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You can't understand how BIG this thing is in EU

this time its got the TOP GEAR track

it will surely FEATURE on the TOP GEAR SHOW

you have no idea how massive GT5 is gonna be in EU



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darthdevidem01 said:
You can't understand how BIG this thing is in EU

this time its got the TOP GEAR track

it will surely FEATURE on the TOP GEAR SHOW

you have no idea how massive GT5 is gonna be in EU


This. Anyone who watches Top Gear will buy this game and a PS3. I know what Top Gear fans are like and they go crazy.




i'm gonna predict its gonna have a higher metacritic score than forza motorsport 3 xD
A guy with a F1 avatar have been saying that forza 3 is gonna have a better score
but we will see....



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Tyrannical said:
All the big GT fans already bought a PS3 to play prologue.


I have to respectfully disagree with this statement. I think the big GT fans are smart enough to know that its only a prologue and while some big fans probably did buy a PS3 for it, I think a lot will when the full GT5 is out.



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darthdevidem01 said:
You can't understand how BIG this thing is in EU

this time its got the TOP GEAR track

it will surely FEATURE on the TOP GEAR SHOW

you have no idea how massive GT5 is gonna be in EU

Any idea of what kind of sales spike the PSP is getting from Gran Turismo, due to the first full version of the game this generation, has come out first on the PSP?



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think of it as a metroid or halo.
It's a franchise with a lot of old fans who might not own the system until the game comes out.



richardhutnik said:
darthdevidem01 said:
You can't understand how BIG this thing is in EU

this time its got the TOP GEAR track

it will surely FEATURE on the TOP GEAR SHOW

you have no idea how massive GT5 is gonna be in EU

Any idea of what kind of sales spike the PSP is getting from Gran Turismo, due to the first full version of the game this generation, has come out first on the PSP?

I love how you compare PSP sw/hw to PS3 sw/hw.

Right...

PSP- GTA: Liberty City Stories boosted PSP hardware by 20k on release.

PS3- The multiplat GTA4 boosted PS3 hardware by over 100k on release.

Do you now see why it is daft to compare PSP + PS3 sw/hw sales?



                            

My brother is gonna buy a PS3 when GT5 releases. So it will have sold one system. And to the guy who called GT5:P a failure, are you serious?!?! How can a demo be a failure if it sold 4million copies(guessing with PSN sales)?



richardhutnik said:
darthdevidem01 said:
You can't understand how BIG this thing is in EU

this time its got the TOP GEAR track

it will surely FEATURE on the TOP GEAR SHOW

you have no idea how massive GT5 is gonna be in EU

Any idea of what kind of sales spike the PSP is getting from Gran Turismo, due to the first full version of the game this generation, has come out first on the PSP?

Every single person with PSP I know have pirated the GTPSP. Through another forums where I was active member, every single guy with PSP there pirated that game two days after release...



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richardhutnik said:
uber said:
i don't think people realize just how big it will be.

the formula for system sellers is pretty simple. if you approach it from a common sense point of view you will be wrong...as most here are. it's not a matter of tons of people waiting for a particular moment to get a system. with a data set as big as the commercialized world near (practically infinite for probability's sake) anything with a probability greater than zero will have a noticeable impact on sales. price cuts are the most influential, but game launches come second. even though we are thoroughly into this gen, a popular franchise's first foray into it will cause a splash.

now consider a franchise with the global following of gt. it's been out longer than halo, sold more games than almost any other franchise, and has been in the works for years. if gtp had not already been released, then i would bet anything that its launch blows mgs4 away. even with prologue it will be close. you can mark my words that sony's total sales for the week will be up 50% when it releases. god of war 3 will do really well too, but it doesn't have the following of gran turismo.

My focus was on a title causing a system to be sold, rather than how well it sells on a given system.  Gran Turismo was on the top console, and was top in the niche on that console.  How many people bought a Playstation to play just that though?  Or, did they have the console and decided to buy the game as a result?  If the title is that big of a system seller, what kind of sales spike are we looking at with the PSP, for example?  I would say if Gran Turismo hit within the first year of the PS3 coming out, then maybe there would be something.

Yea and MGS3 was a niche game on the top console. But it sold more on PS3. Nice argument you have there. Pity it fails.