A Lot Of People Paid A Lot Of Money To Play Forza Horizon 6 Early

"Forza Horizon 6 launched early for Premium Edition buyers, reaching 172,093 concurrent players on Steam, potentially generating around $20.65 million in revenue, despite the exact total player count remaining unknown."

"SteamDB is showing that Forza Horizon 6 managed to hit a peak concurrent player count of 172,093 players. That's not a massive playercount normally, but it is when the game is only available to people who buy the $119.99 Premium Edition of the game."

"Xbox players can get a slightly cheaper deal by grabbing a month of Game Pass Ultimate and then purchasing the $60 Premium Edition upgrade. Speaking of which, we have no idea what the total player count is across all the available platforms."

"I mean, if we do some very rough napkin math and assume that every one of those concurrent players bought the Premium Edition at full price, that's around $20.65 million in revenue from Steam alone. Again, that's very rough math, as a lot more people have bought the game on Steam than just the concurrent count, and many of those probably didn't pay full price, either."

Forza Horizon 6 launched early for Premium Edition buyers and became available to others on May 19. SteamDB shows a peak concurrent player count of 172,093 during the early access window. This number is notable because access was limited to players who paid for the $119.99 Premium Edition on Steam. Xbox players could access early play by using Game Pass Ultimate for a month and then purchasing a $60 Premium Edition upgrade. The total player count across all platforms remains unknown. Using rough assumptions that all concurrent players paid full Premium Edition price, early Steam revenue could be about $20.65 million. The game is also ranked as the top reviewed game of the year so far.

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