of Gran Turismo The series has been a staple for Sony since the original game launched on PS1 in 1997. To mark the 25th anniversary, Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital, talked about the history of the series and shared Gran Turismo sales numbers over the past quarter century.
Cumulative sales of Gran Turismo exceed 90 million units
writing PS Blog, Yamauchi says the entire Gran Turismo series has sold more than 90 million copies. Despite racing being a relatively niche genre, the franchise has only stumbled upon the consistently best-selling and divisive GT Sport.
The series is undoubtedly popular, but when I looked at PlayStation’s best-selling charts, I was surprised by how well it performed.
- Gran Turismo: 10,850,000 Sold – #1 Best Selling PS1 Game
- Gran Turismo 2: 9,370,000 sold – #3 best-selling PS1 game
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec: 14,890,000 sold – #2 best-selling PS2 game
- Gran Turismo Concept: 1,585,000 Sold – #100 Best Selling PS2 Game
- Gran Turismo 4: 11,760,000 sold – #3 best-selling PS2 game
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: 5,350,000 Sold – #7 Best Selling PS3 Game
- Gran Turismo (PSP): 4,220,000 Sold – #4 Best Selling PSP Game
- Gran Turismo 5: 11,950,000 sold – #2 best-selling PS3 game
- Gran Turismo 6: 5,060,000 sold – #9 best-selling PS3 game
- Gran Turismo Sport: 1.14 Million Units Sold – #29 Best Selling PS4 Game
There are no Gran Turismo 7 figures yet. However, the game’s hype and relatively positive reaction probably mean it’s doing pretty well.
Towards the next 25 years of Gran Turismo!
