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Rpruett on 14 April 2009
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Onyxmeth said:
Rpruett said:
This isn't even a question. People mentioning user bases? You're off base. If we're talking popularity? The Gran Turismo franchise is clearly more popular. The best selling Gran Turismo game has sold easily more than the best selling Halo game.

As a matter of fact, all Gran Turismo's have sold well. Why? It's MORE popular than Halo. It's just that simple. Halo is not the end all be all. Especially on a world wide scale. Japanese could careless about Halo. Europe as whole doesn't care that much either. Gran Turismo is Halo (In America) huge in Europe and Japan.

 

Yeah but the best selling GT game was released 8 years ago. Do you really think looking at it that black and white gives an accurate picture of how well GT5 will perform in today's environment?

You talk about GT being popular on a worldwide scale as opposed to Halo's American dominance like it means something. Just pitting two regions against one does not make the two more powerful.

 

This thread is about which franchise is more popular than the other. In this instance,  yes Gran Turismo kicks, beats, tars and feathers Halo. Then comes back and molests Halo a little longer.   This isn't about GT5/Halo 3.    That comparison will never be accurate, considering a whole host of factors go into play there.  

  In terms of the series though?  There is no comparison. Gran Turismo's best selling version is significantly better than Halo's best selling version. 

Ofcourse it's popularity in Japan and Europe means something.   This viewpoint that "Halo walks on water and is the most popular game that's ever existed"  is not only patently false but it's also VERY VERY VERY "American-centric".   The rest of the world does not care about Halo.

Gran Turismo sees solid sales in all three regions (Something Halo can't say).   Additionally,  since Halo is a very American-centric game...The chances that it's more popular diminish significantly.

 

America for the 360 accounts for 166,157,971 in software sales. Others and Japan combined for 360 account for 57,467,437 in software sales. So Halo's strongest region, America accounts for 74% of the buying audience.

Japan and Others for the PS3 account for 63,414,326 in software sales. America accounts for 64,199,452 in software sales. So Gran Turismo's strongest regions account for almost 50% of the buying audience.

So it's better for Halo to be strongest in America than it is for Gran Turismo to be strongest in Others/Japan because America is a bigger region than both of them combined, especially in the case of the 360.

 

In terms of overall numbers,  It's better to be appealing to all three regions then region locked to one.  Period.   America accounts for about 300,000,000 people in a world filled with 6,000,000,000 people.  In terms of popularity?   Gran Turismo has penetrated and had more success overall in large part due to it's ability to transcend cultures. (Something Halo has yet and probably NEVER will accomplish).