Forza Horizon 5 surpasses 45 million players ahead of PS5 launch

Forza Horizon 5 marks one of the biggest first-party Xbox games to come to PS5, with the open-world racing title set to drop onto Sony’s system later this month. Ahead of this, the game has broken one final player count barrier – surpassing a total of 45 million players.

As shared by ‘VGT Gaming News’ via BlueSky, Forza Horizon 5 has officially reached a new player milestone with over 45 million players.

For context, since its launch back in 2021, Horizon 5 quickly sped past 15 million players in just two months. This then increased to 28 million total within 15 months – later being pushed to over 32 million by August of 2023.

Of course, as with all first-party Microsoft titles, total players does not equate to total copies sold, with Microsoft-published games being a day-one addition to Game Pass.

All that said, with a total user base now established, it will be interesting to see how quickly following the PS5 version’s launch that Forza Horizon 5 grows to 50 million players total.

KitGuru says: Are you excited for Forza Horizon 5? How many copies do you think have been pre-ordered so far? Could Forza sell 10 million copies on PS5 alone? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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