Forza Horizon 5 Headed to PS5 in Spring 2025 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 January 2025 / 3,525 Views
Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Playground Games have announced the open-world racing game, Forza Horizon 5, will launch for the PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025. Wishlisting on PS5 is now available on the PlayStation Store.
"This Spring, the Horizon Festival arrives on PlayStation 5," said Playground Games. "Start your adventure with cross-play on all platforms."
The PS5 version of the game is developed by Panic Button in partnership with Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games. It will feature the same content as the Xbox and PC versions. The Hot Wheels and Rally Adventure expansions, as well as previously released Car Packs will also be available for purchase.
Forza Horizon 5 will support cross-play across the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
The game will also be getting a new free content update on all platforms, called Horizon Realms. It will give the players the chance to play a collection of some of the community's favorite previously released Evolving Worlds, alongside other surprises.
Forza Horizon 5 first released Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in November 2021.
The racing game surpassed 40 million players in July 2024.
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So it begins
Thats a big one. One of MS big exclusives. Halo and Gears are definitely coming now.
They can keep Halo and Gears. Just Microtransaction infested live service junk now. Forza on the other hand is amazing.
Have you played either one of them? I've put probably a thousand hours into infinite, have never spent a single penny of real world money, and have never felt any pressure to. It's all totally separate from any gameplay.
You paid with padded playtime. You are the product.
That makes no sense. The whole point of online multiplayer is to play it you can hardly ‘pad’ it. You’re saying I get to play a game I enjoy even more? What’s the downside?
I sense you're talking about Play2Win or timeskips, but it still only generates revenue if the player engages with them.
Regardless, MCC, which seems the mostly like Halo to make the jump first, has no microtransactions.
The dam has broken!!!
The console wars are over. The platform wars have begun.
I'm sure Microsoft is betting on being a bigger seller on PlayStation than Sony's own first party studios lol. Probably already are with CoD and Minecraft alone.
They probably are already yes :)
Keep coping
They are already with CoD alone.
CoD sells 40-50 million annually on Playstation alone?
They sell about 30-40m across all formats
What the fuck are you talking about?
Playstation first party games tend to sell 40-50 million copies annually on Playstation consoles. Mind your language.
You are probably mistaken, Jesse. More than likely.
He's correct, it was 39.7m in the last financial year up to March 2024, which was a slower year with only SM2 released in 2023
Right. And their record year was around 58 million but sales have declined since.
They already are and Sony doesn't care. The whole point of the Playstation is to have a store and collect 30% on all transactions. Do you think Apple wants to be the biggest app publisher on IOS? Do you think Google wants to be the biggest app publisher on Android? No they just want everyone to use their store and then they can collect 30%. Microsoft is going to drive more and more people to the only place where you can play all the 2024 GOTY nominees.
PS5 and Switch 2 actually. Microsoft doesn't care either. They want Game Pass to be the biggest sell for Xbox hardware going forward. Whether people want to admit it or not, Xbox as hardware isn't going anywhere. It's just not going to be setup in the way people are used to. Microsoft makes over half a billion dollars just in Game Pass revenue every month, which is more than they made in actual games sales for the month of December, including on PlayStation, where they were the biggest publisher in the industry. They're not going to abandon that kind of money.
You're still suck in the "there's only one way to do business" mindset, which doesn't work here. The whole point of Xbox now is to plant flags on every platform possible to be the most dominant publisher, and have their seemingly more open-ended hardware going forward, be the big Game Pass sell. And so far, it's working. People have built up years of friends lists, achievements, digital libraries, etc. there's always going to be that core hardware fanbase that isn't going anywhere, and Microsoft knows that.
Apple also wouldn’t be a proper comparison. Valve would be better as to what Microsoft is trying to do.
I know the hardware isn't going anywhere for now. They've said as much and I've never denied that.
I'm not stuck on anything. MS is changing their strategy and that's fine but acting like Sony cares is crazy. Sony only benefits from this. They will have more games coming to their store and more sales. That's exactly what they want. On top of that they will have a portion of users who move over to their ecosystem which at this point I don't really think MS even cares about anymore.
As far as "it's working" I guess we have to define what "working" is. Their revenue declined 7% this quarter and is only expected to grow in the single digits next quarter. If you think MS spent 70 billion dollars to have their revenue drop a year later and then only project single digit growth well then you don't understand what a trillion dollar company wants. Their other divisions are doing double digit growth and that's what Xbox needs to achieve.
Wait, when did I imply that Sony cared? lol I was just spit balling something that's most likely true. Yeah, Microsoft is changing their business because they have to. They can't afford to do business in the gaming industry with the likes of Nintendo and Sony. Hell, not even Sony can do business the way they used to anymore either.
It certainly would take at least several years of consistency with this new business strategy. You don't turn a $70 billion purchase into a $30 billion/year in revenue overnight. That's just not how businesses of that size works. It takes a long time to turn that around, and that's what Microsoft is working on. Long term profitability.
Not saying it's gonna work, we obviously are in the backseat looking forward, but I can see how it can succeed in the long run, including for those who want to continue buying Xbox hardware.
Don't forget flooding Switch 2 with games. You are right, BUT, they're also flooding Game Pass. Microsoft would be betting that both game sales and Game Pass revenue will be going up.
Doom: The Dark Ages, Fable, Outer Worlds 2, Avowed, Ninja Gaiden 4, all major games that are launching in Game Pass (well, Ultimate and PC GP) day one that Microsoft hopes to continue to drive subscriptions. So they're betting on multiplat revenue continuing to grow as well as Game Pass revenue.
How Microsoft plans on increasing subs when they've clearly shown signs of slowing down at least on console, we probably won't see until their next generation of hardware releases. Because Series X/S honestly seems done as far as short term growth, but PC GP was said to have grown 30% in subs this past quarter, so in the short term, that's something that I'm sure they'll have the most to gain with major GP releases like the ones I mentioned.
Its all about Switch vs PS5 now. At least this common narrative "Playstation vs Xbox" is over now once and for all! Its not Nintendo targeting different audiences, its Microsoft. Why? Physical games? Nintendo and Sony Yes, MS soon No.
Exclusive games? (For now) at least timed, as soon as sony goes PC for all games its only Nintendo left!
Hardware? Sony Yes, Nintendo Yes, Microsoft soon No! So: Nintendo vs Sony or Sony vs Microsoft?
Its Switch vs PS5 now. Xbox is out. They are the one targeting a different audience now.
Bring Halo Infinite over...
I need more bodies for target practice <3
Jokes aside... NX2 line up is gonna be crazy af
All Nintendo's games + Xbox + the occasional one off from Sony
From the rumours it seems Halo MCC is the first up, though Infinite probably won’t be too far behind.
If that’s the case, and games like Halo and Forza are continually multiplat from now on, how long will Microsoft keep them as timed exclusives?
I donno... but I feel like if MP is a large part of a game it may as well be day&date
Story based games I would think 6-12 months
Switch 2 (launch) could be the best in history of any console. It could not only outpace Vitas reference launchlineup for handhelds but also present the best launchlineup of any console ever. I mean if the rumor of a new Mario Kart is true, additionally there are a few Nintendo exclusives, Cross gen games to Switch and Xbox games like Halo, Forza, Gears... its not set in stone but there would be less arguments against Switch 2 than for any system in the past... at least for launch!
Expect Halo and Gears to start going over to other consoles this year or in 2026
It's time to give Xbox an honorable death
I hear your tears as I read this massive cope comment lol
I have all consoles. Cod cold war dev cost was 700 million.. it's kk for cod as it will make money and some.. but most devs can't sustain such dev cost and it's increasing with every generation
But Sony is bringing more and more games on PC as well. I would not say Sony "will not join". I just say 2 words: Lego HORIZON...
If we're talking about Xbox hardware, sure. It's well into its golden years already. But the Xbox brand seems to be alive and well. Arguably, the Xbox brand is doing quite well, and is poised to do even better in the near future. Now that Microsoft has become platform agnostic, they're in a better position than ever to sell lots of software (which is Microsoft's core Business anyway).
I kinda wasn't expecting this one to come this far into its life but I guess it makes sense to build up fans on Playstation for the launch of 6. As expected this year will be when the floodgates truly open but it's already starting in January so Forza, Halo and Gears coming to Playstation in the same year could end up happening which would be wild.
This is great news for PS gamers to play a great game. I hope the rumor is true that Halo also goes over and that these games get Switch 2 versions. Hopefully Sony ports some of their games to Xbox since I believe they're going to do Switch 2 games.
Anyone who hasn't played the Forza Horizon games will be in for a treat.
The exodus chapter begins
I can already see a couple of passive aggressive cope comments, the meltdown is golden I love it lol
i wonder if years later in release it will outsell the xbox version, just imagine
Let the floodgates open.
You going to play these games?
Some of them I definitely will but not interested in Forza Horizon
You will love them
THIS is gonna pop off for sure! Over 40 million players up to this point, I'm sure it'll be a huge seller on PS5. Wouldn't be surprised if Forza Motorsport is next.
Honestly... That could really damage GT
The hardcore would buy both but casuals like me would then need to pick between the 2
One is an arcade racer and the other is sim racer. It's not the same audience.
Doubt it. Horizon serves a completely different audience. Both can coexist and sell well on PS.
Current Motorsport feels well behind GT7. If anything, the release of the latest Motorsport has more chance of hurting that brand on PS than it does GT.
yes!. I am ready. the last forza horizon game that I played was firza horizon 3.
It's gonna feel weird playing Halo on
PlayStation.
Just for a minute though. I'll quickly get over it and just enjoy a great game.
Hopefully they bring crossplay to these titles to help reinvigorate the multiplayer... Especially if GoW and Halo are next!
I like how it takes this announcement to wake people up to the idea that the console wars are over and now it's about the ecosystem wars.
This pretty much ends the console war between sony and Microsoft. This likely means sony are going to release even less games in future since they won't have to rely on exclusives as much to sell there consoles. They are likely only going to continue making the guaranteed big hits like spider man.
Feels surreal to see Forza on the ps store.
if they can continue with flight sim, age of empire 4 and plan fable, i'll get them.
its all about profit. i wonder where the console war will be in 10 years
One of the best racers ever made. PS gamers can finally witness how good these games really are. GT will need to step up its game before Forza starts stealing its sales.
Enjoy for those who never played it.
Xboxers can deny, deny, deny but they've been hung out to dry!!!
I like how it takes this announcement to wake people up to the idea that the console wars are over and now it's about the ecosystem wars.
No point in owning any future Xbox!!!
Kinda pointless at this point since they are no longer supporting it. Horizon Realms will the final update. Also, since the game can run on the X1 they should have ported it to the PS4 also.
Same thing happened with Palworld. Xbone version and no PS4 version. If you already have an Xbone version, pasting it over to the PS4 would be a quick and easy process
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