Yoshida did not expect Forbidden West to sell worse than the first Horizon
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Shuhei Yoshida, the former head of PlayStation Studios, admitted that he was surprised by the sales of Horizon Forbidden West. In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, he revealed that he had expected the sequel to achieve greater success.
“I was a bit surprised by the number of copies sold of the second Horizon. Usually sequels sell better because they already have millions of fans.”
He added that he had always loved the Horizon series and believed that Forbidden West, being an ambitious and spectacular game, would surpass the original. However, according to Sony's own data, sales of Horizon Forbidden West amounted to less than 9 million copies, while total sales of the franchise reached 33 million. For comparison, Horizon Zero Dawn accounted for the lion's share of that success.
Yoshida also discussed the topics of remasters, PC game ports, and even spoke critically about the live-service-oriented strategy. But the biggest surprise for him was that such an anticipated second installment of Horizon failed to replicate the success of the first.
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Cover author: Guerrilla Games. Cover source: PlayStation
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