MisterR
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Hopefully at least you won't bet on it. I don't think your tag can take it.
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Hopefully at least you won't bet on it. I don't think your tag can take it.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Shoutout to Crash with that hold too!
I'm basing it more on how racers have sold this gen.
Have you played it on PS3/360? If you have, fair enough. If you haven't, then you're missing out on a great game.
Yup, no marketing at all here in the UK - cant imagine it debuts better then the first.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
GT is a series traditionally sold on having cutting-edge visuals. A premise that's hard to support when it comes out on 7 year old console hardware and a month after its successor system has come bursting out of the gates into market leadership!
Transition between PS3 and PS4 was in no way the same situation as previous generations due to the extended duration of the 7th gen, offering almost a clean break compared to the more gradual transitions of the past. GT6 was a major casualty of this.
Ive seen adverts on buses, posters in tube stations and trailers playing before movies at the cinema - its definitely getting a marketing push.
MrCookiepants
Member
Poor Turn 10. In the shadow of Gran Turismo since the beginning and now in the shadow of their own spinoff series.
GT:S is in a weird place. It's really quite hard to place any bets at all.
Pros:
- First Gran Turismo on the PS4 and first 'big name' racing sim as well
- Very heavy marketing push from Sony (had an ad before BR: 2049 the other day which was quite surprising)
- Good demo bringing more people into the game
Cons:
- Not a mainline GT, uclear what exactly it is to regular consumers
- Overall decline in racing sim sales this generation
- Being released in a very busy holiday season
- Not as big a graphical showcase as GT5 was last gen
I'm going to place a bet on 10k copies sold. GTS will stand for Gran TSar Bomba.
I did on PS3 but not for too long. I just don't like buying cheap last-gen ports like this on principle unless it's heavily discounted; 60fps on an MT Framework game should have been incredibly easy for modern consoles to handle. I'll eventually buy it on PC when I have a decent one of those again, though.
Pros:
- First Gran Turismo on the PS4 and first 'big name' racing sim as well
- Very heavy marketing push from Sony (had an ad before BR: 2049 the other day which was quite surprising)
- Good demo bringing more people into the game
Cons:
- Not a mainline GT, uclear what exactly it is to regular consumers
- Overall decline in racing sim sales this generation
- Being released in a very busy holiday season
- Not as big a graphical showcase as GT5 was last gen
I'm going to place a bet on 10k copies sold. GTS will stand for Gran TSar Bomba.
Not really
I did on PS3 but not for too long. I just don't like buying cheap last-gen ports like this on principle unless it's heavily discounted; 60fps on an MT Framework game should have been incredibly easy for modern consoles to handle. I'll eventually buy it on PC when I have a decent one of those again, though.
Tv ads as well.
chromatic9
Member
I'll go 65k for GTS.
There was no need for GT6, and GT Sport is very low on content for £45. Sure GT5P was but that was incredible at the time, I don't think GTS has the same impact and it's too little too late, 4 years late where as GT5P was out in a year of PS3. I predict UK and Germany
will down on GT5P and GT5, the two biggest markets in Europe.
Primethius
Banned
Yea, I'm not expecting GTS to pull above 100k. I'd be really impressed if it somehow manages to do so, despite that result being really poor compared to past entries as well.
Anyone predicting above 100k for GTS is a little loony imo.
Hardcore racers are a hard sell these days but the GT brand name should help with a solid debut considering the racing climate.
I'll predict about 70k.
Tons of ads on Skysports.
Bus ads and at train stations too.
Hardcore racers are a hard sell these days but the GT brand name should help with a solid debut considering the racing climate.
I'll predict about 70k.
Tons of ads on Skysports.
Bus ads and at train stations too.
Pankratous
Member
OléGunner;251434934 said:
And cinema trailer
OléGunner;251434934 said:
Agreed 50-70K is a pretty safe bet. GT is still the biggest sim racer on consoles, and more importantly it is the first release this gen, but no one can say with any certainty what the sim market entails anymore. Anyone who is guessing over 100k is doing so based solely on pedigree.
xrnzaaas
Member
Forza Horizon is a gold mine for Microsoft, they can just continue introducing new cool locations and it will keep selling in good numbers. Meanwhile with FM it's not so easy especially since they "have to" release a new game once every two years. They want to please arcade and simarcade fans at the same time (hardcore sim fans are long gone) and also it feels like they've gone quite lazy. In FM7 we got only a handful of never seen before cars and only one brand new location. Even the new "exciting" dynamic weather and time of day feature is limited only to selected tracks. I don't regret buying FM7, but I'm a big fan of the series and an enthusiast of racing games in general, I can see a lot of people skipping FM7 or waiting for a big sale.
AyraSutoraifu
Member
I must say, GTS looks insane.
xrnzaaas
Member
I must say, GTS looks insane.
They will sell a lot of copies because of those graphics (and good marketing from Sony
), especially with how the game looks great on standard PS4 as well. Pleasing more demanding players may be more difficult with the (in some cases extremely) lackluster cars, tracks and modes lists.get2sammyb
Member
It's not happening and you're all setting yourselves up for "bomba" post when it doesn't come close to that. The climate for racing games is different; the climate for Gran Turismo games is different.
It'll do about the same as Gran Turismo 6 in the UK, and anything more will be a bonus IMO.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Yeah. Its kind of eye opening that GT5 opened at 270k and the PS4's biggest exclusive, UC4, opened at 190k. I'll go with 100k but find it hard to guess tbh.
Buses, train stations, cinema ads, tv ads before F1 and other motorsports.
Buses, train stations, cinema ads, tv ads before F1 and other motorsports.
Gotdatmoney
Member
GTS I think will open over 100k. The franchise is a lot stronger than people give it credit for and the PS4 has been a monster this year.
Jarod McChicken
Member
I'm going with 80K for GT Sports and that's being optimistic.
Definitly my guess as well.
Definitly my guess as well.
gundamkyoukai
Member
The same can be said for so many games and people were wrong .
GTS is a GaaS game once PD bring out content fast enough there will be no problem.
GT games sell for years .
Bits N Pieces
Member
I've seen TV spots, Outdoor, Press Ads and Online Display. They are going all in on it, hence the reason I think it will sell big numbers in it launch week.
Forza 7 on the other hand has had no marketing push so far in the UK, well none that I've seen anyway. Which is actually really surprising.
EDIT: Since we are guessing numbers, ill go with 115k for GTS in the UK.
Weird.
In Denmark the eshop games are usually cheaper than retail. Unless we talk 3rd party. They always intendt to put the highest price possible on eshop
Huh? It would not matter. Forza 7 was never going to beat FIFA week 2. So the best possible outcome was number two.
Just like they did after seeing the lack of content in Rainbow 6 Siege and Overwatch, am I rite?
Seriously this wave of "lack of content" either show a complete lack of understanding of what Gran Turismo Sport actually is or people still trying to believe this is GT7 with another name.
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
Destiny is the bomba that keeps on giving.
Wut?
Game is more then a month old now. Gets "beaten" by a new game, a game wich is sold with every Xbox nowadays and FIFA wich just game out and is FIFA in the UK.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Fifa 18 Switch is charting everywhere around the world and among the most popular titles in eshop. Unless EA is retarded or holding an agenda against Nintendo, they'll not only keep Fifa (with Frostbite engine) as improve support for Switch.
MisterR
Member
FIFA 18 Switch is charting behind the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions around the world. Maybe they should work on getting the Frostbite versions on the PS3?
Tali'Zorah
Member
while FM7 has obv had a fairly disappointing launch, one thing that is standing out for me is that Microsoft has 2 first party titles in the top 3 - when was the last time that happened? Must have been a while.
People trying to downplay the game just throw shit to the wall to see what sticks.Wut?
Game is more then a month old now. Gets "beaten" by a new game, a game wich is sold with every Xbox nowadays and FIFA wich just game out and is FIFA in the UK.
None of them has had Gran Turismo in their names.
lol
Edit: This whole page is filled with crazy low figures for GT Sport debut. Why? The number for GT6 that launched on PS3 after PS4 released is seriously clouding your judgments.