“Gran Turismo 7” could take the series crown in the USA in the next few months. The racing game is approaching “Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec”, which is the highest-grossing game in the series to date in this market.
The racing game “Gran Turismo 7” is approaching its second birthday. The title developed by Polyphony Digital was released on March 4, 2022 and is the first part of the series designed for the PS5. But PS4 players can also enjoy the motorized competitions.
While sales figures are pending, “Gran Turismo 7” appears to be shaping up to be a huge success. This is indicated by information based on the US market, which sees the racing game as falling short of a successful predecessor.
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec's first place is shaky
According to Mat Piscatella, executive director and analyst at Circana, “Gran Turismo 7” is on track to achieve the highest dollar sales of the entire series. Accordingly, the title is only just behind “Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec”, which was once released for the PS2.
“Yes, Gran Turismo 7 is currently only behind Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec in terms of dollar sales for franchise releases in the US. He will probably catch up at some point this year,” he said.
Yep, Gran Turismo 7 currently trails only Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec in lifetime dollar sales for franchise releases in the US. Likely to catch up to that at some point this year. https://t.co/TU8w7Fy1gF
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) February 23, 2024
“Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec” was released in 2001 for the then current PlayStation 2 and took place (Stand 2008) around 15 million customers. This is what it became after “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”. second best-selling game on the console.
It should be noted that Mat Piscatella refers to lifetime dollar sales, so no conclusions can be drawn about actual sales when comparing it to “Gran Turismo 7”. The average prices are relevant here.
There are leaked figures for “Gran Turismo 7” that refer to a period up to the end of February 2022. At this point there were apparently 580,000 pre-orders, 37 percent of which were digital.
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Gran Turismo Sport online servers are offline
The “Gran Turismo” series began with the first part in 1997 and, according to Sony, more than 90 million copies of the franchise games have been sold by November 2022.
Fans recently had to say goodbye to one title – at least as far as the central online modes are concerned. The “Gran Turismo Sport” servers went offline at the end of January.
Features lost when the servers shut down include communities, public lobbies, sports mode, and seasonal events. Certain parts of “Gran Turismo Sport” can still be used offline.
The focus is now on “Gran Turismo 7”, which continues to receive regular content updates two years after launch, including:
“Gran Turismo 7” can also support the virtual reality headset PlayStation VR2 points, which is almost completely supported. Ours You can read the experience report on the VR races here.
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