Polyphony Digital have conveniently published their own independent and specific confirmation of the features we’ve been learning about via media outlets over the past two days, thanks to one big update to their official site. In addition to what was already discussed here and here, this is what’s new:
That’s right. At the Sony E3 press conference today at the Shrine Auditorium, SCEA President & CEO Jack Tretton unveiled a jaw-dropping showpiece trailer of Gran Turismo 5 that disclosed the big news – GT5 is officially coming on November, 2, 2010.
I am sure that will be the case but unfortunately I believe this franchise has already been damaged by its lengthy development. The recent information showing past sales only reinforces to me that this game will probably be lucky to top 8 million sales.
Sony has announced a fresh delay for Gran Turismo 5 - the latest in a line of them for the title.
The game had been due for release in Japan in March, but that would now be pushed back a month, the company confirmed in a press release.
At the annual SEMA car show in Las Vegas this week, Gran Turismo 5 creative lead Kazunori Yamauchi was on-hand demoing his game for showgoers and talking to the press. Amidst a torrent of questions from Autoweek, Yamauchi roughly calculated the cost of creating Gran Turismo 5: a cool $60 million. That's what five years of development on a single game has cost Polyphony Digital thus far, an amount Yamauchi says was totally justified in order to "get it right."
With the recent rumors and videos that have been going around about Gran Turismo 5 having a track editor, we decided to contact the developers to find out if it was true or not. Now, we have a official answer.
They were kind enough to give us a quick response and this is what a representative said:
“Yes it will have a track editor. You will be able to rebuild a track from scratch or edit the tracks that are already put in Gran Turismo 5.”
I am less enthusiastic about GT5 now that it has been confirmed for March 2010. Whether you are a FM3 fan or not the fact is it will have been in the market for over 5 months.
GT5's saving grace is that FM3 is an Xbox exclusive and can only have minimal effect on sales.
They needed to release this game this side of Christmas. The infatuation with the volume of tracks and cars would of been better spent ensuring the game was delivered sooner. They then could of used the time after release to provide this as additional content.
How many sales would you say this confirmation of a March 2010 release will make ultimately to the LTD for this title. I am now estimating sales of 8 million and only with mega bundling do I see it going much higher.
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