The Gran Turismo collection has been a Sony staple for the reason that unique recreation launched on PS1 in 1997. In celebration of its twenty fifth anniversary, Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi mentioned his historical past with the collection and shared the Gran Turismo gross sales numbers over the past quarter century.
Gran Turismo complete gross sales attain over 90 million copies
Writing on PS Weblog, Yamauchi says the Gran Turismo collection as a complete has bought over 90 million copies. Regardless of racing being a comparatively area of interest style, the franchise has been a constant best-seller, solely stumbling with the divisive GT Sport.
The collection is undoubtedly widespread, however we have been shocked simply how nicely it’s carried out once we took a have a look at the PlayStation best-seller charts:
- Gran Turismo: 10,850,000 bought – #1 best-selling PS1 recreation
- Gran Turismo 2: 9,370,000 bought – #3 best-selling PS1 recreation
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec: 14,890,000 bought – #2 best-selling PS2 recreation
- Gran Turismo Idea: 1,585,000 bought – #100 best-selling PS2 recreation
- Gran Turismo 4: 11,760,000 bought – #3 best-selling PS2 recreation
- Gran Turismo 5: Prologue: 5,350,000 bought – #7 best-selling PS3 recreation
- Gran Turismo (PSP): 4,220,000 bought – #4 best-selling PSP recreation
- Gran Turismo 5: 11,950,000 bought – #2 best-selling PS3 recreation
- Gran Turismo 6: 5,060,000 bought – #9 best-selling PS3 recreation
- Gran Turismo Sport: 1,140,000 bought – #29 best-selling PS4 recreation
Figures for Gran Turismo 7 aren’t obtainable but. Nevertheless, the hype across the recreation and a comparatively constructive reception imply it’s in all probability accomplished fairly nicely.
Right here’s to the following 25 years of Gran Turismo!
