Gran Turismo 5 will fail to sell...

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Frieza on 11 November 2010

CGI-Quality said:

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The Unicorn thats saying its a fact that this site is full of PS fanboys and will always overhype PS related things (like GOW3 selling 5 million), he also says that according to google more people are actually searching for Street Fighter than Gran Turismo.

He also tell me the worst selling GT game was GT2 selling 9.37 million copies, 600,000k copies more than Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 a game that had 10x the hype that GT5 has, and GT5's sales wont come anywhere close to it.

Have you actually taken a look at God of War III's sales? People aren't so far fetched in their prediction of 5 million.

Yes i have its sold 3 million copies, itll struggle to get to 4 million and it will never reach 5 million. This week it sold only 5,000 copies more than MGS4 which came out mid 2008. People here were increeibly confident that this game would outsell MGS4 to be PS3s biggest selling exclusive.

I thought that was ludicrous, so just like now i told people it had no chance and what happened, everybody reacted the exact same way as they are now, saying how im stupid, im trolling, you'll see in a few months but nope again i was right.

God of War III won't stop selling in a few months, so I'm not sure what that will prove. And just because you've been right here or there doesn't really mean anything (except that you were right here and there - like many other posters in many other cases).

Also, show me the predictionds of those who said God of War IIi would be PS3's best exclusive.

I wont stop selling but its only selling 15,000 right now during a strong season, as i said itll struggle to reach 4 million, 5 million no chance.

You want to find peoples predictions out of the thousands upon thousands of replies on this site, obviously i wont be doing that but checking the games wall.

A Haaxiy says itll break 5 million.

Restored_lost says 5-6 million.

A Heavenly King thinks if anything can surpass MGS4 its GOW3, he also says "I really think this game will manage to sell like MGS4."

I see a old comment of mine saying it wont outsell MGS4 just to show im not just saying this now.

NicolasCage thought it was gonna surpass MGS4s 1.8 million first week.

Gearbox said he sees it selling like MGS4.

So thats just a few comments there, after that it became along the line of "Steep drops" "disapointing drops" "Bad legs" etc

There's nothing disappointing at all about God of War III's sales and it seems that it's only you who seems to think that way. The "vast majority" predicted it would do anywhere from 2-3.5 mill. It'll clear both and reach 4.5-4.7 million, or so. And comparing it to MGS4's current numbers is bogus. The game has already had it's prices dropped to $19.99, unlike God of War III. Let's see where God of War III sits in September of 2012 (the two and a half year mark). 4 million would have long been cleared, easily.

Why don't you go find how many said God of War wouldn't reach 3 million.

It seems that way? because i dont remember ever saying my opinion on the games sales, just my opinion on other peoples predictions. People said that it was gonna top MGS4 and it didnt.

But when i said it had no chance it a thread once all the PS3 dfans jumped on me, kinda like now, except i was right and they werent.

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Frieza on 11 November 2010

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"GT5 is just as big as MW2"

LOL, dont be stupid of course it isnt.

On youtube MW2's trailer got 8.6 million views, GT5's got 1.6 million views.

Theres over 100 MW2 videos that have 1 million views, GT5 has 4.

According to google in 2010 for every person who searchs for "Gran Turismo 5" 12 people search for "Modern Warfare 2"

MW2 has sold 20.6 million copies more than any GT game by a considerable amount, GT3 which was heavily bundled.

It sold 8.2 million week one, thats more than GT5 will sell lifetime, the game wont open to a quarter of that amount.

GT5 is about a month away and nobodies talking about it, and you think thats as big as a game that became a worldwide craze? dont be silly, why would you even say something that idiotic?

Are you for real? GT5 could end up selling more than MW2 on the PS3 (which is probably what was implied, I don't think anyone thinks GT5 could move 20-25 million (counting PC sales) lifetime). It won't sell 8.2 million lifetime? How do you know? Let me guess; people would rather play FPS games because their habits have magically changed and they no longer like racing sims, they would rather play Need for Speed or they already own Forza 3. Or the market has moved on or the delays have made all the fans lose interest. Let's play bingo!

Nobody is talking about it, huh? I haven't seen such media buzz since GTA IV and Halo 3 myself, I don't know which internet you're connected to. The notion that it won't sell more than 2 million first week is also ludicrous, pre-orders alone will likely exceed half that number and GT is not a typical pre-order title either. EMEAA alone will sell 1.5 million week one is my guess, I could be wrong. I'm sure as hell that it will easily move way more than 2 million week one worldwide though(it is also huge in Japan and quite popular in the Americas).

It wont be selling 8 million, GTA4 didnt sell even 7 million yet and that was always a much bigger franchise than GT.

You havent seen such media buzz since GTA4 and Halo 3? then why are more people searching for Tekken than Gran Turismo? you think Mortal Kombat would outsearch GTA5, Halo Reach 2, MW3 when they were less than a month away?

Its US pre orders are pretty unimpressive as it is.

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Frieza on 11 November 2010

CGI-Quality said:

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It seems that way? because i dont remember ever saying my opinion on the games sales, just my opinion on other peoples predictions. People said that it was gonna top MGS4 and it didnt.

But when i said it had no chance it a thread once all the PS3 dfans jumped on me, kinda like now, except i was right and they werent.

It's interesting that you applaud the predictions that were slightly off (which is funny because I don't recall anyone claiming GOWIII would outsell MGS4 in this amount of time), but yet you ignore all of the underestimates.

I just quoted and listed names to several people on the GOW3 page who said itd outsell MGS4 and there were bound to be hundreds more in topics on here.

I dont care about those who underestimate it, thats not the point im making. PS fans severly over predict PS exlusives, people were saying Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 would sell above 4 million, God of War 3 over 5 million, GT5 over 10 million.

They make unrealistic predictions that just have no chance at happening and get disappointed yet still continue to do it. That fool Darth predicted FF13 to outsell FF7s 10 million, its yet to sell 6 million.

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