What will sell more Gran Turismo 5 or Mario Kart wii.

[Peter Potamus]

Sullla said:

tokilamockingbrd said:
Why did GT4 sell so much less than GT3? Been wondering that I have them both and liked GT4 3x better... Is it possible that the popularity for GT is not what it used to be(8 million is still hecka popular)

That's an excellent question, and there's a good reason for Gran Turismo 3's very high sales numbers. The game was actually bundled with the PS2 in a number of markets, especially European ones. I have no idea how many units that was responsible for moving, but I would guess several million at the least. That's why a comparison between Gran Turismo 4 (which was not bundled) and Mario Kart: Double Dash is probably a more accurate one. (It's also possibly that my memory is wrong and I'm totally off, but I definitely seem to recall seeing GT3 bundle deals...)

Just to provide the numbers again:

	Mario Kart 64	Nintendo	2.24	5.52	2.11	9.87
	Super Mario Kart	Nintendo	3.82	3.59	1.35	8.76
	Mario Kart DS	Nintendo	2.77	2.84	2.67	8.28
	Mario Kart: Double Dash	Nintendo	0.89	3.85	1.86	6.60
	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	Nintendo	1.00	2.66	1.79	5.45

	Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec	Sony	1.89	7.13	5.85	14.87
	Gran Turismo	Sony	2.55	3.99	4.31	10.85
	Gran Turismo 2	Sony	1.71	3.96	3.70	9.37
	Gran Turismo 4	Sony	1.16	2.63	5.00	8.79

Mario Kart 64 held up quite well against Gran Turismo and GT2, despite being on a platform with about 1/3 of the Playstation's sales. Double Dash similarly performed fairly in relation to Gran Turismo 4, considering that the Gamecube was even more brutally crushed by the PS2. With the Wii outselling the PS3, I expect that sales will flip around this generation. Mario Kart Wii should sell ~10m, while Gran Turismo 5 ends up at ~6m. It has nothing to do with how good the games are (GT5 will have a much higher attach rate), just the install base of each platform.

 

GT 4 sales were dissapointing because the lack of online play. And i'll say it again, the GT series sells more when it makes it's debut on a next gen console.