Summary
Late last month, the first ofXbox’s “pillars” made its way toPlayStationhardware, whenForza Horizon 5launched on thePlayStation 5. Its portreceived a 4.5/5 from TheGamer’s Sam Hallahan, and gamers whobought the game at launch immediately sang its praises online.
As it turns out, the game has been widely successful, specifically in its eight days post-launch. So much so that it now holds the crown of the fastest-selling Xbox game on PlayStation thus far.
People Are Figuratively Zooming Over To Buy Forza Horizon 5 On PS5
As first shared on Bluesky by Rhys Elliot, the head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, Forza Horizon 5’s PS5 port has crossed 1.4 million in sales within its first eight days of being made available.
To put that into perspective,Sea of Thievesonly managed to hit 657.3K copies sold in that same timeframe, andthe recent port of Indiana Jones and the Great Circleonly hit 132.9K by its eighth day.
What makes this set of data even more interesting is the factthat Forza Horizon 5 is a digital-only release, meaning the only place to buy it is on the PlayStation Store. Even with limited availability, the game is still managing to outsell its contemporaries.
There’s a good chance that Forza Horizon 5’s crown might be short-lived, as come August,Gears of Warwill make its PlayStation debutin the form of Gears of War: Reloaded. Andif those rumors about a Halo port on PlayStation ever come true, then that crown will probably have an even shorter lifespan. In other words, it’s Microsoft’s world, and we’re just living in it.
