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Killiana1a on 15 January 2011
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mundus6 said:
psrock said:

Well, Sony sold 1.21 million with GT5 bombing, move bombing, people need to stop buying PS3 for porn.


How is GT bombing when its already sold 5 million? And i wouldn't say Move is bombing it sold quite well, considering it got a whooping 0 games that hasn't been done on the wii and better. Unless you count games that where remade for it (which 99 out of 100 still plays with a pad).

This same question has been raised over at NeoGAF with plenty of responses.

Compared to any normal game, you are right it is a success.

However, if you take into account:

1. Gran Turismo 5 took 6 to 7 years to create

2.  A budget over $60 million

3. Lofty expectations as the latest iteration in one of the top selling video game series (not counting Nintendo games):

Gran Turismo - 10.85 million

Gran Turismo 2 - 9.37 million

Gran Turismo 3 - 14.89 million

Gran Turismo 4 - 10.60 million

Gran Turismo 5 (current subject to change in the future) - 5.06 million

Source: http://www.vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=Gran Turismo &publisher=&console=&genre=&minSales=0&results=50&sort=Total

Under these 3 criteria, Gran Turismo 5 can questionably be called out for underperforming. This being said, selling 2.5 million copies per month in your first 2 months out on the market standalone (not bundled) is excellent. However, this is a Gran Turismo game we are talking about, not Alan Wake or some new IP with a lack of history to live up to.

I firmly believe Gran Turismo 5 will sell around 9.5 million making it the 3rd best selling Gran Turismo game when all is said and done. As for bundled vs. standalone numbers, we are getting into theorycrafting and fuzzy math here. Standalone basically means the consumer wants the game. A bundled buy is a "compelled" purchase to use a term from a commentator on NeoGAF.