Fri, Apr 04, 2008 | 11:59 BST
Yamauchi: Gran Turismo’s benchmark is Gran Turismo
Another Yamauchi interview, this time from Videogamer.com. The Polyphony Digital boss plays other racers, he admitted, but they’re all rubbish.
“I try them out a little bit,” Yamauchi said when asked is he played the likes of Forza and PGR. “The only impression I get from those games is that the only benchmark for Gran Turismo is Gran Turismo and we have to base ourselves on that.”
Haughty. We like that. Expect at least one more of these today.
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Posted in: PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo, gt5, gt5 prologue, kazanori yamauchi, Polyphony Digital
8 comments
#1
Harry
04/04/08, 11:49 am
Shame. If he took more notice of other racers Gran Turismo wouldn’t be several generations behind in terms of gameplay features.
#2
Blerk
04/04/08, 11:54 am
He might’ve only been looking at the sales figures.
#3
grandmaster
04/04/08, 12:09 pm
Presumably he’s spending so much time grinding cash to afford the cars in GT5P that he doesn’t have enough time to properly appraise the competition.
#4
patlike
04/04/08, 12:11 pm
That and swimming in gold, obviously.
#5
Shatner
04/04/08, 12:22 pm
This reminds me of Miyamoto’s “I don’t play other’s platformers” comment shortly after Mario Galaxy came out.
I think both would benefit from less tunnel vision.
At least GT doesn’t have a shitty underwater camera to contend with.
#6
patlike
04/04/08, 12:30 pm
It’s like an author saying he doesn’t read. You can’t exist in a vacuum if you’re a creative, surely?
#7
Zumi
04/04/08, 12:59 pm
It’s odd, but he DID play them. Neither of those games stack up to Gran Turismo as far as I’m concerned, so it’s not an impossible opinion.
#8
patlike
04/04/08, 1:02 pm
Ja, that’s fair enough.