Talking Point: With Forza Horizon 5 Now On PS5, Do You Expect To See Horizon 6 Anytime Soon?

Hoping it shows up at the June showcase with a fall release!

Let’s get fable out and being a big AAA first that will do me.

I think the next Horizon we get will probably be for next year. I cant see them dropping FH5 on PS, and then dropping a new game thereafter. It's quite a fatiguing series when you play them in rapid succession. Certainly hope they release it cross platform from day one though, that game would do so, so well, on all platforms, day one.

I'm hoping FH6 remains a Xbox & PC exclusive for at least a year but not holding my breath with all the money Microsoft is making on Playstation now.

Have it ready for the next-gen Xbox in 2027. In the meantime it's all about Fable.

They will give fh5 some time on ps5 before releasing 6. It will have a very short console exclusivity window, if it even has one. I'm guessing early 2027.

@Kaloudz I would like to see it be a launch or early life title for the next Gen Xbox. Giving fan’s a new experience and excitement around it. Xbox in my opinion has to start thinking about what next gen titles they will have ready cause i think the more they get that first launch line up out and then the following 12-18 months is very important for the console.

@HonestHick Totally agree. I think that's the one of the only things that stumped them this gen and last - the lack of a solid lineup (wasn't Xbox One like, Dead Rising 3 and Zoo Tycoon lol? and Series S/X was Medium and a few others?) Next gen I can only imagine!!! It's gunna be beefy. Especially how much they're pumping out now.

Furthermore, if next gen is gunna be feature competitive - it may very well have exclusive features that games (first party especially) take full advantage of - cross platform or not. I for one am excited.

Forza Horizon (202) 6

I know they have two teams so the 'Horizon' Team should not be impacted by Fable and its development. It's possible we could see a 'new' Horizon game in the next year or two and we don't usually get any official notice until the Summer before its Fall release.
I do think it will still be 'exclusive' for some time - even if just 6months - on Xbox/PC/Game Pass before they release on Playstation and maybe 5 releases on Switch 2....

I think they will keep that to possibly drop with the next gen machine/stream🤔

@Kaloudz I bought my Xbox One day one ESPECIALLY because of the lineup. I’m a huge fan of Dead Rising and Killer Instinct.

As for Forza Horizon 6, I’m pretty sure Xbox players are no longer their priority. As long as PS5 players bring in money, they won’t bother releasing a new FH any time soon.

We might think it would be a good strategy to release FH6 on Xbox one year after FH5 launched on PS5, in order to attract new players to the Xbox ecosystem. But that would make FH5 suddenly less appealing to PS5 players… plus, by now, they know they’ll eventually get a port anyway (if not on day one).

What a stupid weird era.

@Sindayl I actually like this era. I say that as an Xbox fan from the OG Xbox. I think it's healthy and I think it's great to see one of the giants finally tearing down barriers after years of talking about it. Look at the cost rising, the closures, the cancellations, and more beyond. We're partly to blame for that...

Studios needed more money to offset the ever expanding costs of development and we spat on them and boycotted at every hurdle (loot boxes, DLC, MXTs, and more). Now, we're stuck with price rises in an industry that's heavily contested, no matter the genre, and volatile as hell.

If going cross platform makes more money and keeps more studios afloat, keeps games alive and thriving with more players, then I'm (as we all should be) all for it. I don't get why, after decades of the hobby, people still spend time at each others throat. Despite the platform we all play on, we're all standing on common ground. Counting pixels and frame rates, counting exclusives, and counting anything else - and weaponizing it for an arguement that no one really even cares about on an emotional level, is venomous.

I'm not aiming that at you buddy, but highlighting a point as to why I'm all for the current strategy. Which contradicts a lot of arguments I've seen in recent years about Xbox games being crap - when in fact, they're doing well on other platforms 😅

Forza Horizon 4 got delisted 6 years after launch which would put FH5's delisting year at 2027 so 2027 sounds about right for FH6.

Horizon 6 = a launch title for the next xbox.

I think it's better to leave Forza Horizon 6 for the next generation and work on great and neglected Xbox IPs in the meantime.

I doubt we will see FH6 until at least a year after Fable ships.