The numbers were not staggering, but we’ll forsake that and blame the economy. The numbers weren’t a match for yesteryear’s Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec which smashed a lifetime sales record of 1.89 million units in Japan, and 14.89 million worldwide, but Gran Turismo 5’s launch week sales of 430,707 units in its first four days at Japanese retail still make the long-awaited racing sim number one in Japan’s bestsellers list for the week ending November 28.

Thanks to the release of Gran Turismo 5, Sony also enjoyed a tremendous spike in PS3 game console sales last week in Japan, with 68,840 units sold — nearly a 140-percent increase from the previous week.

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