Hot Pursuit bests Gran Turismo's sales

E4G: EA have recently revealed that their reboot of the popular Need for Speed franchise has gotten off to a good start, sales wise, and has sold over 400,000 units in the US in November, the month of its release.

[aviator189]

GT 5 released a little closer to the end of November, about an entire week after hot pursuit was launched. And the title is a bit misleading as these sales of 400k are exclusive to the US.

I'm pretty sure the worldwide sales would paint a different story for these two games.

[digitalivan]

I don't get it, why do they always ignore the rest of the world?

[callahan09]

Well let me say that I can think of tons of reasons why some individuals might like Hot Pursuit more than GT5, because the two games are VASTLY DIFFERENT experiences and styles, about as different as two games that focus on driving cars can get. But in terms of the reality of what Polyphony Digital has crafted, what that game disc offers and the sheer amount of content on board, you can't say that Hot Pursuit is the better game or the better buy. The real reason that so many critics are saying that, is because they're not educated in proper criticism. It's just sad to me how much over-criticism I have seen of GT5. Is the game perfect, no, absolutely not, but no game is, absolutely, literally no game is perfect. But the small flaws that have pretty much no bearing whatsoever on the actual gameplay, the actual racing around circuits gameplay, are magnified to ridiculous proportions in some critics' analysis of the game. See, critics didn't go in to GT5 looking to play it and determine whether fans of the genre would get their money's worth out of it. They went into it with "6 years development time and claims of perfection!" in mind and specifically looked for the flaws, some critics even attempted to convince people that they SHOULDN'T be fans of the genre, that somehow the genre itself that Gran Turismo inhabits is "wrong". I've seen it in numerous reviews. The criticism was baseless and unmerited, frankly.

[RedDragan]

So this games has sold over 5.5 Million units?

HAHAAHAHA! Bollox!

And the US is pretty small compared to the rest of the world. I love the American propaganda... it is so funny because it is so stupid.

[LORD-PHOENIX]

shouldnt there be some sort of filter...official numbers for november show that despite being released for FOUR days gt5 sold over 400k in usa and over 5.5 worldwide in twelve days

http://www.thesixthaxis.com...

nfs sold 400k as a MULTI-PLATFORM game that had been out a couple weeks longer in usa not really any bragging rights...

[thereapersson]

You complain about people "not playing either", but it appears that YOU are the one who is running their mouth without playing both games extensively, first.

[Anarki]

I wont even read the article because I know they count 360+ps3 sales...

[Nitrowolf2]

"NFS Hot Pursuit is more critically acclaimed than GT5 too.
It's probably a better game, though you fanboys will find that hard to swallow.

See, the disagrees have begun. Pathetic. Most of you haven't played either."

you should word your comment better
Saying that most of us havn't played both of them and then you using the words "It's Probably a better game" isn't really saying much other then the fact that most can imply and logically is true due to the fact of your wording choice, that you have not played both of them yourself either.
you just contradicted yourself

I on the other hand have, both games are different. If i want an arcade game i play NFS

if i want a Sim game then i play GT5
both are different to me
and both are unique in their different ways

@Anarki

+Wii+PC

[Blitzed]

Have you played both?

[Red_Orange_Juice]

I dont care about US-only numbers

[evilunklebud]

@RedDragan

In 2009, the last year we have complete data, world wide sales of video games was $230B, of which the US was $112B.

This is data from Capcom,btw... not US propaganda ;)

disagrees..... you are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.

[Ame_No_Shiryuu]

@RedDragan

Aahhh...I love it..., i wish more more people just like you.., you think exactly like me.., well said man..., well said...

[ian72]

@AGhostFromThePast,
I have got both GT5 and NFS:HP. IMO GT5 is way better than NFS:HP, both are great games but GT5 has more to it. NFS:HP is just a basic (but fun to play) cop/racer game.

[Lykon]

@ digitalivan because as a nation (generally) you could say it has narcissistic personality disorder

[hiredhelp]

digitalivan
I don't get it, why do they always ignore the rest of the world? ....

(Im with you on this) the amount of sales figures im seeing on n4g and even the amazon links all go to america. does the world work around one country.

if you disagree please state your reason.if not then beleave you are plain ignorant.

[kancerkid]

Well, that is one way to spin the sales number EA...

[darthv72]

I like that expansion of the NFS series. Got the original on PC back in the days of using D3D/3dfx. I still play Hot pursuit 2 on my PS2.

Looks like i will be shelving that in favor of HP:3.

[ComboBreaker]

Very misleading because GT5 actually own Hot Pursuit in world wide sales.

[L0G1C]

@RedDragan
American propaganda? Quite the conspiracy theorist, I must say. This is the title of the article on an unknown site. Yeah, it's definitely all over CNN, MSNBC, CBS. You're an idiot.

[Shepherd 214]

And i love how the rest of the world spells Dragon "Dragan" apparently.

I guess most places just uses the US for sales since the US is where the most gamers live. Sure theres plenty in Europe and Japan, but the largest variety of gamers can be found in the US. Sony, Nintendo, and MS products are pretty balanced there.

[evrfighter]

ps3 fanboys got trolled.

lovin it.

[smurfee]

Stop trolling, GT5 is far superior than NFS:HP.
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...
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Im kidding, your one of the only few intellegent non-fanboy members of n4g. Bubbles to you. And your right, there are far too many ps3 fanboys on this site.

[Kon_Artist]

Silly Fool.

U.S IS THE WORLD

[RedDevils]

I wonder do US Government banned people from going or have any sort of contact to the outside world, Cause all I hear is Moron Ignore/thinking US Is the only place on Earth

[InactiveUser]

Also to add... Hot Pursuit was between $35-39 almost everywhere on Black Friday, while GT5 was $59.

For example:
Target had Hot Pursuit for $35.00
BestBuy - $34.99
Kmart - $34.99

and the PC version was selling for $29.

[visualb]

"I don't get it, why do they always ignore the rest of the world?"

because...* http://www.thetruckersrepor... *

disclaimer - no offense to educated americans, this is a friendly jab, I know you aren't all geographically ignorant, but you educated folk will also acknowledge many of your brethren are

no hard feelings ;)

on a serious note - because its a big market, sometimes worth an article...the title is misleading

[JD_Shadow]

Keep in mind, too, that Hot Pursuit is a multiplatform game, so you'll also have people buying it on the 360 as well as the PS3, and this is the only mainstream racing game that the 360 has on it's system this year. Of course it's going to sell a bit better when you consider the sales for all the systems that it appeared on.

@evrfighter: Glad to see that's the only thing you really care about seeing on N4G. It's no wonder you're only at one bubble with an attitude and comments like that!

[DigitalAnalog]

Pathetic. Now that IGN and Gamespot set the marking spots on Gran Turismo, the whole she-bang decided to rain upon their eternal hatred for SONY after miserable failing on K2, U2 and GOWIII.

-End of Line

[Neckbear]

I find it amusing that you, as well as other fellows here, seem to think that it's a conspiracy of hatred and bashing against your glorious Sony.

It is not like that, silly.

[DigitalAnalog]

I find it even more hilarious that you would consider Gaming Journalism to the equivalent of some secret organization trying to bring in New World Order.

There is no need for dramatic themes like conspiracy. Just plain

FANBOYISM.

If smaller gaming blogs can have them, why not sites like IGN?

-End of Line

[ComboBreaker]

"I find it amusing that you, as well as other fellows here, seem to think that it's a conspiracy of hatred and bashing against your glorious Sony.

It is not like that, silly."

Neckbear is in on the conspiracy too. He think that a few people living in their basement writing blogs and spreading FUD about GT5 is somehow going to stop the Juggernaut that is GT5.

GT5 sold 5.5 millions in 12 days, man. The FUD isn't working, dude.

[DOMination]

FYI, gt5 has shipped 5.5 million. It's maybe sold about 1 million worldwide. If you go into ANY retailer they'll confirm this easily by saying how many copies are just sitting on shelves and not selling at all

[Esena]

Lol...

Maybe next time DOMination

[RBLAZE1988]

Lol you go and survey every retailer for gt5 sales data? Wow that's a pretty incredible feat. Anyway it was reported that 400,000 or so copies were sold in spain alone. And that data is only from 6 days in november. And sony already reported 2.2 million sold in the first few days. You're an idiot for the statement that you made and you should leave the internet. Get out in the real world and learn some common sense.

[Nitrowolf2]

yup just one million have been sold, especially the first week days in EU http://www.vgzero.com/threa...
It was around 2-2.5
Japan sold over 400K and USA around 400K this all adds up to be just over 2million. That was just the first week

This makes me think how come you say any retailers will confirm that they are not selling at all, when we have numbers??????

[ngecenk]

2.9-3 million sold by vgchartz!

[Crystallis]

"""If you go into ANY retailer they'll confirm this easily by saying how many copies are just sitting on shelves and not selling at all""""

And that would make you sleep so well wouldnt it. For you it would be like sleeping on clouds with a big smile on your face. Do you really think anyone believes what you say? You are absolutely the dumbest troll on this website. If you going to troll at least try to troll with actual facts.

[Christopher]

God, do I ever hate sales numbers more and more I'm here at N4G. Everyone uses them to sell their numbers without recognizing any of the differences.

For example, a game that's out for two weeks being compared to a game that was out for only one week in November.

[LogicalFanboy]

i just love the damage controle on GT5's sales. why does everyone keep sayin it sipped 5million. Sony NEVER said that. they clearly said it SOLD!

people need to stop this shit now. what do u think, Sony gets their sales differently from everyone else?
Sony can say SOLD but ppl will say SHIPPED. other companies will say SOLD and ppl will say SOLD. WTF!!! dnt be mad cuz Sony reports impressive numbers

[Christopher]

Actually, they clearly said shipped.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010...

The news from those German sites are using the shipped numbers as sales inaccurately.

[LogicalFanboy]

thats from a websit rewording Sony's officail press. why not try reading Sony;s words and not journalists

http://translate.google.com...

[Christopher]

If you had read the Press Release, you would have noticed that their sales data is specifically shown as sales to retailers (sell-in data). If you just look at one part and not the part where they define what 'sales' means in reference to the release, then you're ignoring an important part of the release.

When talking to the public, Sony has specifically mentioned shipped andnot sales.

[mugoldeneagle03]

At my work (Best Buy) Hot Pursuit was apart of a $30 black friday deal, and I personally remember checking out at least 10-15 of them, so I bet they sold a shit ton just on that weekend alone.

GT5 will still outsell it in the long run easily though. Both games are fun as hell, definitely worth owning both

[Enigma_2099]

"GT 5 released a little closer to the end of November, about an entire week after hot pursuit was launched. And the title is a bit misleading as these sales of 400k are exclusive to the US."

*SHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*

You weren't supposed to let that get out!!![/sarcasm]

[showtimefolks]

too many trolls with 5-6 bubbles and when i say something against the xbox360 once 2 bubbles gone lol

I said xbox360 need to have more 1st-2nd party studios and 2011 lineup needs to be better and boom there goes my bubbles

comparing this to GT5 is like comparing MLB THE SHOW to the crap 2K puts out every year

Gt5 will sell 15-20million copies believe that. has any game sold 20million yet this gen i believe GT5 will do the honor 5.5million GT5 sold

[Jazz4108]

If you think losing bubbles by being negative to the xbox is bad try saying something negative about the ps3. The site is likely 3 to 1 in favor of sony and if you have 5 bubbles you will go down to one. Btw I try to stay neutral but I do occasionally critisize a console and they deserve it I my opinion. I'm neutral to both sony and ms but prefer sony but own both but I will be called an xbox fanboy most of the time since I defend ms a lot because there is too much hate for a company that really in my opinion has done nothing more evil then sony. They are both about making money and we are on here defending them like they are gospel when they really just see us as a dollar sign.

[OhMyGandhi]

I must of been the only one who rented Hot Pursuit and didn't care for it.

[Jazz4108]

I did not like hot pursuit but I also did not like any of the gt series so far or the forza series but they have a place for millions of gamers. I'm not a racing fan but kudos to sony for nice numbers WORLD WIDE.

[likedamaster]

wasn't that much more and GT5 was a single platform. But for all that waiting and hype, it's a disappointing number. GT5 will still most-likely sell well.

[punkpop101]

I'm pretty sure the artist is going to be a ps3 fanboy.

[Gantrfaxx]

I do not know if they noticed but Hot Pursuit is a multiplatform title. So not only Ps3 owners are buying it. Somebody should tell them that it was supposed to sell more copies than GT5 and that it doesn't mean that Hot Pursuit is better or more popular than GT5.

[avengers1978]

Really GT5 has sold alot more than the multiplat, NFS:HS, but after playing both games I gotta say NFS has got the fun factor down.
I really like playing as the cops, and the autolog is actually pretty cool.
GT5 is to much of a hardcore sim for me, but I know alot of people love it, and with good reason the little I did play of GT5 was amazing visually, and there is so much depth.

[Lou-Cipher]

GT5 will go on to sell 12-15 Million Worldwide on one system. Need for Speed will be lucky to hit 4-5 Million on multiple platforms.

Another person ignoring everything outside of the United States again.

[Nitrowolf2]

The fact that NFS: HP is available on literally 4 platforms and been out a week earlier then GT5, not surprised. Look at WW sales that will end up prob. being a different story, and not only that but disect each version sales. 1 platform against 4?

[Xusuyzus]

Flaimbait ,

Misleading title

Comparing 2 times as much sale time

comparing completely different genres - why don't you throw mario kart in it also,..

lame article

someone should report this shit...

[rekof]

AGREED,.. plus one title is on atleast 3 platforms I know of,..

[krisq]

multiplatform vs. exclusive

[spunnups]

Plus, it's Criterion. They make good games. Multiplatform or not, both of these Developers deserve great sales.

[Lawliet]

Naw.. Hot Pursuit is considered an exclusive now to some parties.

[Burning_Finger]

Two Words: Multi-Platform.

Stupid EA.

[peeps]

It's sad that NFS gets dragged into this due to fanboys. End of the day they're both fantastic games and completely different style Sim and arcade racing. I know a lot of people who enjoy both and I myself am waiting for NFS to end up in a sale on play or whatever to pick up a copy.

In terms of sale i wonder if the website missed out certain details in the title just to get hits as anyone reading the article will know this is for US sales of the game and only in November (when GT5 had only been on sale for 4 days + the selling power of GT5 over a longer period is shown when you consider day 1 sales worldwide were supposedly around 2.5 mil but 12 days of sales were) 5.5 mil

[Nitrowolf2]

I wouldn't say due to fanboys. I mean yeah first comparison articles popped up, but then EA made statements about it. The way i see with EA, they want to take out the monster and be it. They tried doing the exact same thing with Call of Duty. They even try to do it with many of their sport games attacking competitors.

[SnakeMustDie]

NPD=/=World

I'M IN DESPAIR

The desperate fanboys that doesn't know the difference between US and the World has LEFT ME IN DESPAIR.

*facepalm*

They need to change the article title that it means NPD. It will give readers the wrong impression. Flamebait alert!!

[jneul]

only in the usa, how retarded can it get lets just ignore gt5 has around 5m+ copies otut there that sony says are sold

[SnakeMustDie]

Sony reported the 5m as shipped just saying. I agree that the article ignores the rest of the world which GT5 has better sales than HP.

[BubloZX]

read around. There are wayyy more articles and statements from Sony saying "5.5 million sold."

[kingboy]

Nothing against America but geez sometimes you yanks are too ignorant and self centered with your approach,NPD isn't the world for chrissake

[NexGen]

Us "Yanks" aren't the ones writing it. Out of the 300 million people in this country, one person wrote this. The intended audience was probably also America. You don't see me complaining that UK specific programming doesn't apply to me. This is what happens with a news aggregator site like N4G - it won't always apply to your part of the world. Honestly, the fact that you think all news should have specific relevance to you is more egocentric than the "Yank" who wrote a newspiece for a "Yank" audience.

[RBLAZE1988]

Well when reporting news as flagrantly deceptive as this all the details and stipulations would be written in the story, if it is of course a well written story. But this is of course some site run by a bunch of dumb 18 yr olds probably. What's wrong with an american site reporting worldwide data to americans. That's the problem with america and it's media. It's only news about america and most of the news is unimportant to anyone, distorted propaganda.

[kingboy]

but then again i was being specific with regards to folks on N4G in mind ,and please leave the UK out of this cause im not even from there lol

[NexGen]

Lol Kingboy, your country didn't matter for my statement. And sure, the American media does generally slant things in...strange ways, but I just simply mean that n4g collects news from all over the world - not all may apply to us. But yeah, thanks for your great reply - much better than fighting!

[Troll-without-Bridge]

articles referring exclusively to US numbers are always fail.

How does a 400k game "outsells" a 5.5 million one is beyond me.

[gamesmaster]

i have no problem with US sales only articles i just dont like it when they imply that whatever is happening in the US is happening all over the world...

"just in!!! hotdogs outsell samosa's in NA, hotdogs now food of choice for india"

meh

[irepbtown]

Hahahaha.

Comment of the Day.^

[leahcim]

NFS is a game, a simple racing game.
GT is life

[Gen0ne]

A slow boring life. Sorry, I just traded my in. Turns out I don't like sims. I tried Forza too, and it got about 2 weeks outta me. Real life is boring, not trying to escape reality by playing it. Kinda defeats the purpose. But, I will say this... GT looks way better than Forza. Don't let anyone try to fool ya, in the graphics department, Forza can't hang.

Edit: NFS has what GT lacks, it's fun.

[irepbtown]

Mega

I partly agree with you.

GT5 is ofcourse realistic, but it takes time for the game to become fun. First we have a crap car with Crap Ai.
But as we progress, we get better cars and more difficult Ai. Thats when the game gets fun .

Whereas NFS, it is just fun from the start.

But i wouldn't say GT5 lacks fun. You did play Go Karting right?
That's just epic.

[dkgshiz]

So GT5 sold over 5 million copies. Why is this article here?!

[mcsm]

whats the point every time npd comes out, you have to keep reminding people npd sales does not equal worldwide sales, BUT THEY STILL DO THE SAME SH*T NEXT MONTH!

[Simco876]

Multiplat first off
Second, its an arcade game vs a sim. We all know that arcade racers are easier for anyone to just pick up and race. GT5 you actually have to work on

[Prcko]

lol usa is the world now ha??

[OGharryjoysticks]

Just asking. How many of those sales were full price? I think it's cool they have had the game on constant sale for 39.99 pretty much everywhere, and wish more games would do this, but since it's the holidays and they want to brag numbers and compete with GT there's nothing like cutting 20 bucks off a game that just released. I know the super price slash won't happen on other games or in the future, so if you haven't got in on the deal go to Amazon first, then try Target, or Best Buy, maybe even Toys R Us is having the sale still?

[Dingodile]

LOL @ EA ! GT5 sold 430,000 copies in Japan for only 4 days !!! LOL !

[matey]

GT wontsell 15 million thats half of ps3 owners out there

[Esena]

He said 12-15 million over life. Do you think that the PS3 user base is just going to stop? And it's more than 30mil right now, closer to 35mil.

Personally I'd range it more around 10 mil.

[Eu]

Hum...half of 42 MILLION units sold worldwide is 15......yeah right...guys.....at least google the actual numbers...last time Sony came out with numbers for the PS3 being sold world wide was around 42 million...its way more now.

I do see GT5 reaching 10+ million units sold, but dont see it being that fast...maybe in 3 years time.

[BubloZX]

half of 42 million would be 21 million

[Biggest]

If only matey knew better. Gaming is larger than it was when GT and GT3 were released. GT5 is going to sell 15million.

[irepbtown]

Eu

GT5 will hit 10Mil (I think) just at the end of January.
Christmas is done, Boxing day UK (Like Black Friday in US) done, January sales done (Dont know if US has this).

I am sure 10Mill will be there by February.

[Eu]

Look, Im a pessimist/realist guy. I do know that GT5 will be 10+ million game. I just not see it reaching those numbers THAT fast. I would like it to be that fast, but I dont really think so.

To me GT5 is a perfect GT game. I love it and been playing as much as I can since I got it. The reviewrs and lots of fanboys on both sides went apeshit on the game because of the flanboyant hype it got, from mostly THEMSELVES!

Japanese people are humble, they dont go saying BS about their accomplishments (unless you're Itagaki...and look were it got him). MOst of the hype came from the fanboys. The ones that want it to flop and the ones who wanted it to be supreme. I'll just blame this f*cked up generation on this one too.

On the topic: NFS:HP is a funny game, and EA trying to steal some thunder of GT with it is a PR move that is expected from these companies. Anyone who would believe a multiplatform game wouldnt sell better than a exclusive one is stupid at best....but then it really depend on the exclusive....look at Halo for an example. Its the main tittle in the MS house. Same with GT. These kind of IPs will, generally, sell better than multiplats anyday. The stupidity that rules the interwebs about pretty much anything these days + the 'gaming journalism' being as 'professionals' as it is today really put the worst out there to us to read it.

[irepbtown]

If it has truly SOLD 5.5 Mil worldwide, then i think it can reach 10 Mil by Feb.
Just what i think.

[Allowen]

Well, show to us some data like GT5 VS NFS (PS3 version only).

That made me remember that similar matter that happened bettewn Infamous(ps3 exclusive) VS Prototype(multi plat)

[You Noob]

2 consoles vs 1 consoles and it is still a fail.

FAIL

[sajj316]

Correct me if I'm wrong

GT5 had 400k+ in sales in 4 days. NFS is the cumulative sales across multiple platforms and releases earlier on 11/16.

These comparisons do not make sense!

[UP]

Hey guys we might as well compare black ops to GT5 as well.

[BubloZX]

you take the sales from any one platform for black ops and compare it to Grand Turismo and GT wins.

[Hard_Gay]

GT5 outsold by Need for Speed?

Uh oh, spaghettios.

[soundslike]

If people actually read the article (ya right!) they would've found this trinket of wisdom:

"Whatever the sales figures for GT5 may be "

aka

"I compared Hot Pursuits sales to a number I made up in mah headz"

[unrealgamer58]

oh no a multiplatform game has beaten n exclusive

all hope is lost

Edit: "It is of course worth mentioning that Gran Turismo 5 is of course an exclusive, whereas Hot Pursuit appears on multiple platforms including the Xbox 360, PC, Wii and PS3. Both games were released towards the end of November with Hot Pursuit having a head start of 5 days over GT5 when HP released on November 19th."

You knew and you still wrote a article?

Good god man lol need those hits huh?

[JonnyBigBoss]

US =/= World.

As a matter of fact, we're far from the most important country.

[GrumpyBadger]

This is yet another case of non-news at best and out and out lies at worst.

based on week ending figures for Dec04

Current sales global
GT5 2,900,005. Two weeks on sale.
NfS: Hot Pursuit 1,222,157. Three weeks on sale.
(data from VGChartz)

have a look your self even if you break it down to regions GT5 out paces Hot Pursuit.

This is I say again Non-News

[wissam]

I am struggling to find me GT5 copy. and I couldn't.

[KILLERAPP]

GT 5 has sold more than Halo 3 and Halo Reach in the first two weeks without very much advertising, the only game that beat it is Call of Duty…

[NnT3291]

I'm sorry but Halo reach sold 4 mil in 1 week, while gt5 has sold like 3 mil in 2 weeks.

[KILLERAPP]

GT 5 is not 3 million but mkay thanks for the info…

[GigaGaia]

I don't really think NFS outsold GT5. I think GT5 sold more then 400k copies in USA in november.

[metal408]

Wow a game released on two consoles sells more than a game on one. Oh and the game that sold more was released earlier! I would have never guessed. Back to the lab.

[Saint-Revlot]

Actually 4. including PC.

[Clarence]

GT5 exclusive to 1 console. Hot Pursuit on 2 consoles. Why is this eveny a story? GT5 will sale more.

[Octo1]

Ones mutiplat and ones an exlusive. DUH!!

[Vip3r]

Really?

A multiformat games that was out before a console exclusive game has sold more?

Derp.

[DoucheVader]

Yeah No sh*t. NFS is multi-platform and came out a good 5 days prior to GT5. This is a non-news item that only retards will argue about. Who gives a rat's azz?

[artsaber]

That GT5 doesn't even sale overseas. It is exclusive to the US only right? riiigggghhhhhhhttttttttttttttt tt

[Kishin]

Obviously this title is multi-platform... it's to be expected that sales would be higher.

[onanie]

But it's not higher. GT5 only had 4 days to sell in November, compared with NFS's 9 days. A bit misleading from this particular website.

[Demaraix]

did u just say hot pursit got more sales than GT5?? ... go kill yourself

[Vesemir]

I don't get it, GT5 already sold 5m units in two weeks.
I doubt NFS HP will reach 2 million, let alone beat GT5 sales.

What a joke of an article, hahahaha. Yeah, yeah, ok...
*Waiting for the writer turn his back to laugh at him*

[Dellis]

GT5 is not a multiplatform game, this is a dumb comparison

[Thoreau]

360 only owners feel good???

[SDS Gamerfiend]

THIS HAS TO BE THE STUPIDEST STORY THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN APPROVED! HOW ARE YOU GONNA COMPARE A CROSS PALTFORM GAME SALES TO AN EXCLUSIVE GAME SALES?!

[SDS Gamerfiend]

FURTHERMORE, ONE IS AN ARCADE GAME AND ONE IS SIM! I'LL TAKE MT GT5 OVER MY NFSHP ANY DAY!!!

[AwesomeJizz]

Oh just shut up you're giving me a headache

[SuperbVillain]

Multiplat vs. console exclusive....no surprise here

[nevin1]

hmm, let me re phrase that.

no offence but having a free demo helps unlike GT5 prologue being $40.

[andrew171994]

wtf gt is such a better game hot pursuit kidda sucks its not even realistic

[Surt]

So no really wrong or right here. I hate circuit racing. And gt5 is too Regid for me. Tho I love the speed and chases in hot pursuit. But my comrade loves gt5.

[GigaGaia]

GT5 sold 1.8 millions copies in the first two days it seems. There is obviously more then 400k copies in the USA alone in those 1.8 millions.

No offense, but GT5 has NFS HP completely beaten and it was out on one platform and came out Nov 24, while NFS came out november 16 on 4 platforms.

[Bordel_1900]

Wow, now I'm convinced. Americans only like fps shooters, what a bunch of douches.

[IneedWeed]

I bet NFS HP was developed with recycled graphics, engine, and gameplays, and took 6 months to make. GT5 is clearly a better game that developers put time into. I like NFS Shift better than HP, but both different styles of games.

[MrBeatdown]

It's not really a fair comparison. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was released on November 16, eight days before GT5. Another thing to consider is that it was heavily discounted on Black Friday. Just about every store or retail website had it for between $30 and $40 and it was included in just about every Black Friday ad. In fact, Amazon has it for $40 right now. Obviously that's a major contributing factor. There have been no deals on GT5. Plus NFS is multiplatform.

It's not a fair comparison, or really even newsworthy.

[TronEOL]

It's almost sad that it only sold that little as it is on more than one Platform. Yet GT5 can sell that well ONLY being on PS3. Give it some time.

GT5 will see normal Gran Turismo sales by the end of the year.

[darkdoom3000]

Multiplat and figures form US only.

Hot pursuit is an awesome game. best NFS since Hot pursuit 2, GT5 is awesome aswell.

[CombineElite]

American sales figures don't mean jack anymore as the European union and the Euro is the new hotness.

[Vesemir]

Is this article serious ?? Seriously ??
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[EmperorDalek]

More GT5 bashing. Never before has such a solid game been bashed so much just because its not multiplatform.

[Vesemir]

I think you meant more random BS.

[TronEOL]

Once again, this shows that Europeans enjoy a QUALITY game, rather than buying a hopped-up-on-crack action racer.

GT5 sold incredibly well in Europe, and since it was accepted in the racing nation, I think PD should be happy with selling well just there.

Although I think I blame this one on lack of advertising rather than the American population. Really boggles my mind that Sony can achieve the sales they do with little to no advertising.

[snoopgg]

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was at the $34.95 mark for the last 3 weeks since Black Friday, while Gran Turismo was at $59.99. Plus, multiplat vs exclusive has alot to do with it also. We shall see which game has the longer legs at the end of this race. I put my bet on Gran Turismo. It really doesn't bother me I own both, but for those who give a shat, pick the one you like and enjoy. Being a gamer has nothing to do with sales!!!!!!! I wish people could just get pass sales.

[Skadoosh]

HAHA! Yeah Hot Pursuit is a lot of fun but cmon now. Even I can see the humor in this.

[solidworm]

When youve nothing to play,play sales,...isnt that the way it goes here on N4G.

[Arknight]

Even if this is not true, it's becoming more and more apparent that gamers in America are generally becoming dumber and dumber with regards to choosing high quality games.

Back in the SNES days, Americans missed out on many of the best Japanese games because the Japanese did not think Americans were intelligent enough to appreciate them. I was proud when they changed this line of thought later on and released almost all games on the PS2 worldwide.

It appears that American gamers will retake the throne of playing only games that have been dumbed down to multi-player only or made to easy to ever get a Game Over screen.

[Pwee]

Who gives a sh1t, I have got both and GT5 is 10x better imo!