Gran Turismo 5 is already profitable?!!!

[darthdevidem01]

CGI-Quality said:

famousringo said:

darthdevidem01 said:

saicho said:
People need to decide if GT5P is a full game or a demo. It can't be a full game and a demo at the same time.

Its a semi-game!

LOL, I don't know if semi-game is the right term, but it definitely doesn't sit properly in either category.

It can't be a full game, because the full game is yet to be released.

It can't be a demo, because it isn't free and a lot of people pay good money for it.

It's some kind of beta or preview that people pay money to enjoy. It's a really impressive feat on Polyphony/Sony's part and I can't think of any other game that manages this to earn revenue off a beta release.

@ CGI-Quality

I'm not sure, but I'm also certainly not going to take the word of some blogger and his fuzzy math. If Sony or Polyphony announce that sales of GT5:P have entirely funded the development of GT:5, I'll buy them. In Mythbusters terms, it's plausible, but far from confirmed.

Hence my question mark in the thread title

That's funny too, I nearly left it out, but quickly realized the nature of the article.

funny how many people ignored the question & acted as if the article was stating fact

even though it must be quite close