And to start the year, Microsoft announces the upcoming release of a new pack including its most powerful console with the Premium (digital) edition of Forza Horizon 5, which includes the Hot Wheels expansion, the VIP subscription, the car pass, the welcome pack but also the second expansion to come. If the highlighting of a 2021 game available in the Game Pass may seem surprising, the price of this pack announced at 559.99 euros above all suggests that the reason for this offer is to slip a price increase. of the console in a more delicate and indirect way than the competition, recalling that Microsoft recently confirmed that the price of its in-house games would drop to 80 euros. The pack will also be available globally, including in the United States, on the Microsoft Store and at participating resellers.
Forza Horizon, Microsoft’s locomotive
There was a time when it would have been difficult to imagine a better ambassador than the Major to sell Xbox consoles. But with over 20 million players, Forza Horizon 5 remains one of the most popular games to come out of Xbox Game Studios. With its open world series accessible and looking like a large open-air casino, Playground Games is at the helm of one of Microsoft’s showcases and has done much more than simply compensate for the long absence of the simulation Forza Motorsport, whose return is expected this year in the spring. Note that the Hot Wheels extension, the VIP subscription, the car pass and the welcome pack represent around fifty more cars compared to the basic game which is available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
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