Gran Turismo 5 passes 6 million mark

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 21 February, 2011

Big numbers for Sony's big racer.

PlayStation 3 exclusive racer Gran Turismo 5 has throttled through the six million units shipped barrier, creator Polyphony Digital has announced.

In an updated series software title list (thanks, VG247), the Japanese studio confirmed Gran Turismo 5 had shipped 6.37 million units as of December 2010. Why, that doesn't even include the January sales.

Last we heard GT5 had shipped 5.5 million.

Most of the shipments were to Europe – a whopping 3.97 million. 1.58 million went out to the US, 600,000 to Japan and 230,000 to Asia.

An amazing 63.15 million Gran Turismo games have been shipped throughout the series' lifetime. Pretty popular, then.

The best-selling GT game is still, by a country mile, Gran Turismo 3, with 14.89 million shifted.

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Comments (48) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Aretak #1 1 year ago

    Checking the day's gaming news just isn't the same without the possibility of reading about GT5 being delayed again. Roll on (the development of) GT6.

  • customfirmware #2 1 year ago

    And it's all profit!!! Sony must be laughing all the way to the bank.

  • dsmx #3 1 year ago

    I still remember GT3 being almost impossible to find in the shops for months after release, it got put on the shelves and they were sold out mere hours later.

  • Haerger #4 1 year ago

    PD keeps updating GT5 which is very good.

    Take a note Activision!

  • lcmnick #5 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 12:48:44 14-04-2012

  • callum9999 #6 1 year ago

    I'm not really that surprised as it seems to be holding it's price annoyingly well. Guess I'll have to put up with replaying Prologue for a few more months at least!

  • coolbritannia #7 1 year ago

    Wow, that's a hella impressive figure there. More than I thought they'd sell, I am proven wrong.

  • zedzee #8 1 year ago

    I reckon GT5 will break GT3's record.

  • X201 #9 1 year ago

    Europe = biggest audience by far.

    Why do we have to suffer NASCAR ?

  • smurphs #10 1 year ago

    Great news. GT5 is a fantastic piece of lifestyle software, I even love the cheesey menu music. I am of a certain age, however!

  • Kanselier #11 1 year ago

    Well deserved.

    Even though I have stopped playing the game, I just am not enough of a petrol head and/or rich enough to buy myself a proper steering wheel (set-up).

  • JoeGBallad #12 1 year ago

    Brilliant news for the team. Glad that all their years of hard work is paying off in sales, and it's a win-win for us because in return they keep updating it. Definitely one of my favourite racing games in recent years.

  • jefranklin18 #13 1 year ago

    I've got to say, I am surprised by the Japanese numbers. I always thought that GT was a huge seller over there. Nevertheless, great numbers and Sony's faith in it was obviously well placed.

    The Sixth Axis posted an article over the weekend where someone had set up a 3xPS3, 3xscreen GT5 rig with wheel, head-tracking etc. Very droolicious, I have to say.

    And I hope this comments thread won't descend into the tired shipped vs. sold argument...

  • betrayerofhope #14 1 year ago

    They said it was irrelevant.
    they said forza was the new king.
    They said metacritic reviews was shit
    They said it was hopeless and will never sell.
    They said many things.

    Gran Turismo shows that a superb driving experience can and will always triumph over nay sayers. The GT fanbase are a pretty loyal fanbase and stretches all the way from 1998. As long as the driving and racing experience is superb, it matters little what people do to downplay it.

    Congrats Kaz and the PD team.

  • Mike1980 #15 1 year ago

    Unfortunately Forza 3 has ruined me. I now expect every racing game to have the ability for me to have anime women on my cars.

  • Khanivor #16 1 year ago

    So after shipping 5.5 million initially less than a million new units were ordered worldwide for the Christmas shopping period? Doesn't sound like retailers expected massive demand.

  • SeesThroughAll #17 1 year ago

    I hope PD invite some of the good folks of the team formerly known as Bizarre Creations. PD could use better netcode, and those people deserve new jobs.

  • coolbritannia #18 1 year ago

    betrayerofhope, dodgy reasoning there mate. I would direct you to COD's sales figures....

    And Forza 3 is still better. :0-)

  • dagas #19 1 year ago

    I had no idea Gran Turismo was twice as big here than in the US.

  • Eldritch #20 1 year ago

    "And it's all profit!!!"

    At which point did it break even then?
    Edited by Eldritch at 21/02/11 @ 16:10

  • NotSoSlim #21 1 year ago

    Broke even when Prologue sold nearly 5m.

    Thought that was wildly known.

  • aphexstwin #22 1 year ago

    forza 2 is better than 3 and gt4 is better than f2 for many reasons, circuit realism and numbers of being chief among them. but thats just my opinion!

  • suhawk75 #23 1 year ago

    @X201

    It's not like NASCAR is the only driving style simulated in the game so you don't really have to suffer it much if you don't fancy it

    (And much to my surprise NASCAR online with others is an absolute blast.)

  • homerramone #24 1 year ago

    Must be great then Cos big sales = quality.

    Just look at the sales of Mr Cowells.. shall we say Products. That proves it.

    (No im not slurring GT5 - I have it - and I like it.. just saying is all )

  • betrayerofhope #25 1 year ago

    When you add Gran turismo 5 and prologue together you get a cool 12 million copies sold for GT this generation alone.

    Enough to cover the 60 million budget with some extra change

  • betrayerofhope #26 1 year ago

    coolbritannia,

    the driving model of GT 5 is really really really good. That's why people continue to buy it. Nothing is better than driving a lexus LFA in the nurbugring in the dark while raining.

    Polyphony has nailed that to sheer perfection. It carries the old adage. If the gameplay is good then the game has served it's core primary purpose.

  • E2K #27 1 year ago

    This game will outsell all Forzas, ever, combined. That will teach those fools to claim that PD took there time.

  • Hindle #28 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 23:04:43 04-04-2012

  • patootik #29 1 year ago

    @betrayerofhope

    "Nothing is better than driving a lexus LFA in the nurbugring in the dark while raining."

    Don't you mean nothing is harder, holy crap those rain races on Nurburgring are tough!!!

  • drumbaby #30 1 year ago

    Damn, the big name mags that posted bad reviews will have to go back to the drawing board. Just how DO you ruin the reputation of this juggernaut?

  • Stifler #31 1 year ago

    Sold it within a week of getting it.

    Guess I'm in the minority.
    Edited by Stifler at 21/02/11 @ 16:49

  • stuntmaster #32 1 year ago

    bought played got bored went back to forza

  • Stifler #33 1 year ago

    +1 Stuntmaster ;)

  • betrayerofhope #34 1 year ago

    @patootik,

    it's the sense of exhilaration that alot of car games out there lack that GT5 has. I love driving with 16 other players at the ring at night when it's raining. It's tough and a single mistake will cost you dearly but the sense of danger only adds to the excitment. And The driving model is just fantastic.



  • darkphoenix #35 1 year ago

    Well deserved, GT5 is a great game.
    It is my favourite racer this generation, and this coming from a fierce Forza fan, although I prefer the second Forza game by far.
    Never liked the "casualization" of Forza 3 along with its eye-bleeding saturated colors, misplaced rewind mode, one-button driving crap and other annoying changes...

    Fact is, GT has a lot more to offer than Forza.
    Presentation and menus are confusing, loading times suck, online community options are rather poor, can't costumize cars,....
    But it has the best tracks overall, the best career mode, kart, rally, ice racing, formula one, nascar, more than a thousand cars, support for a LOT of wheels, online events, special challenges, license tests,.........

    Forza is a rather dull collection of the best cars and hit n' miss tracks, some of them are just plain annoying.
    It's the 920 gamescore game, thanks to its ridiculously uninspired career mode, one that nobody will finish because it is the most boring ever in a racing game.
    It has the muscle, great overall graphics, robust online implementation, carefully designed menu structure that is a pleasure to navigate.
    Shame it lacks the passion, that extra mile that GT5 offers to those who care.

    Shame also that some ( most? ) people don't even scratch the surface of GT5's incredibly rich package, opting to waste their time writing nonsense comments about stuff they don't know jack about.

  • atrimus #36 1 year ago

    @coolbritannia

    so, by that rationale Halo, Gears of War, Mario and Zelda all suck?

    you obviously don't like Gran Turismo (for whatever reason). what's say you take a chill pill and let those who actually DO like Gran Turismo have their moment? i'm no fan of Gran Turismo or any other sim racer (including Forza), but i can at the very least appreciate what the series has done for the genre, and it's overall merits.

  • sfp_noodle #37 1 year ago

    This was never really in doubt was it? They'll probably release a "complete" edition within a year, with all the improvements and any added content bundled on the disc. Maybe even sort out the ridiculous 45 minute install when you unwrap the thing! It'd make sense. Would be similar to the Forza 3 "Ultimate Edition."

    If someone bought the game as early as today they'd have to wait betweern 1-2 hours for the updates and installs to complete. I'd actually be surprised if they decided against releasing an updated version, especially as most people play it offline and won't have access to all the extra content if they're not connected to the net. Even though it's been only 3 months since release the game has been updated big time. Offline players deserve access to that content too.

  • DrStrangelove #38 1 year ago

    @zedzee

    I reckon GT5 will break GT3's record.

    I doubt so--so far PS2 outnumbers PS3 3:1.

  • Stop-gap #39 1 year ago

    Good, good. I hope this encourages PD to keep up the excellent post-release work they've been doing, it gets decidedly better with every major patch.

  • FuzzyDuck #40 1 year ago

    @Stifler

    I hear ya dude, i sold it within 36 hours! And i used to be a complete GT fanboy too.

  • Ashcroft #41 1 year ago

    So, do Forza 2 and 3's combined sales figures even get near this?

  • funkateer #42 1 year ago

    It's well deserved. Flawed as it is, it does the important bits so absolutely brilliantly that the flaws are easily forgotten.

    Some cars handle so realistically, it's uncanny! Although honestly, not all of them do; for example a Lotus Elise can be tricky, but not THAT tricky (I've driven my friend's Elise on the Nurburgring). My own car's handling in GT5 however feels pretty much spot-on and really more accurate than in Forza 3 (I have the poor-man's-Lotus-Elan-that-doesn't-fall-apart by Mazda ;)

  • Lucodeath #43 1 year ago

    @fuzzyduck
    36 hours an you sold it, what more do you want from a driving game/sim?
    I thought Japan would have bought loads more than 600,000. I prefer gt5 to forza at the mo cos I have a decent wheel for ps3 but the ms wheel works better than standard pad.
    Edited by Lucodeath at 21/02/11 @ 23:06

  • Raconteur #44 1 year ago

    I hope they release DLC soon with more versions of the Yaris.
    Nine isn't enough!

  • davisorle #45 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • Eerazor #46 1 year ago

    I wonder how many copies they had to sell, or have to sell to actually reach break-even. I dont think, after the length of development, that 6 Mil units has reached their break even yet.

  • droolbrittania #47 1 year ago

    Kinect joyride is better x

  • ronuds #48 1 year ago

    Why the sales comparisons to Forza? GT will sell whether it's good or terrible - no reflection on quality whatsoever.

    Comparing to Forza sales is sour grapes.