My arguement would be that everyone at this point knows that the game is coming out this week...i mean it is everywhere on the net. They are talking about it on TV, Top Gear had a huge section in their last issue. I mean the world is going crazy of this, personally I am trying to waste time by playing old games and trying to distract myself until I can pick up my Signature Edition.

Speak of the devil, it was just shown on the colts/pats game.

And a quick aside- fucking Browns how do you lose to the jaguars?

Never saw advertising anywhere in Germany sadly.

Lots of french (including me) already bought the game (some major retailers sold GT5 since friday 19) so that may hurt week 1 sales in EMEAA...

Is it good?

ioi will probably lump those sales into the first week. NSMB Wii had any early launch in Australia last year. At first it showed up as 34k week 1, then later it was added to the rest. So yeah, an extra 4 days of sales in France won't hurt it (quite the opposite).

@ tombi123 :

Short answer : AFAIK yes

Long answer :  I only played 3 hours so far, trying to get all gold trophies in B-license. Need more time to evaluate how good it is.

Are the graphics OMGZZZZZZ WOWWWWWW?

Great, but not so OMGZ WOWWWWW, except in Replay/Photo Mode wich are awesomely awesome.

That Jets vs Texans game was freaking clutch. I was biting my nails to the end. I feel sorry for Houston though.

On Topic: I think we're going to be seeing some monster first week numbers for GT5 in EMEAA.