Apparently the Bluray version of GT5 Prologue will cost $60 in EU... Though take this with a grain of salt. Links: http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/gt5-prologue-priced-for-europe-298879.php http://games.fok.nl/news.php?newsid=20395
And the Prologue is free, for now, unless they change their minds:www.psu.com/Gran-Turismo-5-Prologue-will-be-free-News--a1105-p0.php, or, uk.gamespot.com/events/leipzig07/story.html?sid=6177157&pid=942026&tag=top_stories%3Bstory%3B2&page=2
According to reports from gpara.com, Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi announced in the event that it will release Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in October.
I think that news of a delay at this time could help gran turismo. ps3 is waiting for a possible price drop and the release of a few big games to increase sales. What this does is ensure that if there is a price drop before christmas that it and christmas sales have taken their effect and then they release GT5 to a wider audience thereby increasing their sales projection.
Most people would think that releasing the game in a drought would be a good thing and that is good for middle of the road games as they have little to compete with but for something like the GT series it can be released almost any time and have good sales bar when it is at loggerheads with another big release. So maybe their analysts looked at this and found a gap in the time period and thought...bam, if we release here we can sell more and thus make more
I think also has to do with a lack of liquidity with this stock. Notice that the price is high, but there aren't many shares in this trading range offered by the market maker or any players. A 150k short sell would probably drop the price right back down to 600DKP
Joe80, it is possible that many people see any news as a good sign for the game, especially coming directly from the director himself. Also, Yamauchi (the director) gives a reason for the possible delays with the game and explains the reason for not implementing the damage into the game. Since he then cites that damage to the cars might be available later through a patch, it gives people hope that it is possible. I already though this game would sell around 6 million over its lifetime (if the PS3 can get out of its sales slump) because the past games have all sold quite well and this game (along with Metal Gear Solid 4 and a couple others) is a system seller, or at least like GTA, many people will consider picking this up when/if they buy a PS3. Also, is it entirely possible that damage to the cars may not be that big of a feature to many people when considering whether to buy this game?
I think most people already thought that GT5 would not have damage in the game, so to many it may not have been much of a surprise, but the fact that a general release date was given (or a possible delay to that release and a reason for the possible delay) may have caused people to get a positive from the news, even though from a neutral perspective this seems like bad news. Possible reasons why this stock went up even though the news (to some) may have seemed like a negative.
Huh??? I report that GT5 is not coming before Spring 2008, probably not until the very end of 2008, with no damage to cars in the game; and the stock price skyrockets? Damn, I sold like off thousands of shares after I heard that news. I must be missing something?
The poor sales of PS3 compared to PS2 and PS1 are unlikely to hurt sales as much as the current projection of 4.32 million suggests.
Instead, I think we're likely to see the series go from the 1:9 and 1:8 attach rates of GT1 and GT3, and perform more like Super Mario 64, Smash Bros. Brawl or Halo 2 in comparison to console sales.
Basically, even if PS3 only sold 30 million units, this game could smash the current projection to bits.
The past Gran Turismo's have sold like crazy, I know people that picked up the PS2 just to play GT3 and GT4 and I know people that are planning to pick up a PS3 just to play GT5. Take this into consideration, no GT game in the main series has sold below 8 million copies. If that is not an indication for the success of GT5 then I don't know what is.
While it can be argued that since the PS3 will probably have a smaller user base than the PS and PS2, consider than the Xbox360 has only around 10 million consoles sold and Gears of War has sold over 4 million copies, it is possible for GT5 to do easily as well as that, considering this game will validate purchasing a PS3 as you can show your friends how good the cars look.
In the end, I think this game will be able to push 6 million copies over its lifetime, 2 million lower than the lowest the series has ever sold, which might even be a low prediction but it all depends on how well the PS3 continues to sell.
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/gt5-prologue-priced-for-europe-298879.php
http://games.fok.nl/news.php?newsid=20395