Due to licensing and agreements with our partners, Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from digital platforms (Microsoft Store and Steam) on December 15, 2024. This means the game and its additional content will no longer be available for purchase through online stores.
Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted on December 15. To celebrate the end of an era, developers approved 80% off all the editions.
In June we learnt that Forza Horizon 4 was the latest game to suffer from delisting due to licenses expiring (happening December 15th 2024). While the game is discounted to encourage people to pick it up, Microsoft could go so much further with this.
If the game is online or has on disc DRM, you don't own it. Simple as that.
"Why are you booing me? I'm right!" (c) Hannibal Burr.
I don't why are you getting these dislikes, cuz you're right. The only digital store where you own the games is GOG, cuz you literally get install files.
It's been shown multiple times, that activation servies (or DRM if you wanna call it that) on disks tend to go down. All these zoomers downvoting you don't remember GFWL and other crap.
the biggest issues are definitely the car brand and music licensing in the game.
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, wants better game preservation across the industry, per Axios.
Spencer wants to see legal emulation, allowing players to access any older games.
>Sony
>Handled properly
Sir, have you ever thought of doing stand up? You're hilarious.
Should I remind you that GT7 is a live service online only game?
Should I remind you of Sony hiding (until recently) some older PS1 games behind PS Plus highest tier paywall?
"Sony hiding (until recently) some older PS1 games behind PS Plus highest tier paywall?"
You do realise that it was Capcom that decided to only allow their games to be accessible via PS Plus, and not bought, right...
Sony had literally nothing to do with it, otherwise you'd see other games - such as SIE published titles - doing the same thing.
the biggest issues are definitely the car brand and music licensing
However.
if you know that will be an issue down the road, make better deals.
this will definitely be another huge issue for FH5
Does the author knows the car manufacturers put limitations to their products license?
Forza Horizon 4 is among Microsoft’s late-release successes after it was rolled out on Steam. It is among the most-played PC titles with a concurrent player count of nearly 76K. The game plays and feels much like its successor, Forza Horizon 5, except it’s set in Britain.
Wow, these games get pulled waay too soon. This is why I buy the complete editions on Steam out right instead of Gamepassing them. I can still play my Forza Horizon 3 (Australia still being my favorite location), and after this pull, I will still be able to play my Forza Horizon 4. For all you Gamepass folks, you better jump on it soon!
I only recently bought Forza Horizon 5 Complete a few months ago. I'm still yet to play it, but I'm glad I've got that secured in. These games are a blast to play w a proper wheel. As if XBox didn't already have a sparse enough lineup of true exclusives. These and MS Flight Simulator are the real draw for me.
I hate how so often we get zero notice of a delisting. At least this time we did get notice for the game, but we didn't for the DLC which is already gone. I have the physical Ultimate Edition but I was missing the Hot Wheels Legends Car Pack which wasn't included in that. Luckily I was just able to buy a code for that DLC from a key website and it activated fine.
So much for that digital preservation they were talking about.
Also being removed from game pass, so if you were playing it there and bought dlc you need to buy the game again if you want to keep using your DLC.