Update: Forza Horizon 5 Surpasses 6 Million Players During Launch Week

Update, 11/15/21:

According to AaaronGreenberg, Xbox Marketing head and general manager, more than 6 million players played Forza Horizon 5 during its launch week. 

Greenberg announced this huge launch week figure for Playground Studios’ latest open-world driving title on TwitterAnd he stated that they are growing. The announcement comes as Phil Spencer, Xbox’s head of Xbox Game Studios announced last week that Horizon 5 was the most popular Xbox Game Studios title ever. It reached over 4.5 Million players in its launch day. 

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Original Story 11/10/21

Forza Horizon 5 officially launched yesterday. It is available for purchase as well as being available via Xbox Game Pass. For those that purchased special editions of Horizon 5, it’s been playable since last Friday. 

After yesterday’s official launch, the new open-world arcade driving game from Playground Games hit over 4.5 million players, according to Xbox head Phil Spencer. Forza Horizon 5’s launch is now bigger than any Xbox Game Studios release before. 

We’re invested for years in Xbox so more people can play. With 4.5+ million players so far across PC, cloud & console, Forza Horizon 5 shows that promise coming to life. Largest launch day for [Xbox Game Studios]Play peak concurrent [three times as high as Forza Horizon 4]. Thanks to all players. [Playground Games].

All of that translates to “this game had a very successful launch.” Forza Horizon 5 had the biggest launch for a Forza Horizon game. The peak concurrent player count of the game is three times greater than that of any previous Forza Horizon entry. This was the most successful launch ever by Xbox Game Studios. 

As Spencer notes in his tweet, the game is available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox’s cloud gaming, which undoubtedly helped Forza Horizon 5’s numbers a lot. Add in the fact that it’s also available on Xbox Game Pass, and it’s no surprise Playground Games’ latest is a success. 

It must have been a great morale booster as the studio works on Fable 2. If you haven’t yet checked out Forza Horizon 5 and want to, it’s available right now on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox’s cloud gaming service. 

While waiting for it to download, check out our thoughts on the game in Game Informer’sForza Horizon 5 review. Then, learn about accessibility settings, which include the inclusion of American Sign Language (US) and British Sign Language (GBS). The limited edition Forza H5 Xbox controller is now available. 

Do you count among the estimated 4.5 million Forza Horizon5 players? We want to hear your opinions about Forza Horizon 5 in the comments section below.