| artur-fernand said: A friend of mine is a huge fan of Gran Turismo, but he's fairly sure GT7 will NOT hit 10 million sales - he predicts 5-6, maybe even just 4. His reasoning is that people will not come back after GT5 disappointed them. So, what do you think? Edit: Oh, another thing is that he thinks that Driveclub and Project CARS (lol) will steal some of GT7's sales. And he's 150% sure that GT will NEVER hit 2,5 million units on the US again.
Here's my two cents: the simple fact that it's the first GT on the PS4 will make it reach 10 million. The fanbase didn't seem THAT disappointed with GT5, but I'm not part of that fanbase, so who knows. Oh, and GT6 "doesn't count". It had a horrible timing, should have never been a PS3 game, imo. |
Allow me to disagree with your friend. First of all... how old is he? GT sales, as we know them, may drop, but one should take into account that digital sales keep growing - and that impacts physical ones.
The sole reason the franchise is going "shrink" is the constant bashing it gets from media and people over the internet. While it is among the best (if not the best) driving simulator out there (GT6 the best in the series), people keep the opinion of it producing a heavily flawed experience racing-wise.
I can understand that. The vast majority of gamers are not reali-life racers. Can't tell the fine aspects of driving (and racing) delivered by the game. Most of them met racing (and indeed driving) through TV, series and films. And that is what they expect (and need to have) from a racing game. Not realism though.
This, I stole from grandpa...It's called soap.
