Sony Exec Comments on Polyphony Digital’s “Next Project”
In an interview with VG24/7, Shuhei Yoshida, President of SCE Worldwide Studios, made some interesting comments regarding the future of Gran Turismo 5 and Polyphony Digital’s next project:
VG247: There are a couple of significant holes in the software line-up you’ve been talking about this year. There’s been no mention of any more Gran Turismo and we’re still waiting on a date for The Last Guardian. Is Tokyo going to shed more light on this, or are we going to wait a little bit longer?
Yoshida: I’d say it could be a little bit longer. As far as the Gran Turismo team’s concerned, they are still working on updating the games, so they’re just shifting to the designing and concepting phase of the next project. It’s going to take a few years.
These carefully-chosen words, as usual, leave quite a bit open to speculation.
Assuming their next project is Gran Turismo 6, a release window of “a few years” obviously opens up possibilities of a launch on the PlayStation 4. Sony’s announcement of a price drop for the PlayStation 3 at Gamescom 2011 has fueled talk among analysts that the console is moving into its final stages of life, though SCE CEO Jim Ryan is understandably down-playing these rumors.
It’s worth noting that Kazunori Yamauchi has reiterated, on three separate occasions, that GT6 will not take as long to release as GT5. He even confirmed it was already in development as of September last year, though admitted he didn’t know if it would be released for the PS3 or PS4 at the time. Regardless – for better or worse – the PlayStation 4 will almost certainly influence the next iteration of the GT series and we’ll be keeping a close eye on it, accordingly.
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August 24th, 2011 at 3:30 am - #MilanoRed
Tru dat
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August 23rd, 2011 at 10:28 am - #Murcie
I highly doubt there’s a “next project” in the works. Doing something like that without expanding on your most ambitious and demanding project thus far in order to make sure it’s actually completed is just ludicrous, right?
Oh wait, this is Polyphony Digital.
I am sorry GT5 but I have fallen for another.
<3 Forza 4.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 12:49 pm - #Lil
true that
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August 23rd, 2011 at 6:51 am - #MilanoRed
Gt5 = 7.5 / 10. Forza3 = 8.5 / 10. Forza 4, you can guess the rest. Oh, what could have been….
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August 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 am - #Cocomoto
I want Tourist Trophy 2…
I can’t believe this amazing game will not appear in the PS3.
I already played MotoGP 10/11 but i always go back to the PS2 and play Tourist Trophy. Still have to try SBK but… TT rules the 2 wheels world ! -
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:17 am - #VictoReX11
First, PD (Polyphony) we need to finish the game with updates, and then we’ll talk about Gran Turismo 6 and PS4
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August 21st, 2011 at 4:08 pm - #Name(required)
Hope you’re kidding me, GT5 ism’t even a complete game, it’s a half put together joke. 1000 cars should’nt have been put in the game, especially when over twenty are the same car(miatas). Leveling up system is rubbish and repetative. Please don’t give me that BS on how much they implemented new stuff like helmets and events..etc., because everyone knows this is an incompleted game.
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August 21st, 2011 at 1:21 pm - #koldstrejke
screw poly. gt5 has not delivered since release its not been up to th promises of poly.and this talk of gt6 would be very unwise for them. the only “ONLY” thing now that gt series has going for it now is car selection. i love gt, but the craftmanship is apualing.
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August 21st, 2011 at 3:56 pm - #Magic Ayrton
Exactly.. this is actually quite funny, because GT5 with its 5 wheel customisation is a joke and probably 50% of the fanbase will be playing something else by the time GT6 is launched.
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August 21st, 2011 at 1:06 am - #Fureddo
Sony was supposed to hit big with its “next gen’” system, the PS3. It was supposed to be so much ahead of the 360. (let’s be honest, Nintendo’s Wii is out of the race).
After all these years what do we have? Many games running at 720p and 30fps… As usual for Sony systems, PD is supposed to show up what the system can do at best…Ok with that for PSOne and 2…disagreed for PS3. Sure GT5 runs at 1080p and inrace 60fps, but replays fall at 30fps and there are too many graphics issues that sound outdated (pixelated shadows, wtf?!) to draw a positive conclusion on the game.
Let’s face it; when we compare GT5 and Forza 4, PS3 feels so subpar. Aliasing, low res’ textures (wtf Autumn Ring!!!) and old gen’ 3D modelization (yes, standard cars are just a direct port from GT4!). I am no XBox hysterical fanboy. I’ve had all the GT games since PSOne and never owned a XBox.
A few figures : 500,000 polygons per car in GT5, 5 years of development. ONE MILLION polygons for Forza 4, TWO years of development. Need I say more?
If GT6 makes it to the PS4, we’ll have just like GT5 on PS3, an outdated game that was built and optimized for the previous gen’ system. For PD’s sake, it is of critical importance they put out their new game within 2 years. Which means a late 2012 release, one year prior the hypothetical yet very likely PS4 release, which gives them three years to develop a GT7 optimized for Sony’s new hardware. Missing next year’s launch for a new GT iteration will doom PD to lag behind hardware evolution.
Many Japanese companies failed to adapt to the new ways of doing business (e.g.: Hitachi stopped producing tv’s…). Today, if you want to develop a game faster, either you hire more people, or you deal with other companies to help coping with cost consuming tasks (e.g.: modelizing “premium” level cars)… Just like they did for Forza 4 btw.
The lack of gist in Sony’s rep interview is typical of the Japanese culture. No assertive statement, no firm due date established. Edo-jidai is over, time to wake up! Today gamers want firm schedule and concrete hints to bring water to their mill. Wanna keep it secret then keep quiet. Wanna bring some excitement, be more specific.
Just my thought. I don’t like irrelevant bashing, this is just my humble reaction.-
August 21st, 2011 at 10:26 am - #Magic Ayrton
You are so right my friend, It’s not bashing.. because we love the series so much we pretty much have a right to say what we think and feel.. I just wish everyone else would team together to save PD, Sony and ourselves.. they really need to do something.. having said that I still Play GT5, but will there really be a point to GT6 if the wool is pulled over our eyes again?? I say no.
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August 20th, 2011 at 6:32 pm - #Marcelo
few years= 5 years or more
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August 20th, 2011 at 5:36 pm - #Andrew
Go ahead make a ps4. Sops3 games will be cheap. Unless that is..they close all the online servers, forcing us all to buy ps4′s just to play our online games
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August 20th, 2011 at 1:54 pm - #themartlab
PD: don’t start a new project while there is one which is still incompleted. Finish a job before starting another one…
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August 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am - #MMGT
Sony is poop
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August 20th, 2011 at 9:59 am - #Magic Ayrton
“People like me?” who are you to talk anyway..
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August 20th, 2011 at 5:37 am - #Magic Ayrton
Spend some money SONY!! it’s not like you don’t have any is it??? Expand PD personel.. make some decent tracks and hill climbs, make DLC (devote a department to it) make many more Premium cars (Like RUF (we were robbed) and yes with PROPER sound)finish the game when you say you will, communicate with your fanbase (the people that made you successful in the first place) and stop ***** us around!!
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August 20th, 2011 at 7:53 am - #funrun
Lol… always the same complaints, PD has produced some of the finest detailed games and have strive for accuracy over quantity, now they can build on GT5 and make something spectacular. People like you should check into GTPlanet in a couple years time.
Yes, criticism is needed, but PD has understood the top 10 most complained about things people want, and it doesn’t need to be repeated every time.
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August 19th, 2011 at 5:35 pm - #Corey
Sony really need to pick up their act and fix the hacked and still broken Playstation network before they go attempting to reinvent the wheel with yet another console. If they don’t fix the issues with the network soon I swear I’ll never buy another Sony game console again. It’s been a PR disaster since the day it was hacked.
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August 19th, 2011 at 7:57 pm - #EliteDreamer
Online mean everything to you? And it’s really not that bad. I see no problems.
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August 19th, 2011 at 11:38 pm - #CorporateHammer
Sorry, I don’t see how a hacked network is a bigger deal than the first 3 years of production having a self destruct. I swear I think that green swirl and x hypnotize.
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August 19th, 2011 at 5:15 pm - #Aron
So many complaints :( If you’re gonna go play Forza or Shift go do it, Kaz doesn’t sit on here and read through EVERY SINGLE COMMENT to make it right. A game will never fit your wants, have fun with what you have.
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August 20th, 2011 at 5:44 am - #Magic Ayrton
Maybe he should.. it’s thanks to people like you that nothing ever gets done to GT5.. they should be devoting an entire team to DLC right now reading for shipping when the bugs are fixed (this month) Forza 4 is making real progress and if you want some real development to happen stop trolling other replies and make some valid arguments for yourself (honestly). People need to wake up.. Sony and pd have made millions and still we have virtually no progress..
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August 19th, 2011 at 4:00 pm - #Deathsarthe
PS3 sucked for like the first 3 or 4 years it was out. Next five years or so will be much more promising now that most people in this market are switching to services like Netflix which is easily accessed through PS3. Also Sony supports 3D technology and the PS3 is fully capable of that. The PS3′s versatility and ability to always offer the latest and greatest in its features is what seperates it from the Wii and X360.
PS4 will be different because it could also ride this momentum the PS3 has been building up. I for one am definitely looking forwards to the PS4 and I’m looking foward to GT6.
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August 19th, 2011 at 3:06 pm - #sdasdadsa
“few” years :D
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August 19th, 2011 at 1:23 pm - #riph
Instead they model 6 month per car, why dont they just buy the 3d model from 3d library sites e.g turbosquid.com ?
that can be a quite handy for them.-
August 19th, 2011 at 2:16 pm - #EliteDreamer
They don’t look as detailed. Plus they have the same window shading thing going on like the standard cars.
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August 20th, 2011 at 3:31 am - #big ron
@EliteDreamer
That´s a lie. You even find more detailed cars on 3d-libraries. Most cars at higher prices are fully detailed with interior and engine. -
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:47 am - #EliteDreamer
Well ok. But I’m talking about the ones supplied by the “link” that was offered.
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GT5 should be good lesson for Sony.
I respect Kazunori as a person and a driver, but as a game developer, he really needs to be taught some lessons.