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Gilgamesh on 18 May 2009

It has just surpassed Metal Gear Solid 4

GT5P: 680,265

MGS4: 674,428

The actual GT5 game is going to be insane if a demo did this good.

(I know some of it is because of the bundle, but still)



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ShadowSoldier on 18 May 2009

I predict that GT5 will sell about 1-2M first week in Japan



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NanakiXI on 18 May 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
I predict that GT5 will sell about 1-2M first week in Japan

 

So roughly 1/3 of the userbase will buy the game? I'll take you up on that bet. I beleive in the power of the GT series but I always like a good bet. What are the conditions?



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outlawauron on 18 May 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
I predict that GT5 will sell about 1-2M first week in Japan

I predict that GT 5 will sell 800k-1.2 million in Japan in its lifetime.



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NanakiXI on 18 May 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
I predict that GT5 will sell about 1-2M first week in Japan

 

Let us bet. It would be fun!



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Munkeh111 on 18 May 2009

I believe that Final Fantasy XIII will come out first, and so massively increase the user base in Japan. That will mean that after FF XIII's 1m+ launch, GT 5 can easily sell 800k-1m



Kantor on 18 May 2009

Let's see what previous games did:

Gran Turismo: 2.55 million
Gran Turismo 2: 1.71 million
Gran Turismo 3: 1.89 million
Gran Turismo 4 Prologue: 0.79 million
Gran Turismo 4: 1.16 million
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: 0.68 million

I think GT5 will just about cross a million in Japan, looking at the prologues for GT4 and GT5. GT5 was on the market for way longer, on a console with no other GT game, and it's still below GT4P. GT is still huge, but it's not that massive in Japan anymore.



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RPG on 18 May 2009

Yep Gran Turismo has become smaller in NA and EU however it keeps on growing in EU. However it has been a long long long time since the last flagship GT game released and a lot could have changed in that time.

My guess is that GT5 will do 1.0 million LTD in Japan and at least 4 million in EU. These PS3 Slim rumours are getting pretty serious now so my guess is that Sony will release the slim with GT5 = system seller.

It must be noted that Prologue has reached something like 0.4 million without bundles and the bundles stopped pretty quickly so it should de a million.



 

Carl on 18 May 2009

~1Million

If its bundled with PS3 Slim... ~2Million.



                            

Munkeh111 on 18 May 2009
RPG said:
Yep Gran Turismo has become smaller in NA and EU however it keeps on growing in EU. However it has been a long long long time since the last flagship GT game released and a lot could have changed in that time.

My guess is that GT5 will do 1.0 million LTD in Japan and at least 4 million in EU. These PS3 Slim rumours are getting pretty serious now so my guess is that Sony will release the slim with GT5 = system seller.

It must be noted that Prologue has reached something like 0.4 million without bundles and the bundles stopped pretty quickly so it should de a million.

If they did launch the slim with GT in Europe, and with Final Fantasy XIII in Japan, that is those 2 areas sown up. The big question comes in what do they have in America, a mix of GT, Uncharted, MAG, Heavy Rain and Ratchet might do the trick, but God of War 3 would certainly be a good boost

So if they managed to launch the slim in Septmber-November, with FF XIII, GT 5, GoW 3, U2: AT, R&C: ACiT, HR and MAG they will have a very good holiday season. Of course this relies on them somehow getting God of War 3 and Gran Turismo 5 out for this Christmas, which is quite unlikely in my opinion