Gran Turismo 4 JP Launch

The Japanese launch of Gran Turismo 4 has been a roaring success, with Gamespot reporting that the game sold one million copies in two days. From the article: "The game's shipment beats the Gran Turismo series' record of 1 million copies in three days, set by Gran Turismo 3 from April 28 to 30, 2001. Overall, the franchise has sold 36 million cumulative copies worldwide since the title was released in 1997." They also have a piece discussing their impressions while testing the japanese version of the game.

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Whiny readers complain about GT4=vapourware?

[Staplerh]

Hah. This is ironic news, given that the Wired story that was just posted earlier today had Grand Turismo 4 as #6 on the year's vapourware list.

Gran Turismo 4, the latest installment in Sony's wildly popular racing series, was supposed to allow PlayStation 2 racers to chase each other over the internet.

Well, I suppose Japan gets it.. and the North American launch won't be long away. Of course, if they had rushed it to make a Christmas release in North America, maybe we would have gotten some faulty Japanese porting.

All your base...