Forza Horizon 5 Xbox partnership with IHOP

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Xbox and IHOP Help You Power Up Your Meal with Custom Menu Items

by Marcos Waltenberg, Director, Xbox Global Partnerships • Sep 2, 2022 @ 6:00am

Today, Xbox announced a new and delicious partnership with IHOP to celebrate two things we love – a full menu and unlimited games.

Members of IHOP’s International Bank of Pancakes rewards program will now have more choice and value in how they redeem rewards with game offers, including a 1-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate trial, Forza Horizon 5 Premium Add-Ons Bundle, and full game download codes for Grounded.

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Xbox Menu Items:

  • Party Animals – Pancake Combo with 2 Cupcake Pancakes with pork sausage links, hash browns & 2 eggs over medium
  • Grounded – Big Brunch Steakburger with hickory-smoked bacon, fried egg, crispy potato pancake, American cheese and IHOP sauce. Served with a side of Buttermilk Pancakes
  • Forza Family Feast – Fuel your crew without having to hit pause with the exclusive Forza Family Feast. Enjoy 4 servings each of scrambled eggs and golden hash browns, 8 hickory-smoked bacon strips, 8 pork sausage links, and of course 8 world-famous buttermilk pancakes. Team up to take down this delicious feast today! Serves 4. Available for a limited time through IHOP ‘N Go only. Not available for dine-in.

The limited-time Xbox menu is now available at participating IHOP restaurants nationwide through October 31. For more information or to find the nearest location, visit IHOP.com.

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What if I told you there is a world outside of America. How do we benefit from such partnerships?

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Darn….I was hoping for a “flat as a pancake” car pack.

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We’re aware of the global interest in promotions but these are limited in scope by legal and logistics. I suggest posting the suggestion “Make regional promotions available everywhere for fairness” (or similar) in the Xbox Insiders Reddit. As we expand the Suggestions Hub on the Forza Forums you can also put this in Other Suggestions and we’ll pass it along.

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JUST FIX THE GAME!!! AAAAAAAAHHH!!!

No one cares about *&!! IHOP. This is soooooo stupid.

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Just as a clarification for anyone who might be thinking otherwise: the teams that work on partnerships have nothing to do with the teams working on bug fixing.

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I really wish these partnerships made more sense. This is less stupid than the nail polish ordeal, but it’s still pretty stupid.

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this doesn’t comport with my Keto diet…

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Waffle World expansion inbound, featuring orange juice jalopy and buttermilk pancake hat.

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So it takes 40 points to get the FH5 premium upgrade. That would be $200 in pancake purchases.

And 10 points for the free month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which is $50 in pancakes.

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The good thing about this promo for non-USA players is that it isn’t special cars. Yes the standard version players don’t have the chance to get a “free” upgrade to premium but it could be worse.

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How about doing a “partnership” with an actual company that, I dunno, actually does car stuff? Like Hotchkis suspensions, or Summit racing? Maybe do a promotional booth at SEMA?

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On a serious note, shouldn’t they partner with a salad bar for promotions just in America?

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LOL……heh now……I’m Canadian but was still offended….I KID!

Actually, with all that GMO food they’re eating that’s probably good advice……haha. I would start growing their own food if I were them.

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They want to reach a broader demographic than just car guys. So if they went with a car-related promo, it would be something with a larger customer base than Summitt or Hotchkis (although I have ordered from Summit). Maybe Valvoline or Firestone or Goodyear.

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Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to offend anyone. I just think salads are a healthier option for most Americans. It’s not like I’m suggesting they eat something disgusting like pigs brains or maple syrup…

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Because marketing to “wine moms” and seniors who could care less about games…let alone car games will make Forza a better place…

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‘wine moms’ have kids who might play video games. Both Forza and the business profit. Only a limited people buy Hotchkis Suspension and then infrequently.

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Then they should just stop making games in a very limited genre. Create a game with a limited userbase, then try and make it not limited makes for a bad game. Go chase Fortnite and the arena genre if you want just a massive userbase with “sales”. Once you chase sales in a genre that has always been limited, you’ve lost the focus…

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I don’t usually go for IHOP, but I do like some hash browns, bacon, and scrambled eggs… better than I like E.coli or “salad” as the kids call it.