A few days ago, Microsoft announced that its newly-released open-world racing game, Forza Horizon 5, crossed 4.5 million players at launch. Keep in mind that this includes early-access players who purchased the Premium Edition of the title. Now that the game has been available for a week, we just received an updated figure.
Forza Horizon 5 was played by more than 10 million gamers during its first week. This is the biggest launch in Xbox history according to the company. Forza Horizon 5 is available on Xbox Game Pass and supports Xbox Cloud Gaming as well as Xbox Play Anywhere. It"s also the biggest Xbox Game Pass at launch.
Thank you to the more than 10M #ForzaHorizon5 fans for the biggest first week in @Xbox history and @XboxGamePass EVER. GG! pic.twitter.com/WXZawEvBkO
— Forza Horizon (@ForzaHorizon) November 19, 2021
Forza Horizon 5 is one of the highest-rated games of 2021. I reviewed it for Neowin and gave the title a score of 9.5, adding "Playground Games is a master of the genre at this point and the latest entry in the acclaimed franchise is one of the best racing games out there."
You can purchase Forza Horizon 5 from the Microsoft Store for $59.99. The game launched on November 9 for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.