The unfortunate reality is they need to move on. They can't keep supporting a dead game, constantly playing catch up because it was fundamentally flawed and broken at launch. There comes a time where you have to cut your losses and hit the reset button, look at where you went wrong, examine your errors and try to fix and improve on them.
The post game support of Forza Motorsport 7 was fantastic. It's had double the support of any other title, it changed how the developers interact with the community and how they listen to feedback, criticisms and suggestions. It's changed how post game support for the franchise works and lasts and it has also changed the direction and vision of the franchise, for in my opinion, the better. However, they're fighting a losing battle. The playerbase has moved on, they're doing the correct thing using this as a test bed for the next installment.
In an ideal world, the launch of Forza Motorsport 8 will be far superior to FM7's and provide a notch more stable, polished and simply better foundation to work on the developing it post game. The reality hoping that FM8 hits the ground running from the start so that they can have a better platform to support the game for longer, who knows, maybe 3 or 4 years. The problem is, to ensure that FM8 isn't a disaster at launch and is a respectable, polished, fun and simply better launch and framework, all the current Turn 10 team need to shift focus to it and spend as much possible resources, time and man power to achieve that.
As much as I'd love FM7 to live on, their decision is the best outcome for consumers in the long run and for the franchise as a whole.
Edited by user Thursday, July 18, 2019 2:09:40 AM(UTC)
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