Forza Horizon 5 seems to be one of the ⛄most anticipated games of the season, as it managed to hit ov༒er 700k players before even being officially launched.
Reviews for the latest Horizon game came out earlier this week and it currently stands as the highest-rat♔ed game of 2021. That's not too surprising considering the pedigree of other Horizon gamesꦏ, but the excitement seems to have reached a fever point, with nearly a million players jumping in before its official launch next week.
Forza Horizon 5's standard edition is set to launch on November 9, but its "Premium Edition" launched ဣon November 5. The Premium Edition of Horizon 5 is exactly what it says on the tin - a more expensive release of the game with earlier access, the season pass, and some smaller add-ons.
The Premium release of the game costs £84.99, a pretty big jump up from the standard edition, but that doesn't seem to have stopped plenty of players from jumping in🌸. , the in-game player count for Horizon 5 was showing 71ꩲ0,000 players at one point and has likely gone up even more since that was noticed.
That means that at least 710,000 players have decided to shell out £84 on Forza Horizon 5's Premium Edition to be able to play it a few days earlier. Although earlier-access releases of games are becoming more commonp🐓lace in the industry, it's especially impressive to see Forza Horizon 5 getting such big numbers before its official release, as many players will likely just be waiting for it to release on Xbox Game Pass four days af🍸ter the Premium Edition launches.
As NWCR points out, "To put it in perspective, [Forza Horizon 4] had 480k sales in one week", so it's pretty clear that the positive reviews and hype surrounding Horizon 5 has boosted its sales considerably. ResetEra users are predicting that it'll likely get to a million players before the proper launch, with numbers co✨ntinuing to rise since the original post.
