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[manueldelalas]

what is the problem with bundles? million sellers like halo have also been bundled to death and never seen people talking about that.
whatever, most gt sales come from Europe, and holiday season is about to kick off ....

I have no problems with bundles, I don't know where you got that from.

Uncharted 1, 2 and GT5 Prologue say otherwise. These games were pretty slow burners.

Uncharted 1 and GT5P were heavily bundled with PS3s sold.

Uncharted 2 was not a slow burner, in fact, it was extremely front loaded.

 

[tzare]

I have no problems with bundles, I don't know where you got that from.

well, maybe i misunderstood you, but seemed to me that selling via bundle was something 'bad' for GTPrologue's millionaire numbers. Like it was unfair.
Just giving examples that some games, especially first party, like Halo (or Forza which has also been heavily bundled) can use that strategy to sell more. Others just lower the price.

Uncharted 1 and GT5P were heavily bundled with PS3s sold.

i think i did not misunderstand you now

 

[Takao]

The Ratchet & Clank, and LittleBigPlanet releases would be a good example of slowburns on PS3, no?

 

[manueldelalas]

well, maybe i misunderstood you, but seemed to me that selling via bundle was something 'bad' for GTPrologue's millionaire numbers. Like it was unfair.
Just giving examples that some games, especially first party, like Halo (or Forza which has also been heavily bundled) can use that strategy to sell more. Others just lower the price.


i think i did not misunderstand you now

The thing about bundles, is that the sale of the game is not merit of the game itself, because a bundle symbolizes a huge slash in the price of the game.

To expand on that, take Uncharted for example. That game sold badly, really bad, but Sony knew they had a good game that could turn into a huge franchise. They bundled the hell out of that game, every new PS3 owner knew what Uncharted was; it raised the awareness of that game.

 

[sensi97]

Sony let one of their best team work for 5 years on a single game, and the results are good.

fixed that for you
you're welcome

 

[Ashes]

The thing about bundles, is that the sale of the game is not merit of the game itself, because a bundle symbolizes a huge slash in the price of the game.

To expand on that, take Uncharted for example. That game sold badly, really bad, but Sony knew they had a good game that could turn into a huge franchise. They bundled the hell out of that game, every new PS3 owner knew what Uncharted was; it raised the awareness of that game.

I live in Europe and you've got to be kidding me. I don't even remember a standalone advert on telly and I'm pretty sure they sold platinum editions of this game. Word of mouth did this game the favours in Europe.

 

[CrushDance]

Let's see you ship 5.5 million games in under two weeks. Go! Clock is ticking,bro.

Post of the thread right here. It's impressive how well the game has done after all the delays and reviews. They'll need to kick it up for Gt6 though, it's not enough.

So, guesses as to where GT5 will end off? I'm saying 7 million.

 

[Russell]

if it shipped that many, it'll probably end up filling more landfills than ET lol

What are you trying to say?

The way you made the above quoted comment sounds like you would be amused if Gran Turismo 5 was a sales failure.

What the fuck?

 

[Cyberia]

So the game has now officially sold over 5.5 million copies.

Sony has revealed the worldwide sales total for PS3 exclusive, Gran Turismo 5, and the number is impressive. During their CES conference, Sony announced to the masses that since Gran Turismo 5 released in November, the software has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide.

The Gran Turismo franchise has always been popular and Gran Turismo 5 seems to continue that trend. Back in November the title moved around 400,000 units in North America. With the December NPD scheduled to be released next week, we should see some big numbers posted for the month.

http://www.examiner.com/video-game-in-national/gran-turismo-5-sales-top-5-5-million-worldwide

 

[TheKaeptain]

But gaf told me it bombed...

 

[Shurs]

So the game has now officially sold over 5.5 million copies.

I'm pretty sure that number is sold to retailers, not sold to consumers.

 

[Majine]

So the game has now officially sold over 5.5 million copies.



http://www.examiner.com/video-game-in-national/gran-turismo-5-sales-top-5-5-million-worldwide

Uh no.

I saw the conference, and they said it had sold 5.5 million within the first 12 days.

 

[Lion Heart]

It means nothing but I was at Bestbuy two weeks ago and I saw the last copy being sold. A week before that, they had so many copies on shelves, I thought they would never get rid of them. Made me grin

 

[Dragon]

Uh no.

I saw the conference, and they said it had sold 5.5 million within the first 12 days.

Looks suspiciously like the 5.5 million sold to retailers in its first 12 days...

 

[spats]

It means nothing but I was at Bestbuy two weeks ago and I saw the last copy being sold. A week before that, they had so many copies on shelves, I thought they would never get rid of them. Made me grin

This is kind of irrelevant to the thread, but you can still find gt4 on shelves over here and it still sells. I think PD still even tracks the sales on their site. GT games tend to sell for a long time.

 

[Kagari]

But gaf told me it bombed...

It was never going to bomb. Maybe sell less than previous entries, but it was still going to do over 5 million WW.

 

[Gadfly]

But gaf told me it bombed...

You must be referring to GAF's reaction to November's NPD report on GT5 sales. That's the only time where I remember many people said it did lower (in US) than they expected.

 

[CrushDance]

Do we have updated numbers?

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Noup.

 

[-viper-]

On Christmas Eve, the game was sold out at the Gamestation, Game and Tesco near me.

 

[TheKaeptain]

It was never going to bomb. Maybe sell less than previous entries, but it was still going to do over 5 million WW.

I know. Just like pointing out what people were saying about it last month. After see what it sold its first four days on sales.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Do we have updated numbers?

We got a comment from Kaz @ CES that it sold over 5.5 million.

 

[Boombloxer]

The thing about bundles, is that the sale of the game is not merit of the game itself, because a bundle symbolizes a huge slash in the price of the game.

To expand on that, take Uncharted for example. That game sold badly, really bad, but Sony knew they had a good game that could turn into a huge franchise. They bundled the hell out of that game, every new PS3 owner knew what Uncharted was; it raised the awareness of that game.

:lol

New IP sells 3+ million. This is not a failure or sold badly by any definition. Try harder.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

On Christmas Eve, the game was sold out at the Gamestation, Game and Tesco near me.

The local CeX had 3 shelves full of GT5 before xmas, I don't think I've ever seen so many copies of the same game in there.

Not that it matters, I suppose.

 

[manueldelalas]

:lol

New IP sells 3+ million. This is not a failure or sold badly by any definition. Try harder.

Reading is FUNdamental... Uncharted sold like shit at first, that is a fact, you don't like facts?, go to Gamefaqs or PS3forums. Did I say it was a failure anywhere? Nope I didn't. Try harder (I mean, you could try reading what the talk was about, and try to not quote and give an out of context opinion).

Uncharted was a heavy investment for Sony, they bundled it to increase awareness (and sales) of the game, platinium also helped; when Uncharted 2 was released, it sold WAY better, because people knew the franchise, and they knew it was good. By now, it is probably the second best franchise (in terms of money maker) that Sony has; they can easily make one game every two years, with a not so big team, and sales are actually quite good. GT franchise is probably a bottomless money sucker by now...

 

[Metalmurphy]

GT franchise is probably a bottomless money sucker by now...

What? :lol

 

[The_Squirrel_Menace]

My girl gifted me GT5 for Christmas. Grinding through at the moment, lvl 18. Done most of the licenses. Working on pro and expert events.



I can't fecking stand the music in this game. I feel like I'm going to see a pussy pop up at anytime while in the menu, for christ sake.

The photo mode is great.

The cars looks great.

The engine sound is there.

The feeling of speed is there.

All assist off, personal settings on your cars that suit your driving. I like.

BUT WHERE IS MY FUCKING PORSCHE???? !!!!!

Once I get bored, Forza 4 will come in handy.

 

[Metalmurphy]

You'll have to settle with standard RUFs

 

[CecilRousso]

Good for them. Hopefully they can spend some of that money on patches that reduces theloading times so it becomes a bit more playable than what it is now.

 

[Noisepurge]

I can't fecking stand the music in this game. I feel like I'm going to see a pussy pop up at anytime while in the menu, for christ sake.

The photo mode is great.

The cars looks great.

The engine sound is there.

The feeling of speed is there.

All assist off, personal settings on your cars that suit your driving. I like.

BUT WHERE IS MY FUCKING PORSCHE???? !!!!!

Once I get bored, Forza 4 will come in handy.

This might not be the best topic to discuss the game itself... But yeah, you can set all the pussypop songs OFF from the soundtrack menu. I only use the electro and rock songs.

actual topic here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415162

 

[shintoki]

Do we have updated numbers?

NPD comes up soon. Probably have another report mentioning a bunch of shipped numbers again.