GT5 to reach 5 mill in last week of 2010?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

DonFerrari said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

It could sell 250-350k, landing just short of the goal. Then it could be adjusted up.   

Considering GT5 has been accused of privileging too much Japan in its car assortment, I'm quite surprised the Japanese welcomed it worse than expected, but this gen can really be unpredictable sometimes, I also expect some outsider to revolutionize again PC gaming world sooner or later in Heaven knows what genre... And as I maybe already wrote somewhere else, I hope GT5 success, providing attention to the whole genre for free, will help PC devs find funds easier to complete the next PC racing sims (arcade racers OTOH, if still liked enough by PC gamers, can enjoy the indirect boost from Mario Kart).

As in consoles GT isn't seriously challanged, PC sims pushing the envelope will challagen Kaz Ya to make the game better in the next interations, i would love to see it evolving even more.

 

Agree. Each gaming world, PC and consoles, has something good to transmit to the other, I get mad when the osmosis happen for the flaws, instead, like PC games dumbed down with the false belief that it's needed to sell their console port, PC levels of PC-XB1 multiplats chopped in small parts because XB1 had too little memory, or, OTOH consoles getting rushed and buggy releases to be patched later, instead of their polished and stable games of the past.

About the prediction, it looks like it will land just short of 5M, unless there be an unlikely leap to 101k or more in Japan this week.

Considering the sales pattern, Sony should start regular bundling in Japan next Golden Week, while in America and EMEAA limited time bundling and offers should be enough until after Xmas 2011 and regular bundling could start anytime looks most fit in 2012.