Sony: Gran Turismo 5 Has Sold 5.5 Million Worldwide
Okay, so maybe this time they mean "sold." If they say the word "sold," what other conclusion can one reach?
Previously, it had been reported that Gran Turismo 5 "sold" 5.5 million copies worldwide, but many sources quickly updated the information and said Sony was only referring to units shipped. But yesterday during Sony's CES keynote address, Sony once again noted that 5.5 million copies of Polyphony's masterful racer had been sold worldwide. They didn't provide specific numbers for each region, but you can probably expect Europe to sport the biggest total, as it's typically GT's most popular area.
We can also get further confirmation concerning North American sales when the December NPD results release next week; chances are, it's another super huge title for the PS3. And as the user base for Sony's machine continues to rise, there are more potential buyers for each exclusive that launches. In regards to GT5, it may miss those who don't like simulated racing experiences, but for those who crave authenticity and realism...well, there's only one choice.
We assume Sony will clarify their CES announcement with an official press release of some kind; maybe it'll show up tomorrow.
Related Game(s): Gran Turismo 5
Tags: gt5, gran turismo 5, gt5 sales, gt5 ps3
1/5/2011 9:05:23 PM Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 @ 10:07:54 PM
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Highlander
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 @ 11:18:54 PM
Kowhoho
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 6:38:27 AM
maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 7:52:35 AM
Neo_Aeon666
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:46:13 AM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:21:37 AM
I didn't say it wasn't complicated. But you obviously must get all the press releases, too, to know so much about it.
Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 1/6/2011 10:24:43 AM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:22:24 AM
Who said anything about Ben being a sales analyst?
Take that chip off your shoulder before it crushes you.
The point here is that Sony is known to quote retail sales numbers, not channel shipments. Other companies do quote channel shipments instead of actual sales. Whether you like it, or want to believe it, or not, Sony's numbers are consistently more believable and accurate than those of other companies.
Geobaldi
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 @ 10:48:46 PM
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And I'm still having a problem of getting GT5 to start correctly. As long as it's not hooked up to the internet, it works perfectly. Once that internet cable is plugged in, the game stops responding to everything. It's the only PS3 game I'm having any internet problems with. :(
maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 7:54:03 AM
Fane1024
Saturday, January 08, 2011 @ 3:23:43 PM
A2K78
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 @ 11:00:29 PM
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If Sony were to show a regional breakdown of sales it would show that the biggest shocker in terms of sale would've came from Japan. To it understandable terms, the game have failed to meet the 1 million mark in Japan.
Highlander
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 @ 11:18:11 PM
Alieneage, this has to be the very best argument I've ever heard for a game having a strong single player experience. How long would it take you or anyone else to get ticked if you were constantly getting owned online? Would you be more, or less inclined to play the game? Exactly, if you're not enjoying online because you get owned every time you start a game, you won't play that crap and find some other game to play.
Sorry, I know it's directly on topic, but your comment sparked the thought.
Scarecrow
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:09:30 AM
Humbling experience.
Experience = getting better. So I expect to own them back as time rolls on.
In fact, yesterday I finished in the top 3 consistently. Getting back to shape 8)
But yeah, the biggest part one has to overcome is the realization that there are people better than you :D. You just have to keep getting better yourself.
godsman
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 12:06:29 AM
Cavan1
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 6:44:04 AM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:36:16 AM
Sales of mint chocolate far outpaced those of mango smoothies this Christmas, but the mango smoothie makers don't appear worried.
You're comparing the sales of two completely different games as if they can be directly compared, they can't there are demographic and genre differences in the market segment each game serves. Plainly put, they don't sell to the same people, so comparing their sales is essentially pointless.
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maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 7:56:08 AM
Scarecrow
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:11:04 AM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:37:19 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 12:36:08 AM
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Looking Glass
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 8:35:29 AM
Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:02:08 AM
Lawless SXE
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 1:27:20 AM
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Peace.
Temjin001
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 1:56:29 AM
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Something semi-related, MS recently announced 30 million LIVE subscribers. Doesn't that seem a bit low? This is Xbox LIVE. You know? The online gaming service everyone wants and plays Black Ops on. Perhaps MS's 50 million console sales more accurately represents the number of users plagued by RRoD. Like somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 million. =p
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 2:09:58 AM
Temjin001
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:10:15 AM
Mornelithe
Saturday, January 08, 2011 @ 12:12:45 AM
___________
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 2:20:58 AM
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just saw the new GT5 Thrustmaster T500 RS.
oh come on sony, you have to be kidding me!
1000 USD!?
THATS A JOKE RIGHT!?
1000 USD for a frigging wheel?
thats more than my first f*cking car cost me!
how can a wheel cost more than a fully working freaking car?
i always said sony were the kings of price gouging, but they did not have to prove it to me!
whats next?
20K for a GT5 faceplate with Kazs signature on it?
Geobaldi
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 4:09:18 AM
maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 7:59:55 AM
Looking Glass
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 8:33:12 AM
___________
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:08:51 AM
you people do realize the US is not the only country in the world right?
god, when my father said Americans are so egotistical i can see EXACTLY what he meant!
they think they run the world!
i had to laugh when i was in Hawaii when we went to pearl harbor one of the guys was telling a tale about one of the battles in Britain, saying the Americans went in and saved there a$$e$ and my father merely corrected him saying the battle was more or less won, the Americans certainly did not win the war which is more or less what he was saying and he almost bit my fathers head off!
Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:20:22 AM
And I think you're crazy. And I also think you're the most egotistical of all, thinking the world owes you a cheap sale and things for less than they are worth. You always scream and complain and argue, and not once have I ever seen you admit you were wrong about something or accept someone else's viewpoints.
You're a lot of 'mosts'. You're always on the defensive the most... you're always arguing with people the most... you are the most likely to not accept anyone's viewpoints... and you know why? You're also the most egotistical person here!
A few months ago you said you'd never buy something or other for the $60 price tag because you were planning on dropping $800 on GT5 and all the stuffs for it.
Get consistant, wacko!
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maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:55:32 AM
Secondly, don't assume that everyone read your post on where you are from. I did not.
Thirdly, I question your father's parenting skills if he indeed did raise you to stereotype people without getting to know the individual first.
Fourthly, I am forced to agree with Underdog15 and the points he made.
And finally, PSX needs to adopt the AUP found on GTPlanet. Reading your posts hurts my brain.
Good day, sir!!
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Lawless SXE
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 12:11:12 PM
Peace.
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 12:45:47 PM
First of all, there were no battles *in* Britain during WWII, over perhaps, but not in, and they were won by the RAF. Secondly, the American attitude is fed by their education which tells students that America saved Europe's bacon in WWII because, in fact, they did. Now, let's not let facts become confused with hyperbole. The Allied forces were not strong enough to overcome the Axis powers without the men, and in particular the machines, that the US brought to the war. Let's not overstate their role, of course, the allies (principally the UK and commonwealth forces) did a tremendous job clinging on before the Americans joined in. In the asia/pacific theater the common wealth forces of Australia, New Zealand and India, did an awesome job too. But it's undeniable that without American intervention, the war would either have been years longer, or not successful for the Allies.
Ego is very much in the eye of the beholder. So many in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other commonwealth countries are entirely fed up with America essentially claiming total credit for victory (especially in popular culture such as the Movies). People can be quite chauvinistic about the role of their own nation. Rightly so perhaps, but the truth, as is often the case, lies somewhere in between. It was a victory of the allies, not of America, nor of Britain, Canada, Australia, or any other individual nation.
So let's put the jingoism and xenophobia away before it hurts more feelings.
Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 1:18:42 PM
Ultimadesires
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 1:47:03 PM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 1:54:51 PM
Very true, I was perhaps wrongly generalizing by saying 'RAF'. Clearly though, the Brits in the RAF were very capably assisted by the RCAF along with a decent number of Polish and French pilots along with a few mavericks from the US too... all under the auspices of the RAF. My apologies, it seems that in my attempt to root out the chauvinism, I was guilt of some myself.
;)
@Ultima, apart from correcting Anon Cowherd's gross exaggerations, I'm done.
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Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 2:37:38 PM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 5:07:30 PM
I know the feeling. Mine was a navigator flying B-24 Liberators out of Canada to the UK (if memory serves...).
Sadly my grandfather is no longer with us either, and he didn't really talk much about his service, nor did he much like to fly in his later years either. Never did find out why.
Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 8:58:25 PM
Clamedeus
Friday, January 07, 2011 @ 2:12:26 PM
Highlander
Friday, January 07, 2011 @ 5:36:17 PM
You said something here that is very profound, and I just want to quote it for emphasis.
"no country is superior than the other we all did a great job ... together, if we didn't organize ourselves who knows what would become of us"
I believe this is more true now than at any time since then...
Underdog15
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 8:10:12 AM
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daus26
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 4:47:15 PM
ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:33:48 AM
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maxpontiac
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:58:16 AM
Ludicrous_Liam
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 10:00:51 AM
ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 2:23:54 PM
BikerSaint
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 5:14:13 PM
Highlander
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 9:33:06 PM
Mornelithe
Saturday, January 08, 2011 @ 12:13:59 AM
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Awesome game. I've waited a very long time (launch 60g) for Gran Turismo 5, and it was worth every penny. The rest of the content has truly been a bonus.
CaptainWinkie
Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 2:33:40 PM
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