Gran Turismo 6 first week UK sales around five times less than GT5

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Gran Turismo 6 is way off the pace of its predecessor, after debuting in the UK with close to five times less sales than Gran Turismo 5. Yes, the presence of two next-gen consoles is no doubt a factor - also GT5 came out on a Wednesday, and GT6 on Friday - but it's still a concerning performance by the PS3 racer, especially considering it had this week to itself, retail-wise. To add insult to injury, it placed eighth in the UK charts this week - behind the nearly three-month-old Grand Theft Auto 5.

With Gran Turismo 6 failing to light up the charts, this week's podium is the same as last week's: Battlefield 4 in third, FIFA 14 second, and Call of Duty: Ghosts top for the second week running. There's barely any shuffling to mention either, outside of Killzone: Shadow Fall dropping from fourth to ninth. Instead of dwelling on that, let's close with a gif that harks back to happier times.

Posted: Dec 09, 2013 9:09 am
Related Forum: PlayStation Forum

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/09/gran-turismo-6-first-week-uk-sales-around-five-times-less-than-g/

Comments

RealitiesPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

-LAHWF I remember the original gran turismo's for playstation. Well it is GTA after all, a completely different game but it's also a lot more popular.

Can you remember the little car tutorial things were you would have to complete a certain class
And stuff
Like drive a certain distance and stop before the finishing line xD

RealitiesPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

ImgBurn
Yop Only game on ps3 that's good.

I will have to agree there

CoD4
GTA5
Driver San Francisco
Little Big Planet 1 and 2
Killzone 3
I disagree

RealitiesPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

I remember GT2
When you could wash your car and change oil and stuff
I was like 5 xD I used to play it with my dad. I played GT5 Prologue
And didnt like it and disliked the full game even more :(

Mafia6kPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

No one barly played racing games now & days their still fun though a

TendPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

I remember the original gran turismo's for playstation. Well it is GTA after all, a completely different game but it's also a lot more popular.

SIKSPosted: Tue. Dec 10, 2013

Grand Turismo has gone really far throught the years, i haven't played it since the PS1, i might consider GT6 just to admire the awesomeness of it.

VPNPosted: Mon. Dec 09, 2013

Well I guess everyone would rather get Forza 5.

LairPosted: Mon. Dec 09, 2013

well ya literally EVERYONE got GTA 5

MeteredPosted: Mon. Dec 09, 2013

I don't think you can expect much when releasing for older consoles now.

Jayden-Posted: Mon. Dec 09, 2013

That's disappointing. I thought GT6 would be far more popular than GT5. But I suppose, due it's release date and next gen consoles, it's obviously not able to sell as many copies.

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