early gt5 sells numbers

[Chikane_GTR]

discuss

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/82843/gran-turismo-5-sells-18m-in-two-days-worldwide/

 

[SolidSnakex]

There's not much to discuss, VGChartz is known for just making up numbers. They have no access to any insider charts.

 

[gtracedriver]

It will have good sales 5 million+ if they fix the bugs and add content then it will be more. I think they will do that and sales will be great

 

[YellowG1]

The enormously anticipated Gran Turismo 5 opened to some huge sales on PS3 this week. In just two days on the market in the Americas and EMEAA and one day in Japan, VGChartz estimates that over 1.8 million copies of the game were sold.

There's not much to discuss, VGChartz is known for just making up numbers. They have no access to any insider charts.

+1. A made up number is worse than no number at all.

 

[Sele1981]

Mhh I think more than 1.8 millions...

 

[MidianGTX]

The first hint of good news we get and you lot blast it down. The reviews were lower than expected, the forum is in uproar, now an article suggest GT5's sales might put it in the top five openings of all time and you're still not happy!

 

[McLaren]

Mhh I think more than 1.8 millions...

In 2 days?

 

[Knoxcore]

The first hint of good news we get and you lot blast it down. The reviews were lower than expected, the forum is in uproar, now an article suggest GT5's sales might put it in the top five openings of all time and you're still not happy!

It's not about being happy, it's about the credibility of the site. We all know GT5 will sell well, but VGChartz is not a site that prizes itself on accuracy. Believe me, I have an account there. They may say it sold 1.8 million in two days, but in one month when PD or Sony releases shipped numbers they will adjust their numbers to reflect the more accurate numbers from the companies who actually know the numbers. VGChartz is not accurate and full of flaws. Is is a place to get a good idea of how much the game is selling, sure. But, if you want accurate numbers, don't cite VGC.

 

[YellowG1]

The first hint of good news we get and you lot blast it down. The reviews were lower than expected, the forum is in uproar, now an article suggest GT5's sales might put it in the top five openings of all time and you're still not happy!

It's an arbitrary number. They don't even explain how they arrived at it.

 

[Devedander]

I don't know why people care about sales numbers... they say little of the qulity of the game - especially early ones which really tell you more how well marketing and hype worked than anything.

 

[MidianGTX]

It's not about being happy, it's about the credibility of the site. We all know GT5 will sell well, but VGChartz is not a site that prizes itself on accuracy. Believe me, I have an account there. They may say it sold 1.8 million in two days, but in one month when PD or Sony releases shipped numbers they will adjust their numbers to reflect the more accurate numbers from the companies who actually know the numbers. VGChartz is not accurate and full of flaws. Is is a place to get a good idea of how much the game is selling, sure. But, if you want accurate numbers, don't cite VGC.

Oh I accept that, and take the numbers with a pinch of salt, but I'd rather live in a bit of ignorant bliss until corrected There's always a slight chance they're right about this one.

 

[LaBounti]

I'm calling it, the servers will be doomed again........

I don't know why people care about sales numbers... they say little of the qulity of the game - especially early ones which really tell you more how well marketing and hype worked than anything.

Yes, this applies for every and anything that has ever sold.

 

[Raitziger]

In 2 days?

GT5 has been selling preorders for years.

 

[infamousDee]

In 2 days?

Seeing as Prologue had well over 1 million pre-orders, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this figure is an underestimate.

 

[toothache]

So is anyone having fun online ?

 

[GT Motion]

If these numbers are true that is pretty cool considering tons of people didn't know it was actually released, because of all the delay's.

 

[Grayfox]

i would say sales are very high

i work in a retail store and we sold out of the retail copys by the end of the day

we ordered over 150

 

[bigjoe]

i would say sales are very high

i work in a retail store and we sold out of the retail copys by the end of the day

we ordered over 150

Interesting. I bought my copy at Walmart midday on the 24th. Two of the sales ladies gave me blank stares when I asked for GT5. Finally a third had seen them and proceeded to go in the back and get a box of them, 5-10 minutes later. They hadn't even put them on display 14 hours after the release. (Its a 24 hour Walmart too.)

 

[MuchoJimbo]

I don't care if 2 copies were sold, I got my copy and am enjoying the hell out of it.

 

[Grayfox]

also forgot to say
where i work i would say their are not many people whom will like racing games, a suburb near by is mainly home to people from the european area so some may get it from their

 

[mark wolf]

The first hint of good news we get and you lot blast it down. The reviews were lower than expected, the forum is in uproar, now an article suggest GT5's sales might put it in the top five openings of all time and you're still not happy!

Are you really suprised? This is GTplanet after all

These people are harder to please than an Iron Chef judge.