bevochan on 08 October 2013
Right now, GT5 is about 1.23 million behind Halo 3. However, Halo 3 has been about 3 years longer. Looking at the yearly sales, GT5 is outpacing Halo 3.
Looking at year 4 sales, Halo 3 only sold about 563k whereas GT5 is standing at 770k in year 4 with 3 months left including the holidays. Halo 3 is probably sell around 200k this year, but GT5 can potentially get well past 1 million this year. Next year, GT5 sales will probably drop off with GT6 coming out, but if GT5 can net another 300-400k more than Halo3 then another year with about 200k-300k more than Halo 3, the lifetime sales will be very close between these 2 games.
Halo 3
Global Annual Summary (Units)
| Year | Yearly | Change | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6,835,323 | N/A | 6,835,323 |
| 2008 | 2,046,996 | -70.1% | 8,882,319 |
| 2009 | 1,634,295 | -20.2% | 10,516,614 |
| 2010 | 563,326 | -65.5% | 11,079,940 |
| 2011 | 362,000 | -35.7% | 11,441,940 |
| 2012 | 261,982 | -27.6% | 11,703,922 |
| 2013 | 98,263 | -62.5% | 11,802,185 |
Gran Turismo 5
Global Annual Summary (Units)
| Year | Yearly | Change | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,210,473 | N/A | 5,210,473 |
| 2011 | 2,159,775 | -58.5% | 7,370,248 |
| 2012 | 2,427,208 | 12.4% | 9,797,456 |
| 2013 | 770,302 | -68.3% | 10,567,758 |
