According to my list, 2025 should be busier with big games than 2024, so this argument doesn’t really seem to hold water. And FH4 was still going strong when FH5 came out (both were in the Steam top 25 in 2021, quite a feat)…
I also think that Xbox would like to have FH7 for the launch of their next console, probably in 2027 or 2028. If FH6 comes out in 2025 after four years of development, that seems compromised.
We’ll see, it also depends on the new engine stuff from FM, maybe a longer time will be needed like that game (6 years after FM7 and not really content complete).
From your list above I remembered Project Mara, which has been announced in january 2020 (a little time after HB2), it could be sooner than expected, considering NT is focusing on relatively short experiences with huge production values. Even if they had just started development at the time of the announce, 4 years has passed since then.
Yes, the new graphics engine would be a good reason to postpone the game by a year. That said, it’s not completely impossible that FH6 will still run on the old engine (which is still performing well), to give Playground time to adapt the new one to the open world.
Possible, indeed.
Halo and OW, what more tourney Xbox will have next?
I honestly hope FH6 doesn’t come out this year, mostly for FM sake. It only just released and needs it’s time to shine. FH received that with their releases. Also FM actually got me back into the series and I’ve played it more than any recent Forza release. It’s an evolving racer that keeps getting updates. The only major patch needed is give auto part unlocks for every car in it’s manufacture class instead of per car. But I really like the carpg mechanics other wise. You actually get a feel for the car and your rivals in each race series.
If FM gets the years and years of support people expect, when FH6 releases should be irrelevant, if FH6 releasing is enough to kill it off then the game isn’t doing enough to warrant engagement from folks
I am in the camp of no rush for FH6 and I would mind if it’s 2026 if it means its going to make a big jump. I think it will be a 2025 game
I still think 2024 is possible but yeah, I think it will be 2025 as well but I don’t see them taking any longer than that no matter how well 5 continues to perform
Even cutting off X1, we are already near uncanny valley levels, I don’t expect extraordinary differences, but maybe less pop-up at 60fps, that would be nice.
The second one here was probably my biggest complaint aside from how quickly enemies regenerate in spaces, it seemed like it spiked super quickly at times and I just got frustrated. I’ll have to check it out again when I’ve got some time.
Come on Xbox, I need Diablo 4 on GamePass!
I feel with the luxury of ABK they don’t need to have Forza in 2024. I think in the fall it’s more than enough to have Avowed, Indy, and COD 2024
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Playground managed to improve the fidelity and scale with each new release on XB1, I definitely expect some even more insane stuff with with FH6 as a Series/PC release only.
Yep, Phil and Satya have both alluded to the continuation of acquisitions after ABK. I think it’s safe to say we’ll be seeing a lot this year given the state of flux this industry is in.
Please be Sega, Please be Sega and Please be Embracer’s catalog of game studios and if it isn’t too much to ask throw in CD Projekt.
Really hoping that Microsoft can acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal from Embracer and also get Dambuster, 4A Games and Gunfire Games along with them. I 100% want and hope that Microsoft goes after a bunch of studios before thinking about another publisher that would take forever.
