GT5 Hits 9 Million Copies Shipped, Series Tops 67.8 Million
Polyphony Digital has just released revised sales numbers for the Gran Turismo series as of September 2012.
Gran Turismo 5 has sold an additional 1.7 million copies since sales numbers were last reported in December 2011, bringing its total to just over 9 million and solidifying its position as the best-selling exclusive PlayStation 3 game.
Despite GT5‘s success, older Gran Turismo games continued to experience demand. Gran Turismo 4 sold an additional 160,000 copies, Gran Turismo (PSP) sold an additional 250,000 copies, and – surprisingly - GT5 Prologue sold over 10,000 additional copies, despite the fact its online services are no longer supported.
The numbers all combine to bring the series to an updated total of over 67.8 million copies of Gran Turismo shipped, securing its place among the top-15 best-selling video game franchises of all time. Thanks to Amar212 for the quick tip!
GT5 Photomode image by Spark_GTP.
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November 6th, 2012 at 8:30 am - #Tvensky
and Im proud to be one out of those millions of people who own a GT game.
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November 6th, 2012 at 4:34 am - #magawolaz
Well deserved!
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November 6th, 2012 at 2:58 am - #TokoTurismo
You know what? I take back everything I said. Kaz and PD really do deserves the 9 million. They really know how to support a game, especially it being 2 years old now. Amazing stuff. Keep up the good work. I have good hopes that GT6 will turn out fantastic. :)
Thank you so much for the update Kaz and PD.
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November 6th, 2012 at 3:53 am - #HarVee
Yeah, you say this now. But in two months from now, you’ll be angry again.
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November 6th, 2012 at 7:12 am - #BarronGeddon
HarVee speaks the truth..
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November 6th, 2012 at 11:19 am - #TokoTurismo
@HarVee Are you challenging me? Well, to be honest you’re right what you said though. :( And you’re gonna be watching my every post right? But I do take back some things I said back. I challenge you. >:)
If I could last till at least to the very first day of January 2013, I beat you. But if I complain EVEN once, you win. Deal?
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November 6th, 2012 at 11:47 am - #HarVee
Sure. Let’s see how this goes then.
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:42 am - #Amac500
That picture looks real… the graphics in GT5 are the tits! New update as well!
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November 6th, 2012 at 8:28 am - #e30 freek
Or the dogs balls lol
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:15 am - #TokoTurismo
New update for GT5 guys! Get downloadin, you all will love it. HSV’s engine sound was improved and now sounds better said by the others on the forums. Thank you so much Kaz, you’re the best. :D
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:13 am - #CorvetteConquer
Progress, you’ve basically said what I’ve been preaching, too.
GT5′s sales are great, but its name is what helped drive the huge numbers. I think many millions of those gamers were left disappointed and might not return.
GT6, for me, is like the re-birth of the series. It will make or break the future of the series (if PD even decides to keep making GT titles.)
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November 6th, 2012 at 11:57 am - #occasionalracer
Don’t forget the game was repackaged and less than half the original price… that makes it almost a no-brainer to pick up for PS3 newcomers or those with casual interest in racing games. The Gran Turismo name is burned into probably every gamers memory bank… so ya, that helps, but I’d like to think it’s more than that :)
GT6 WILL be a stunner.
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November 6th, 2012 at 12:59 am - #BROHAM
That pic looks real
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November 6th, 2012 at 12:35 am - #Progress823
I look at these comments and see a set of people trying to defend a product (GT5) that was substandard, another set of people that want to see an improved product (I fall into that category) and another set of people that have “defected” to another platform/system entirely due to newer features available.
GT, as a series has been around a while. In the early years there was no competition around and it sold well as a result; this was in a time with no DLC or online community for the game. Things are a hell of a lot different now, there are worthy competitors – both with better physics and/or content. DLC is also a major issue as well – being able to purchase additional cars and tracks to enhance the gaming experience, and GT is falling behind in all of these areas.
As long as PD continues to look through the world with blinders on, not seeing what is said here in the forums, not looking at what is driving the sales of other games, and not truly listening to their fan base, GT will eventually fail. What is wrong with looking at other content, getting items in game that fans truly want. Kaz claimed that “GT is more than a game, it’s a movement”. The movement is bulls**t without the fan base, and listening to the fan base should be a priority, especially with a game series that has sold nearly 70 million units. Other developers get this idea and it is starting to show – both in these forums and in outside sales……
If GT6 falls into the category that GT5 falls in (a incomplete product sent to market that was never completed), I am not sure if I will continue to spend my money to support this series.
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November 6th, 2012 at 12:11 am - #DA6righthand
And these figures rank it above or below Forza?…
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:44 am - #Amac500
I think it’s above but GT has been out longer. Looks to me like Forza is starting to veer down the arcade direction :/
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November 6th, 2012 at 3:22 am - #MuoNiuLa
If you’re referring to Horizon, Turn 10 doesn’t make that game.
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November 6th, 2012 at 9:26 am - #maxpontiac
Way above.
F3 and F4 don’t come close to GT5…. combined.
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:31 pm - #Pit Crew
Off topic: GT5 Maintenance is running. Pleasant surprise.
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:11 pm - #e30 freek
Gran Turismo 5 only did well because of the previous games
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:02 pm - #HKSBro92
That makes no sense.
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:05 pm - #marxlien
This is my first console ever (i’ve always been a PC guy), and GT5 is the first GT game that i’ve played more than a couple of times. I understand some complains but, in the other hand i can’t, because if i take any other game that ‘ve had in the PS3 GT5 is by far the game that gives you more for the cost, hours and hours of offline gaming, and endless online gaming of course, constant updates, etc. If you compare PD to almost every other game companies PD is the more “honest” of all, the other ones sell you literally the half of the game and waits a couple of week and sells you the other half like if they’ve had created that content in 2 weeks…
If you said that you are a little dissapointed with GT5 it’s totally fine, but saying that they have “fooled” you, that you’d prefered to waste the money on something else i think is wrong.PS:sry for my english.
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November 6th, 2012 at 12:13 am - #phil_75
That, my friend is a good point, got it 12midnight release day and played it every single day since!
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November 6th, 2012 at 12:46 am - #Progress823
Half of a game sold is still half of a game sold – whether the newer content that was supposed to be there initially was given to you two weeks or two years later.
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November 5th, 2012 at 7:46 pm - #TheeFrogmanlego
For all the flaws this game has, i’v played it more than any other PS3 game I have. =P
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November 5th, 2012 at 8:47 pm - #HKSBro92
Same here. It’s just one of those things that has many flaws and people tell you to leave it and move on to better things but you won’t b/c it has qualities that just makes you want to stay, no matter what people think…kinda like my ex gf.
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November 5th, 2012 at 9:16 pm - #Pit Crew
True^ kinda like the “Energizer Bunny” for me.
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:46 am - #Amac500
Even with the flaws and glitches, the product is still head over heels better then any other.
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November 6th, 2012 at 4:42 am - #Lambofanghini
I still enjoy the game too. Especially the Lambos.
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November 6th, 2012 at 7:00 am - #parostroj
I bought PS3 just because GT5 and never regret it. And what Sony don’t want to hear I did not buy any other game because..why? I’m enjoying these cars..
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November 5th, 2012 at 7:07 pm - #BFBullpup
Congratulations to everyone who ever worked with the GT series! I still remember when my jaw dropped the first time I watched the GT1 commercial on TV. I never got around to actually playing the series until GT5 came out but I’m proud to be among those who own all 5 home console versions. I can’t wait for GT6 but I don’t mind the long wait as there is still much in GT5 and the older games that I want to accomplish.
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November 6th, 2012 at 7:04 am - #parostroj
GT2 on PSOne emulator was the Best racing on PC for many years;-)
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November 7th, 2012 at 2:15 pm - #KFM
I totally agree, parostroj. GT2′s visuals looked horrible on the PSX, but run it through bleem! or ePSXe and it was jaw-dropping. However, when GT3 game out it totally blew me away.
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November 7th, 2012 at 2:33 pm - #KFM
Wow.. I meant “came” out, and I didn’t even type that on my phone is the worst part.. :(
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November 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pm - #biftizmo
Is there another game out there that can interact with real life like this…?
Who will be the first gt5 racing legend ?
Thanks Kaz for bringing a global racing platform to my living room.(oldie to lazy to go out type dude)
Bring back B-spec….and there’s newt wrong with sound!
Leave GT6 until everyone’s got Super tv’s and sound systems…bring me loads of content to gt5 that I can bring forward to GT6..Bring on the drama…and stats to tell me how many times a waisted my friends into the ground over the past 2 years
Otherwise great game. keep the faith Kaz and bring on the possibility’s …
p.s don’t listen to the none believers…they don’t know what there on about…-
November 5th, 2012 at 7:14 pm - #MuoNiuLa
LOL Non-believers. Is GT a religion now?
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November 5th, 2012 at 7:27 pm - #biftizmo
I believe he’s out to make the racing world he loves, available to everyone…so far he’s not let me down….
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November 5th, 2012 at 7:41 pm - #SimonK
Interact with real life? What on earth are you waffling on about?
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November 5th, 2012 at 8:20 pm - #biftizmo
Was David Coulthard not real….on a real track with a real car…thought it was some sort of realty thing going on there? I think gt5 is the only commercial game that experiments with the kind of possibility’s…
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:20 pm - #Foxiol
L.M.A.O. to death at that comment.
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November 6th, 2012 at 1:49 am - #Amac500
We’re not a religion, we are a cult thank you very much MuoNiuLa. We’re about as much of a church as Scientology is, which is to say not one. We’re just here for the money :P
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November 5th, 2012 at 6:38 pm - #BayneHamlin1121
So many people with the “Why do people like what I don’t like?” attitude feeling..it’s hilarious.
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November 5th, 2012 at 6:53 pm - #MuoNiuLa
I’m not really seeing that. It’s usually the people who feel the need to call out the complainers why arguments start.
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November 5th, 2012 at 6:55 pm - #TokoTurismo
^ +1, Exactly. It geez is it ever ANNOYING.. >:\
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November 5th, 2012 at 6:55 pm - #TokoTurismo
*And. >_>
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:28 pm - #maxpontiac
Of course you say that MuoNiula.. you and others over the past few years come in and speak your opinion like its a fact. When others disagree with you, it’s others just starting arguments? Right.
It is no more annoying then seeing people come into a news thread and bring up topics that aren’t relevant to what this article is even about! OK,
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:37 pm - #ChicoMaloXD
I just wish they put dedicated servers on GT6.
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:27 pm - #DurWinning
And yet Gran Turismo 3 is the best selling game in the series. Jeez I wonder why
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:44 pm - #MuoNiuLa
Exactly. Doesn’t seem like much of a accomplishment when you put GT3 into the picture.
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November 5th, 2012 at 8:17 pm - #HKSBro92
Better soundtrack, longer career mode, complex string, test course, apricot hill raceway, didn’t have 50 skylines…there’s more but you get the idea.
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November 5th, 2012 at 10:39 pm - #maxpontiac
Lets see…
How many years has GT3 been out?
How long did it take GT3 to reach 9 million?
How are sales between GT3 and GT5 at 2 years?
How many other racing titles did GT3 have to compete with?
Any takers?
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:05 pm - #HKS racer
I explained it in an earlier post
“PD will release an half assed GT6
because an half assed GT5 is capable of trolling 9 millions of people, myself included.If for GT6 if 9 milions of people want to be trolled once again, I say go ahead dudes, I won’t be fooled twice.”
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:08 pm - #maxpontiac
I heard this type of comment in regards to GT4.
9 million copies of GT5 later…
..OK.
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November 5th, 2012 at 5:13 pm - #HKS racer
Seems like people enjoy to be trolled. I speak for myself.
As I said, go ahead enjoy your non-GT1 non-GT2 non-GT3 halfhassed-SuperGT racing game called “GT”.
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Wow GT4 sold over 100,000 copies.