555,000 Copies of GT5 for France, New Launch Party Date
I don’t have any specific updates about the GT5 disc revealed yesterday, but that hasn’t stopped quite a few interesting tidbits from bubbling up around the world. First up, word from “distribution sources” indicate more than half a million copies of Gran Turismo 5 are headed to France. More specifically, there will be 450,000 standard copies, 100,000 Collector’s Editions, and 5,000 Signature Editions available in the country. (Amazon.fr is still taking SE reservations, so hop on that if you’re interested.)
Also, GT5‘s big Madrid launch party has a new date of November 24th/25th. As you may recall, the launch party was first scheduled for October 26th/27th. Considering the party was to be held exactly one week before the game’s intended worldwide launch, a release during the week of November 29th – December 3rd is beginning to look extremely likely. This release window aligns perfectly with what I’ve been told before and Sony’s own retail outlet, SonyStyle, who lists a launch date “on or around” November 30th for the game. Regardless, it’s becoming clear we don’t have much longer to wait.
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November 7th, 2010 at 5:39 pm - #fredyellowone
I cannot write anything in the new thread.
What is going on?BTW, if the GT5 case is not fake, then PD should fire the translator.
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November 7th, 2010 at 1:32 pm - #Dr.Strangelove
GTPlanet News on or around the 22nd of november:
+++ French customs impound GT5 transport ship after arrival in Marseille +++ Reason: The likeliness of a devastating outbreak of GT 5 fever +++ The regarding containers were confiscated and put under quarantine for three months +++ Further analysis will follow by the end of february +++I am actually wondering if the only chance to prevent this from happening will be to get a job at the french customs department?
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November 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm - #Car freight
That ship is a car ship by the way lol
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November 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm - #Car freight
That ship is a Car ship by the way!! lol
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November 7th, 2010 at 1:10 pm - #xshane
0o0o it’s getting so close now!
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November 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm - #Brandon
It is excellent news! But I hope they have a Navy frigate to escort them through Somalian waters. We don’t want anymore delays due to pirates.
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November 7th, 2010 at 11:31 am - #Litzner
That many games would cover an entire football field in a stack just over 20 feet tall, that is not including the added size of the collectors or signature editions.
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November 7th, 2010 at 11:24 am - #Lyvan
Did you noticed that in the link amazon.fr, it says something like “shipping since Decenber 8th”? I know you cnat trust 100% on retailers date, but this would align with the theory of releases on 7th USA / 8th Europe / 9th Australia…
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November 7th, 2010 at 11:04 am - #sickdog2009
yea finnaly Europe gets a game first :P
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:53 am - #cuco33
I’ll believe GT5 is out when my copy is in my hands. Everything else is just smoke n mirrors to me.
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November 7th, 2010 at 10:40 am - #BMfan
Same,but i can at least hope that it will only be a month late this time.
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:52 am - #Two skidmarks
LOL!
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:07 am - #GT5_delayHATER!
Guys, let´s stop all this pointless posts.
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:29 am - #Skidmark
@Hater…
Try applying your advice to yourself first!
Others seem to find the chatter interesting. If you don’t, don’t read it.
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:52 am - #Wuestenmaus
@Skidmark
He is right. Everything has been said but not by everyone;)
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:01 am - #Hentis
Guys can I make a quick point here. More than likely the 555,000 being “Shipped” to France is by air (ie AIR Freight) and not via Container…. (ie SEA Freight) They wont reach France from Japan in time for the release date of November 30th. I hope its not by UPS cargo planes, they have a tendancy to fall out of the sky!!! Seeing as how Important this title is I suspect everyhing will go via Priority air to the country of destinations, From the localised duplicator.
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November 7th, 2010 at 8:49 am - #Driver46
Went to walmart.com again to see if they finally corrected their mistake that GT5 CE is for the Wii -_-.
They did…and now it also says it will be available on tuesday the 7-th of december. (this year)-
November 7th, 2010 at 11:27 am - #Lyvan
Sound like the most believable date to me personally…
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November 7th, 2010 at 8:12 am - #cwap
The big question: Is it a real ship, a photoshoped ship, or a real ship that’s been photoshoped to look even more real than it is……?
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:26 am - #FlareKR
G-e-n-e-r-i-c
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:27 am - #Pastasa
Maybe J-E-N-O-V-A?
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November 7th, 2010 at 9:43 am - #Fake
That ship is 101.9% fake… look at the water line it doesn’t line up with the keep properly, anyone could tell you that PLUS there is no 3d logo on the bow.. I think that the real ship has been delayed as the paint on one of the containers didn’t match Kazunoris underpants.. we could be looking at 2112 now.
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November 7th, 2010 at 6:14 pm - #Dunavantj
That crane is off center it has to be fake!
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November 7th, 2010 at 7:54 am - #Skidmark
Nice photo of the ship…do you have any game play?
Seriously…given the size of the packaged CD and the weight for the volume, it is not likely at all that the goods would be coming via boat.
Air shipment is more likely…or even more likely the Blu-Ray disks will be pressed in the regions and then trucked to Sony distribution points which will forward them to the retailers/e-tailers.
I sure hope the US will be the first go release per the old plan.
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November 7th, 2010 at 7:48 am - #Stune
Great news :)
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November 7th, 2010 at 7:40 am - #rydeen
GT has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide, right? How many copies have Call of Duty sold worldwide?(Just wanna OWN a friend in what game has sold most xD)
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November 7th, 2010 at 7:48 am - #Leonidae@MFT
COD series has sold 35 million according to Google.
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November 7th, 2010 at 7:13 am - #Johan
I hope don’t pirates comes and invade the shipe :)
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I smell 5th December release for GT5.who knows if KY want it.