GT5′s DLC Delayed in North America, Releases October 25 with “Special Bonus” [UPDATE]
Only hours away from release, Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced via Twitter the release of Gran Turismo 5‘s first DLC - including the highly anticipated Spa Francorchamps circuit - has been delayed in North America until October 25th, 2011. No further explanation is offered, but the tweet does mention the content will include a “special bonus” when it is eventually released next week:
Update: GT5 DLC will hit the North American Store on 10/25 but will include a special bonus. Apologies for the inconvenience!
The DLC is presumably still on schedule to be available to the rest of the world on Tuesday, October 18th, at 07:00 UTC (convert this to your local time zone here), according to another tweet from Kazunori Yamauchi earlier today.
UPDATE: This news apparently comes as a surprise to Kazunori Yamauchi himself, who, according to further Twitter comments, has only just now learned of Sony America’s last-minute change of plans. Fortunately for European gamers, Kazunori has also announced there will be only a slight delay of the content’s release in their region (as of writing, it’s now expected to go live at 09:00 UTC). It is already available in Asian territories.
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October 20th, 2011 at 3:11 pm - #Mangusta36
Why should we be pissed it’s typical gt5.
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October 20th, 2011 at 2:55 am - #gast1976
so happy to live in EUROPE !!!
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October 19th, 2011 at 3:36 am - #Paddy05HDT
Anyone know what helmet the guy is wearing? It looks sweet
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October 18th, 2011 at 8:39 pm - #HaiThere
Why are you guys blaming PD? Did you even read the damn article? It’s Sony that delayed it, not Kaz.
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October 18th, 2011 at 7:09 pm - #montecarlo87
I ain’t upset. It gives me more time to finish up the 24 h Lemans I started over the weekend. Things happen and apparently from the looks of it, it wasn’t even GT’s fault. It was Sony America that made the change.
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October 18th, 2011 at 6:35 pm - #zr1chris
Delayed. Everyone should have seen this coming. What isn’t delayed in regards to GT?
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October 18th, 2011 at 6:31 pm - #guyc1161
The “specicial bonus [update]” might be just a marketing venture to boost sales or meant to compete with forza 4,i believe forza 4 is probably mostly popular in NA. i could be wrong mind you.
But if there was one thing i cant help but notice its the seemingly lack of communication within the different departments of SCEA.For example in the whats new section of the xmb screen they highlight the GT Academy vids (they still announce episode 1)but if you go to psn store and click on th gt academy folder it comes up with ” no content was found”. Why invite people to download the gt academy content if it isnt available.It’s as if the people who manage the xmb screen dont talk to the people who manage the psn store,you would think somebody would put out a MEMO “by the way whats new,we havent the gt academy content in the store so you can delete that from the whats new section. signed ps store.”
If you go to the PS BLOG there is no mention of the delay for the GT5 dlc,howcome? I guess they didn’t get the memo.I could go on but i wont. In short this isn’t the kind of behavior i’d expect fom a big corporation ,it’s unprofessional.-
October 18th, 2011 at 8:28 pm - #BWX
It’s called incompetence. occasionalracer stooge will be along shortly to defend sony and call you names.
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October 18th, 2011 at 6:09 pm - #oblivionskate
surprise?……. im guessing it’s going to be something dealing with nascar, a paint chip, or a horn…
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October 18th, 2011 at 6:06 pm - #Grzelakin
They should make the bonus american muscle. after all it is in america where this is happening
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October 18th, 2011 at 6:00 pm - #rynedee
This being Sony I’d imagine that a firmware update is our ‘special bonus’…
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October 18th, 2011 at 4:23 pm - #SeaWall
i bet this isn’t the only time we will get a delayed DLC launch, i bet we will not get this DLC until Xmass
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October 18th, 2011 at 4:01 pm - #chase94
WTF!? y did they get it but not us? and why did they set it back so far (kinda)
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October 18th, 2011 at 3:51 pm - #Danger Orange
GRRRRR AT THEIR FACE!
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October 18th, 2011 at 3:24 pm - #kartracer2442
Man, this really reminds me of something… hmmm… i think it was about a year ago.. Oh! the release of GT5!… The special bonus probably won’t even be much. I was kinda lookin forward to this
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October 18th, 2011 at 3:22 pm - #wilza1
my a spec driver is dressed up exactly the sam as the guy in the photo
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October 19th, 2011 at 3:35 am - #Paddy05HDT
What helmet is that!? I’m dying to know, it looks awesome!
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October 18th, 2011 at 3:04 pm - #HuskyGT
You know, I don´t balme PD for this. I blame the “new” videogame industry. Back in the PS2 days, you just got the game, and you were happy about it. Now days you hope that they include as much as possible at release so your wallet doesn´t suffer in the future DLC to come.
I accept the upcoming insults from most of you for me being “old fashined” or a whinner that can´t live with the fact that the online bussness is what it is. I don´t care.
I don´t know if it is because I´m growing older or what, but it doesn´t feel like it used to. I remember enjoying GT1 and GT2 back in the 90´s like no game I´ve enjoyed before. GT3 with it´s limit content could keep me going for hours, for a couple of years. GT4 made me cry when I saw the intro, and since release date I´ve been playing it none-stop until the arrival of GT5.
Yesterday I finally got my 5 Meg service, but I hesitated to connect my new replacement PS3 slim I got a few weeks ago… I will keep GT5 in its 1.0 version. I´m done waiting for a “complete” game like you all call it.
Expectation after expectation… I know it´s hard to make a videogame, but lately there´s been nothing but letdowns… And after reading the whole deal with the DLC, I rather not mess with it. This whole drama for only one track (beautiful and legendary indeed) that you will use just a couple of times, and rarely see it again just like many tracks on the game that are just sitting there without no use but to time trail on them or race in arcade mode, and that you are even able to race online without having it, and couple of car tickets of cars that most of them are going to be useless in current events, and that are basically already in the game. Also that you can´t even share in the same PS3, and that if you sell them, it´s bye bye for them.
PD has always made my dreams come true, and not only car enthusiasts like me have to thank them, but the car industry owes them alot too. Cars like the Impreza STi, Lancer Evo, and ultimatly the Nissan GTR wouldn´t be sold here in the Americas if it wasn´t from games like GT1 and GT2. It isn´t PD´s fault. Like any other company, you have to adjust to new trends, or face complete ruin.
In hopes that GT6 will be at least close to what we expected from GT5. But being realistic, GT6 will probably be only an instalment disc. The rest will have to be payed for…
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October 18th, 2011 at 3:43 pm - #Slonkoo
sad but truth. oh mayn, u r braking my hart ;)
i love this game, no matter what. stay cool -
October 18th, 2011 at 4:26 pm - #SeaWall
yea i hate the concept of DLC its another excuse for developers to pre-release an incomplete game
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October 18th, 2011 at 4:32 pm - #occasionalracer
I don’t understand how you could be that disaoppointed with where we are now with video games. I could really never go back to GT4 for the graphics alone. But also the online gaming and physics have vastly improved the racing experience. We also have better wheels and FFB these days that seriously put you in the drivers seat, and we still have everything that was in previous Gran Turismo series and more. Yes the only thing that might lack is the Career mode and better AI, which honestly isn’t that bad given there are the seasonal updates regularly and the fact we can run hardcore racing sessions online all day.
I have no problem with the way the new videogame industry is running. It’s nice that bugs can be fixed and that additional content can be purchased (unless the developer starts making it a constant hobby). I’m quite happy about Spa and the Kart track as well as the cars, which they worked hard on along with the physics tweaking and the rest of the update. They are really taking the right approach to making this game better. You have to understand the time it takes to do these things and that PD goes ALL out in detail and always strive for perfection. That’s why I love GT, I’d rather see tons of time invested in perfecting things over longer time than rushing everything.
I really hope that PD uses their new DLC earnings to put toward hiring more employees, so when they really start working on GT6, they can create alot more quality content faster (hopefully lol..)
I wonder how much of these DLCs we can expect before GT6, because obviously they can have to limit the content so there’s something left (hopefully alot) for GT6. But Sony is definitly gonna make sure GT6 sells millions of PS4 consoles. So we still got a couple of years.
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October 18th, 2011 at 4:51 pm - #HuskyGT
Well, I just decided to update GT5. I got a $20 buck PSN card to purchase the DLC as well. I´m not against the many improvements that the industry has had, I mean, like you, I couldn´t go back to GT4. I just did for fun, and it looks and feels horribly outdated.
I don´t play online that much as I don´t find the appeal to it, but I surely enjoy GT5 at a higher level than most so-called GT fans, and even if the future of the industry aims for “download only” games, I wouldn´t mind adjusting my way of thinking just for GT.
But still, this situation feels wrong.
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October 18th, 2011 at 2:51 pm - #MKLINGS1994
I literally just bought a $20 PSN card so i could download all that great DLC stuff today, so i went on my PS3 checked the PSN Store, and couldn’t find GT5 in the disc-based games add-on section. so i went online to gran-turismo.com and it said the release date is still 10/18/2011, so i check again, there is no GT5 downloadable content, and THEN i come HERE, and my god, i am pissssssed!!! a whole week!? damn! why did Sony America have to do this!?
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October 18th, 2011 at 2:51 pm - #BWX
That’s if you believe everything they say, ehich I have learned not to do. Sony/PD/Kaz could get this straightened out for us way before 168 freaking hours if they really wanted to. It’s typical PD anyway.
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October 18th, 2011 at 5:30 pm - #Nastradamus87
Yes, Kaz does not care about the fans whatsoever. Has has the power to get the DLC released in NA immediately and chooses not too, because he hates us, and he doesn’t like when his company makes more profit.
Not.
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October 18th, 2011 at 9:34 pm - #BWX
You have no idea what happened. Sony-PD, same thing BTW.
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October 18th, 2011 at 2:46 pm - #scottypinthemix
I wish I could come up with a business where people wanted so badly to give me their money that they got this angry if they had to wait a few extra days to do so.
I don’t get it. Sit tight. You’ll be able to give PD your $ soon enough
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They should change the name to Probably Delayed.