Sony: Worldwide sales for Gran Turismo franchise exceeds 50 million

Posted May 9, 2008 at 3:26AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Polyphony Digital, SCEI, Sony
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Sony: Worldwide sales for Gran Turismo franchise exceeds 50 million - Image 1 Sony Computer Entertainment International (SCEI) released new information regarding Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series of games for the PlayStation consoles. As of April 30, 2008, the entire GT franchise has achieved over 50 million sales worldwide, according to a recent press release the company sent out.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in particular had 2.3 million sales under its belt on last count, which includes figures for both its Blu-Ray and PlayStation Network release. The game has already exceeded sales for Gran Turismo 4, launched back in 2004.

As for the rest of SCEI's sales breakdown:
  • Gran Turismo (PS1) - 10.85 mi‭llion
  • Gran Turismo 2 (PS1) - 9.37 million
  • Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (PS2) - 14.89 million
  • Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo (PS2) - 1.56 million
  • Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (PS2)  - 1.36 million
  • Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) - 10.06 million
  • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) - 2.23 million
  • Total: 50.32 million
Given these figures, it will be interesting to see just what sort of reception the full game, Gran Turismo 5, will be getting, when it finally makes its debut. Keep an eye out in case we run into more related news.

 
 
 

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by scarface_tha_second - 2008-05-09 06:00:42
Congrats Sony

This is the best driving game there is. I'd like to see GT5 outdo a-spec in terms of sales.

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