PSP-3000 “Gran Turismo Edition”
August 19th, 2009 by Jordan
As if today hadn’t been dramatic enough for GT fans, Polyphony Digital has pulled the Gran Turismo 5 feature list from their website. In its place, they’ve announced the PSP-3000 “Gran Turismo Edition” – which is quite curious, considering how strongly the game has been associated with the new PSP Go. At this point, we don’t have any more details about the availability of this device, only that it’s going to be “released in limited quantity” on October 1st.
In all honesty, though, you’d have to be a pretty hard-core fan to pick up the “Gran Turismo Edition”, when you could get the game for free on the new hardware. We’ll keep you updated when we learn more…
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August 19th, 2009 at 12:33 am
PSPGo is selling for $250.
PSP3000 is $169
GTM is going to be $40.
$169 + $40 = $209 which is still cheaper than the Go.
Makes perfect sense to me…
August 19th, 2009 at 12:34 am
… GTM probably comes bundled now that I think about it, which makes it even better.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Add in the cost of a 16GB memory stick as well there….
August 19th, 2009 at 12:38 am
I’d like to know more about this. Weither or not it will be an exclusive console or just a bundled console with the game, If it has branding like the Final Fantasy Crisis Core pack then i’ll be definately interested and will make me determine weither or not to opt for that pack or the Go pack which i’ll be satisfied either way :) I remember the 2004 TGS Gran Turismo PSP which was White and never released of course as the game was delayed until now lol
August 19th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Looks great, My PSP-2001 will handle it just fine I think.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:41 am
interested, but need to see just how sweet the paint job is and if GT mobile will come bundled with it.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Just seen the link and it’s just SMALL Symbol unfortunately…. I would have liked the UMD Drive to have the GT Symbol on it instead of PSP lol, Will get the GO depending on more details but if thats it for those *Special Units* i’ll pass quite happily lol
August 19th, 2009 at 12:59 am
I’m curious as to why the GT5 information has been removed from the site…
August 19th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Webbo what you mean?
August 19th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Like the twitter update says, they have removed the GT5 information from the PD website. That’s strange. Sorry if I didn’t make that clear :)
August 19th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Would have been a lot better if there was a PSP Go GT Edition instead…
August 19th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Please note that the GTM/PSP special edition bundle has only been announced in Japan and maybe not available in the US/EU market. Also the PSPgo/GTM free DL was announced for the US/EU market so may not be availabe in Japan. Apart from the small GT logo and “titanium black” coloring for the metal surround on an otherwise standard Black PSP-3000, the Japanese text also mentioned GT-themed accessories (hand strap, pouch etc.) being developed for the bundle.
August 19th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Man, from where are just coming and coming these news?!
August 19th, 2009 at 2:41 am
why does it say jordan posted this topic on august 19 when it is august 18 here on the east coast of the us?
August 19th, 2009 at 4:29 am
@JDigital, what the hell is GTM????
August 19th, 2009 at 4:48 am
The original news was posted on the official Japan GT website, the local time is already the morning of August 19th….
August 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am
@JDigital
Makes perfect sense eh? So a PSP3000 + GT = $209, which you say is a better deal than the PSPGo at $250. Well what about the 16GB of memory the Go has and the PSP3000 doesn’t?
August 19th, 2009 at 5:43 am
i wish carbon fibre body on that psp..
August 19th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I’m wanting to get PSP exclusively for the purpose of GTM, and this looks like the best of the breed for what I want. I’ve always found a certain beauty and grace to the PSP design, and the PSP Go scraps the elegance in favour of an oversized, underbuttoned cell-phone shape.
So, I’ll just have to settle for the most modern pretty one with a lovely little GT logo on it instead. And if it does come with GTM, wow, excellent bargain.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:26 am
@ juan,
GTM would be Gran Turismo Mobile!! It’s been topic of conversation for quite a while now :D
August 19th, 2009 at 9:30 am
If all its going to have is that small GT logo then its not worth it. It needs to be like carbon fibre and have a large GT logo in chrome replacing the PSP logo on the UMD drive, then I would buy it!
Also its odd that they are pushing a GT branded PSP when the Go is what you will get the game free with, very odd!
August 19th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I can,t see the diference, from the normal one, and this one.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:23 am
@Firelogic, face it, the Go is hunk of crap.