Bladed Thesis
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It was a topic exposed in the other thread about racing games and after I start to do research I found some interesting points about the series that focus more on the loud userbase than actual install base (the opposite of the Forza series that focus enjoying the game and found a big success with the Xbox userbase).
Sony released 1 games in the series this generation so let's start wit that one first since there was really only 1 with the data available about their debut:
https://www.gtplanet.net/october-20...s-gt-sport-racing-games-continue-strong-year/
https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-sport-has-sold-around-3-3-million-copies-worldwide/
Gran Turismo Sport Debut
Sony claimed GTS to be the fastest-selling racing game in Playstation history.
The game was launched on the 17th of October and by Sony’s stats in March 2018 the game was sold to almost four percent of the Playstation owners.
Playstation sold 75 million of Playstation 4 consoles as of December 31.
What that means?
At least only four percent of Playstation 4 owners bought this game in nearly 5 months.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/436242/gran-turismo-sport-tops-7-million-players/
Gran Turismo Sport in 2019
It shows that even after 2 years GTS did not manage to catch on with Playstation 4 install base in well EVERYWHERE...
Some will say but these are only US data.
Well it is but alot of Sony sales come from US and UK... so the changes to the rest of the world change the situation is pretty much near some number I could pull from my ass.
We have some Japan data but I choose to ignore them because it is level that can't change anything.
What is the reason for the Decline?
I take some time to think about what happened with the series and I reached two imo (I've played more than 2 hours of the GTS demo by the way, about 200 hours) reasons to what is happening with Gran Turismo series:
Are there more reason? I don't know.
Conclusion
I opened the thread to discuss why that decline for the Gran Turismo series happened and what do you GAFers things about it. Obviously the recent poll in a forum that has more Sony supporters, a console with a larger install base, definitely ruffled some SERIOUS concern about other franchises.
And obvious I want to see opinions about what Polyphony Digital can to to the series to increase it sales again in next-generation.
Actually Forza Horizion is at way better spot than Gran Turismo.
What do you think about the future of the series?
Bonus hypothetical case?
What if Sony choose to buy Forza Horizon series after GTS so that they could have a racing game that maybe more than 8% of their install base will care about and only focus in Forza Horizon series? What do you think Polyphony Digital will do or work?
Thank you for you time btw.
Sony released 1 games in the series this generation so let's start wit that one first since there was really only 1 with the data available about their debut:
https://www.gtplanet.net/october-20...s-gt-sport-racing-games-continue-strong-year/
https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-sport-has-sold-around-3-3-million-copies-worldwide/
Gran Turismo Sport Debut
Sony claimed GTS to be the fastest-selling racing game in Playstation history.
The game was launched on the 17th of October and by Sony’s stats in March 2018 the game was sold to almost four percent of the Playstation owners.
Playstation sold 75 million of Playstation 4 consoles as of December 31.
What that means?
At least only four percent of Playstation 4 owners bought this game in nearly 5 months.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/436242/gran-turismo-sport-tops-7-million-players/
Gran Turismo Sport in 2019
It shows that even after 2 years GTS did not manage to catch on with Playstation 4 install base in well EVERYWHERE...
Some will say but these are only US data.
Well it is but alot of Sony sales come from US and UK... so the changes to the rest of the world change the situation is pretty much near some number I could pull from my ass.
We have some Japan data but I choose to ignore them because it is level that can't change anything.
What is the reason for the Decline?
I take some time to think about what happened with the series and I reached two imo (I've played more than 2 hours of the GTS demo by the way, about 200 hours) reasons to what is happening with Gran Turismo series:
- Inferiority. The series was being beaten by Forza Motorsports every two years this gen since last gen and it is a small period between them making the sting all the more potent to GTS customers.
- Forza Horizon series rise. It is INDISCUTILE that Forza Horizon become one of the best selling games from Microsoft and reached a size and success that Sony never saw with Gran Turismo and that probably helped to make gamers buy less and less Gran Turismo.
Are there more reason? I don't know.
Conclusion
I opened the thread to discuss why that decline for the Gran Turismo series happened and what do you GAFers things about it. Obviously the recent poll in a forum that has more Sony supporters, a console with a larger install base, definitely ruffled some SERIOUS concern about other franchises.
And obvious I want to see opinions about what Polyphony Digital can to to the series to increase it sales again in next-generation.
Actually Forza Horizion is at way better spot than Gran Turismo.
What do you think about the future of the series?
Bonus hypothetical case?
What if Sony choose to buy Forza Horizon series after GTS so that they could have a racing game that maybe more than 8% of their install base will care about and only focus in Forza Horizon series? What do you think Polyphony Digital will do or work?
Thank you for you time btw.