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outlawauron on 09 December 2007

This is for Japan only. They expect to sell 250k retail and 50k downloads from PSN.

There is also a little nugget about Warhawk selling 9k via PSN in Japan.

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Bladeneo on 09 December 2007

Didnt realise it was downloadable as well, much harder to find out those exact sale figures.

250K is quite a nice amount to be aiming for, if they hit that I can see a hardware boost in the region of 60-70k.



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carlos710 on 09 December 2007

ok number, i think they can do it.

however i wonder how much Ps3 hardware sales are going to increase.



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Bonafide732 on 09 December 2007

i havent read it but is this 1st day sales or what??



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Bodhesatva on 09 December 2007

Was wondering the same thing, can't decipher the translation.

Is 250k their expected retail LTD? First week? First day?  



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Sorrow880 on 09 December 2007

Not bad...has to be first week sales because not a chance on first day, but way, way more LTD...

300,000 altogether the first week (disc & online together--250,000 + 50,000). Actually, that would be INCREDIBLE considering Japan only has an install base of 1.48 million...that would be 20.3% of ps3 owners in Japan buying it in the first week.

To put in perspective...that would be like Super Mario Galaxy selling 802,000 copies its first week (20.3% @ current install base....not when it was actually released). And it actually only sold around 261,000 its first week with a much higher install base.

I hope it does very well, but I think these figures are a little high...I look for more like 150,000-160,000 altogether, but I hope I'm wrong.



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FinalEvangelion on 09 December 2007

Well, GT4: P sold about 200k on the first week in Japan. But GT3 was already on the PS2, so there was alot less excitement for a prologue game.

This is the first GT game on the PS3 / HD TV. It probably has more hype, but 250k seems a little high.



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Bodhesatva on 09 December 2007

300k first week is near a 25 percent attach rate; is that how Gran Turismo sells in Japan? I thought it wasn't as front loaded as most RPGs are. AND it's a prologue, not an actual game -- 25 percent attach rate would be awesome for the full fledged game.

Not saying it isn't possible, just not sure how GT ends up working in Japan. I know it's very popular -- Sony's second most popular franchise, after Hot Shots Golf.  



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konnichiwa on 09 December 2007

If they can do more than 100k the first week then I think they should be already happy.

250k is high but who knows it is Japan many on this forum made bad predictions and for Sony it would be the best if they can do more than my 100 k prediction.






Peter Potamus on 09 December 2007

50 cars, 4 tracks and online play. It may not be a full game, but thats a big demo. Online play is a first in the GT series.



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