Why not? They announced it earlier than usual, maybe there's a reason why.
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Newegg: Gran Turismo 6 (PS3) listed for November 28th release date
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Why not? They announced it earlier than usual, maybe there's a reason why.
Dead
I was not expecting the Jungle mashup lool. That caught me off guard
Yea it would make sense if it's PS4. Sony might be saving it for E3 since the PS4 announcement was the only one that didn't reveal a new Gran Turismo.
Still, if it was PS4 and releasing this year then it might hurt Drive Club
Vita was announced January 2011 and we knew a lot about it. Still launched in December 2011 in Japan, and February 2012 in the west.
PS4 was announced in February 2013 and we know little about it.
DukeTogo1300
Member
Releasing it on PS3 would be considerably easier than on PS4, and the install base is there in spades. This is an expansion release, not a next-gen beginning of a cycle, and it will obviously be good for Sony. PS4 will be fine.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Are you guys under some impression that you can just pop a ps3 game in the microwave and it pops out as an upres'd ps4 version? I see this in Last of Us and Beyond threads all the time. Ports take time and resources too, and Polyphony isn't exactly the most efficient company in the world as it is. Im sure sony would also rather a game built from the ground up (drive club) not get any limelight or sales stolen on the ps4 front by a port. This game has probably been cooking for 2+ years, hell for all we know it was supposed to come out last year but had to be delayed internally or something.
90TilInfinity
Member
Gran Turismo 5 sales
Europe: 5.54m
NA: 1.98m
Japan/Asia: 1.05m
The bad thing about this possibility is that it pretty much guarantees PS4 launches in 2014 for Europe, so there would need to be a big fall game for this market. Also, next-gen isn't going to start for Japan for a while, regardless of whether they get the first release, so it'd do numbers there too.
Sony have made worse decisions this gen.
Europe: 5.54m
NA: 1.98m
Japan/Asia: 1.05m
The bad thing about this possibility is that it pretty much guarantees PS4 launches in 2014 for Europe, so there would need to be a big fall game for this market. Also, next-gen isn't going to start for Japan for a while, regardless of whether they get the first release, so it'd do numbers there too.
Sony have made worse decisions this gen.
Still not seeing any reasons. If Apple can launch stuff in days from announcing I don't think seven months is too much to ask.
EDIT: /sigh seeing the 'PD are not efficient' bollocks being traipsed out again. Per head employed they are a ridiculously productive and efficient studio...
Canis lupus
Member
And Driveclub then?
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Putting GT6 out on the PS3 around the same time as the PS4 launches(which won't feature BC) would be one of, if not the most stupid things Sony will have ever done.
Which is why they'll announce it right before E3 on the PS Blog.
thesuperfunk
Member
But on 8+ year old hardware when they've had atleast a couple of years to get to grips with the new console ... you can kinda see why people get pissed at the idea.
dragonbane
Member
This has to happen. Period.
Of course it isn't that easy. But they should be able to get it out early 2014 for PS4. Not releasing GT6 at all for PS4 is the problem IMO. I think it is fine if PS3 releases first.
Metalmurphy
Member
They put GT6 on PS4 launch, it's an incomplete and inconsistent mess, GAF says it's the biggest mistake Sony has ever done.
At least this way they'll be crying about it all the way to the bank with huge bags of money.
AstroNut325
Member
FUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I was really hoping we would see a GT release in the first year of the PS4.
I was really hoping we would see a GT release in the first year of the PS4.
dark_prinny
Banned
Sony being Sony, again.
If true
GT5 came out on a weird date, too - a Sunday.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I know this is hard to believe but Sony is still going to sell a shitload of PS3 units after the PS4 comes out.
It's analogous to something like Pokemon B2W2 coming out more than a full year after the 3DS released in Japan.
Would not shock me to see Sony developed games on the PS3 even in 2014.
And then 5+ million buy it.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Or they can just let Drive Club and any other original, ps4 driving games get a little shine and release the next real GT for Ps4 in 2015 or 2016 or whenever it is ready. It's the same reason Rockstar would rather out GTA5 on current gen.
The difference is that everyone could buy a 3DS and play B2W2. Also we're getting a new pokemon game this year while we're probably going to give Polyphony another 7 years to get something on the PS4.
I think people have it backwards: it would be dumb for Sony to release GT6 on the PS4 at launch if you ask me.
they will be leaving behind a 80 Million install base & they will be rushing a GT game on new hardware & not pushing it as well as they should. if it's on PS3 they get to capitalize off of the bigger install base & the fact that they can take what they have already done with GT5 & push it to a higher level & take their time making the PS4 GT game.
they will be leaving behind a 80 Million install base & they will be rushing a GT game on new hardware & not pushing it as well as they should. if it's on PS3 they get to capitalize off of the bigger install base & the fact that they can take what they have already done with GT5 & push it to a higher level & take their time making the PS4 GT game.
casablanca
Member
199 PS3+GT6 will be big at christmas.
Sad for the 399 PS4 tho
10 year plan , 100m sales blblabla
Sad for the 399 PS4 tho
10 year plan , 100m sales blblabla
Ninja Scooter
Member
Not everyone is going toget rid of their ps3s as soon as the ps4 is released. There will still be tens of millions of eager ps3 gamers itching for new games to play who couldnt care less about BC or ps4. Sony has always been good about keeping those gamers happy, especially with mainstream franchises like GT. you guys are making a big deal about nothing calling this the dumbest thing Sony's ever done. It's a smart business decision.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
your numbers are off, i updated them. gt5 still charts regularly in europe i believe. probably close to 10million if not there already.
But yes, if this is true, this is pretty much a decision to help ps3 in europe this fall with the expected price cut that's coming.
Grover Cleveland
Member
Release it on PS3, and we finally get the definitive racer of this generation that we thought GT5 would have been and Sony/Polyphony sell shit-tons of copies.
Or release it on unproven hardware with no install base.
Sounds like a sound strategy to me.
OMG 8GIGS OF GDDR5 RAM would have been nice, but there's plenty of time in the PS4 generation for GT6.5/GT7
Or release it on unproven hardware with no install base.
Sounds like a sound strategy to me.
OMG 8GIGS OF GDDR5 RAM would have been nice, but there's plenty of time in the PS4 generation for GT6.5/GT7
Maybe it won't matter all that much in the long run, but it would defiantly send a message to the masses that the PS4 is the system of choice for gamers if they had a game at launch that helped move a ton of systems.
They would probably be able to ride a wave of having a console that was hard to find and something that people really desired.
That's going to be harder to pull off without having your biggest franchise on PS4.
backbreaker65
Banned
Release the Game on the PS3 for 49 bucks make sure all the tracks and cars purchased with GT5 can be used on GT6 with an additional 200 more premium cars rounded it off to about 450 premiums. Improve the rain and night racing to all tracks, Improve the Course Maker and boom great game. Let the Drive Club enjoy a 1 year exclusivity and boom xmas 2014 release GT7.
Both CDON and Webhallen have GT 6 for PS4 too.
http://cdon.se/spel/gran_turismo_6-22902898
http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/playstation_4/170495-gran_turismo_6
Most interesting is: "Denna titel har inte officiellt utannonserats än, men tidiga indikationer visar på att den kommer till Playstation 4."
Rough translation: It´s not official but early signs show that GT6 is also getting a PS4 release.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
How confident are we that PS4 launches this year in Europe?
I'm really asking. I think the answer is very important to this discussion.
I'm really asking. I think the answer is very important to this discussion.
SniperHunter
Banned
It's easier to sell a $60 game than a $400+ system. Only the rich early adopters will buy PS4, killing PS3 entirely this year and moving entire resources to PS4 is a moronic. That being said, so is launching to big new IP's just when PS4 is around the corner (Last of Us and Beyond)
Why is it moronic to release big games at the point where their potential to sell is greatest?
Because you need momentum for your new system that's going to have sell for the next 7+ years.
Publishers were still releasing big games for the PSP instead of moving on to the Vita when it was first released, and we all see how well that strategy works out.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Don't you remember how much it hurt the God of War franchise to have GoW 2 released for ps2 when ps3 was already out? Oh wait.
gutterboy44
Member
This sucks. Could have used this game a year or so ago. Firing up GT5 after moving back to the master race and it just looks like shit.
and why wouldnt there be both? Like some devs said already, it is relatively easy to develop for PS4 and then scale back same engine for PS3... and in PS4, you simply up the graphics, fps, number of cars, poly count, while base features are the same.
difference in fps and graphics will be easy sell for PS4... i dont doubt that anyone who has the money will "upgrade" to GT6 PS4.
Because they need Drive Club to sell.
SunhiLegend
Member
GT6 PS3 this year, GT Prologue on the PS4 2014.
SniperHunter
Banned
I wonder how a high res GT6 running on PS4 would compare to DriveClub, a game made from the ground up for PS4....
Red Chocobo
Banned
No chance, if you ask me.
My thoughts as well. Which is quite alright, to be honest. Not ideal, but tolerable.
Call Me Maybe
Banned
I'm not sure how releasing a marquee Playstation 3 exclusive around the same time as a non backwards compatible Playstation 4's launch makes any sense, but day one anyway, I guess.
Which can be provided by other titles developed by other studios no problem. The entire point of a console generation is to cash in when the install base has grown large enough.
opticalmace
Member
That's true. Though, if it came out on PS4 this fall I would definitely buy the console. I suspect a lot of others might feel the same way. I think GT is their best system-selling franchise.
Risk Breaker
Member
Trust me, really, PS4 is not launching in September.
