Polyphony Digital Involved in PS4 & Vita Hardware Development
In an interview with Japanese gaming site 4gamer, Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, answered a question about how Polyphony Digital and the Gran Turismo series fits in with the company’s future plans.
Thanks to our own Shirakawa Akira for this translation:
4gamer: A driving game called “Driveclub” has been announced as [a coming up] PS4 software. However, in Japan there’s Polyphony Digital and I think many people are looking forward to an announcement regarding *that* racing game. What [can you tell us] about this?
Yoshida: Key members of Polyphony Digital are involved in the very development of the PS4 and the PS Vita. I am thinking of asking them what’s going on with Gran Turismo, but related matters will be probably made clear by its representative Kazunori Yamauchi in due time.
Although Polyphony’s involvement with the PlayStation 4 is very encouraging for Gran Turismo fans, it is most interesting to learn about their contributions to Vita’s hardware.
The news comes after it’s been suggested over the past year that a Gran Turismo title for the PlayStation Vita was in development.
Kazunori also talked about how a new mobile Gran Turismo title could take advantage of the Vita’s 3G data connection in an interview from last July.
Thanks to SolidSnakex for the tip!
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March 12th, 2013 at 11:55 am - #rjthakid
No, but nice try.
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February 26th, 2013 at 1:30 am - #jagenigma
So is there going to be a standard PS4 and a premium PS4?
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February 25th, 2013 at 4:23 am - #karelpipa
VIta is dead…leave handhelds to Nintendo and focus on PS3 GT6 and then GT7-+9 on PS4. Thanks :)
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February 25th, 2013 at 4:32 am - #jomama2010
Shutup karelpipa I have a Vita and having a GT Vita would make it more justifiable! lol, I actually got one because I never had a psp so I’m catching up along with playing some nice vita games…Bring on GT Vita…that could be huge for the handheld.
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February 25th, 2013 at 1:35 pm - #HuskyGT
Agree, jomama2010. I bought the PSP just for GT. If they release a GT Vita, I’ll certainly buy it. People who hate on GT PSP don’t know how fun that game be when you’re out traveling or during work breaks.
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March 12th, 2013 at 11:56 am - #rjthakid
Nice troll attempt.
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February 25th, 2013 at 12:47 am - #HuskyGT
Maybe a GT5 for Vita similar to GT PSP’s mechanics? That would be cool actually. Most people hate on GT PSP, but I think it was a great pick-and-play game. It was the perfect stress relief item when things were getting annoying at the office. Just pulled out my PSP, picked a car, track, and soon my problems disappeared.
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February 25th, 2013 at 10:21 pm - #stupidstormy36
The problem with GT PSP was people were expecting a full release in the terms of say GT3′s or even GT4′s layout (i.e. a career mode). What we got was a full release, just not what most were expecting. Gran Turismo is already a good pick me up game via it’s Arcade Mode in all it’s iterations, so gamers are justified in wanting a full career mode as well. With the Vita, it’s very possible!
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:29 pm - #sneakypete123
“Kazunori also talked about how a new mobile Gran Turismo title could take advantage of the Vita’s 3G data connection in an interview from last July.”
3G struggles with every day things like social media, Imagine trying to connect to 15 other people on a racing game whilst a vast number of people experience difficulties using a hard wired PS3. Comments like that make me wonder if Kaz actually lives in the real world or if he just see’s numbers on paper and thinks “yeah, that ought to do it”
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February 24th, 2013 at 6:50 pm - #Dushan 77
I’m angry with PLayStation 4 Rumors Stealing Gran Turismo 6 to PlayStation 4. They are retards,hooligans,idiots,morons and fagots. PS4 Rumors. I’ll hunt you all down and hurt you all even more. Just get Driving Club for crying out loud. It’s there for you all. I’m warning you all that i’ll never say it again. Gran Turismo 6 on Playstation 3 only!!!!!!. Stop the conflict now guys.Wait till E3 and it will all be confirmed then. I hate you Playstation 4 Rumors so much for trying to kill Playstation 3 people who like Gran Turismo 6 on Playstation 3.
Last warning.
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:17 pm - #teppischfresser
What an idiot.
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:13 pm - #Toyota2jz
1+ They just don’t get it, do they? :p
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:15 pm - #varmintx
What a psychopath.
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February 25th, 2013 at 4:34 am - #jomama2010
What? So you are saying you’d rather have GT6 released on a previous gen console than being reworked for the better and hopefully sooner release date on the PS4?
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February 24th, 2013 at 3:52 pm - #Sir Tuddle
Time to dust off my neglected vita :0
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February 24th, 2013 at 3:44 pm - #darklaser12
I think the GT6 will have cross platform between PS4 and PS Vita (maybe even PS3). THAT WOULD BE SO COOL XD
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February 24th, 2013 at 2:19 pm - #Given2fly
I must say that the thought of GT6 on the PS4 is one that excites me greatly. The graphics for me are fine on GT5 (apart from some suspect shadows) and I still find myself being impressed when I watch replays at times! I am all for them expanding the game play onto devices such as Vita (Though I don’t own one myself) but what I really hope for is more longevity to the single player mode. I’m indifferent when it comes to B spec and wouldn’t be disappointed if it was not included in GT6 if that meant they could improve other areas of the game. I hope that expanding to include Vita game play isn’t near the top of their to do list.
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February 24th, 2013 at 1:46 pm - #Niyologist
Expect Holiday 2013 Release, based on Yahoo article.
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February 24th, 2013 at 1:38 pm - #Flagmo-T
Wauu GT5 for PS3. Thank god for that, best news in a long time form this Company :O)
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February 24th, 2013 at 2:06 pm - #Toyota2jz
GT6*
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February 24th, 2013 at 1:37 pm - #Toyota2jz
GT5 = template for GT6. Which we could possibly see coming to PS3.
GT7 for PS4 in the years to come. Be patient.
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February 24th, 2013 at 1:33 pm - #Niyologist
Sony Execs confirmed that GT6 is coming out for the PS3. Makes sense. GT1/GT2-PSOne. GT3/GT4-PS2. GT5/GT6-PS3. GT7/GT8-PS4?
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February 24th, 2013 at 11:57 am - #skip101
“Look at the games coming out on the PlayStation 3 like The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, GT6, and then on the third-party side of things another fantastic Assassin’s Creed, GTA,” — Michael Denny, senior vice-president of Sony WWS
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:01 pm - #JeremiahTB
When he said that, I’m sure Kaz was thinking “Oh no, now he did it. I know I told him it was going to be ready before the PS4 release; but he should know me by now that I don’t do deadlines.”
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:05 pm - #KilzoneStrife
He made a mistake, guys…
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:40 pm - #Hentis
Ive just seen this and he does already mention GTA 5.
But to be honest i’d be happy if GT6 came out on the PS4
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:13 am - #JaySamurai
I think it’s great what they are trying to do with the Vita, but i hope PD do not shift the main focus on this whole Vita and PS4 connectivity. Some of us still enjoy playing away on our home TV screens.
My only wish for GT6 would be that PD do not spread themselves too thin.
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:35 am - #sangdude82
@ JaySamurai
I agree with you i. It would be nice if PD could focus 100% GT6. Vita will take their time, money and efforts away from putting the new stuff or improving the existing stuff from GT 5. Also, not everyone will not play GT6 on ps4 & vita nor could afford both of them at the same time. I prefer to play games on a proper TV rather than a small portable gaming device like the Vita.
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:20 am - #BWX
I wonder if GT6 AI is still going to be a joke?
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:16 am - #HarVee
Most likely it will. But don’t worry, I’m sure PD will find sometime to claim they couldn’t make a good quality game due to lack of time.
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:48 am - #sangdude82
PD can make it simple. Just like they do with some of the races on GT5, make the leading AI to gain like 20 seconds after the first corner and make us to chase after them. If not, they can make the AI level 1- 10 so players can choose the AI level according to their skills. 1 being chase the rabbit to 10 would be like hardcore non-chase the rabbit AI.
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:28 pm - #SZRT Ice
Currently, the PS3′s limited memory is responsible for high definition graphics, high pixel count car models, 60fps, computing all of your vehicles statistics, and inputting them in real time with GT5′s physics model.
The increased ram in the PS4 should make individually responsive AI more likely, as well as a better damage model, livery/vinyls, customization, etc.
I should probably temper my expectations, but I’m hoping for the best because so much more is possible and I’d prefer GT6 on top.
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:52 pm - #MGTTTTT
I agree the AI is a complete failure. Much worse than prologue and also worse than “Revs” on my BBC microcomputer from 1984!!!. To make it infinietly better they just need to remove the code that makes the AI brake when you are following them!!! This has to be changed…. you cannot have fun battling an AI car because they keep on braking when you get anywhere near them.
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February 25th, 2013 at 1:38 am - #eran0004
They’re actually not that bad. The seasonal events are rather bad because they are set up in a way that the AI is going to drive cars much worse than yours, only to compensate they get to start half a minute before you. It’s not really racing, but that has nothing to do with the AI, it’s just how PD chose to arrange the seasonals.
The only thing I have a problem with when it comes to the AI is that they slow down when you’re following them through a corner. When you move up beside them they also slow down to let you pass, they don’t really fight back. The only time they are aggressive is when they try to overtake you.
Another improvement could be to make the AI do some mistakes once in a while. It doesn’t have to be a huge error in every race, but now and then just to make things a little less predictable.
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:41 am - #KilzoneStrife
Not only.. the GPU has 18 Compute Units (cu’s) and its heavily modified and rumored be divided.
14CUs + 4 CUs.Kaz might have wanted this, Those four CUs alone out class the Cell+Ps3 GPU (7800GTX).
The 4CUs can be used with the 14CUs or independantly. So, what you have here is a graphics card capable of doing physics and graphics.
Kaz may want to reserve these cores for weather/day-night cycles/physics for damage etc. And use the other 14CUs for graphics and anti aliasing etc.-
February 24th, 2013 at 9:16 am - #BWX
Of the 14 they can be divided, unlike the the PS3 that were divided making the devs unhappy. I thought the other 4 were reserved for other things for the system, not part of games.
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:17 am - #Zuel
+5
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:54 am - #KilzoneStrife
@BWX, exactly!
Having 8 CPU cores means 8PPEs and they themselves have full access to any part of the GPU…
It really makes the PS3 seem so archaic in comparison.Devs had to deal with the constand bottleneck of ram and still contend with having to code to the 3.2GHz Power5 CPU, then into the Spus!
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:58 am - #KilzoneStrife
@BWX,
Everyone thought the 4CUs would be used for OS and background downloading patches etc. At PlaystationMeeting, it was revealed they have a second set of chips (ARM) to do those tasks, So the 4CUs may be used for compute function or graphics:8CoreJaguar+4CUs for compute
Or
14CUs+4CUs for graphics.Nice knowing..the Next Xbox… only has 12CUs…. ouch.
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:40 am - #Blood*Specter
I hope Kaz and PD remember how much fun and better it was to build your car through each stage of weight reduction. Actually seeing the seats, dash board and steering wheel and other interior parts being replaced by racing parts at each stage of the weight reduction happens, and your stock or junker is transformed into a full on racing car. That’s what a Race Mod is all about. Want a better car? Be a better driver. There will be less problems with lunatic drivers in on-line rooms.
They won’t have enough good driver points to get into a room full of advanced drivers.I hope they remember how much fun it was to get racing brakes, 1.5 way differentials. And how much more fun it would be to have the ability to add and remove grass, drive trains and wheel/tire sizes and body panels with proper aero packages and body panels.
And for God’s sake I hope they allow us to paint the cars and add or replace numbers and stripes. In other words, give the game its character back as T21 said. High tech is wonderful and welcome. But high tech crap is just that……crap.
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February 24th, 2013 at 9:27 am - #JeremiahTB
Just what we all want…the ability to add and remove grass.
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February 24th, 2013 at 12:42 pm - #SZRT Ice
He meant “glass” smart a$$. Of all the nitpicking s#it to discuss, you bypass all the meaningful things he spoke of to comment on a frigin’ typo. Grammar Nazis. Ò_Ó.
Back on topic, as far as “remembering”, few of these things have ever (cosmetically) been in a GT to date for them to remember. They would be great to have however. I personally want liveries and rim customization ala MCLA with at least a 2 tier paint schematic for the lip and inner wheel individually.
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February 24th, 2013 at 1:29 pm - #SCER
to be fair, i didn’t make the glass connection either.
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February 24th, 2013 at 4:15 pm - #SZRT Ice
Yeah, he actually meant gears.
“Blood*Specter
It might be fun to add grass, but I meant “GEARS”……LOL”
Point being, he said other meaningful things in his comment, yet he chose to reply smugly on a fraction of the point he was trying to make. On something that he didn’t even mean to say. Some of GTP’s members are unrelenting in bashing people who may not voice as well as others what they are trying to say. Irks the hell outta me.
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:24 am - #NissanSkylineN1
The only involvement that I could imagine with PD and the PS4 would be Kaz saying
“MOAR RAM!!”
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:51 am - #Blood*Specter
It might be fun to add grass, but I meant “GEARS”……LOL
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:04 am - #sangdude82
I hope that GT6 will have super fast loading times with the almighty ps4. Also, I would like to see the memory cards coming back to ps4. May be they can let us use the USB flash drives.
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:11 am - #KilzoneStrife
5GB GDDR will allow much much much faster loading as the game will cache info between Hardrive and the super fast ram continously.
GT5 also had to deal with the slow Blu Ray drive in the PS3 (1 speed).
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February 24th, 2013 at 8:53 am - #Foxiol
@KilzoneStrife The current PS3 Blue Ray drive is 4x not 1x. And yes the new one will be 6x.
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February 24th, 2013 at 10:03 am - #KilzoneStrife
@Foxiol
Lol we’re both wrong. I checked the official specs.“The PlayStation 3 features a slot-
loading 2x speed Blu-ray Disc drive
for games, Blu-ray movies, DVDs,
CDs and other optical media. ”
CPU
Cell Broadband Engine™
GPU
RSX
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM
256MB GDDR3 VRAM
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