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Final-Fan on 16 October 2008
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Sqrl said:
c0rd said:
Kantor said:
Lol. There are 10 million people on WoW altogether...

I'm going to say GT5, like several other people. Of course, Nintendo will probably come out with yet another ridiculous idea for a game (Wii car washing? Wii House Cleaning? Wii Cooking? Oh wait, that last one's been done!) but I am hoping that people have some taste.
Europe eats up the "ridiculous" Eye toy, Singstar, and Buzz "garbage," so much for PS users' taste, hm?

OT: PS2's San Andreas made it to 10mil in 9 weeks. GTA4 (counting both platforms) took 14 weeks. Gran Turismo 5 isn't nearly as big as GTA, so Gran Turismo 5 doesn't have a chance in hell at beating San Andreas. Seriously, Wii Sports Resort has a better chance.

I don't see any games in the near future that can break San Andreas' record. I wouldn't say it's impossible, though. San Andreas came out when the PS2 was about 4 years old in the west. We have over two years until reaching that mark for this gen (the leader released less than 2 years ago). Who knows what games might be released in that timeframe.
Just to add some specifics the PS2 had an install base of about 70.9M at the time and GTA:SA was able to sell 10.06M in the first 9 weeks.  Considering that over 900k of those sales came in that 9th week I think it should be clear that GTA:SA was simply on an entirely different sales level than really anything else.

GT5 is going to have to bring a lot more than just its A-game to even have a chance at matching the record...let alone breaking it.

How long did SMB3 take?  (Disclaimer:  I have absolutely no idea myself.)



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