CES 2010: Sony reveals GT5 sold 5.5 Million

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At tonight's Sony Key Note to start of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Expo, the companies' gaming guru Kaz Hirai took the stage and revealed that Gran Turismo 5 has sold 5.5 Million units worldwide since launch.

Well, there you have it folks. Let the fanboy wars begin. It would appear that Gran Turismo, in fact, is STILL relevant.

Did you buy the game? Tell us what you think about the GT franchise and its future.

inb4 shipped.

I have the game. It could be better but I enjoyed it. 8.0/10 IMO. Then again I'm not a sim fan, before playing GT I didn't even know that the brake button existed in race games :P

I had no doubts about that anyway, I always thought the people who said GT isn't that relevant anymore, & that shooters were now the only really big seller were pretty silly.

Not surprising. GT could sell on name alone.

Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

I guess it will be 9~10 mils lifetime since its outpacing GT4 sales in Europe according to many sources.

Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

awesome.......but sales wont help the fact it was a letdown. i mean, didnt Phantom Menace make a lot of money at the box office just cause it was star wars? it didnt help it from sucking neither

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.RavenLoud

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

awesome.......but sales wont help the fact it was a letdown. i mean, didnt Phantom Menace make a lot of money at the box office just cause it was star wars? it didnt help it from sucking neither

todd2r

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.carljohnson3456

We can't forget that the updates for basically every month. One of them being an update to make standard cars premium according to Yamauchi

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.Kokuro_Kun

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.Kashiwaba

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

gran turismo is the halo of the ps3. of course it will sell well. The only difference between gtf and halo reach is that halo reach isnt utter trash:D

Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

Yeah, since it flopped on SWs, it's a horrible game. SWs knows best after all...

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.Kashiwaba

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

inb4 shipped.

RavenLoud

Buuuuttt is it shipped?? I ask because I keep hearing that Sony reports only shipped, then I hear people talking as if it is sold. I'm so confused with the constant back and forth switching

We can't forget that the updates for basically every month. One of them being an update to make standard cars premium according to Yamauchi

SwagSurf

Don't get me wrong, it's still a fun game, but I'm massively disappointed - there are flaws in this game that I wouldn't forgive in any racing sim, regardless of development time. If my Logitech steering wheels worked properly with Forza I'd dump GT without a second thought.

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.Wii4Fun

Yeah, since it flopped on SWs, it's a horrible game. SWs knows best after all...

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[QUOTE="RavenLoud"] It may have dissapointed, but it's still one of the best racing games on the PS3. IMO Hot Pursuit gets very boring and shallow.djsifer01

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

Well GT5 as a game is inferior to F3 but the support of Logitech driving wheels on GT5 make it a better game than F3 at least for me the only thing I' disappointed about in GT5 is the standard cars and the stupid damage system which I still don't know how it works though I'm about to hit Level 30.

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.Wii4Fun

Yeah, since it flopped on SWs, it's a horrible game. SWs knows best after all...

[QUOTE="djsifer01"][QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

Kashiwaba

Well GT5 as a game is inferior to F3 but the support of Logitech driving wheels on GT5 make it a better game than F3 at least for me the only thing I' disappointed about in GT5 is the standard cars and the stupid damage system which I still don't know how it works though I'm about to hit Level 30.

And it is probably the best selling flop of all time.

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[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

Yeah, since it flopped on SWs, it's a horrible game. SWs knows best after all...

My bad.

Bought it yesterday, so my copy isn't counted in that I imagine. All in all, a great game with a ton of depth, and the handling seems improved over Prologue, which is good.

I'd say a 9/10. If they fix the few small issues it has, it'll go to a 9.5-10 easy.

To be fair, 6mil wouldve bought it even if it scored a 6. GT name is very strong.navyguy21

I only buy games for the menu's and gt5 clearly isn't the best menu simulator, how dare the Japanese not design their menu's for westerners. Now they are claiming people bought 5 million copies?

yeah right, as if anyone would buy a car game to drive cars

I only buy games for the menu's and gt5 clearly isn't the best menu simulator, how dare the Japanese not design their menu's for westerners. Now they are claiming people bought 5 million copies?

yeah right, as if anyone would buy a car game to drive cars

kate_jones

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I only buy games for the menu's and gt5 clearly isn't the best menu simulator, how dare the Japanese not design their menu's for westerners. Now they are claiming people bought 5 million copies?

yeah right, as if anyone would buy a car game to drive cars

caseypayne69

The set to online feature for drivers and cars isn't very well thought out at all and it's certainly poorly explained (if it all). I had to google it to find out what it did then decided it wasn't anything I'd like to use, not a gamebreaker though.

gran turismo is the halo of the ps3. of course it will sell well. The only difference between gtf and halo reach is that halo reach isnt utter trash:D

sinpkr

You got it wrong, its the other way around. Halo is been the same thing since Halo 2.

I hope we dont get a lot of damage control, it would be better if people just accepted GT is a massive seller and a quality series.TintedEyes

[QUOTE="djsifer01"][QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Actually one of the best racers this generation not just on PS3 and it keeps on getting better after every patch.

Well GT5 as a game is inferior to F3 but the support of Logitech driving wheels on GT5 make it a better game than F3 at least for me the only thing I' disappointed about in GT5 is the standard cars and the stupid damage system which I still don't know how it works though I'm about to hit Level 30.

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"]I hope we dont get a lot of damage control, it would be better if people just accepted GT is a massive seller and a quality series.WilliamRLBaker

Only in SWs AA series is considered to be not a quality series :P.

Its amazing how such a disappointing racer can sell that many copies on name alone. Just goes to show that sales have nothing to do with how good a game is.djsifer01

Just like how halo and cod sells so well every with every iteration right?

what a joke

biggest Sony Franchise, tut tut

pretty sure the dead platforms biggest exclusive outsold that

Not surprising at all, GT is a huge seller. I have yet to buy it though :(

[QUOTE="TintedEyes"]I hope we dont get a lot of damage control, it would be better if people just accepted GT is a massive seller and a quality series.WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"][QUOTE="TintedEyes"]I hope we dont get a lot of damage control, it would be better if people just accepted GT is a massive seller and a quality series.campzor

The best racing simulator available and the numbers show that many folks agree.TheMoreYouOwn

[QUOTE="TheMoreYouOwn"]The best racing simulator available and the numbers show that many folks agree.foxhound_fox

Well unless you are one of the people who says my opinion is the only one which matters and others don't.