Soriku said:
leo-j said:
HappySqurriel said:
Mars said:
HappySqurriel said:
I'll explain the relevance of the comparison between Gran Turismo 4: Prologue and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue ... Gran Turismo 4: Prologue sales were roughly 70% of Gran Turismo 4's sales in Japan, and it is highly likely that a lot of people who bought GT4:Prologue also bought GT4; it is also very likely that people who bought both of these "versions" of Gran Turismo would be the most dedicated fans of the series and the most likely to buy a PS3 to play Gran Turismo 5 on. The fact that Gran Turismo 5: Prologue's sales are so much lower than Gran Turismo 4: Prologue's sales implies to me that we should see a similar drop from Gran Turismo 4 to Gran Turismo 5; if I'm correct and Gran Turismo 5 only sells between 500,000 and 600,000 units in Japan it can't really be classified as that big of a game anymore. |
People please read that and dare tell me hes not a delusional fanboy.
Then agian he did say 360 will out sale PS3 2-1 in Europe on xmas 07 so thats how much weight you should put behind any of his posts. Heres a FACT, YOU have NO CLUE how much GT5p sold through PSN thats just one little fact you omited from your post. Gran Turismo no longer classified as a big games, ONLY on vg.  |
So, in a country where 80% of households DO NOT HAVE BROADBAND INTERNET, and most households pay for their dial-up on a minute basis, more people are going to download a multi-gigabyte game over weeks than are just going to walk out to the store and buy it? |
You know how fast the PS STORE is in japan? |
Enlighten us. You don't even live in Japan. How would you know how fast it is? |
Read and consisder yourself enlightened. It should come as no surprise to anyone that the U.S. is behind the curve relative to the many tech developed nations when it comes to network infrastructure on a national level. The U.S. is a very large country. It will take a far greater amount of funds and time to play catch up to more condensed nations like Japan and South Korea.
Cost of 100mbps fiber network access from NTT or Yahoo in Japan? Less than $40/month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801990.html
