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damndl0ser on 11 July 2010

The best part of Top Gear is not the stuff they do on the Track.  Its always the adventures they go on and the silly shit that follows.  I love the show and will be happy to see the new season.  I

 

Personally I don't think it will provide much of a boost even if they did plug it, but more power  to them if thats what they end up doing.  However, I do believe the current season will be over or near its end by the time GT5 is finally released.  So they will have to wait till next years series if they do it and that will really end up helping little to none.



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wholikeswood on 11 July 2010
phinch1 said:
kowenicki said:

its a leap to think people that watch top gear have an interest in gaming.

Of the half dozen guys I am in business with, all of which watch top gear, only one is interested in gaming... me.    The rest have zero interest.  I also think the star in a car test track section is the least interesting and amusing part of the whole show.


its a leap to think that the other 349,999,994 viewers have the same lack of interest in games as your friends.

349, 999, 995 actually, but 'Ho ho ho' nonetheless. XD

Can personally see some sort of feature. They'll probably do as they did before and race in the game and in real life with the same conditions, except this time making use of the Top Gear Test Track's inclusion in GT5.



Serious_frusting on 11 July 2010
kowenicki said:
Serious_frusting said:

wow

 

Kow is really on form today lmao


meaning?  All I am saying is that the appearance, or otherwise, of GT on Top gear is all but irrelevant from a sales perspective. 

What do you believe?    

Meaning as in you aint letting nothing pass you today. I have been laughing reading yours and other people comments in this thread.

 

With that been said I am sure that GT5 being featured on Top Gear will help its sales. Plus if it does nt help its sales increase it will defo make the game be more front loaded. 350 Million people knowing what the game looks like. How realistic it is and when it is going to release wont hurt one bit in my opinion. And should help the game sell faster.

And no i dont think that this game being shown on top gear assuming that it happens wil make it sell like 20 million more then it normaly does. Thats just stupid.



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yo_john117 on 11 July 2010

Did the GT4 showing on Top Gear give it a big boost?



Boutros on 11 July 2010

There's not 350 million viewers lol

It's not even broadcast here in America as of right now.



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STEKSTAV on 11 July 2010
Doobie_wop said:
kowenicki said:
Doobie_wop said:
kowenicki said:
Serious_frusting said:

wow

 

Kow is really on form today lmao


meaning?  All I am saying is that the appearance, or otherwise, of GT on Top gear is all but irrelevant from a sales perspective. 

What do you believe?    

 Any awareness raised about a product is good for sales, it's part of the reason why the Wii is what it is today. Car enthusiast watch Top Gear, GT5 is one of the best driving games that's ever going to be released, what makes you think that maybe 5% of those 350 million people that watch the show won't pick up a PS3 or the game? 


5%... so you believe that it is possible that the appearaed of Gt5 on Top Gear could cause a spike in PS3 sales of 17m, or that GT5 will have 17m more sales than usual? 

this forum gets crazier by the week...

anyone else agree with doobie?

 I just grabbed a percentage and chucked it in there to make my point about how any sort of awareness would help the game out. I don't like making prediction's when I have nothing to back up my numbers. The debate isn't about how much it will sell, it's if the appearance on the show will benefit the game's sales.


Lets not market any game at all.. no one is interested anyway. Whats the point.

I mean, RedBull Flugtag, wtf does an engergy drink have to do with a home made airplane contest? Thats not their main audience. I mean, what does Coors Light have to do with UFC? Everyone doesent drink beer.



Grimes on 11 July 2010

Do you have even a shred of evidence that 350 million people watch the show? Or are you saying 350 million people have access to BBC? Because those are two very different things to say.



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STEKSTAV on 11 July 2010
Grimes said:

Do you have even a shred of evidence that 350 million people watch the show? Or are you saying 350 million people have access to BBC? Because those are two very different things to say.


He's saying "it goes out to" 350m. The show dose not have 350m viewers.. I think i read somewhere that they had 10m or so.



Grimes on 11 July 2010
STEKSTAV said:
Grimes said:

Do you have even a shred of evidence that 350 million people watch the show? Or are you saying 350 million people have access to BBC? Because those are two very different things to say.


He's saying "it goes out to" 350m. The show dose not have 350m viewers.. I think i read somewhere that they had 10m or so.


A rather meaningless statistic then. I'm not advocating Kinect in any way, but it was shown on GMA on ABC which has access to hundreds of millions. Yet it would be silly to bring that up.



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Mummelmann on 11 July 2010

Since Top Gear has been known to help the sales of cars costing from 10.000 pounds and upwards, there's no reason to believe it won't have an impact on a 60£ game at all.

Grimes; does it matter? Regardless of whether you have BBC or not, 350 million viewers get the same content no matter where and how they watch it. I know for a fact that 350 million do not watch it on BBC though, me and my pals have to torrent the episodes as they come in, I still watch it and I still love it to bits though!

 

Edit; nevermind, the show is huge and broadcast all over the world, we do see it on the state channel here as well, only it takes a couple of months before they air it.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/33581.html

Edit 2; You can also read around for all the topics on car manufacturers and their relationship to Top Gear, these chaps really have a whole lot of influence and media power and a lot of manufacturers take it personally if this one programme doesn't approve of their car, and have been known to send them new and tweaked ones if they weren't satisfied the first time around. This speaks volumes of the kind of impact and credibility they have worldwide so we shouldn't be so quick to disarm the whole argument that this might boost sales somewhat, especially in Europe, who are absoltely bonkers about both Top Gear and Gran Turismo. To blindly state that this won't do anything for sure is rather silly imo.