GT5 sells 5.52 million copies in it's first 12 days. Series now exceeds 60M

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#1 StrongDeadlift
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Http://www.news10.net/life/entertainment/game-guys/story.aspx?storyid=111239&catid=99 Gran turismo 5 has sold 5.52 million copeies as of it's first 12 days of release. The series now exceeds 60 million in it's lifetime. Edit: fixed it. It was 12 days not 16. And just to remind everyone, the launch shipment was 7 million. Those will undoubtedly be gone by the years end. I believe reach has only sold like 6 million so far for comparison. Discuss.
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#2 Grawse
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It will double Forza 3 in sales in no time. That's closing in on Reach already.

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#3 SakusEnvoy
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Just a minor correction, according to their press release that's the number as of December 6, 2010 -- so it's only 12 days after release.

Europe: 3.56m

North America: 1.25m

Japan: 0.55m

Rest of Asia: 0.16m

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(America is the biggest market? Certainly not for Sony.)

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#4 Arach666
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Very impressive.
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#5 BodyElite
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It will double Forza 3 in sales in no time. That's closing in on Reach already.

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Sales won't raise the 8.0 score any If true, gt5 is closing in on cod when cod is on 5 platforms
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#6 kejigoto
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Still doesn't justify the let down that is Gran Turismo 5.

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#7 abuabed
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That's very amazing. GT has always been known for its popularity and those sales prove it.
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#8 Salt_The_Fries
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Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.
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Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.Salt_The_Fries
No that's COD

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#10 SacredMG
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This is shipped, not sold

Maybe 1 million actually sold to users

Sony never releases sold numbers, only shipped, like the fake 4 million Move "sales"

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#11 SacredMG
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Just a minor correction, according to their press release that's the number as of December 6, 2010 -- so it's only 12 days after release.

Europe: 3.56m

North America: 1.25m

Japan: 0.55m

Rest of Asia: 0.16m

[link]

(America is the biggest market? Certainly not for Sony.)

SakusEnvoy

Sorry, NPD says 400.000 for US, where do you get your numbers ???

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415414

8. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) SONY** - 400K

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Insane

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#13 inggrish
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This is shipped, not sold

Maybe 1 million actually sold to users

Sony never releases sold numbers, only shipped, like the fake 4 million Move "sales"

SacredMG

all companies used shipped.

To topic, its very good news for PD, well done them.

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#15 SakusEnvoy
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[QUOTE="SakusEnvoy"]

Just a minor correction, according to their press release that's the number as of December 6, 2010 -- so it's only 12 days after release.

Europe: 3.56m

North America: 1.25m

Japan: 0.55m

Rest of Asia: 0.16m

[link]

(America is the biggest market? Certainly not for Sony.)

SacredMG

Sorry, NPD says 400.000 for US, where do you get your numbers ???

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415414

8. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) SONY** - 400K

Sony's press release, which I linked to in my post...

400K is just NPD's US estimates for the first 3 days of sales.

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[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.spookykid143

No that's COD

Agreed, whatever you say , Gran Turismo is a great sim , even if the graphics/features arent what some people expected, it is an awesome SIM!
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#17 Arach666
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[QUOTE="SakusEnvoy"]

Just a minor correction, according to their press release that's the number as of December 6, 2010 -- so it's only 12 days after release.

Europe: 3.56m

North America: 1.25m

Japan: 0.55m

Rest of Asia: 0.16m

[link]

(America is the biggest market? Certainly not for Sony.)

SacredMG

Sorry, NPD says 400.000 for US, where do you get your numbers ???

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415414

8. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) SONY** - 400K

Those NPD numbers are for 3 days only...
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Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.Salt_The_Fries

GT5 has more storyline than a Micheal Bay film as it stands :P

Still good numbers..Shows GT is still a strong franchise for sony regardless.

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[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"]Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.spookykid143

No that's COD

Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.Salt_The_Fries
I disagree. I would prefer Avatar. Overhyped, hardly has anything new other than its bigger and flashier, but still sold extremely well.
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#21 kate_jones
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silly consumers don't they know it flopped in system wars?!

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#22 shinrabanshou
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It's a shipment number.

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#23 EliteKitteh
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Already shipped 2 million copies more than Forza 3 has since release over a year ago. Oop :(

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#24 ChubbyGuy40
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It's a shipment number.

shinrabanshou

It's a sold number. 7 million shipped about. the amount stated sold.

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#25 spookykid143
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It's a shipment number.

shinrabanshou

Look again

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#26 fend_oblivion
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Gran Turismo 5 is like a Michael Bay movie.Salt_The_Fries

But I enjoy Michael Bay movies when I watch them with friends :(

As expected... GT 5 will sell millions. Didn't Prologue sell 4.5 million?

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#27 EliteKitteh
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[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]

It's a shipment number.

ChubbyGuy40

It's a sold number. 7 million shipped about. the amount stated sold.

No, it's shipped (sold FROM Sony TO retailers). Publishers have no way of knowing how much retailers sell. That 7 million figure isn't official and never was. It was just thrown out for arguments sake.

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#28 shinrabanshou
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[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]

It's a shipment number.

ChubbyGuy40

It's a sold number. 7 million shipped about. the amount stated sold.

No. It's a shipment number. I have first week sell through for France, Italy, the UK, Spain. And an estimate of Germany and Finland LTD.

As well as second week sell through for the UK.

Those are some of the largest gaming regions in Europe and they don't come close to even half that figure.

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You just wait for the chirstmas sales.

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Nice, but not surprising. GT is a massive franchise.
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#31 EliteKitteh
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Forza 3 took over a month to ship 1 million :lol: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/08/forza-3-sales-surpass-1-million-units-premium-dlc-released/

GT5 ships 5.5 million in less than 2 weeks. That means it's selling roughly 10 times as fast :shock:

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#32 inggrish
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Nice, but not surprising. GT is a massive franchise.racing1750
Loving your new sig Racing!
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[QUOTE="racing1750"]Nice, but not surprising. GT is a massive franchise._Matt_
Loving your new sig Racing!

Thanks man. I'm in the festive spirit :P
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#34 abuabed
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silly consumers don't they know it flopped in system wars?!

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Yeah, those guys shouldn't have bought a flop like GT5....I dunno why I bought it myself :roll: :P
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#35 SacredMG
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http://n4g.com/news/662074/gran-turismo-5-ships-5-52-million-in-12-days

Gran Turismo 5 ships 5.52 million in 12 days

It has been confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment that Gran Turismo 5 has shipped 5.52 million copiesof Gran Turismo 5 worldwide

So, 1 million sold ?

NPD says 400.000 sales in US so far, which is extremely low

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#36 inggrish
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http://n4g.com/news/662074/gran-turismo-5-ships-5-52-million-in-12-days

Gran Turismo 5 ships 5.52 million in 12 days

It has been confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment that Gran Turismo 5 has shipped 5.52 million copiesof Gran Turismo 5 worldwide

So, 1 million sold ?

NPD says 400.000 sales in US so far, which is extremely low

SacredMG

correction, NPD says 400,000 US sales in 3 days!

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#37 themyth01
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That's actually really good even for shipments. It'll probably sell about that much by the end of December.
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#38 icygangsta
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Impressive sales.
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http://n4g.com/news/662074/gran-turismo-5-ships-5-52-million-in-12-days

Gran Turismo 5 ships 5.52 million in 12 days

It has been confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment that Gran Turismo 5 has shipped 5.52 million copiesof Gran Turismo 5 worldwide

So, 1 million sold ?

NPD says 400.000 sales in US so far, which is extremely low

SacredMG

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gran-turismo-series-sales-exceed-60-million-units-worldwide-111649359.html

"As of December 6, more than 5.5 million units of Gran Turismo 5 have been sold worldwide"

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#40 gamecubepad
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Impressive numbers. It's not the Playstation's killer app for nothing.

Can't wait to see cows play the sales > quality angle when comparing it to FM3.:shock:

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Impressive numbers. It's not the Playstation's killer app for nothing.

Can't wait to see cows play the sales > quality angle when comparing it to FM3.:shock:

gamecubepad
Fair is fair when Lemmings and Sheep say titles like UC2 are sales flops. Hypocrisy knows no fanboy type bounds.
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#42 sinpkr
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u guys r really diluded it says shipped. so what does that mean?

that just means the numbers sent to retailers to be sold AND NOT the actuall number sold to customers. you know when most non-Sony(cause it seems only sony uses this type of phrasing) says 2 mil or somthing sold that means sold to CUSTOMERS. these numbers r meaningless

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#43 gamecubepad
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Fair is fair when Lemmings and Sheep say titles like UC2 are sales flops. Hypocrisy knows no fanboy type bounds.DerekLoffin

Didn't Uc2 sell something like 3-4 million copies? That's hardly a sales flop.

I think what they were saying was cows don't buy highly rated games like Uc2. Instead, they go bananas over mediocre games like GT5.

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#44 Jynxzor
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u guys r really diluded it says shipped. so what does that mean?

that just means the numbers sent to retailers to be sold AND NOT the actuall number sold to customers. you know when most non-Sony(cause it seems only sony uses this type of phrasing) says 2 mil or somthing sold that means sold to CUSTOMERS. these numbers r meaningless

sinpkr
Oh of course, the game that has left a legacy of high hitters has only shipped alot of units they are all obviously sitting on shelves collecting dust.
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#45 SakusEnvoy
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u guys r really diluded it says shipped. so what does that mean?

that just means the numbers sent to retailers to be sold AND NOT the actuall number sold to customers. you know when most non-Sony(cause it seems only sony uses this type of phrasing) says 2 mil or somthing sold that means sold to CUSTOMERS. these numbers r meaningless

sinpkr

Every company uses shipped to retailers numbers. Those are sales as far as the manufacturers are concerned. You'll pretty much never see Microsoft attempt to estimate sell-through.

Now, independent researchers do often attempt to provide information on numbers sold to consumers, but that is another matter entirely.

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#46 EliteKitteh
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Impressive numbers. It's not the Playstation's killer app for nothing.

Can't wait to see cows play the sales > quality angle when comparing it to FM3.:shock:

gamecubepad

You don't have to wait :D

Poor turn 10. They need to make 2 games to sell that much. And by the time they're done making them, GT5 will have sold another 5 million and they'll have to make another 2 Forzas to keep up :(

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#47 shinrabanshou
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Oh of course, the game that has left a legacy of high hitters has only shipped alot of units they are all obviously sitting on shelves collecting dust.Jynxzor
It's a shipment number.

I don't know why everyone is disputing this.

It doesn't particularly matter anyway, it should sell through the initial shipment by the end of the year without too much difficulty.

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[QUOTE="DerekLoffin"]Fair is fair when Lemmings and Sheep say titles like UC2 are sales flops. Hypocrisy knows no fanboy type bounds.gamecubepad

Didn't Uc2 sell something like 3-4 million copies? That's hardly a sales flop.

I think what they were saying was cows don't buy highly rated games like Uc2. Instead, they go bananas over mediocre games like GT5.

Yep, it did sell that much, and despite that I've seen lots of accusations that it is nonetheless a sales flop (silly and stupid as that is).
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#49 gamecubepad
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You don't have to wait :D

EliteKitteh

Oh you.

Let me try this. PD takes 5yrs and $70 million to make a worse racer than Burnout, Shift, Need for Speed, Dirt 2, Grid, and Project Gotham 3 & 4. They really have the magic touch, don't they?:P

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#50 inggrish
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[QUOTE="EliteKitteh"]

You don't have to wait :D

gamecubepad

Oh you.

Let me try this. PD takes 5yrs and $70 million to make a worse racer than Burnout, Shift, Need for Speed, Dirt 2, Grid, and Project Gotham 3 & 4. They really have the magic touch, don't they?:P

one, the budget was $60 million, and two, worse by gamespot scores, I actually enjoy GT5 a LOT more than any of those with exception to Burnout Paradise, where I am enjoying GT5 the same amount.