Looking at the pre-order charts, gt6 is scary low. Sony will end up regretting putting this on PS3, people wanted to see a marked improvement from GT5, but simply are not seeing it with gt5. Sony would have been better off letting PD take 1-2 years and really put out a killer next gen racer. instead, people are just seeing it as what it is, what GT5 should have been, which is not good enough.
Sales of G6 will be by far the lowest in the series history. What was sony and PD thinking? They cannot do anymore with the PS3.
Because day 1 sales are the only thing that matters?
Are we, the players, caring even more about this than companies now? The day 1 sale phenomenon has killed quite a lot of games and developers...
Explanations for the low preorders:
- Comparing to GT5 isn't really fair, given the situation - A much shorter time between games.
- People are holding off as GT5 wasn't the game they were promised.
- People are waiting for a PS4 version.
- It's got more competition.
- Might be that people are waiting for a collector's edition.
Expectation:
- GT6 will sell less than GT5, though still more than most would expect. In the long term it may be one of the games keeping PS3 sales alive.
- It seems to be much better out of the box than GT5 was. I'd expect sales to soar around/after christmas when the reviews come in and word of mouth spreads, as people will have more stuff to compare it to (driveclub, forza 5).
- It's still a GT game, so it will sell regardless.
