[Parmenides]

Link: Polyphony Digital Inc.



Sony had announced that it sold over 5.5 million copies of Gran Turismo 5 in the game's first 12 days of availability.

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[TheOddOne]

Its a monster and congrats on the sales.

[Panajev2001a]

Good job Polyphony :)!

[shadowsdarknes]

Good for them! They deserve it!

[V_Ben]

Blimey, that is impressive :O

[Sealda]

Whoomp! (There It Is)

[∀ Narayan]

A pleasant sales figure, I'm sure. Well deserved.

[szaromir]

I wonder how many of them are collecting dust on storeshelves hur hur

Just kidding, nice result all things considered

[I am Awesome]

Wait a minute, I was informed that this failed horribly and that the series has diminished.

[a1m]

Bomba.

Congrats.

[CozMick]

Fuck Yeah PD!

The King has Returned to the throne!

[DieH@rd]

Well deserved.

[Dead Man Typing]

Still haven't bought it yet. Curse my money troubles!

[tzare]

good news, they need to keep supporting the game and improve for GT6.

well deserved Polyphony

[Draft]

Sure.

[justjohn]

Retarded Gaf armchair analysts owned yet again.

[-Amon-]

Not bad for a racing game i'd say, considering the numbers made by the competitors.

Deserved.

[Revolutionary]

Bu bu bu first week month NPD sales told me this game was a bomba

[Combichristoffersen]

Bomba in the US, lol

Kidding. Well deserved sales, congrats to PD

[CrunchinJelly]

Be interesting to compare to NPD, Media Create and Gfk numbers so far.

[Chairman Yang]

Europe saved GT5.

[Hanmik]

Go Europe... lots of fans over here..!

[Serenity]

Awesome game with great support from the devs.

[-Amon-]

Europe saved GT5.

Lot's of developers would really love to be "saved" that way, lol

[TheOddOne]

Did they mention the sales of GT5 in the last NPD? Should have been a bulletin point .

[justjohn]

Be interesting to compare to NPD, Media Create and Gfk numbers so far.

Hey look, cjelly is doubting these figures. I'm absolutely stunned.

[_Alkaline_]

Shipped to retail right?

Unless they've somehow sold 5 million copies in Europe. Cause it sold meh numbers in Japan and the US.

[GhaleonQ]

I haven't been following, so update me. The most important thing for the future isn't how much it sold but how it changed its reputation. Anyone can hold on a massive series and get sales. Did this create a desire for 6 in fans? Did it bring in new fans?

[DaBuddaDa]

GT5 BOM...oh wait. Nice!

[Y2Kev]

Shipped to retail right? Unless they've somehow sold 5 million copies in Europe. Caue it sold seriously meh numbers in Japan and the US.

Even PD isn't saying they sold 5MM in Europe. Lol there are charts, dude.

[Enhanced]

The actual sell-through of the 6.3 million I'd expect to be quite high.

They sold through their first shipment in Japan, they probably went to their second shipment in America at the start of Feb sometime, and Europe, well, Europe loves GT.

EDIT: Oh reading fail, now I see those numbers were as of December. Still, by now, I'd imagine they're not far off 6.3m.

[CozMick]

:lol @ the doubters

You underestimate GT in Europe, that shit is like Call of Duty in the States.

GT5 is a beast!

[Combichristoffersen]

Shipped to retail right? Unless they've somehow sold 5 million copies in Europe. Cause it sold meh numbers in Japan and the US.

3,97 million copies in Europe. 830k copies in Asia (including Japan). 1,58 million copies in NA.

Edit: Oh, wait, I misread your post. Carry on.

[bobbytkc]

Shipped to retail right? Unless they've somehow sold 5 million copies in Europe. Cause it sold meh numbers in Japan and the US.

Let me guess, reading is not one of your skills, right?

[Hanmik]

3,97 million copies in Europe. 830k copies in Asia (including Japan). 1,58 million copies in NA.

stating the numbers one more time will not make it easier for non-believers.. ;o)

[Shurs]

So here's what I have for additional shipped units since the 5.52 million number was announced in December.

Japan - 50k
North America - 330k
Europe - 410k
Asia - 70k

[_Alkaline_]

Let me guess, reading is not one of your skills, right?

Fuck off mate.

I asked if these are shipped to retail numbers. Because those numbers don't look like sell-through if MC and NPD are taken into account.

[DMeisterJ]

Bomba-licious because it didn't do good in NPD. Total failure. Expected it to do bettter. Once again, armchair analysts proven wrong due to making assumptions based off of an extreme lack of information. NPD is near useless since we only get top 10 numbers and nothing outside of that, and yet people continually make the mistake of proclaiming a franchise's death over such a lack of information. Onwards to GT6 then.

Europe saved GT5.

Does it matter where the units are sold at?

[Road]

Be interesting to compare to NPD, Media Create and Gfk numbers so far.

Japan
560k (600k)

NA
1.14 million (1.58 million)*

EU
Yeah...


*Does not include copies bundled with PS3s.

[Shurs]

Shipped to retail right? Unless they've somehow sold 5 million copies in Europe. Cause it sold meh numbers in Japan and the US.

In its first two months (Nov. + Dec.) it sold close to 1 million units in the United States alone. These shipments numbers don't seem out of line.

[makingmusic476]

Well deserved. It's a great game that was clearly given lots of love.

[NemesisPrime]

5M in Europe seems very unlikely TBH.

[°°ToMmY°°]

5M in Europe seems very unlikely TBH.

did you read the OP?

[Fersis]

How much until a GT5 copy becomes the president of some EU country? :)

But NPD-GAF told me it bombed!

Yup.

Gran Bombismo 5: The Real Bomba Simulator.

[JaseC]

But NPD-GAF told me it bombed!

How much until a GT5 copy becomes the president of some EU country? :)

Haha, quick edit. :p

did you read the OP?

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[spats]

I'm happy for their success. It's a great game and deserves every sale.

How much until a GT5 copy becomes the president of some EU country? :)

Already happened in Finland. The televised speeches can be pretty awkward sometimes.

[Nemo]

Should go to 8 mil easy

[BattleMonkey]

5M in Europe seems very unlikely TBH.

It sold about 1 mil in the US, the game has tons of copies on shelves so obviously that's not 5 mil just for Europe. I'm pretty sure it's shipped numbers despite saying "sold"

[test_account]

Nice sales! :)

[Angst]

Well deserved.

And to the "shipped/sold/retail/bundles" crowd - when Kaz says "sold" he of course means that he has bought 6.37 million copies himself. Nobody plays GT5. Bomba. NPD clearly shows that the only country in the world hasn't bought all those copies.

lol