GT HD Cancelled - Now to be offered as a free download...

[mr_yogi]

from the 24th Dec on the PlayStation Store.

Press Release Here

Apparently they want to focus more on GT5

[pjskel]

It's feckin' written in gibberish!
How can you tell anything apart from 2006 12 24, Playstation, and Playstation 3 ?

[mr_yogi]

ok still not readable but the image at the top says it

Here

Edited by mr_yogi on Saturday 2nd December 16:11

[pjskel]

I suspect this has been done with some nod from Sony to get a GT game out for Xmas.
In other words, you can expect the developers will be handsomely rewarded for making it a freebie to satiate PS3 owners, or more so, to persuade more people to buy the console NOW that there's something worth playing on it.

[marvelharvey]

pjskel said:

I suspect this has been done with some nod from Sony to get a GT game out for Xmas.
In other words, you can expect the developers will be handsomely rewarded for making it a freebie to satiate PS3 owners, or more so, to persuade more people to buy the console NOW that there's something worth playing on it.

I'll agree with that. I wasn't too interested in picking up a PS3 but this has sparked off some enthusiasm for a purchase. Anyway, living in Japan, I'll do my best to translate that webpage (my Japanese is in no way perfect but I get the gist of it)

Sony's Webpage said:

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ) have decided to focus on 'Grantsurismo 5' (GT5) for "PlayStation 3"

However, 'Grantsurismo HD concept' will be offered as a free download, beginning December 24 on the Playstation Online Store. All PS3 users and GT fans will be able to experience the online development through this service.

You can read a message from the producer of the 'Grantsurismo' series at the official Web site (www.gran-turismo.com/jp/)

SCEJ will continue to promote the GT series in the future and you will be able to enjoy the best driving simulator.

Edited by marvelharvey on Sunday 3rd December 04:44

[Obi wan]

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[Mannginger]

"They're"

HTH

Phil

[Obi wan]

Mannginger said:

"They're"

HTH

Phil

Can you belive I got a C in GCSE English

[dougc]

Obi wan said:

Mannginger said:

"They're"

HTH

Phil

Can you believe I got a C in GCSE English?

Yep

Edited by dougc on Sunday 3rd December 14:26

[pjskel]

dougc said:

Obi wan said:

Mannginger said:

"They're"

HTH

Phil

Can you believe I got a C in GCSE English?

Yep

Cheeky bugger, but was exactly what I was thinking before I saw your post.
Great minds and all that.....

[E38]

Shame it wont be what was originally promised, no longer a HD GT4 with fezzas, but a demo with a few cars and just 1 track...

[nick heppinstall]

The rumour also is that it will only be available in Japan.....

[Mannginger]

nick heppinstall said:

The rumour also is that it will only be available in Japan.....

Surely they're not THAT stupid?!?

[nick heppinstall]

Mannginger said:

nick heppinstall said:

The rumour also is that it will only be available in Japan.....

Surely they're not THAT stupid?!?

Check this out :

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/gr

Earlier it said it would be a Japan only release. They have changed the wording slightly.

[Mannginger]

So, basically they're scrapping the lot and going back to the drawing board for this new Race/life Simulator?

link said:

"The Gran Turismo series will change its core principles," Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi said about the next installment in the series, which was not given any kind of release window. As for what direction Yamauchi is taking with the series, Sony has only said it "will be a fully realized Online Car Life Simulation."

Sounds like a move to counter Test Drive Unlimited in terms of it's freedom? Whilst that sounds interesting it's got to mean that it won't be availabe for at least another year - at best?

Sony - ing up the PS3 day by day!

Phil