Yakuzaice said:
Killiana1a said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Killiana1a said:
It will only reach the 10 million mark if Sony bundles it with every PS3 until the end of this generation coupled with it selling like hotcakes these holidays. Too much time has lapsed between GT4 and GT5 leaving other games such as God of War, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and others to define the "Playstation experience" absent Gran Turismo.
I have predicted 425,000 in it's opening week and 4 million lifetime (I assume it will be bundled to give it the legs it otherwise would not have standalone retail).
As of the latest preorder charts, GT5 is at 260,000 total. No way it breaks the 1 million mark it's first weekend unless it magically adds another 100,000-200,000 preorder between now and Black Friday.
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So less than Prologue?
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Good catch. I am fully aware of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and it's 3.99 (http://www.vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Gran Turismo Prologue) sales since it was released in 2007.
Prologue's lifetime numbers are in line with my GT5 lifetime predictions. My estimate of 4 million is a tad higher.
The biggest spats I have been reading here mainly concerns GT5 vs. past GT games lifetime sales and first week sales.
There is nothing in Gran Turismo 5's preorders, currently, to make me believe there is more hype beyond the 260,000 preroders for Gran Turismo 5 to break the million barrier in it's first week.
I could be wrong, only time will tell.
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Ok, first of all the preorder charts are just for America. Dragon Quest IX only had 35k preorders, yet it did ~2.5 million first week. You can't judge worldwide sales from just one region.
Prologue is at 5.09 million shipped plus PSN sales as of September 2010. Prologue also did 655k in its first week, yet you think GT5 will do less both first week and lifetime. I find it hard to believe you really think this.
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Yes, the America market, specifically the USA is the largest single video game market. If you want to argue regions, then you have a point, but when you say America I immediately think of individual countries.
You are exactly right, I am going off of VGChartz preorders which do not include all the regions thus a game like Dragon Quest IX where only 35,000 people cared about at launch sold like hotcakes and honey in Japan where hand-helds are the preferred way of gaming.
