Everyone wants change, No one likes change. Story of GT.
I never understood this logic of not being open to criticism. No level headed person is hating on Kaz or taking personal jabs at anyone, the criticism when it´s valid it´s directed to a product.
People wanted change for the better, not for worse. Having a mediocre career mode doesn´t mean you wanted scratched, you want improvement.
People didn´t ask to cut cars, they asked for all cars to be well selected and done in proper quality, you know, like any other racing game in the market right now.
People asked for change because they wanted more out of GT, not less.
I know this level of speculation is not really cool, but... theoretically ...if too few of the players stick with GTS's online and DLC sales paint the same picture, what do you think PD and Sony will do?
- Will they see their GTS plan through but focus hard behind the scenes to make a GT7 that the majority of players and reviewers expects from the Gran Turismo brand?
- Or will they make a bigger offline campaign released as a mix of free and paid DLC for GTS with the cars and tracks they had planned anyway?
The point i´m trying to make here is that Sport isn´t a focus, it´s a branding for what they had
If they had 1000 cars and 100 tracks it would be a regular GT entry, with or without FIA branding.
Since they had very little content ready for PS4 they formatted the message as "an online focused game" trying to hide what reviewers are seeing,,,,the biggest problem with this game is content. It´s a hungover effect from the stupid decision of wasting three years of development time on GT6. They started way too late on PS4, which is why this is the latest in a PS console life cycle to receive a GT game, four full years after release.
The game is solid, 7.5 is a very reasonable score, the only problem is that people expect a lot from it because it´s fucking Gran Turismo.
They are gonna keep adding content, but at their own pace, which we all know it´s very slow.