pezus said:
jarrod said:
pezus said:
jarrod said:
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Lol, holding up? It's massively up on GT4 in its biggest and by far the most important region.
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It's ahead simply due to the holiday launch timing, you're comparing apples with oranges here. And despite the holiday, America and Japan aren't faring quite so well... look at the larger picture.
Besides which, GT4 was the 2nd series entry on PS2, there's invariably some franchise fatigue at play there. This goes for most big PS2 series (MGS3, FFXII, DMC2/3, Mingol 4, Tekken 5, SC3, etc, etc)... the standard for initial current gen entries should really be the initial PS2 entries anyway, as both have the "first mover" franchise appeal.
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So, do you think it will start falling behind GT4 in Europe soon then?
The only reason GT3 sold more than GT4 is because it was heavily bundled in America. GT4 sold more than 3 in Europe so it's actually growing there.
GT5 is the second GT entry on PS3 to many PS3 owners. 5 million have it so I think that's fair to say.
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I think GT4's first full year will be ahead of GT5 worldwide. I do think GT5 might sell comparably overall in Europe, but in America and Japan there's pretty much no hope of it catching GT4 (and thus, hitting 10m).
I think Prologue is dicey, but yeah I agree it did take some of that "first mover" appeal away from GT5 proper. Then again, this was also something I talked about before GT5 released, and I was endlessly assured it wouldn't be the case by the usual GT cheerleaders.
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Why is there no hope in America? It's already reached about 1.3 million there (GT4 sold just 2.84 million there) and I think it can reach 2.5-3 million eventually. So if we assume EMEAA will have the same or slightly better sales than GT4 (6.5-7 million) it only needs 3-3.5 million more from America and Japan. Assuming it will get close to 700k in Japan (without possible bundles) it only needs 2.3-2.8 million more from America.
I see this scenario as quite likely actually and this "no hope" phrase you keep using bears no meaning.
Oh, and btw, it doesn't have to sell on par with GT4 to reach 10m since GT4 sold 10.6 million (shipped close to 11m).
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GT5 was already bundled in Japan (with a new color PS3 even). And America too it turns out, though they were extremely limited here (Best Buy only, limited quantities, and initially only for a TV deal).
I just don't see GT5 tripling it's US sales, which is basically what it'll need to hit that milestone. And honestly, even 700k Japan is looking ambitious at this point... it's probably going to do less than that there.
