gran turismo's exclusive days may be coming to an end

Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital CEO, has stated in an interview with an Austrian magazine that the Gran Turismo franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation in future. Xbox 360 fans shouldn't get too excited however:

"It's very unlikely that GT will be released for another console," Yamauchi said. "But perhaps it will appear on the PC. We could broaden its distribution that way, especially in the Chinese market."

Yamauchi has also stated that the full version of Gran Turismo 5 won't be available until the end of 2009, and an upgrade to GT5 Prologue that will see crash damage added will be released around Spring 2008.

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/131628.20080415.PC-Gran-Turismo-possible/

Thats the biggest delay i've seen yet. Oh well Looks like Prologue will have to do for now.

Its not like GT 5 won't be massively improved anyway, so its all good.

Thats the biggest delay i've seen yet. Oh well Looks like Prologue will have to do for now.

Its not like GT 5 won't be massively improved anyway, so its all good.

Cedmln

One more day!

If it does come to PC, it will be in China only (as the article I saw said). I don't know why the Chinese don't have a PS3 yet.dream431ca

The port to PC part isn't as bad news as that delay, isn't that like another years development time added? and there are no guarantees they won't delay it further :? why such a delay?csliney

It's a Sony game and a System seller, but this makes sense in countries like Korea where Consoles like the PS3 our against the Law.SolidTy

Rofl, seriously? against the law? :P

[QUOTE="csliney"]The port to PC part isn't as bad news as that delay, isn't that like another years development time added? and there are no guarantees they won't delay it further :? why such a delay?El-Visitante

Well GT is the only franchise that I know of that features over 800 cars so it's understandable.

[QUOTE="El-Visitante"][QUOTE="csliney"]The port to PC part isn't as bad news as that delay, isn't that like another years development time added? and there are no guarantees they won't delay it further :? why such a delay?-Renegade

Well GT is the only franchise that I know of that features over 800 cars so it's understandable.

Agreed. GT has earned the reputation of being the King of racing games so I think we can afford it some leniancy since it is guaranteed to be a quality product.

Leniancy is one thing but the end of 09 is beyond a joke, just what are they doin thats takin so long???

Every generation has a cetain aspect that people remember if by, for me this one will be 'just wait' and 'coming soon' why cant we just have some games like the old days is that really such a big deal??

Late 2009??

Im not advocating rushed games but wtf?? Seems it takes 3-4 years to make a decent game on ps3. There will be forza 4 by the time it ships lol, then its ps4 i suppose for gt6.

Late 2009??

Im not advocating rushed games but wtf?? Seems it takes 3-4 years to make a decent game on ps3. There will be forza 4 by the time it ships lol, then its ps4 i suppose for gt6.

Bazfrag

I wouldn't doubt it.

I had a feeling this game would be 2009, but not late 2009.

Oh well.

I though that the devs behing GT games were OWNED by sony, I might have heard wrong, but idf they are why would it come to anything but sonys consoles?NinjaMunkey01

I would love to have that game on PC :oPullTheTricker

Me too, dead set, would love to try run it

Sony owns Polyphony and the Gran Turismo IP therefore not coming to the PC. LordXelNaga

sony does release games on pc you know. just because pcs run ms windows doesn't mean sony wont want to make money from pc gaming.

If it does come to PC, it will be in China only (as the article I saw said). I don't know why the Chinese don't have a PS3 yet.dream431ca

thats just stupid,it makes no sense they would make it chinese only.lol.

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]If it does come to PC, it will be in China only (as the article I saw said). I don't know why the Chinese don't have a PS3 yet.Great_Ragnarok

thats just stupid,it makes no sense they would make it chinese only.lol.

ROFLMAO@ that comment, lol atleast he tried to make up something that is obviously full of it, lol

Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital CEO, has stated in an interview with an Austrian magazine that the Gran Turismo franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation in future. Xbox 360 fans shouldn't get too excited however:

"It's very unlikely that GT will be released for another console," Yamauchi said. "But perhaps it will appear on the PC. We could broaden its distribution that way, especially in the Chinese market."

Yamauchi has also stated that the full version of Gran Turismo 5 won't be available until the end of 2009, and an upgrade to GT5 Prologue that will see crash damage added will be released around Spring 2008.

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/131628.20080415.PC-Gran-Turismo-possible/

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Leniancy is one thing but the end of 09 is beyond a joke, just what are they doin thats takin so long???

Every generation has a cetain aspect that people remember if by, for me this one will be 'just wait' and 'coming soon' why cant we just have some games like the old days is that really such a big deal??

l34052

Because game production isn't a small time business anymore, it's a multi-million dollar market with games with huge budgets and a highly competitive market at that. Game production now takes longer than ever. The only way to beat the competition, is to make your game better meaning you have to develop the game better than your competition which, in some cases, means spending a lot more time with it.