger, gt4 was the downfall in my opinion, it was like they half assed the game, I think at one point they scanned a model car and used the bottom of it for the bottom of a car on their game. They gave up the crown and dont seem to care. Man though, gt1,2, and 3 were great.

sizeofyou1667d ago

Seriously even comparing FH to GT? 🤔

sampsonon1667d ago

not like DC does. they were 10 yrs ahead of their time.
https://youtu.be/pBEip6goHb...

but FH2 was pretty good as well.

ilikestuff1667d ago

Awesome video, those weather effects are nuts. I know that game didn’t start off to good but they should’ve gave them one more chance before they got shit down. Loved motorstorm

sampsonon1667d ago

i made sure i bought it before they de listed it from the ps store. those graphics are still one of the best this gen. and the best when it comes to realism. it looks soo real sometimes.

ramiuk11667d ago

i was blown away by driveclub ,infact still am tbh...
the rain !!!!!!!!!

porkChop1667d ago

DriveClub had some really impressive weather effects. It's a shame they didn't get another shot.

spicelicka1667d ago

Graphically that's true DC is the best looking racing game ever, but the article isn't talking about graphics only. Game design and gameplay in FH2 was miles ahead and has consistently improved with each iteration.

sampsonon1667d ago

they are saying it still holds up. to me that's a graphical thing. but if they think the open world car games are is the thing that makes a racing game hold up then The Crew is the winner.

in 10 yrs you can show DC and people will still think it's one of the best looking games.

but i get your point.

xRacer74x1667d ago

Just think if DC did not have prerendered backgrounds and the narrowest roads of any game i had played in a long time and it felt like it was on rails. DC was subpar and it cost the studio their jobs.

sampsonon1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

first of all the studio was shut down because of the launch of the game and all the free dlc they had to give away because of it. not the game itself.
pre-rendered backgrounds? lol thanks i needed that laugh.

"Just think if DC did not have prerendered backgrounds and the narrowest roads of any game i had played in a long time and it felt like it was on rails."

that's called a racetrack dumb dumb :)

FH2 had some of the worst graphics in a racer so of course you could have an open world. too bad the crew did a better job than FH2 and still does when it comes to open world racing.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://youtu.be/5WS55RHXyz...

xRacer74x1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

@sampsonon Except Genius(Intended Irony) not all the tracks were race tracks. And No feeling like the game is on rails does not mean its a race track either. DC was a subpar racing game. I really enjoyed the invisible barriers when you drove on the burm too. Forza was such a better game but that does not need to be said its why the studio is still making games and the other was FIRED. I get it though its not like on the PS4 their is a great arcade first party racing game. So you do not know any better.

sampsonon1667d ago (Edited 1667d ago )

@xRacer74x they were race tracks, just not off road tracks.
sub par my ass. Like i said sony only disbanded the company because of the bad launch. they also have GT so they could afford to close the company.

FH2 looked like shit and still does compared to the superior graphocs of DC. even 3 looks shit compared to DC.
One game was using tracks and the other was an open world. one looked way better and the other one allowed you to "REWIND" HAHA! when you race = garbage.

Forza Horizon is a fun game, don't get me wrong. but it was lacking in so many places compared to DC.
https://youtu.be/aa6qZ2pny6...

spicelicka1667d ago

I don't think simply being open world makes a game hold up, there were plenty of things FH2 did so well. IMO it did many things better than the Crew, which is why it's rated so much higher as well. Better graphics than the crew, the multiplayer was amazing with FM drivatar tech, and the handling of car just feels better than any arcade racer given the variety. The soundtrack is still my favourite.

Imortus_san1667d ago

LMAO, all the people that add no internet sucked balls since the phisical edition did not had those effects.

Forza Horizon 2 metacritic = 86 user 83
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Drive Club metacritic = 71 user = 63
https://www.metacritic.com/...

There is no real comparation, Drive CLub floped and the company went down while Forza Horizon 2 triumphed.

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3-4-51667d ago

* I've still yet to beat the game and haven't bought FH3 or FH4 because I still have stuff to do in FH2....I just haven't played in a while. It's an awesome game and yes it still is just as good now as when it originally released.

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7 Ultimate Xbox Gamerscore Grinds for Those with Way Too Much Time on Their Hands

Jacob writes: "Following on from my list of insanely difficult achievements, it’s time to shine the spotlight on another type of hellish achievement. The dreaded grind. These are the awards that will take you hundreds of hours at the absolute minimum, and often involve repeating menial tasks over and over. It’s safe to say that these were definitely not made with the casual gamer in mind. Only the most committed will ever see these pop."

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BillyG0AT1756d ago

rewording countless other articles, yayyy

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Pay much more for playing a bit earlier – this new emerging trend is alarming

As different as they are, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon, FIFA 19, and the new Tomb Raider have something in common. You could play all of them earlier than others. But there was a catch – you had to pay extra. And this practice doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.

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InKnight7s2010d ago

Meanwhile selling Switch at MSRP price is considered an amazing offer. PATHETIC.

CDbiggen2009d ago

What's that got to do with this article?

Segata2010d ago

Is this how they trick people into paying $80 Us Dollars for games next gen? Then I will get every game used.

princejb1342010d ago

if games cost $80 next gen i will problably quit console gaming

Sokol2010d ago

Games have been priced at 79.99$ in Canada for almost six years now.

It won't change anything.. Sadly.

princejb1342010d ago

@sokol sorry to hear that its been $60.00 in the US. If it goes up in the US it will probably go up in canada also

sawoosevens2010d ago (Edited 2009d ago )

With their current practices bringing up prices is not practical unless they remove MT and get back to making awesome games like the old days I'm still at a complete loss as to how our technologies has come so far and our games have become hot pieces of garbage of course some games are exceptions. Only games I feel okay with $ 80 towards are all made by Sony and that's me thanking them for providing me with the true gaming experience from when I was young when games we're actually fun.

sawoosevens2010d ago (Edited 2010d ago )

If they remove MT and actually make games fun again like they used to I'll gladly pay $ 80 for game hell I already do that for Sony's games.

Jinger2010d ago

As long as the early access is just an additional feature of the edition that comes with the season pass and all that then I'm fine with it. But I'm not going to pay extra JUST for early access.

AK912010d ago

Don’t buy it, speak with your wallets not your words.

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