Im seeing the week of December 21st and it says GT6 is ranked 74th in the USA, just ahead of Need for Speed Rivals on the PS4. It also says this is the data for the 3rd week of the game. If vgchartz is anywhere near telling the truth, then it is nothing short of a total disaster. The game may struggle to break 4m units worldwide.
You're looking at week 2 sales. Its dropped alot for week 3.
Its a similar situation to what happened to RPGs. Once upon a time developers from the east dominated the genre. Then one day developers from the west said why do RPGs have to be so linear? Why do the main characters have to be 15 year old anime cliches? Why does the combat have to be turnbased? They took the RPG formula and turned all its weak points into their strong points. The result? Japanese RPGs are largely irrelevant now. Not too long ago Final Fantasy was the king of RPGs, now its just a laughing stock. Western RPGs like Oblivion and Mass Effect sell more and are critically rated higher.
Its the same thing with Turn 10. They took the Gran Turismo formula and made it better. They worked hard on the AI, damage and crash physics, as well as customization.
I use to know what I could expect in a Gran Turismo game, but not anymore.
I use to be able to expect cutting edge graphics. Thats not the case anymore. The visuals are let down by PS2 era content (cars and tracks) and other sloppy issues such as blocky, flickering shadows and framerate. The minute I played GT5 and saw the shadows...I knew the game was not complete. Its sad, because all GT titles before GT5 had a flawless visual presentation. GT5 and GT6 do not.
I use to be able to expect a GT mode that would take me months to complete. I played GT4 for YEARS and only reached like 93% completion. GT4 had something like a dozen endurance races. GT5 had alot of endurance races too yeah, but only like two of them werent copy/pasted from a previous game.
I use to be able to expect alot of good things from GT games. Not anymore. Now I expect half baked features, sloppy graphics, and in general just a carelessly put together game.
If it takes PD 3 years to produce this, then they need to either hire many more workers or close up shop. Maybe PD doesnt want to hire more employees because that means a smaller portion of the pie for everyone? That must be the case, because their vision far exceeds their ability. They ask us to wait THREE-FOUR years for each new installment, and then another YEAR for them to patch it where it works right as well as adding missing features.
The whole thing is absurd. Theres no possible way such a developer will last long, especially in today's gaming environment. Gran Turismo no longer has a new feeling to it. Its no longer cutting edge, ahead of its time, or quality craftsmanship. Its a dated Japanese sim-cade game that pleases neither the hardcore or casual. Nothing more or less.
Its funny how people say Project CARS is not a threat to GT. The way things are going, there wont be a GT for Project CARS to threaten.
