Gran Turismo franchise exceeds 60 million

The Gran Turismo franchise has exceeded the 60 million unit mark worldwide, Sony’s announced this morning.

Gran Turismo 5, the most recent addition to the franchise, launched on November 24 and has since sold 5.5 million units (as of December 6 — two weeks after release). The game headlines over 1,000 licensed cars, 70 track variations, stereoscopic 3D support, real-time car damage, dynamic weather, kart racing, a course creator, and a deep online community.

In its history, nine Gran Turismo games have been released. Each game has sold the following amounts worldwide:

• Gran Turismo – 10.78m
• Gran Turismo 2 – 9.34m
• Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec – 14.80m
• Gran Turismo Concept 2011 TOKYO – 1.50m
• Gran Turismo 4 Prologue – 1.34m
• Gran Turismo 4 – 10.86m
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – 5.03m
• Gran Turismo (PSP) – 2.24m
• Gran Turismo 5 – 5.52m

These numbers total in 61.41 million units sold worldwide. Congratulations Sony, Polyphony Digital!