Porsche – legendary automaker, and a well-recognized identify to real-world and digital racing followers alike – marks its 75th anniversary this yr, and Xbox is becoming a member of the celebrations. We’re excited to launch a restricted assortment of customized Xbox Sequence X consoles and matching Xbox Wi-fi Controllers in vibrant colorways primarily based on six historic Porsche motorsport liveries. Whereas not for retail, over the following 4 months, followers can enter the sweepstakes for an opportunity to win a console and controller from our collaboration with Porsche, discovering inspiration within the model’s storied motorsports historical past. Xbox is a platform for players to energy their goals and switch aspirations into actuality, and it’s this identical drive for greatness that has pushed Porsche’s motorsports efficiency to new heights and carried drivers throughout the end line to over 30,000 motorsport victories to this point.
“Xbox and its fanbase aren’t any stranger to Porsche and the unimaginable capabilities of its high-performance automobiles in our beloved racing and driving video games like Forza Horizon 5,” stated Marcos Waltenberg, Director of International Partnerships at Xbox. “That’s why we’re excited to crew up with the famend sports activities automobile model to create particular version Xbox {hardware} that celebrates their milestone anniversary given our shared imaginative and prescient and aim of reaching international audiences who love vehicles, gaming and self-expression.”
For many years, Porsche has constantly created a number of the most acknowledged and vibrant liveries ever to take to trace. As racing video games have developed new ranges of immersion through the years, Xbox has labored carefully with Porsche to convey its iconic design to the platform via hits just like the Forza franchise. These liveries are actually part of racing lore, and the Xbox 75th Anniversary assortment pays homage to 6 of Porsche’s most unforgettable seems to be by reimagining them for the Xbox Sequence X console and accompanying controllers. We are going to unveil the next six limited-edition console designs at main auto and gaming occasions across the globe this summer season:
- 75th Anniversary / Porsche 963
- Salzburg (1970)
- “Hippie” (1970)
- “Pink Pig” (1971)
- Porsche Racing Version (1978)
- 911 GT1 (1998)
Followers within the US, UK, and Germany can enter the sweepstakes for an opportunity to win the Porsche-inspired Xbox Sequence X consoles with matching Xbox Wi-fi Controllers by visiting www.porschexboxsweepstakes.com from June 8 to October 1. Every Porsche-inspired console could have a corresponding video shared on Porsche and Xbox social channels, starting with the Porsche 963 / 75th Anniversary console.
“To mark our 75th anniversary, Porsche is thrilled to crew up with Xbox to design customized, limited-edition gaming consoles to proceed inspiring players to dream – each nearly and in the actual world,” stated Ayesha Coker, Vice President of Advertising and marketing of Porsche Automobiles North America, Inc. “With over 30,000 motorsport victories to this point, it wasn’t simple to pick out solely six liveries, however we’ve chosen a number of the most iconic ones that our followers will acknowledge from notable victories through the years.”
Since 2005, Porsche and Microsoft’s Flip 10 Studios have collaborated on co-branded parts for Porsche and the Forza franchise. Starting with the unique Forza Motorsport and persevering with via the franchise, together with the most recent Forza Horizon 5, Porsche automobiles have been part of the racing lineup accessible to gamers. This partnership has constantly created new methods for followers to get behind the wheel of a Porsche, and has additional established the automaker as an innovator in motorsport.
