The Gran Turismo sequence has bought over 90m copies, developer Polyphony Digital has introduced.
That eye-watering determine got here from Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi as a part of a message to fans to rejoice 25 years of the racing sim.
Whereas Sony hasn’t introduced it as such, Gran Turismo is PlayStation’s best-selling franchise. A lot of that has to do with its longevity – there was a Gran Turismo recreation on each PlayStation dwelling console ever launched.
The primary Gran Turismo got here out in 1997 for the PSone, and was a smash hit. Gran Turismo 2 got here out two years later in 1999 and was simply as large.
Anecdote time! Whereas working for GAME in Barnsley in 2000, we might hook up Gran Turismo to an unlimited telly we might face out the entrance doorways so passers-by would spot it. Gran Turismo was just about essentially the most realistic-looking recreation on the time, so it could do a terrific job of catching folks’s consideration, drawing them into the store and, we hoped, persuade them to purchase it alongside a brand new PlayStation. We repeated the trick with Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec on the PS2. Racing video games actually do a terrific job of showcasing new {hardware}!
The newest launch is Gran Turismo 7, which got here out in March for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Eurogamer’s evaluation returned a “Really useful” badge, with Martin saying “Sony’s flagship sequence returns to its glory days”.
“We’ve got newfound willpower to proceed our progress into the longer term with a powerful sense of function,” Yamauchi stated.
“We recognize your entire assist during the last 25 years. Thanks.”
