Explanation: Why Gran Turismo 5 Prologue sold less than people expected

[Just_Ben]

Louie said:

There is this issue with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue numbers. Many people expected it to top 1 million units in the first week and are dissapointed now.

To clear up the situation: When talking about Pre-orders you have to keep in mind that there are user-preorders and shop-preorders.

User-preorders are the copies preordered by actual gamers who want to buy the game at the first day.

Retail-preorders are the copies preorderd by shops / retailers --> these copies do not always sell during the first days, it is just the number of units lying in stores.

 

In the case of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue those 1 million units are retail preorders, meaning there are 1 million copies available in stores. We have no information about user-preorders, though.

 

I hope this explains the issue a bit better.

 

 

 You are forgetting something: The number of "1 Million preorders" came from a PR rep. PR means: Twist the reality without lying. Is there a hardware bundle of GT5:P? As far as I know off. Can shop preorder them? I personal would think so. Can we count that as "Preorder". Yes we can ;)

Thats why I was not impressed by that 1 Million in the first place (Yes this game is selling good, especially for a PS3 game, but that was expected!)