I think you mean that Halo 3 had massive amounts of advertising. Plus I spend my life everywhere not just on this site. I just joined recently and spend most of my time outside or on the PS3.

kz2 didnt have that much hype lol. only a few internet gaming geeks like us hyped it up. in the real world not many people knew about it but the people who have have brought it. GT5 is going to be dif.

GT5 in europe is huge and i mean huge all of my friends that ave owned a playstation consoel know about gt. Why would they not want t get gt5. it is the best racing game series by miles. I expect a high attach rate for gt and teh cell machine.

I think GT5 will be the PS3's biggest system seller. You can't deny that it is by far Sony's best selling franchise, with over 50 million games sold if I'm correct. The thing is, it may not have as much hype, but hype doesn't necessarily translate into sales. Look at COD: WAW. It had some hype to it, but nowhere near as much as Gears of War 2. Yet, it still outsold it on the 360 as well as selling very well on the PS3. And look at KZ2. It is actually quite the success story because most franchises that start off with only decent numbers like KZ did don't post the numbers that KZ2. The thing is, frachises sell. And I expect GT5 to sell atleast 8 million just because it has a huge fanbase and odds are quite a bit of that fanbase still hasn't purchased a PS3. Hype can only go so far, I still think in the videogame industry its the franchises that have the most guarenteed success even if there isn't alot of internet buzz around them

Its well known that halo3 needed 30 millions to make. And MS spend 35 millions to advertice it.

You had halo soda, halo doritos and tv add every 10 minutes...publicity targeted to the non gamer. That kind of publicity really help sales and review scores.

MS really know how to advertice their games.

@ Sabby...

Hype :
A clever marketing strategy which a product is advertized as the thing everyone must have, to the point where people begin to feel they need to consume it.

Now drop the stupid Halo/Killzone hype topic now you have been proved wrong... and get back on topic in your own thread?

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Dude... I even have the Japanese version of GT1 and 2.. I know how big the franchise is.. hell I even took a spin in a car at a dealer cause you would get a special demo with it.... but the sudden drop in the Sales of GT4 has to be explained somehow... cause it was a bigger and better with a bigger installbase then GT3.. So my question is: Is it still as popular as it was?

Good thing you brought GT5p up cause looking at it sales

       US Other

GT3  1.2 : 1
GT4  .48 : 1
GT5p .38: 1

So the americans are even buying less Gran Turismo then before compared to the Other sales..

@ Kowenicki: "But the UK has chosen the 360" - total rubbish.
America is 360, mainland Europe is PS3, and UK is somewhere in between.

As for the game - the issue has been discussed countless times on here and it's been shown that it's perfectly reasonable to expect a 9-10 million seller from GT5.

As for the weekly boost, it all depends on the release date & whether it coincides with price cuts/holiday season.

GT4 prologue wasn't released in the US.... but looking at the trend of lower sales of the other games in the US.. and the not so hot selling PS3... I'm with the OP.. 6 million and a surprise if it hits 10..

*note* I do love the games..

Well, it's no HEAVY RAIN but I think GT5 will push some 100,000 PS3 units.

The game itself will sell 7 million copies.