Sat, Dec 12, 2009 | 14:32 GMT
Gran Turismo 5 not heading West until “summer 2010″
The associate producer for Gran Turismo 5, Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, announced that the racer will be released sometime during summer 2010 outside of Japan, while confirming the country’s March release.
Hinojosa-Miranda also stated that he was planning a trip to the states in order to photograph cars for reference material, but told D’toid that it was not for the current game or DLC but to stock up on material archives.
He also told the site that DLC was still being considered, but had nothing to announce at this time, same goes for any differences between the Japanese and Western releases.
A demo for GT5 hits PSN next week, and the full feature list, according to Hinojosa-Miranda, will be announced soon.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, PSN, Racing, Sony
Tags: Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, gran turismo 5, gt5, Polyphony Digital
14 comments
#1
Psychotext
12/12/09, 2:42 pm
Fuck.
#2
Panipal2005
12/12/09, 2:44 pm
OTOH, it’s more sensible for Sony to pace their releases like this then to have their two biggest hitters in the same month.
#3
Mike
12/12/09, 2:46 pm
…and summer will quickly be Christmas.
Also, weren’t they going to show Top Gear episodes through some kind of GTTV service? Is that still going to happen?
#4
onlineatron
12/12/09, 2:48 pm
GOOD!
Imagine the sales during the dry summer period!
@Mike
They never announced the Western date as March so it’s not like this is a delay.
#5
No_PUDding
12/12/09, 2:50 pm
@Mike, there are the most recent episodes of Top Gear on GTTV. At the moment they have a documentary on the GTAcademy winer, which is (apparently) pretty awesome.
As fo the release, I hope summer means… May…
Maybe this is US, afterall US usually get it’s last. I hope so.
#6
onlineatron
12/12/09, 2:55 pm
@PUD
Ahhh, the greatest of all SUMMER months… May -.-
I’d imagine both the US and EU will get it simultaneously (well, in the same week) and I’m hoping the release date is July.
#7
No_PUDding
12/12/09, 3:02 pm
Maybe by May I meant April.
And they just dont understand Summer at all.
#8
No_PUDding
12/12/09, 3:03 pm
If they aren’t ready to announce a date, I am not going with this (throguh complete ignorace).
#9
onlineatron
12/12/09, 3:13 pm
*fingers in ears* LA LA LA LA LAAA!
…
…..
Anywaym with FFXIII, GoWIII and Yakuza 3 releasing in March and Heavy Rain and Splinter Cell Conviction just a few weeks in advance.
I’m ok with the GT5 release date =D
#10
NoxNoctisUmbra
12/12/09, 3:30 pm
Japanese copy here i come
#11
Retroid
12/12/09, 4:06 pm
“A demo for GT5 hits PSN next week”
Will that be $40, or are they just making GT5P free to download?
(o/
#12
Blerk
12/12/09, 4:20 pm
Summer for the US, 2012 for Europe.
Man, they know how to draw this game out.
#13
Cort
12/12/09, 4:22 pm
@Retroid,
WipEout Fury expansion = 7.99
Halo ODST expansion = 39.99
#14
Retroid
12/12/09, 9:30 pm
@Cort: I bought both of those and they’re not really comparable, are they?
The Polyphony lot have managed to get a cash injection midway in development and people seem happy to pay it.