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RPG said:

Surprised the adjustment took so long considering what a high profile franchise Gran Turismo is. GT2 is the only GT game to not reach 10 million and even that passed 9 million. No way will GT5 NOT reach 10 million considering it is the first flagship GT title this generation. This generation has also shown that the big franchises sell and have no doubt that GT5 will pass 10 million. The franchise already has monster legs however a good online implementation will lock on 10 million for GT5.

First year it will pass 7 million is my prediction.

Edit - The PD website says 6.28 million units of GT4 were shipped in EU yet this site says 6.33 million copies were sold. My A level maths is failing me right now. :(

It's so popular in Europe, people probably broke into the warhouse and stole copies!



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CGI-Quality said:
deathgod33 said:
CGI-Quality said:
AkibaFan said:
#@CGI

ofcourse it will

even mario got there on the N64 despite it selling less than SNES & NES

You'd be surprised how many people ACTUALLY think GT5 won't hit 10mill.....

it's not a given that it will sell 10 million, it will definitely be hard to do it. but since it's GT it's always possible.

No, nothings a given. However, this IS Gran Tursimo and I personally believe 10mill is feasible.

It's not only feasible, it's probable IMO.



           

Kantor said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
AkibaFan said:
5 million what a joke

GT > Halo people

Oh, wait, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that Halo 3 had been out so much longer than GTA4.

Also, I didn't realize that Halo 3 was so heavily bundled, and had already stopped selling.

Okay, you've confused GTA4 with GT4, GT4 with GT3, and...I'm not sure about the rest.

lol, besides all that! You understood my point. As far as sales go, Halo 3 is outpacing GT4, and that proves that GT isn't necessarily greater than Halo in sales.

My communication might not be perfect, but I'm certainly not stupid.



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ultima said:
CGI-Quality said:
deathgod33 said:
CGI-Quality said:
AkibaFan said:
#@CGI

ofcourse it will

even mario got there on the N64 despite it selling less than SNES & NES

You'd be surprised how many people ACTUALLY think GT5 won't hit 10mill.....

it's not a given that it will sell 10 million, it will definitely be hard to do it. but since it's GT it's always possible.

No, nothings a given. However, this IS Gran Tursimo and I personally believe 10mill is feasible.

It's not only feasible, it's probable IMO.

Earlier, you implied that people who didn't believe it would pass 10 million were being ludcrious.

I say, and stick with me on this, GT5 could pass 10m if it's bundled, in a few years. I doubt it will match the sales pace of Halo 3 without a bundle. Do you think it could?

It seems to me like a lot of people want this game to be the "biggest game of the generation" or "biggest exclusive" but it's simply not. 360 and Wii have both had bigger games, and have similar huge games lined up for the future. I don't know if Reach will have similar sales to Halo 3, but it'll be interesting to compare GT5 to Halo 3 and Kart.

GT5 needs to go out this year, and Sony knows it. That, plus a price cut, will help them gain a lot of ground, and they were nearing the point of no return for this generation. How will MS respond? We shall see. :)



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It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

ZenfoldorVGI said:
ultima said:
CGI-Quality said:
deathgod33 said:
CGI-Quality said:
AkibaFan said:
#@CGI

ofcourse it will

even mario got there on the N64 despite it selling less than SNES & NES

You'd be surprised how many people ACTUALLY think GT5 won't hit 10mill.....

it's not a given that it will sell 10 million, it will definitely be hard to do it. but since it's GT it's always possible.

No, nothings a given. However, this IS Gran Tursimo and I personally believe 10mill is feasible.

It's not only feasible, it's probable IMO.

Earlier, you implied that people who didn't believe it would pass 10 million were being ludcrious.

I say, and stick with me on this, GT5 could pass 10m if it's bundled, in a few years. I doubt it will match the sales pace of Halo 3 without a bundle. Do you think it could?

It seems to me like a lot of people want this game to be the "biggest game of the generation" or "biggest exclusive" but it's simply not. 360 and Wii have both had bigger games, and have similar huge games lined up for the future. I don't know if Reach will have similar sales to Halo 3, but it'll be interesting to compare GT5 to Halo 3 and Kart.

GT5 needs to go out this year, and Sony knows it. That, plus a price cut, will help them gain a lot of ground, and they were nearing the point of no return for this generation. How will MS respond? We shall see. :)

Even without bundles (and it's almost a given that the game will eventually be bundled), I thing GT5 has a fair chance of passing 10 million. Halo 3 sold almost 4 million copies in its first week. I don't think GT5's opening week is going to be as powerful, its sales will be more evenly laid out. Look at GT4's Others (GT's best region) chart. You'll see that the first few weeks, the graph has a fairly large slope, but after about week 15, the graph turns almost into a straight line, which shows that the weekly sales were pretty much constant. Now, GT3's sales are only tracked on a weekly basis in Japan, which is a shame, because I think that would've given us a better approximation to GT5 (both games were released their respective system's first GT and first real racing sim). Plus, with the demo alone selling 4 million... I think you get my point.



           

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ZenfoldorVGI said:
Kantor said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
AkibaFan said:
5 million what a joke

GT > Halo people

Oh, wait, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that Halo 3 had been out so much longer than GTA4.

Also, I didn't realize that Halo 3 was so heavily bundled, and had already stopped selling.

Okay, you've confused GTA4 with GT4, GT4 with GT3, and...I'm not sure about the rest.

lol, besides all that! You understood my point. As far as sales go, Halo 3 is outpacing GT4, and that proves that GT isn't necessarily greater than Halo in sales.

My communication might not be perfect, but I'm certainly not stupid.

First you say GT4 has a headstart on Halo 3, then you think it should be selling the same every week despite the fact that it is 5 years old and Halo 3 is 2 years old? Yes, Halo 3 will outsell GT4, but you're exaggerating. GT4 came out first, Halo 3 had a bigger opening week and similar legs.



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Halo games have bigger opening weeks but GT games have better legs



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Halo games have bigger opening weeks but GT games have better tires

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Kantor said:
 

First you say GT4 has a headstart on Halo 3, then you think it should be selling the same every week despite the fact that it is 5 years old and Halo 3 is 2 years old? Yes, Halo 3 will outsell GT4, but you're exaggerating. GT4 came out first, Halo 3 had a bigger opening week and similar legs.

Well, certainly GT4 has sold very well. However,

1. GT4 has been out much longer than Halo 3, yet it is on track to sell much less.

2. GT4 is the most recent numbered main GT game.

3. GT4 launched and sold to a much broader userbase than did Halo 3.

4. Halo 3 has never been bundled significantly in any territory.

5.

6. Ok, all together

GT4 has been out much longer

GT4 has been bundled

GT4's launch platform had a much larger userbase than Halo 3.

Halo 3 will easily and handily outsell GT4 LTD.

I don't see the embellishment.

 

If we're going to compare the two series' I don't know why we can't fairly compare these two games. GT4 had a lot of advantages over Halo 3 saleswise, but fell short, though it also had more competition, and less hype than GT5 will.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Why does Halo get brought into every GT discussion?