Gran Turismo Ships 50M Units Worldwide

The popular racing series that thrives on realism has hit the 50 million units sold mark. This number includes figures for worldwide sales, and includes all titles ever released under the GT name. This even includes Japan’s exclusives, such as GT Concept 2001 and GT4 Prologue.

Of the 50 million, GT5 Prologue is responsible for 4% of that, or 2 million. It’s unknown whether the downloaded versions of the game, through the Playstation Store, are included, but I think it’s safe to say that they were.

50 million is unquestionably an impressive feat, and the number is bound to only go up, especially once Gran Turismo 5 hits next spring.

The franchise debuted in 1997 on the original PlayStation, and made the shift to PlayStation 2 with Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec in 2001. The series’ first PlayStation 3 retail release recently arrived in the form of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which is meant as a sample of the eventual Gran Turismo 5.

Source: Shacknews