Forza 7 loot boxes will soon be removed from the game, developer Turn10 today confirmed.
“One major area of discussion for the team has been prize crates,” Turn10’s Alan Hartman said in a new update. “While we’ve never charged money for prize crates in Forza Motorsport 7, their presence in the game has continued to be a source of controversy. The overwhelming feedback has been that this system feels out of place in the game. After careful consideration, we have decided to completely remove prize crates from Forza Motorsport 7. Similarly, paid tokens – which were a part of previous Forza games – will not be coming to Forza Motorsport 7 or Forza Horizon 4.”
It’s not an immediate removal, the post continued.
“Due to the complexity of removing prize crates from the game – while keeping access to Driver Gear, Mods and Badges – we expect that this process will be completed in the winter timeframe,” Hartman continued. “Starting this month we’ve already taken steps towards that goal, first by unlocking more than 100 previously locked ‘exclusive’ cars and, second, by completely removing cars from the prize crates in the game. The current lineup of prize crates offer no competitive advantage and only offer Driver Gear suits, Mods and badges, and these crates will remain in place until crates are removed entirely.”
We’ll let you know when exact timings have been confirmed.
What do you make of Turn10’s decision? Are we looking at the beginning of the end of loot boxes themselves?
Forza Motorsport 7 is currently available on Windows PC and Xbox One as part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program.
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