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

Why is there always all this discussion about if its shipped or sold through to consumer in these sales threads??

I will let you in on a little secret its never never ever sold through numbers..

when it's the company telling you numbers: its shipped!! (sold to stores)

when its NPD or any other tracking company: its an estimate!!

It is NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER sold through to consumer.. So stop bickering about it at just take numbers for what they are.

I thought it shipped 5.52 million copies

edit: I'm right. Still, impressive

Are you still THAT butthurt about GT5 outselling Halo Reach that fast? What a goddamn 360 fanboy you are. Boohoo, in just 12 days GT5 sold 3 x of what forza 3 did, and in like 12 months. How embarrassing is that for you? Mhmmm your tears pleasure me.

Report this post to show just how upset you are about supporting a failure :lol:

hd5870corei7

Oh my god. And you just called another person out for being a fanboy?

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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

sts106mat

Report this post to show just how upset you are about supporting a failure :lol:

LOL I love it how lems keep on using shipping Vs sold argument when its related to PS3 and its games sales just get over it the world isn't just the US when they shipped 5.52 mils that means they sold that much.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="hd5870corei7"] Are you still THAT butthurt about GT5 outselling Halo Reach that fast? What a goddamn 360 fanboy you are. Boohoo, in just 12 days GT5 sold 3 x of what forza 3 did, and in like 12 months. How embarrassing is that for you? Mhmmm your tears pleasure me.

Report this post to show just how upset you are about supporting a failure :lol:

Kashiwaba

LOL I love it how lems keep on using shipping Vs sold argument when its related to PS3 and its games sales just get over it the world isn't just the US when they shipped 5.52 mils that means they sold that much.

Ain't that same overused argument for both lems and cows? :lol:

Anyway i'm not surprised at all, i mean after all its Gran Turismo. :P

Most of it comes from EU, not surprised. I am surprised it's overtaking Reach though, that's crazy. Good for Poly D and Sony, I guess. enterawesome

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It will double Forza 3 in sales in no time. That's closing in on Reach already.

BodyElite

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

where did you get 70 million from though? Also have you tried GT5? It really is a brilliant game

gamecubepad

Just took the average per year for 4yrs.@$60 million and shaved it down to $10 million.

I have tried GT5, and I agree that at it's core, it's a superb racer. I'm not a racing afficianado by any means, but from what I played the driving was every bit as good as FM3. The AI was somewhat suspect, but I had only a few chances to play, so I'm relying on reviews to guage the AI. The lighting and premium cars are second to none, but the 800 ps2 cars, and a number of tracks are lackluster.

I'm just giving some cows a hard time, I can understand why some of the true GT fans are stoked about GT5. It's still a great game.

That's reasonable, but you know when people refer to a budget, it doesn't always mean that is what's been spent so far. If I'm remodeling my basement, I can have a budget of $10,000, and a work time of 3 months. If someone were to ask me what the budget is at the 2 month mark, I'd say "$10,000". You can tell I've watched HGTV! :P I don't remember if Kaz said that's the investment so far (2009) though.

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As for the sales, that's good :). GT5 is ensured to be a sales wonder for Sony and millions of fans are more than pleased with the game (including me!). Whatever the final budget may be, it seems that Polyphony and Sony has no problem with recouping and profiting off the investment. Heck, I think Prologue sales covered it :lol:.

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[QUOTE="sts106mat"] Shipping =/= outsellingsts106mat

LOL I love it how lems keep on using shipping Vs sold argument when its related to PS3 and its games sales just get over it the world isn't just the US when they shipped 5.52 mils that means they sold that much.

its still interesting though how when it comes to sales related to PS3 and its games in here many go deep into discussing shipped vs sold bla bla bla..

However when it comes to 360 the numbers out are authomatically passed as sold to gamers not shipped to stores...

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[QUOTE="sts106mat"] no it doesn't. 5million shipped means sent to the shops, if the shops still have 80% of their original stock thats only 1million sold to consumers / gamers. of course these figures are just meant to show you the difference between shipped and sold.sts106mat

its still interesting though how when it comes to sales related to PS3 and its games in here many go deep into discussing shipped vs sold bla bla bla..

However when it comes to 360 the numbers out are authomatically passed as sold to gamers not shipped to stores...

i still believe figures given by NPD or MS/SONY are either shipped or close assumptions/estimates.. I dont think MS takes out from the total 360 units sold worldwide the ones like myself (and a few others i know) who had to buy a second 360 cause the 1st one died..

So as i said, we can never truly know exactly how much a game sold or the exact install base of a system..

Amazing sales

what a shame poly can release any old trash and have it sell that well.

maybe with all the money it makes poly can figure out a way to get the friends invite down to a 10 digit code instead of a 20 digit code.

see, you guys just voted to promote incompetence so congrats on not teaching poly a lesson about taking 5 years to release a game that looks like it is from 2001.

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[QUOTE="sts106mat"] thats probably because NPD data is based upon units "sold to consumers" and MS frequently say their numbers are "sold to consumers". Sony are usually the only ones who say "shipped"sts106mat

i still believe figures given by NPD or MS/SONY are either shipped or close assumptions/estimates.. I dont think MS takes out from the total 360 units sold worldwide the ones like myself (and a few others i know) who had to buy a second 360 cause the 1st one died..

So as i said, we can never truly know exactly how much a game sold or the exact install base of a system..

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

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.

gamecubepad

The budget was around $60 million in Nov. 2009, does that extra year of development come free?

Also, that's worse by metacritic, with GS being the tiebreaker.

Is anyone surprised by this? The Gran Turismo series is like Halo and Call of Duty in its selling power.

It's almost at the point where Yamauchi and pals could sell millions of copies of a glorified demo for $40.

Oh wait...

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]Woah I confirmed months ago that GT5 will sell 6 million before the end of the year but it's likely t exceed that :o Oh wait! those are shipped numbers, damn you Sony. Everyone knows that GT franchise never sells to consumers, the series doesn't have 60 million sales because it's actually sitting on the shelves, I know! :roll: Guys lets get back to bashing the game for its score because you're only embarrassing yourself if you think GT5 wouldn't sell as much seeing as how sequel has been anticipated for 5 years. I guess it's true, new gamers are not familiar with the epicness that is GT.sts106mat

Clearly on name alone... because its critical reception definitely isn't pushing it.

Clearly on name alone... because its critical reception definitely isn't pushing it.

foxhound_fox

name may have a fair part in it, but it still deserves a lot of sales, its a brilliant game

I really feel like posting "GT5=/=every game" after seeing the NPD threads :Pblue_hazy_basic

what is that supposed to mean?

well no matter how much it sells...it is still not as good as F3 in terms of gameplay and graphics.

blaznwiipspman1

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]I really feel like posting "GT5=/=every game" after seeing the NPD threads :P_Matt_

what is that supposed to mean?

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]I really feel like posting "GT5=/=every game" after seeing the NPD threads :Pblue_hazy_basic

what is that supposed to mean?

i see... no wait I don't, lol, what has that got to do with "GT5=/=every game" ?

No one should be surprised its selling well. Its easily Sonys biggest franchise, nothing comes close. Its a shame its not the game we all hoped it'd be though.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="_Matt_"]

what is that supposed to mean?

i see... no wait I don't, lol, what has that got to do with "GT5=/=every game" ?

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] lol that even now SW can still frustrate me at times? :Dblue_hazy_basic

i see... no wait I don't, lol, what has that got to do with "GT5=/=every game" ?

haha ok, go for it :D

[QUOTE="Rockman999"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

The budget was around $60 million in Nov. 2009, does that extra year of development come free?

Also, that's worse by metacritic, with GS being the tiebreaker.

sts106mat

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] lol that even now SW can still frustrate me at times? :Dsts106mat

i see... no wait I don't, lol, what has that got to do with "GT5=/=every game" ?

EDIT sorry - didn't mean to sound the way it sounds.

haha thats fine. I have read this entire thread but unfortunately Im rather tired at the moment and havn't taken anything in! haha sorry for the stupid question

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

Its more like a Avatar movie, because you can Watch it in 3D!!

Do I get cookie or a quote now?

Ah, good ol' System Wars. PS3 fans taking the front wheel and people mad :P

Im not in the slighest surprised to see GT5 selling amazing in just 12 days. It would have been number 2 on the NPD had it not come out at the end of November though.

I expect it to sell 8 million by years end with Christmast comming up. And lifetime sales selling GT4 numbers. Close to 14 million.

Phenomenal sales Poly.

Ah, good ol' System Wars. PS3 fans taking the front wheel and people mad :P

tonitorsi

What do you mean? Did sales just change the review scores of the game?

Ah, good ol' System Wars. PS3 fans taking the front wheel and people mad :P

Im not in the slighest surprised to see GT5 selling amazing in just 12 days. It would have been number 2 on the NPD had it not come out at the end of November though.

I expect it to sell 8 million by years end with Christmast comming up. And lifetime sales selling GT4 numbers. Close to 14 million.

Phenomenal sales Poly.