Kazunori Yamauchi, Producer of Gran Turismo spoke of the milestone explaining that "initially Gran Turismo was an alternative racing game, kind of an outsider in the genre... we made it thinking that it would be okay as long as it reached out to the select few who would agree with us. So this figure, 50 million units - is simply astounding."
The first Gran Turismo title was unleashed on the gaming world in December 1997 when it was released for the original PlayStation console, with the most recent incarnation being the PlayStation 3 title, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, a title aiming to whet gamer's appetite until the full release of Gran Turismo 5 next year. To date, more than two million copies of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue have been shipped worldwide.
Yamauchi acknowledged the support of gamers over the years, adding: "I would really like to thank all the fans who have supported the Gran Turismo series over the years, for all their passion and love of the game. We'd like to continue making every effort to create cutting edge, high quality games, so that we don't disappoint anyone's expectations."
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