GT5 currently isnt out and probably wont be till holiday '09 so add a few million to the total ps3 and take into account all the people who may have waited for GT5 to arrive before buying and you got yourself a game that will double gears of war sales

1. As of the end of 2006, Gears of War had sold a bit over 3 million units on an install base of ~8 million Xbox 360s.  That's around a 38% attach ratio.

2. By the end of 2009, the ps3 should have around a 30 million install base.  For GT5 to sell 10 million, it would only need a 33% attach ratio...assuming it has to sell all ten million in 2009, which it obviously doesn't. 

3. MGS4 is well on it's way to outselling MGS3.  Similarly DMC4 (the ps3 version alone) is on it's way to outselling DMC3.  Why could GT5 not outsell GT4 as well?

4. GT4 actually sold over 10 million like GT1-3.  Our numbers say 9.5 million, but it's likely the game is under tracked.  GT4 had shipped 10.5 million as of June 2008, according to Polyphony Digital's website, and it's unlikely that a million units are still sitting on shelves at this stage.  Even for new releases it's unlikely for that many to be sitting on shelves.

Sony Online Entertainment Seattle - The Agency
Zipper Interactive - MAG
Incognito - released WarHawk and Calling all cars
SCE Bend - Resistance Restribution (psp)
SCE Foster city studio- no idea what they're working on
SCE Santa Monica Studios - God of War III
Naughty Dog - Uncharted 2...released Uncharted 1
SCE San Diego - MLB The Show and NBA...Released MLB 07 08 and NBA 07 08 09
Sony Online Entertainment - DC Universe, Free Realms...released Untold Legends
SCE Liverpool Studio - released Wipeout HD, Formula 1 championchip edition
BigBig studios - no idea what they're working on
SCE Cambridge Studios - Playtv
Evolution Studios - MotorStorm 2 just released...released MotorStorm
SCE London Studio/Team Soho- Eyedenity Eyepetz...released Singstar
Guerilla Games - Killzone 2
Clap Hanz - idk what they are working on maybe another Hot shots Golf...released HSG5
SCE Japan Studio - unannounced titles... released Echochrome eye of judgement and Siren Blood Curse
Team ICO - 3rd project
Polyphony Digital - GT5...released GT5p


Insomniac Games - Ratchet and Clank 2nd PS3 title (released R:fom R2 and R&C F:TOD)
Slant Six games - released Socom Confrontation
Sucker Punch - InFamous
Ready at Dawn - released GOW CoO
Quantic Dream - Heavy Rain
Rhino studio - released Afrika
Relentless Software - Buzz quiz tv
Level 5 - WKC
Media Molecule - LBP
Eat Sleep Play - Twisted Metal
Game Republic - released Genji and Folklore
Cellius- idk what they are working on
PSN devs... Queasy Games Everyday shooter, thatgamecompany flow and flower...Titan studios Fat Princess

Sony should definetly consider aquiring Level 5 and Insomanic...get SCE Cambridge to make a PS3 game (Medievil 3 !) give Bigbig studios the Getaway 3....have Foster city take 8 days...989- Make a new ip or make NBA series better than live and 2k...Incognito hopefully is making another PS3 game...SCEJ hopefully is working on those unannounced jrpgs...just keep the titles coming and there will be no reason to close or cut any studio/workforce since they are profitable

For the love of God, I WISH Sony would close some of their studios. They seriously have a few studios under their ownership that do absolutely nothing. Here's a list for reference.

---Sony Computer Entertainment Japan---
Clap Hanz (Hot Shots Golf)
Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo)
SCE - Japan Studio (Siren, echochrome, Ape Escape, LocoRoco)
Team ICO (ICO, Shadow of the Colossus)

---Sony Computer Entertainment America---
Incognito Entertainment (Warhawk, Twisted Metal, Jet Moto)
Naughty Dog (Uncharted, Jak & Daxter)
SCE - Bend Studios (Syphon Filter, Resistance: Retribution)
SCE - Foster Studios (Jet Li: Rise to Honor)
SCE - San Diego Studios (MLB: The Show, NBA: The Inside)
SCE - Santa Monica Studios (God of War)
Zipper Interactive (SOCOM, M.A.G.)

---Sony Computer Entertainment Europe---
Bigbig Studios (Pursuit Force)
Evolution Studios (MotorStorm)
Guerrilla Games (Killzone)
SCE - Cambridge Studios (MediEvil)
SCE - Liverpool Studios (WipEout, F1)
SCE - London Studios (Getaway, SingStar, EyePet, PlayStation Home)

---Sony Computer Entertainment Korea---
SCE - Korea (EyeToy: EduKids, GloRace: Phantastic Carnival)

---Sony Online Entertainment---
SOE - Austin (Star Wars Galaxies, DC Universe Online)
SOE - Denver (Legends of Norath, Stargate Online TCG, Pirates Online)
SOE - Los Angeles (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Q*bert)
SOE - San Diego (EverQuest, Vanguard, PlanetSide, Free Realms)
SOE - Seattle (The Matrix Online, The Agency)
SOE - Taiwan (Kung Fu Hustle)


How can anyone seriously say that Sony doesn't have studios it could afford to lose. A few of them like SCE - Foster Studios, Bigbig Studios and SCE - Cambridge Studios haven't EVER released anything worth remembering, much less anything in the last two years. They have absolutely no reason for existing. Other studios such as SOE - Taiwan and SCE - Korea have yet to show anything for themselves, but haven't existed for very long either. They also act as Sony's link to two unexplored regions. SOE - Austin, SOE - Denver and SOE - Los Angeles really don't warrant existing seperate from SOE - San Diego or SOE - Seattle. After they finish with their current projects (The Agency, Free Realms, DC Universe Online), they should all merge together into at least two or three studios.

Seihyouken,
looks like I beat you by a minute...lol

Yes Sony will close down studios after there games are released. They will start to consolodate there development teams. Escpecially devs who don't produce expected sales. What defines expected sales I have no idea.

@Seihyouken:

Sony Cambridge are known for the MediEvil series. They haven't created any new IPs for the ps3 as of yet, but they are kind've like Sony's "fix it" guys at the moment. They help out other teams, even third parties, in getting a good grasp of the ps3's architecture. Word is they also have a game now in production.

Also, we don't know the size of the teams you're referencing, nor if they are costing Sony a great deal of money.  BigBig Studios has only worked on the Pursuit Force series for the PSP, and it's unlikely that they are very large.  It's also probable that they are working on another PSP title, or possibly even a ps3 title.

Level 5 is too large a company for Sony to afford right now, but it would be awesome if Sony did acquire them.

Game Republic just announced that Folklore is dead, they haven't made anything really memorable.

From Software? God, no. Who would pay money for those people?

Media Molecule must be pretty small, I can see Sony buying them soon, like I said.

They could buy Free Radical...lol. Second Sight 2?

The studio making Heavy Rain (Quantic dreams?) could very well be purchased by Sony if all goes well with HR. MM is just a given though, small group whom Sony can expand with ease if they feel the need to, get them while they are small for a cheap price.