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Jo21 on 04 July 2010
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DirtyP2002 said:
snfr said:
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.
GT on PSP sold 1.3 million, which is not that good.

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.

 

 

I don't think that the push GT5 will give to the PS3 will be so huge (not 3 million!) but it will be huge anyway.

But seriously, stop treating GT5 Prologue like a full game. It wasn't only a demo of course, but when you compare it to GT1-4 it had "almost" no content.

Still it SEEMS to ME that the GT franchise is not as big as it once was. Same goes for the whole Racing genre.

2.7 million people played the Halo Reach beta in 2 weeks. And compared to a full Halo, there was "almost" no content as well. I think Halo or other shooter are more popular than racing these days.


only in the US, there is japan and europe and especially europe Racing > halo