Why is this game so high? Are we really going to expect 4million for the prologue .The prologue for the GT4 for the PS2 didnt even sell 2million Why would GT5 prologue sell more on the PS3. 2million is my prediction, 2.5 TOPS.
haha i don't know why i've been so sarcastic today. i'm in a very strange mood. must be from me staying up late playing Battlefield Bad Company Beta. so addicting.
From what I have seen on VG (!!) and Wiki (!!) previous GT entrys sell between 15 and 20% of their total sales in Japan.
GT5 Prologue has sole how many in Japan? Reportedly approx 250,000.
If old patterns hold true that would put total sales at between 1.25 million and 2.5 million at the outside for life time sales.
How do we match this historical pattern to current 4 million lifetime sales (you all do know that this game will only sell for approx 1 year before the full game arrives right?) and the supposed 1 million pre orders?
I think digital downloading is making this extremely difficult to measure and hope that we get some numbers from PD or SONY on the DL side of things. Disc sales are unlikely to be 4 million in my opinion (that is a 25-40% attachment rate given that it is on sale for likely just a year)
One issue I haven't seen addressed regarding this title is how long the Online support would be there for.
I would assume that there would be alot of pressure to shut off the Online portion once the full GT5 comes out and I understand that the Japanese version of Prologue only supports online until this summer some time.
As a casual fan of GT I would not purchase this game if the Online component is less than 1 year.
@apujanata, Though the GLS does include digitally distributed units as does every title on the simExchange does. The NPD futures of course do not because NPD is supremely lacking in getting all sales of titles counted - not just retail.
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You know the game is bundled in the EU, right?