Geek writrs: "Forza Motorsport is one of the few games that is currently vying to for top spot in racing simulators. The most recent release, Forza Motorsport 3, has had a lot of attention put towards it and the game has developed well past a Microsoft-backed answer to Gran Turismo. If there was any question about it before, this Xbox 360 exclusive can stand on its own against the best racing games out there. And while we haven't seen the PS3-exclusive Gran Turismo 5 yet, we know that the 360 has something competitive."
Throughout its marketing campaign Forza Motorsport has been described as being “built from the ground up,” but some players are skeptical after discovering a reused car model that first appeared in Forza Motorsport 3.
yep been playing it all day and the newer car models look ok at best and the older models looks downright ugly and out place. im playing on pc at 4k with everything on ultra with dlls performance mode and the cars just look completey off, even the paints looks off, gt7 on ps5 shits on the car models here and its not even close, espcially paint and materials wise!!
its by no means a bad game but it is again another hype job from MS doesnt get close to living up to what it should be.
i genuinly thought this was gonna improve on GT7 in every way, when in fact at this in point after 10 hours the only thing i think is better is the standing start races as opposed to gt7s god awful chase the rabbit races starting 25 seconds behind.
the fuel and pit stop additions to forza are just surface level additions so they could say hey we did it, i am yet to see a meaningful incorporation of either one and the systems that would facilitate it being genuine are not there.
I cant control my power to fuel ratio during the race like i can in gt7, there is no timing hud for the whole grid, so i dont know how far ahead or behind i am or when drivers are pitting so i could plan my strategy, not that pitting is necesarry at all.
rain doesnt cause a slippery surface or aqua plaining nor does it tell you just how wet the track is like gt7 which informs you if inters or full wets are needed, no weather map, nothing.
its really just shinear version of previous forza, if you want proper sim racing where actual strategy comes in to play with longer races, with real pitt stops and having to manage your actual fuel effectively during the race then this game isnt it, go get gt7.
if you want a really simple and basic sim racer then this is for you.
majorly dissapointed, i thought this was the one game from MS that would hit all the right notes, in reality built from the ground up for next gen was a bullshit line and and its not even better than a cross gen game released a year and half ago.
One big thing I feel makes GT7 so much better is that they surface mapped all the tracks so they have actual imperfections which means that sometimes the fastest path is slightly off the expected path because you have to avoid the imperfections to maintain traction.
GT7 is by far the more realistic racing game. It's kind of funny because they claim they reworked the whole driving and physics system to compete with GT Sport and Forza's not even close to as realistic as even GT Sport was and GT7 is way better than GT Sport.
Excellent write up.
I follow SuperGT and in the preview of the game he was not impressed with improvements.
Said it felt the same as FM7.
The whole time I was searching for ray tracing in race and it was not present.
Built from ground up my ass.
(Yes yes I know there is a performance mode and a visual mode I know)
P.s. You can choose your starting grid position. WTF is that in a sim race?
@mtrnyc
its all the little details, you see the track evolve in gt7 with the rubbers marks, and the marbles from the tyres start building up off the racing line on the side, you can actually see the tyre deformation when racing an f1 car for instance.
honestly, im actually shocked at how much better and more advanced gt7 is than this game, this is literally just a surface level sim racer, it would make a fantastic entry point for someone new to sim racers but my lord does it pale in comparison to gt7 where it counts
@stanjara
yep picking your starting spot is dumb AF for this type of game
"there is no timing hud for the whole grid, so i dont know how far ahead or behind i am or when drivers are pitting so i could plan my strategy"
Wait, really? They don't have the distance or timing splits options for the HUD anymore that's been there from the start, after they add pit stops, when you'd really need something like that?
@dumahin
i will correct myself slightly just opened the game to see if it was option and you can turn it on for single player races, it was set to multiplayer only but again if the races were really gonna need it they wouldve had it set as on but no the races are like i said simple surface level sim racing.
but to answer the question correctly yes it actually does have the option, you just need to turn it on
And what about the loading times in Forza? They sure are super fast in Gran Turismo 7 (PS5). :)
"i genuinly thought this was gonna improve on GT7 in every way, when in fact at this in point after 10 hours the only thing i think is better is the standing start races as opposed to gt7s god awful chase the rabbit races starting 25 seconds behind."
This! I really hated this for every race it's always a running start and always last. And we all know the reason for that which is the bad ai.
"its by no means a bad game but it is again another hype job from MS doesn't get close to living up to what it should be" <-- Spot on. I've been playing since the second it launched and I'm a little disappointed too. You're totally right about the paint..its whacky how bad it is visually. I have pretty damn good hardware and the frame pacing is totally jacked up. I wanted a close-to-GT7 game on my PC, unfortunately Forza is the furthest from GT that its been. :-(
“built from the ground up,”
This isn't even the oldest models, they are recycling, there is stuff dating back to the 360 in the game.
Everything is all lies with these guys.
Enjoy the battle pass and the DLC to get cars and tracks in your live service b.s. game, meanwhile we'll be getting them for free in GT7.
Built from ground up for the Series S most probably. I mean that's 75% of the audience right there.
Forza motorsport doesn't have that traditional campaign but rather just tick box races. Most reviewers are omitting this
i dont mind how they have done it but, theres not a whole lot of content race wise which is a let down, and the car RPG thing sucks balls.
i unlock the same things in the same order everytime and make the same upgrades in the same order everytime.
rather than being able to look at the strengths and weakness of the car im using and put my credits into upgrading the weakess im stuck upgrading parts i dont really need cause thats all i can do and by the time i do unlock what i really wanted, lo and behold the 5 race series is over and its on to a new car to rinse and repeat my unlocking and applying my upgrades
On one hand, that was kind of a bigger deal since the old models didn't have an interior so it was all just a black silhouette inside. But on the other hand, they made no claims that it was built from the ground up and were clear there were premium models that did have the full interior and some without.
I agree, it was jarring and not needed in my opinion, but it didn't make the game bad or worse, yet that was the impression around here at the time if you remember.
i uh....liked the black interiors. I got the perspective without the distraction. I wish it was an option.
I'm questioning their efforts after six years of development time. Did they spend five of six years just working on Ray Tracing? I know they usual help Playground games so not everyone working was working on FM8. After seeing videos and screen shots, FM7 has a better image quality than FM8. Before I get jumped on, I'm not talking about features like RT, and better shadows. I'm talking about a clearer image overall. The TAA and texture filtering is poor. The game has blurriness about it I don't like. It also has this heat haze or fog haze which just add to the blur. Seen screen shots and videos were FM7 and XB1X clearly had better image quality. 4X MSAA looks better than TAA which still has shimmering they claimed they were trying to get rid of. Poor or muted color palette, and this game is a clear downgrade from their presentations late last year and earlier this year. Now they're re-using old assets? This of course could all change as according to IGN, there's a patch coming next week to fix the color issue. With that said, I'm questioning the quality of MS game developers. Starfield was overrated and dated looking. Redfall, just saying the name makes me roll my eyes. FM8 is not bad looking, but I'm not seeing six years or work on this title when the FM7 subjectively looks cleaner or better. I think MS needs a new game director, Matt Bootyjuice is just not it.
This is explains why they can release a new Forza so soon. Gran Turismo takes 7+ years.
Ironically, this Forza was in development longer than GT7 was. That says it all.
Remember folks, they are giving this game away for free on gamepass. "Free" eventually means they will cut corners to save money up front as there is no incentive to produce the absolute best quality "money can buy" for the paying customer. This is your subscription future in a nutshell.
"they are giving this game away for free on gamepass."
Game Pass isn't Free. From Microsoft statistics, the majority of gamers pay full price per month for Game Pass. It's Free if you prefer using their rental services, with a selection of games on Game Pass.
https://www.gamesindustry.b...
There are over 500 vehicles in Forza Motorsports, it would take developers 3 to 6 months to develop 1 vehicle. Same with Polyphony Digital.
@BeHunted, whether or not you are paying full price for the subscription service the game itself is essentially free with it. Standards will fall as the incentive for producing the best quality of game (higher sales, more dollars) is broken. No company ultimately wants to invest as much time and funds into products the customer is essentially getting for free. You want the best you have to be willing to pay for it.
Don't include 500 cars then, give 200 -250 cars of equal quality.
Especially with this car RPG bullshit they chose to go with, you are even more than usual using less cars than you would in a normal racing game because so it doesn't need 500 cars at launch.
Quality over quantity is almost always better!!!
nah polyphony take ages because that company started in a basement with 20 Japanese car nerd zero resources, just a lot of love.
turn 10 always had more budget and man-power from the start
I reckon their systems capture cars in literally half the time, polyphony are stuck in their ways, gotto-love-em' though. For instance Wikipedia says in 2014 turn 10 had over 200 developers.
gran turismo / GT2 2 was developed by 20 people, and sold 9.7million
“From Microsoft stats”
Why you continue to believe anything that comes out of this company is beyond me. They are degrading their in-house games due to them bein on game pass and not really caring to spend extra money on dev time. The reason is because no one is directly paying for it, essentially rendering it a free title.
This game was designed for live service like seasons and updates and the devs crutch this to rush unfinished games
@stankara super GT is the bomb, also thekai25. is good.
the whole blog over gtplanet.net is excellent,
started off as a gran turismo fan blog unofficial, but now do all games, such as The crew, Forza, Asetto Corsa, etc
the people on their are real racers, with wheel set-ups and who enter esports competitions, when they say something on a games physics or gameplay, you take it , word - for word.
Looking though the whole game is seems like the the car models are awful on most cars. The new one is OK but definitely not better then other Sims on the market. GT7 with its tracks, car models, sound is MILES better then Forza.
I actually love that Microsoft lies to its fans and gets away with it. I want them to suffer they all have Stockholm syndrome.
This is the game running on my RTX4090 on Ultra settings:
https://imgur.com/EVbl5Og
First of all, Horizon 5 looks much better, sharper, and less fuzzy. Also a lot of the reused models look ever worse than the image i posted. Im just so disappointed given how much i was excited for this.
Anyone that gave GT heat for this back in the day, make sure you give that same energy for Forza.
Paul writes - "Looking back over a lifetime of playing games, and racing games in particular, I am moved to consider which were the best that I have ever played. I'm going to be platform blind on this, largely because I didn't have an Xbox until the 360 came out, so many games I played were on the other consoles that were available. In order that I played them, here are the racing games that have had a lasting impact on me and 10 of the best racing games of all-time."
this guy is an idiot need for speed was never on the c64 it was first on the 3DO in 1994
Correct. started on the 3DO.
To bad NFS fell from Grace.
used to buy every nfs title and GT
Now only GT NFS became crapfest.
No particular order:
iRacing
rFactor
rFactor 2
Assetto Corsa
Dirt Rally
F1 2019
Project Cars
Project Cars 2
Gran Turismo 5
Forza 7
I loved Colin McRae Rally, got addicted to that game for a long time.
DriveClub I highly rate as very good and enjoyable.
For me it was in no particular order
Driveclub vr
Dirt ralley
NFS underground 1 / 2
NFS most wanted
Midnight club 3 /4
Midnight club LA
V8 supercars 2 (Toca internationally)
Gran Turismo 3
Road rash
I guess crazy taxi kind of counts
Sega GT 2002. Not the best game, But the first racer/game. I ever played online,
TOCA Race Driver 2
Forza 4. The game played most online . I never did any single plyer stuff
Project Cars 2
Gran Turismo 1. The only racing game I finished 100%
Assetto Corsa. I Just bought a gaming PC for the new Assetto Corsa
Raceroom
iRacing
rFactor
RC-Pro Am
MY 10
Forza Horizon 1
Forza Motorsport 7
PGR 4
Rally Sport Challenge 2
Dirt 3
Burnout 2
Midnight club
This list is bad. No Daytona, Rage Racer was the best Ridge Racer, no PGR...I could go on. But everyone sees games differently so it is futile.
I don't know if these are the best but I remember them as the ones I had fun with, old school mostly
Gran Turismo 1
NFS Hot Pursuit
Driver
Destruction Derby 2
Burnout
Crash Team Racing
WipEout 2097
Gran Turismo 2, Project Gotham Racing 2, Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero, Need for Speed Underground 2.
Xbox: "Today, we’re excited to share a major milestone – as of December 2016, the Forza franchise has exceeded $1 billion in retail sales."
Pretty much expected regarding Forza Horizon 3 (selling 2.5M units). Good numbers compared to the previous iterations.
This is good news. The best racing franchise should be supported. Glad it is. #forzaplayers
Selling more than the previous versions would be good news.
"The best racing franchise should be supported."
It is, very much so.
I know. 2.5 million copies isn't bad at all. Forza is smashing it, critically and now sales are reflecting that too.
I wonder if there will be a racer this gen that comes close critically. If so, we're truly in for a treat.
It is amazing watching sales matter and not matter all at the same time. Same with what they reflect.
Quality matters more than sales. Always. And that's why Forza is at the top of the game. Horizon 3 deserves those sales because we need more games like it.
Great to see some good news from forza! Retailing 1 billion bucks is a pretty good milestone. I remember gta5 did it In like a week or so. It may have taken forza longer to reach this milestone and with 10 games...but hey not many have reached that milestone.
@Septic
I thought sales reflected people finally seeing the quality.
"Forza is smashing it, critically and now sales are reflecting that too."
You're all over the place.
Do they only reflect quality or what it deserves when it comes to Forza?
"@Septic
I thought sales reflected people finally seeing the quality. "
Lets be honest- frankly terrible games have seen some strong sales. Comparatively drastically weaker racers for instance have seen even higher sales.
"You're all over the place.
Do they only reflect quality or what it deserves when it comes to Forza?"
I'm not all over the place at all. Weren't you the one downplaying the sales previously? See my link below. Its not rocket science mate. The game's quality is great. Sometimes the sales numbers dont do a great game justice. We've seen that time and time again in this industry.
Forza Horizon 3 is an excellent game and the highest rated racer this gen. Now it deserves great sales doesn't it? Its very simple.
@Septic
Let's get real here. 2.5M is great for Forza Horizon 3, but it's not that impressive overall. GT Sport will most likely do that very quickly. Driveclub sold 2M and that had a terrible launch.
1B sounds like a big number, but then you realise GT5 did approximately half a billion at retail alone.
Sony fanboys out in force today!
Looks like your down play is back firing.
"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's" right now Forza is number one hands down and other races need to work hard to get at Forza level...
I wonder if Polyphony digital will start to fight back whit GT, cause right now Forza is killing it.
Best racing franchise is already heavily supported. More than 70 million sales to be precise.
Both of your inicial comments are stealth trolling. Why cant you be happy with the news. Then you say others troll...
You already know that when another game arrived it will surpass those numbers maybe in the first 24 hours....
@Overload
This isn't about GT Sports or Driveclub. You always need to bring some Sony games into a conversation that has nothing to do with them. Forza games have always sold the 2-4 million even when it was on the XBox 360 with over 87 million units sold. It has it's own fanbase that buy it regularly. No one cares what GT Sports or DriveClub sold. They aren't even in the article. All you want to do is TROLL XBox One articles.
@Unspoken
Yes. Trolling Overlord has returned to another XBox One article when he most likely doesn't even own one. He was doing fine until he decided to bring Sony exclusives racers into the mix. He didn't even go for Project Cars or Need For Speed games? lmao!!
Fantastic numbers for FH3! Already at halfway of GT6 - the worst selling mainline Gran Turismo game.
9 releases, over how many years? Retail sales over 1 billion, is anywhere between 16-20 million copies depending on the selling price(not all being $60).
It's great it makes money, don't get me wrong, but with the number of releases it's had, for how long it's been an established franchise, it's not really that remarkable.
Well if the sales don't impress you, perhaps the game itself will. For those who haven't played it, you're missing out on of the best racers ever.
It is a fantastic racing game, even if you aren't a huge fan of racing games, it's a lot of fun. I will keep supporting this series. Not the biggest sim racing fan so the mainline games I usually pass on, but I've bought FH2 and 3 and got the first one with games with gold and they're great
Sorry if my putting it into perspective hurt people's feelings.
I'm glad it's making money, and the most recent game is excellent, but 1 billion over 9 releases is kind of commonplace for a moderately successful franchise.
@Dealwithit
If Forza did all that, I'd be impressed.
But for the most part, I'd not be gushing over the sales of any game, with 9 releases, that only made 1 billion at retail. At least not in the way some people here are trying to make it into being the best thing ever and indicative of the game being a high end money maker which somehow is indicative of it's quality, which is a separate matter altogether.
My numbers are sound, and while I find it wonderful that it's a successful franchise, I think too many people are looking at the number, without actually thinking about the rest of the picture.
But, if it makes you all feel better, I'll give you a freebie. 1 billion in retail sales doesn't include digital. So since you all think that Xbox somehow has a 2:1 digital vs retail attach rate, then you can run with Forza having made 3 billion.
"I'm glad it's making money"
You sure? You sure don't sound it lmao. Go play the game. It's wicked. Downplaying the sales aside, this a classic and the best racer this gen.
at the same time when you see what x1 owners have to play....
but yeah, something for you guys to justify the purchase,huh?
Lol. The best. Much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. There are a few good ones out there, including GT, however this is Forza's moment, so I will try not to take away from it. With that said, Congratulations, Turn10!
Overload
Driveclub sold over 3 million. It sold nearly 2.5m physical and with the f2p version it did huge digital numbers. DC is a 3m seller, and well deserved.
Septic
It's funny how u think Driveclub is a terrible game bc of the disastrous launch. If u really were the gaming aficionado u claim you'd know that Driveclub is a different game now. A dramatically improved game and a great racer. Don't act like your not referring to Driveclub in your comments here. U even posted on the PS4 N4G group that Driveclub sucked and Forza is way better. Now i realize it was this article that motivated u to make that comment.
They mad GT isnt the best racer anymore. So how else to get over the frustration than attacking Xbox gamers with bs...Lol.
@Septic
Which one? There are nine games in the franchise. The topic here is about the franchise. If it were about FH3 making one billion at retail, then I'd be thouroughly impressed.
I have played FH3, and several other games in the franchise. But what does that matter to the point I"m trying to make that people are gushing over it, using it as an example of how great FH3 is, while ignoring the fact that it equates to around 112 million on average per release. Is 112 million per game really that amazing?
It's not poor, but as I said, it's not remarkable,or worthy of the correlations to quality that some people are making.
Lol. I like the nice wording of saying the forza franchise is the best selling this generation when there has been a forza game every year since the xbox one release and there'll be a new game(forza 7) this year. Gran turismo sport will outsell them all and be the best driving simulator.
I'd be very impressed if GT Sport scored higher than Horizon 3. Different types of games I know but would be impressive nonetheless.
GT Sport stands the best chance of dethroning Forza Motorsport and taking the crown though. I like what I've seen so far. Has improved dramatically from what was shown at first. Sales wise also, it will definitely dominate. That's a no brainer.
haven't sales of Gran Turismo been declining with each release though? You would think in 2013 when the PS3 had a huge install base, the latest game (6) would muster more than 3.5 million in sales..
"You would think in 2013 when the PS3 had a huge install base, the latest game (6) would muster more than 3.5 million in sales.."
Gran Turismo 6 Passes 5 Million Sales, Series Climbs to 76.8 Million
http://www.gamespot.com/art...
Gran Turismo 6 launched on PS3 at the same time as the PS4, which was a mistake in my opinion.
Gran turismo 6 sold over 6 million copies and gran turismo 5 sold over 10 million copies according to sony. There isnt any forza throne to be taken by gran turismo because gran tursmo is a better driving simulator where forza normally has things done in The game such as widening tracks and making cars easier to drive so it appeals more to people that would try racing a gtr with a civic or a dodge neon.
People who normally talk about review scores and menu system when comparing forza and gran turismo should actually be talking about the games content and which is actually a better driving simulator. Gran turismo games are made to be as realistic as possible to where the cars in the games try to simulate the driving physics of the real life ones. Forza games normally has cars with characteristics that are unlike realistic ones and youll see silly things like stock vehicles ets being 10 seconds faster than they are in real life.
There isnt any forza throne to be taken by gran turismo because gran tursmo is a better driving simulator where forza normally has things done in The game such as widening tracks and making cars easier to drive so it appeals more to people that would try racing a gtr with a civic or a dodge neon.
I don't see why this would make it any less of a simulator than GT, especially considering that engine tuning is a big part of GT as well. Being able to race a large variety of cars together is part of Forza's success, some people don't like being restricted to certain cars, and it's extremely rewarding working on a car to make it competitive. I'm sure GT Sport's reliance on eSports and restricted car choices will turn off some GT fans, but that's the kind of niche Sony is selling it for, while GT7 will be the more traditional GT game.
Maybe GT will go back to it's roots, so you can simulate driving on an oval with your analog sticks rubber-banded together! GT: Port is already halfway to it's roots anyways, at least judging by the graphics and AI, so anythings' possible.
Congrats to Forza and Microsoft for becoming one of the world's most successful driving game franchises. The Forza Horizon series is my favorite with beautiful open world racing, jaw dropping visuals, the best controls, and amazing racing tracks, jam packed with intense action.
I agree and I hope the sales for it goes up. Enjoyed 1 and 2 but for me 3 seems to set the bar again for open world racing games.
The trolls on here are down voting because they think GT Sports will be better, even though it's not out yet. I hope GT Sport is better then GT5 & GT6. Those games made many fans leave the series. Polyphony needs to come up with something new for GT Sport. I'll continue to enjoy Forza 6 and Forza Horizon 3 while we wait.
LOL!! Don't believe me with GT5 vs GT6 sales? Look again. Keep down voting me when I'm right. Sales going down, down, down with GT ever since GT3. Maybe Overlord can damage control this without having to mention an XBox game.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...
GT3 sales - 14.98 million worldwide
GT4 sales - 11.66 million worldwide
GT5 sales - 10.70 million worldwide.
GT6 sales - 3.32 million worldwide
Over 7 million gamers suddenly stopped buying Gran Turismo series after GT5? This is on a game console with over 87 million sold.
I finished FH3, but it really wasn't that great. I really loved FH2, probably my favorite racing game. It's just a copy/paste of FH2, most of the races feel similar to each other, most of the cars are behind a paywall, and the showcases were a letdown for me. Also who wants to customize and name every race/bucket list challenge, i would have been happier with more sets of challenges like in FH 2.
Anyway, i may have ruined the experience for myself by replaying FH2 before launch, so maybe I'm way off base here, i just didn't get any of that "epic" that you noticed.
@xanda
Sony announced gt6 sold over 5 million so you pulling vg numbers and being wrong makes you look desperate and stupid. Even at 5 million it's double forza horizon 3 sales. 😂
http://www.gamespot.com/art...
I wonder and curious if half of those sell numbers is from PC players. Probably not it's probably not selling to well on PC
How can half the sales be from PC when only FH3 & Forza Apex are the only two from the whole series that are on Xb/PC
So what? Are you saying there's nothing to be happy about with expected sales?
On that note anyone can say that about any game.
Tell me one thing though.... Would getting 2.5 mil sales on ps4 for half arsed game is difficult? There is no racing game on ps4 that meets forza and the ps4 gamers would just bite irrespective of quality.... Just like NMS. Having 50mil sales but still not a single game is as big as overwatch, GTAV, FFXV..... Talk about that attach rate and quality. There was this talk about UC4 goty and now i hear nothing....
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As a quick comparison, the Gran Tursimo series (as of 2015) has sold over 76 million. Lets say the average game is £30, even though GT5 cost me £50..
If my maths are corrects, the GT series has made at least £22.8 billion. GT sport can only add to this. Plus this is GBP and not Dollars.
@Osafunekatan
I would love to see you race some of my Xbox friends, you call Forza a little piece of shit 💩, it would have been nice for you to prove your skill from your GT experience, I have witness my friends at our local game outlet crush so many other racers, all they say Forza made them better racers. I would love to see and upload the outcome on on this site or YOUTUBE. Let me if you are interested, GT skilled racer VS Forza skilled race epic showdown
Wish my mom would've let me come on the internet and interact with strangers when I was 10
OsafuneKatana--- king of what arcade racers ? maybe it is but sure it's not being a sim
I agree with you that GT will always be the King it has a story while forza was created to meet or exceed GT Standards... but i can't agree with the Sh*tty part, while i prefer GT all the way i think Forza is a very good game...
Xander
GT absolutely was king last gen, are you joking? Did you hear about this game they call GT5? It did pretty well...
Last gen alone GT sold over 20m. That's nearly what Forza has sold in its entirety.
I've come to realize that theres no rational in people who only play on one console. Because that series might be all they know. To them its the best thing ever. Yet just from looking at reviews GT has been on a steady decline.
GT hasnt been King of racing since PS2..Lol. Forza is the King Slayer.
Their Motorsports series is great and well you already know about Horizon. Even PGR was better than GT.
Even Driveclub is better than GT!! Yes I said it.
Good thing this article is about Forza and not GT, or you may have a valid comment.
If this was a GT Sport article, the trolls would still find a way to bring an XBox game into the article. lol!!
Ps4andPcRocks And you are the troll here
again part of the problem.
And apparently I have triggered you before
Not only are you trolling but your "maths" are wrongs.
76 million * $50 = 3.8 billion
Using a more conservative number, say the average cost of the game over its lifetime was $30
76 million * $30 = 2.28 billion
Now troll elsewhere. This is about Forza not GT (which as a series has been out twice as long as Forza).
@Basurabox
More trolling.
GT:
More time on the market
Much larger Sony base
Using average cost over lifetime $30 sales are 2.28 billion vs 1 billion.
I'd say sales are pretty even.
GT has beem out twice as Forza, still last mainline Gran Turismo game was Gran Turismo 6 and last mainline Forza game was Forza 6.
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Why such a low average lifetime price? It's probably closer to $45, since half of a games sales tend to be within the first year...particularly games with recurring incremental releases. Within a year, most games of this nature typically are still priced around $30. Anything after that is probably inconsequential to the average.
Anyhow, at 76 million * $45 = 3.4 billion.
Kind of pointless to speculate though. MS provided full retail sales, so we'd only have to guess at the number of actual units sold to derive the average price, and then forget it anyways, because 1 billion is still one billion dollars.
Forza has what though, 9 releases? GT has like 7. How does the time on the market matter?
@Stogz
I think time on the market matters because you're more likely to skip an iteration if releases are frequent.
How is he trolling? Yes, GT has a larger fan base clearly because it is the preferred game.
More time on the market is irrelevant have you forgotten that Gran Turismo 5 literally sold over 11 million units?
At the time of Gran Turismo 5 release it to literally out sold every single Forza game in existence combined!!!!!!
Is Medal of Honor outselling Call of Duty? Well that's older than Call of Duty right?
Seriously buddy get over it , GT is the preferred series and PD always does a good job.
@ edmix,
Lol...Forza(only Forza Horizon 3 wasnt and I dont count Apex) and GT are exclusives. So being the "preferred racer" is relative to what console you own. So if you own Playstation most likely Gran Turismo is the best. And Xbox, Forza. Not hard to understand...
And are you comparing Forza to Medal of Honor? Forza gets better reviews than GT and is relevant. Where Medal of Honor now...
We'll see at end of yr what racer is better. Forza 7 or GT Sports(Prolouge)..
Go ahead and press that button on the right.
GT launched 1998
19 years old with 6 main games + 1x PSP game and 5 "bigger paid demos called prologues"
76,000,000 x $30 = $2,280,000,000,000 (12 entries at 6.3mill. copies sold each)
Versus
Forza launched in 2005
soon 12 years old with 6 main games and 3x spin offs (total of 9 games).
22,500,000 x $30 = $675,000,000 (9 entries at 2.5mill. copies sold each)
Far from that $1bill. they claim. They either sold more copies or the avg. price (revenue) is higher than $30 per sold copy. At $30 they would have sold about 33mill. copies (< highly unlikely since 2015, to sell 13 mill. copies). So, yeah the avg. price hast to be higher than the $30 for each sold copy.
old comparison done in 2015 https://imgur.com/a/1ASyv
12x 2 = 19 ("which as a series has been out twice as long as Forza")
#YABADATMATH
Look, who cares, MS/XBOX CONGRATULATIONS.
GT has been around longer, but has produced less, every year we get a new and improved FORZA either motorsport or horizon every year, this makes it very hard for GT to out match, because when GT improves it's take them 2yrs to improve as with Forza, well every year and there is improvements. But both games have there place, just enjoy it and don't be sad that your favourite game is not the headliner, just play 🎭 your game.
With the technology available to you there's no way you should've inflated GT sales by $20 billion. If you're an adult you should be embarrassed. If you're still in school you need to pay attention in math class, maybe stay after school sometime and have your teacher show you how to use a calculator.
Yes GT has sold a lot of copies, but don't let fanboyism turn you into an idiot like the 21 people that have agreed with you so far
Sick achievement. Many people doubted the numbers:
http://n4g.com/news/1974704...
But looks like those are some noice sale numbers indeed.
Well deserved. Such a sick racer. Was playing it this weekend and aaaah. Feel sorry for all those missing out 😍
Lol @ the comments on that link
The Forza Horizon series got me and my friends back into racing games. FH3 is just so good. I can't wait to see what the studio does next. Hopefully It will be a day one purchase just like FH3. PG and T10 are super talented. Congrats to all involved with the development of this game.
Apparently playground is opening a new satellite studio to make open world games. I do think FH3 was some of their best work, and a really good racer. We get to play it at work, and they have the nice wheel set ups and stuff and it gets a lot of my time when I have no actual work to do.
I'd imagine their core studio is still going to be working on F:H though.
that last line, you're really asking for it.
better watch out, that console war neutrality might be blown now.
How can people objectively put forza above GT, when forza isn't even recognized by the FIA?
LMao asking for what? All racing fans should experience the brilliance of Horizon 3. It's such an epic game. Have you played it?
"How can people objectively put forza above GT, when forza isn't even recognized by the FIA?"
That's a silly question. Because they like it better ? Cause it's getting better reviews ? Because no matter what the game is, some people will base their opinion on their personal taste rather than on some sponsorship deals ? See, like some put PES above Fifa, how dare they have their own preference!
seriously though, if you disregard the FIA, you just proved you're a casual scrub who knows nothing about cars.
@Aloren which is why i said *OBJECTIVELY*
I don't usually like forza games, because I don't usually enjoy race games, but must say after my gamble on horizon 3 I'm more than 100% happy.
I'm a blood n guts game kinda lover, so this was a nice change.
I think there's really only a couple of race games out that can compete with forza, project cars and gran turismo. Need for speed I thought on some games was going in the rite direction and don't get me wrong now and again it can pull out a surprise game, but it's not consistent enough like forza.
This is not including digital or dlc. Forza horizon 3 is most likely over 5 million by now and still going. This game will have legs.
It doesn't include DLC, but the FH3 units definitely include digital. The overall retail number (1B) might not include all forms of digital. For example, digital game cards (not XBL cards) could be included (it is still a retail transaction).
@Overload
You seem to be all over the place,
"FH3 units definitely includes digital"
Are you serious this number is 2.5 million retail, based on the response by Microsoft. Read the title again. 1 billion in retail sales. Keyword "Retail".
Forza Horizon is definitely higher if you combine retail and digital.
Congratulations to Playground games and Turn 10.
Overload stop trying to spin negative on an otherwise good news for Xbox.
The source for the sales that MS are using is from NPD.
*Source: The NPD Group/Retail Tracking Service (U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand) – November 2012-January 2017
On NPD, MS digital sales are not counted even when NPD just started including digital sales in their monthly chart not too long ago. That is why in this article, MS titled it 'The Forza Franchise Has Exceeded $1 Billion in RETAIL Sales' as it only counts retail physical sale figures.
http://venturebeat.com/2016...
Top 10 Software sales of Oct NPD:
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
FIFA 17
NHL 17
Bioshock: The Collection
Destiny: The Collection
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch**
Forza Horizon 3*
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
*No digital sales.
**No Battle.net digital sales.
Digital sales for Forza Horizon 3 are included.
Publisher given unit sales always include digital sales.
EDIT : LOL @ disagree votes. Some people are trying to spin that FH3 numbers doesn't include digital sales. LOL
READ THIS AGAIN :
Publisher given unit sales always include digital sales.
Wrong.
The source for the sales that MS are using is from NPD.
*Source: The NPD Group/Retail Tracking Service (U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand) – November 2012-January 2017
Read more at https://news.xbox.com/2017/...
On NPD, MS digital sales are not counted even when NPD just started including digital sales in their monthly chart not too long ago. That is why in this article, MS titled it 'The Forza Franchise Has Exceeded $1 Billion in RETAIL Sales' as it only counts retail sales.
http://venturebeat.com/2016...
Top 10 Software sales of Oct NPD:
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
FIFA 17
NHL 17
Bioshock: The Collection
Destiny: The Collection
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch**
Forza Horizon 3*
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
*No digital sales.
**No Battle.net digital sales.
MS can't realistically track all the retail sales like that. They can track numbers shipped, and extrapolate from that, but for the most part, those retail copies can sell at various prices. NPD is better equipped to get that information much more accurately using better sampling data.
That being said, NPD doesn't track retail sales, nor do they typically report retail revenue, because it's not a number that's actually relevant to them since they don't make all the revenue themselves, only the wholesale proceeds.
@TheHorseTamer
NPD numbers aren't from publisher. So, 2.5 million from MS includes digital and FH3 numbers are global. And NPD doesn't track global sales. Shut up!
I would have to agree. If the publisher is giving these numbers, Im assuming it would include all sales. Retail and digital. It wouldnt make sense not to add it.
@horsetamer, dont you think there would have been a asterisk somewhere saying no digtital sales included?
Why would MS undercut the milestone by not including those sales?
@TheHorseTamer
MS is not using NPD to reference FH3 sales. They are referencing NPD to back up their statement:
"...and Forza continued its run as the best-selling racing franchise of this console generation"
MS does not need NPD to tell them how many copies of FH3 MS sold. MS already knows this! They do need NPD to compare their sales to the competition.
Congratulations! Forza Horizon 3 is the best racing game of all time IMO. Great scores and great sales! Truly the success of that franchise has helped Playground Games to branch out and create new games as well as continue to innovate with the best racing franchise around!
Add another billion dollar earner to the Microsoft stable of greatness!
Underground was my jam back in the days. And games like Horizon took some ideas from it, cant be denied.
Best racer of all time tho...nah, imo.
@BGST
Well said, big fan of both Forza titles and a big fan of yours keep up the good work. Respect to you and your team.
Quote :
"FH3 units definitely includes digital"
Are you serious this number is 2.5 million retail, based on the response by Microsoft. Read the title again. 1 billion in retail sales. Keyword "Retail".
......
Digital sales for Forza Horizon 3 are included.
Publisher given unit sales always include digital sales. You also can buy digital codes at retail, man. Like cdkeys or amazon, game.co.uk, shopto for example.
So, according to your logic, Uncharted 4 sales are 9.7 mil. only on discs. As Sony stated, right. So, probably with digital would be 13 mil. Jeez, man!
You're a fan of a compulsive liar who harasses people in the industry and made fun of the That Dragon Cancer dev? Sad.
@epicZinger,
Are you serious? Dude, language like that deserves perma ban!! You're taking this stuff way to personal..
We might say dumbshit to each other at times, but thats just going overboard. Maybe you were typing out loud...
i hope you mean in your opinion, if not, i'm sorry to break it to you, but Gran Turismo 4 has that title.
@Ultimate9828
Cough ...Gran *Turismo 4 was the best one cough cough ...followed by 5 cough f*cking cough
cough cough one of the older and more successful franchises of all time cough cough
Forza sold about 17 million copies for 9 Forza games total. It's not bad, but it's not exactly good either.
Hhhmm.. I thnk it's a little more then that. More like 25+ million.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...
Keep trolling though.
@game4funz
GT Series 77 Million copies sold > Halo Series 66 Million copies sold.
Uc4 sold 8.7 million on 54 millions ps4s.
Xbots: wow, such a pathetic ratio, ps4 gamers don't buy games.
fh3 2.5 million on 26 million xbones and PC.
Xbots: woohoo! Such great sales. Xbox the best.
😂😂😂
Uncharted 4 was given away for every ps4 being sold. Looks like the series isn't that strong.
@Digimon
Well I guess part of the point you missed is the 2.5million is USA only npd.
Doesnt count europe.
@game4funz
Incorrect. The NPD reference is back up MS' claim that FH3 is the "best-selling racing franchise of this console generation".
I don't know why so many here have this crazy notion that MS has to ask NPD how many games MS sold. lol
Uncharted is the preeminent series on PlayStation and was included in the number one selling console bundle last year. Why would you compare it to Forza horizon 3 which is a open world racing game on the console with half the install base ? Oh and remember no digital included.
Digital numbers ARE included in publisher statement about sales.
STOP SPINNING!
You can't compare action games to racers. Action Adventure games will always have more people interested in them.
According to some PC/PS fanboys..No PC gamers have upgraded or play on Windows 10.
Should I link some comments from this very site?
Edit: cant believe some y'all let this nonsense consume your lives the way it does. Get a job, play some games, get some fresh air, take your girlfriend out. Hang out with homies at the bar/club, dance, do something!!.... As much as I love to game, over 30yrs here. I can easily walk away from it and never look back.
2.5 million only? Meanwhile the worst selling GT game, GT6 that is, sold more than 5 million. LOL. Go back to polishing GT's shoes, flopza.
It takes like 10 years for GT to come out. By then Forza Horizon series will hit like 50 million lol.
GT series has a bigger following. It started on the PS1 before the XBox was even conceived.
Quality >>>>>>>&g t;> Sales. Forza 5 is really the only Forza game that has flopped. Forza 6 and Forza Horizon 3 this gen are excellent.
The ps4 generation is nearly finished.
.... And you're quoting numbers from a ps3 racer.
Lol !!!!!
They don't half like a spin tho. Sold 2.5 million copies, hardly surprising as I bought it for £24.99 brand new but that's barely 10% of Xbox owners... poor... yet they've had 14 million unique players? Lot of game sharing going on there.
Looks like Xboner are now trying to sping that FH3 numbers doesn't include digital sales. LOL
It does include digital sales cuz you can buy digital at retailers.
And untl you post some proof I will consider your statement just another dumb comment.
Yes, digital numbers ARE INCLUDED in publisher statement about sales. Always was and always will be.
Ubisoft recently mentioned that Watch Dogs 2 sales are 7 mil. It does include digital sales. You think that digital sales aren't included? You're ridiculous.
That's what happens when You come out with the same game Everyear. I'm Ubisoft could say the same that about Assain creed
Yeah they are the ones who made the game. But Microsofts were the ones who funded it so I guess they both deserve credit.
I agree. Especially Playground. They did a hell of a job. I'm a Sony guy, but Forza Horizon 3 is my favorite racer of all time.
Last Forza game I played was a demo of Forza 3 or 4, all I remembered was that it was a very fun game. Good on them.
Holy shit! I can't believe that here are some members ( Xboners in that case ) trying to spin FH3 numbers are without digital. LOL!
So, from now on, in every publisher report about sales, digital sales aren't included according to Xboner logic.
So, recently Ubisoft said that Watch Dogs 2 sales are 7 mil ( PC/PS4/X1 ). Guess what? Digital sales AREN'T included. LOL
And you have zero proof that they are, so just keep flapping your mouth as if you are in the know.
BTW, I dont own an Xbox, but I do own 3 PS4's.
Microsoft wouldn't announce a milestone without adding all the numbers , logical sense is all you need to see that. Why on earth would they announce the milestone without all sales combined ? think about that .... it makes no sense. things that make no sense are usually not true.
Who gives a shit what you own. So, Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs 2 is sold in 7 million copies. Guess what, according to your logic, it's without digital numbers.
Capcom said that RE 7 crossed 3 mil. mark. Guess what, according to your logic, it's without digital numbers. LOL
Uncharted 4 sold in 8.7 mil. copies. Guess what, according to your logic, it's without digital numbers. Probably with digital is 12 mil. copies. Are you goddamn sure that Sony wouldn't say that U4 sold 12 mil. copies? I'm pretty sure they would say that.
You're goddamn stupid if you think that sales are without digital.
The sales numbers for these games are bull.
Digital sales must be way higher than reported retail.
Forza H3 has probably sold close to 10 million copies, not 2.5.
This thread is pure gold! Look at almost all of you so called gamers! It is really pathetic to what humans can come down to.
Forza is a great game series, the arcade and sim games. It is great to see the brand growing. Fora Motorsport always has been more of a niche game for sim fans but Horizon made it to the casual crowd. The community is big, and the tuning and livery/paint sharing is awesome among it! I really like all you gamers out there who are engaged in that big Forza familiy to make it such a great place to race :)
Love Forza Horizon 3. Absolutely love that it sold so well. I must have 40+ hours in that game.
Great game with lots of content.
I just feel bad that I bought it (I play it on PC) but has yet to really play it (damn you resident evil7 Vr) and damn you Battlefield 1.
emmm, why cant it just be, "Congrats MS and Turn 10", instead its arguments and insults just cause its an Xbox game, n4g will never change. If this has been GT Sport or a Sony article about sales, it wuld be all praises and victory dances...sigh
and xbone trolls saying the same stuff as the Sony ones .........or are we gonna pretend there aren't xbone trolls here too ? the worst troll on this site is an xbone troll "rookie monster" that has made over 40 different accounts so far to troll. check your facts before feeling sorry for Xbox
It's not that big with all iteration of each franchises + DLC and micro transactions.
and 700,000 was from ripping people off for charging for dlc after dlc after dlc. Great games but fuck it ticks me off when they just keep charging for everything.
Congrats MS. Forza franchise has been the best for a while now.
That's just physical sold through to retail in the US? Definitely impressive if its not including digital sales. Fh3 is the best racer on the market so why wouldn't it sale
it's not even just the USA it's other countries as well its in the article and probably includes digital as it's MS announcing it they wouldn't low ball their own franchise by not including all sales.
Not surprised. Most xbox owners are forced to buy these racing games because of the lack of quality games.
too bad i cannot play this game. but buying a whole console for just 1 game? c'mon.
Wow, this comment section proves how PS4 polluted this site is, disgusting. No objectivism, everything that is not PS4 will be downvoted to oblivion. Sad, very sad!
To those who are interested here is a breakdown of the Forza series
FM Xb
FM2 Xb360
FM3 Xb360
FM4 Xb360
FH Xb360
FM5 Xb1
FH2 Xb1
FM6 Xb1
FH3 Xb1/Windows 10
FM Apex Windows 10
so there you have it , only 2 are on PC