| DirtyP2002 said: Do people expect GT5 to move 3 million consoles? I doubt there are three million people waiting to get a PS3 for one game. I know last gens sales of the GT franchise were huge, but is it the same this gen? GT5p sold 3.78 million copies (bundled), which is definitely good, but not super awesome huge mega - like. Racing games are not that popular anymore. Shooter seem to be the best selling genre on th HD consoles. Halo, Modern Warfare, Gears etc. GT5 will be bundled as well, but I have my doubts it will move hardware as good as people think. As a racing fan, I already had the chance to play dozens of Racing games. There are 5 Need for Speed games, 2 Forzas, 2 Test Drive Unlimiteds, 1 Race PRO, 2 PGRs, 2 DiRTs, GRID, Ridge Racer, 3 Moto GPs, 2 Nascar, 2 Burnouts, Blur, SpiltSecond and PURE - but that is not all. I think most of the racing fans could have picked a console already. I really think there are no huge system sellers left for this gen. Look, the 360 will be in its 6th year (!!!) soon. The PS3 will be in its 5th year soon. Both have HUGE libraries. One game won't make people to buy a system at this age.
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This is the best post of this thread. GT5 is just not going to do the sales that GT3 did when it comes to console sales. It is a totally different environment.
40 million PS3s already sold vs like 10 million.
GT3 showed the world what the PS2 could do. We already know what the PS3 can do.
GT5 has been selling PS3s for 5 years now and the GT fanatics (being fanatics) picked up a PS3 for GT5p.
So many racers with incredible visuals have already released the gen. Certainly pushing people wanting GT5 over the edge.
Software will sell great and PS3 will sell similiar to last year in November and December.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
