Forza Horizon 6 Seemingly Sold Almost 5 Million Copies Before Its Opening Weekend
Forza Horizon 6 has reportedly sold nearly 5 million copies prior to its official opening weekend. This impressive figure includes sales from both Xbox and Steam, along with a significant number of players accessing the game via Xbox Game Pass. The game's early success is further highlighted by a new player record on Steam and high overall player counts.
- ▪Forza Horizon 6 sold 4.9 million copies across Xbox and Steam by May 22nd.
- ▪Over 3 million players accessed the title via Xbox Game Pass.
- ▪SteamDB recorded more than 300,000 concurrent players over the weekend.
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NewsXboxForza Horizon 6Playground GamesMicrosoftXbox Series XXbox Series SPC Forza Horizon 6 Seemingly Sold Almost 5 Million Copies Before Its Opening Weekend New Steam player record also set by Ben Kerry4 mins ago Share: Even before its main Xbox Game Pass release, it feels like we spoke a lot about Forza Horizon 6's success - notably some impressive early access numbers, high review scores and lots of people hopping on the Steam version at once. In addition to all of this though, some early data from the folks over at Alinea Analytics shows incredibly encouraging sales figures for the new Xbox racer - and that's before this opening weekend that's just gone. According to the analytics firm, Forza Horizon 6 sold 4.9 million copies across Xbox and Steam by Friday, May 22nd.
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