Sony Won’t Clarify Executive’s Comments on Gran Turismo 6 Coming to PlayStation 3
As the news spreads that Gran Turismo 6 may be headed to the PlayStation 3, sparked by SCEE Vice President Michael Denny’s recent comments, the situation is gathering more attention and investigation by larger media outlets.
IGN picked up the story last night, and managed to get a (brief) comment from a Sony spokesperson:
All a Sony rep was willing to tell us was the following: “In 2010, Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed that Polyphony Digital had commenced development for Gran Turismo 6. We look forward to sharing further details on this title in the near future.” When pressed for more information beyond that, Sony refused to give us further comment.
This was a clear opportunity for Sony to downplay or back away from Mr. Denny’s comments, but they didn’t take it.
Either his comments were true – and fans should prepare for a GT6 release within 10 months – or they’re buying more time before building hype around the game’s eventual release on the PlayStation 4.
For now, we can only continue to speculate on what the future holds for the series. As always, stop by our Gran Turismo 6 forum for more perspectives from our community. Thanks to SolidSnakex for the tip!
Edited GT5 Photomode image by rpanico14.
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March 9th, 2013 at 9:28 pm - #kollosson
Its common knowledge that Kaz was unhappy with GT5, the game was pushed out in an unfinished but playable state and then honed through many updates. If you look at what was happening before GT5 or what was going to happen, remember GT4HD? i think somewhere along the line Polyphony realised that GT5 would not look as impressive against an HD GT4, maybe that was why it was shelved, that and the fact that they decided they were going to use GT4 assets (standard cars)
We know Kaz is a perfectionist and thats a good thing, so it must have killed him having to release GT5 when it was not up to the standard he was striving for. I think GT6 will put the record straight, all premium cars, added features, more tracks etc.
Historically there have been two GT titles on every Playstation and if you think about it the even numbers were the best ones,
GT2 was better than GT1, GT4 was better than GT3 and its a no brainer that GT6 is going to be better than GT5…its all good -
March 5th, 2013 at 9:10 pm - #infamousphil
I’m afraid whatever they decide to do, they’re going to make the same mistakes. PP ratings w/o hp/wgt restrictions, standard cars or fewer and/or less desirable models, continued limited wheel selection (still waiting for a six bolt wheel for Vipers), no caster adjustment, paint chips, no livery (Turn 10/FM rights), no revisits to old circuits, race cars w/o a class to support them (AudI A10, Peugot 908, Lister Storm V12 and Jaguar XJ220 race car) and non-supported race classes (modern PD/LM and historic GTS/1)… you get the picture.
That said, I will remain faithful as I’ve been from the beginning. Hope you’re listening Kaz ;)
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March 5th, 2013 at 7:08 pm - #trk29
This is the normal BS by Sony and PD all this secret stuff and when GT6 comes out it will be missing all the stuff that makes sense. Come on Project Cars!
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March 3rd, 2013 at 11:39 am - #SendEmToMars
As long as they make a better game that GT5, it doesn’t really matter what system they release it on, but that’s just my opinion, and who knows maybe they’ll release it on both systems, Just like they’re doing with Watch_Dogs
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March 3rd, 2013 at 3:24 am - #braunracing88
I think GT6 should start out as a PS3 game. All previous iterations of the Playstation have had two Gran Turismo installments available for them, so this approach would at least keep some consistency.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 11:43 am - #Halcyon925
I’d like to see a GT6 Prolouge on PS3 this year, then GT6 on PS4 after the PS4 is released. I don’t think it would be a good idea if Sony releases two racing games at the PS4′s launch. PD should wait for Driveclub sales to go down, then realease GT6. Or, somehow make Driveclub be delayed so GT6 can be a launch title. Driveclub doesn’t deserve to be a launch title if GT6 is around the corner because PD is Sony’s best money making company they have, and the people that made Driveclub are just amatures compared to what PD has done.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 12:41 pm - #Pit Crew
This>> Driveclub doesn’t deserve to be a launch title* Totally unfair assumption.
This>> the people that made Driveclub are just amatures compared to what PD has done.* Totally Bias.
This>> GT6 Prolouge on PS3 this year, then GT6 on PS4 after the PS4 is released. Highley unlikely.
This>> I don’t think it would be a good idea if Sony releases two racing games at the PS4′s launch.* How did you get to that conclusion, considering PD hasnt even released a working GT6 demo, playable on PS4, but Evolution was ready, and Sony was willing to give them a shot.
This>> Driveclub doesn’t deserve to be a launch title. Evolution put in work for their Drive Club IP, just like PD did for GT series, so they do deserve it.
Kaz arrogance and single minded all about me attitude is why Evolution studios is Sony’s new favorite son IMO.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 10:52 am - #Kite
Actually, GT6 on PS4 wouldn’t make sense, seeing as how it was possibly already in development before PS4 dev kits were available. It would only be logical creating the game on a system they’re already experienced on. GT5, despite being the best selling PS3 game of it’s time so far, wasn’t up to par with it’s predecessors, in my opinion at least. Now that PD has developed a base for GT on PS3, they now have more freedom to polish and change a lot of things to make GT6 better.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 2:04 pm - #f1_stig
They said they started working on it not that they started coding for it. They could have just been creating designs or taking pictures of new cars or better pictures for standards. They could also be working on getting rights to new car makes or racing leagues.
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March 19th, 2013 at 11:01 pm - #JDMLOVER
His arrogance is also why he made the statement that the engine sounds are too real in his games. Lol
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March 2nd, 2013 at 10:43 am - #HarVee
Because the PS3 has a larger install base, PDI would sell more copies and move their product to as many users as possible. Which is better to PDI as a business: Selling 10 million copies to existing PS3 users, or selling 2 million copies to early PS4 adapters? The choice is obvious.
Many of you must also remember that not every single person that plays video games likes the Sim genre, and not everyone who purchases a PS4 system is going to purchase a GT title. So even if 4 million PS4 units were sold, and GT6 was available as a PS4 title, doesn’t mean that 4 million copies of GT6 will be sold.
Also, Many of you believe that having GT6 as a PS4 title will make the game better, and that is where most of you are wrong. The quality of the game might actually suffer due to PDI having to learn the ins and outs of the new console. Where as with the PS3 they already know the limits of the hardware.
One could come back with the argument of that PDI were supposedly helping development of the PS4, and even if they were actually doing so, that doesn’t guarantee that PDI know the limits of that console yet. Not to mention that every time PDI has made the generational leap, the quality of the first GT title on that console is not quite as good as the second title on the previous gen. (e.g. GT3 compared to GT2 and GT5 to 4.)
And finally, PS4 already has DriveClub as a 1st-party racing title, I highly doubt Sony wants two competitors on the same unit jut quite yet, especially when GT6 would steal the spotlight from DriveClub.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 2:56 pm - #TeamCZRRacing
PD doesn’t have final say over when a GT game gets released and on what platform, Sony does. So if Sony wants it on PS4, it’ll be on PS4.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 3:25 pm - #HarVee
I know that. I’m just stating reasons as to why I believe GT6 is very likely to be a PS3 title, not to mention the situations with the interviews of the two Sony execs.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 9:36 am - #JeremiahTB
A lot of people are saying Sony won’t sell many PS4s if GT isn’t released on it. They act as if the GT series is the deciding factor for the system’s sales. Most PlayStation gamers I know don’t even like racing games. I know the GT gamers are a huge community, but there are going to be thousands of titles for the system that will make millions upon millions without GT.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 9:59 am - #Pit Crew
^This^ :tup:
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March 2nd, 2013 at 10:10 am - #QuikSlvr223
I keep thinking the exact same thing. The biggest seller these days is Call of Duty. I can guarantee these people will buy a PS$ for CoD because they believe that graphics are everything.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 10:41 am - #TokoTurismo
Thank you @JeremiahTB, very well said. People who need GT6 to be on PS4 JUST, for it to sell well needs to get over themselves…
@QuikSlvr223 I agree with you, and that’s the thing. Graphics is ALWAYS the top thing people look for in games… Seriously?
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March 2nd, 2013 at 11:57 am - #Magic Ayrton
Well, Gran Turismo will have to be much better on PS3 or PS4 to get people’s faith back that’s for sure.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 7:44 am - #madeye
All im gonna say is if GT6 isn’t on the PS4 Sony will have lost a sale.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 7:35 am - #Duesfas
I’m guessing that PD may release a GT6 prologue for the PS3. Graphics & physics may be similar to GTA 2012, giving us a taste of what is to come. Then I guess maybe a year or so down the line, they may release a PS4 GT6 bundle with the full game. I don’t think GT6 will be a PS4 launch title. Just speculation but we’ll have to wait and see what happens!
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March 2nd, 2013 at 4:27 am - #Magic Ayrton
I will be thinking long and hard about any further Gran Turismo games.. I know GT5 was pretty good at times, most times the engine sounds and such left me real cold.. so I am not going to buy anything until I read reviews etc.. don’t be sucker sheep and push them towards making the game and console we actually want people!! Driveclub will have nothing on the GT series potential and only a sheep will buy a PS4 for titles that are unknown quantity.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 2:00 am - #forzaturismo
If Unfortunately GT6 ll be on PS3.
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March 1st, 2013 at 11:55 pm - #Dude27
Look like they want to cash in twice! From a marketting point of view, it seems clever (if you see the fans as a sheep herd): You release a downsized GT6 on PS3 few months prior to the PS4 launch: all the fans will buy it…. then few months later, you release the upgraded to PS4 standard which will be MUCH better and once again, the fans will bite again to this marketing trap. Voila!!! you sell the same game twice! Despicable from a ethical point of view but a win-win financially!
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March 2nd, 2013 at 2:33 am - #Tenacious D
Be honest though. How many of us will be good little fans and grab a copy of GT6 for PS3, with a better game for PS4 within a year or two almost a sure deal? *raises hand*
Give me a GT6 without those annoying paint chips, more to race with and on, and a better online system, and I’m there.
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March 1st, 2013 at 10:12 pm - #GTrf
LOL GT6 or GT5 Kazunori welcome to forum c’mon dude !?!
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March 1st, 2013 at 6:28 pm - #5m0k3w33d420
I cannot fathom how people see the possible release of GT6 on the PS3 as a ‘win’. Polyphony Digital weren’t lying when they said they had maxed out the console trying to make GT5 playable – but still, some of you seem to have ignored that. If GT6 is released on the PS3, we aren’t going to see hundreds of tracks, billions of cars or infinite dynamic lights with lens flare (obviously I’m over exaggerating), what we will see is a game almost identical to GT5.
To make GT6 perfect, like it should be, they need to build it the PS4; otherwise we’re going to see the same half finished game, and the same “omg sucha desaster PD r da worst” on GTplanet forums with every inevitable patch.-
March 1st, 2013 at 7:59 pm - #Pit Crew
No game is perfect. Of course GT6 will be better on a PS4 but according to a source more reliable then you, and considering no real Damage Control over the statement has yet to surface, its a mute point.
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March 1st, 2013 at 8:49 pm - #5m0k3w33d420
Point? What point? I just highlighting the fact that GT6 being released on the PS3 system is by no means a win. More of a loss, really.
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March 1st, 2013 at 10:38 pm - #MLRSparco
Thank you,GT6 on the ps3 wouldn’t be the smartest choice here.
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March 1st, 2013 at 11:40 pm - #TokoTurismo
Yeah okay, so lets wait till 2053 for GT6 to come on PS4 which would REQUIRE a new engine JUST for perfection… Honestly I would love for GT6 to be on PS4 but everyone (including YOU) seem to always forget about DriveClub, and what GT6 will do to its sells.
Really, who cares and get over it, I see GT6 being on PS3 as a good thing because GT6 could sell very well for PD to make GT7 ready for the PS4, PLUS since everyone has a PS3 in their homes already they can easily buy GT6 and than be ready play without needing to fork out money for a system and one game, so keep thinking GT6 will be anything like GT5 such as being half finished when it was in development for 2 and half years now…
Overall, keep QQing because I won’t reply back. When GT6 is actually better and complete on the PS3, I’ll like to see what your response will be by than.
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March 1st, 2013 at 11:57 pm - #5m0k3w33d420
“Really, who cares and get over it,” he says before going into a huge rant. Good one, Toko.
By your logic, they may as well release GT6 on the PS2. I mean, who doesn’t have a PS2? They’d sell millions! Yeah, great idea!PD should do that for sure! -
March 2nd, 2013 at 12:15 am - #5m0k3w33d420
Heck, let’s see if Turn 10 make Forza 5 for the 360. Maybe instead of using their new console, Nintendo will continue to produce their flagship games on the original Wii console instead of the Wii U.
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March 2nd, 2013 at 1:42 am - #TURBOMATIZ
Most the people just dont want to buy a new console to play a new Gran turismo , but where was it written there would have to be 2 gts released on the ps3 ? Nowhere . If people are massive fans of the game then surely they want it to be the best it possibly can be and on the ps3 it wont be compared to a next gen gt ! I hope its not on the ps3 as if they get a version out at launch on the ps4 it will probably be a bit shy of content and there will be a lot of dlc , but you will definetly see another gran turismo released on the ps4 .GT5 REALLY screwed up the momentum of the franchise and please pd not prologue dont waste time on that just get a new gt out .
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March 2nd, 2013 at 2:21 am - #Tenacious D
Guess I’m replying to both Sm0k3 and TURBOMATIZ.
On the point of lots of content in GT6 on PS3, actually you’re wrong. The modeling won’t be any easier on PS4 vs 3, just the game coding and graphic effects. Models are models, and we’d see the same AMOUNT of content no matter which system it comes out on.
Now, the NATURE of that content is another story. As I’ve posted a number of times, PD will have to trim back on the features and resolution of GT6 if they hope to make it better on PS3 this time. I doubt SONY will let go of 3D for the sake of their new TVs, and that is supposed to be a great experience – for those lucky enough to be wearing those glasses anyhow. So something else will have to give, and most likely a drop in resolution to 720p. Hardly the end of the world, but I’m sure Kaz will hate giving up performance he’s achieved for GT5. Particle effects simplified? No improvements in shadows? Probably. There might be more tracks with day/night transitions and weather, but don’t look for any improvements in the weather system. Lighting isn’t going to be any easier, so the same weird night racing with cars lacking headlights save for the closest two or three. There isn’t going to be any way to squeeze a huge performance boost out of the Cell Engine, so forget any kind of Codemasters-like damage system, probably any damage at all. Race Mod could be expanded greatly, but with the same old PS3 to run everything, will we have to do without our hoped-for Livery Editor? I wouldn’t count on a much better Course Maker either. Sound could be improved, the net structure could be extensively improved, but that’s about it.
No more cars on track, unless they manage something for the Standard cars. I personally love them, but the fans seems pretty divided over them. Still if you want more cars on track and multiclass racing, you’ll probably have to learn to love Standards.
On the other hand, gameplay could get one heck of a shot in the arm. A.I. might be marginally improved, but the game could be expanded quite a bit with a huge bunch of things to do as with GT4, since the coding is pretty much the same as on GT5, just expanded with lots more events, like Manufacturer Cup races and far more events in general. Online could be reworked a lot to be more like what we’re used to with PC sims, with SONY investing in a bigger faster network to support PS4. But without a Livery Editor, a lot of the individualizations the Forza world is famous for won’t be ours this time either.
As TURBOMATIZ says, GT5 really frooked up the rhythm of the franchize, as Kaz fought to improve GT5 to ridiculous extremes, and took years to do it. In that sense, I’m very glad we got to play a very big Prologue game while we waited on GT5. Unfortunately, GT5 wasn’t the epic game we were hoping for, as I believe we actually had fewer events than we got in GT3. And of course he got sidetracked with some really strange notions that didn’t belong in a Gran Turismo game, like the paint chip system, horns and Museum Cards you couldn’t delete duplicates!
I will have to say that a proper Prologue shouldn’t delay GT6 more than a month or so. GT5 Prologue was as big as some racing games, save for the tracks, and that likely did require a bunch of work. And it looked to be a test bed for PD, as we got a good deal of content as DLC for it, and an online system made for it. Frankly I’d love to see another Prologue for GT6, but with GT5 as good as it is, I won’t be dogmatic about it.
They may well make GT6 for PS3 first, with a much bigger, much improved GT6 A-Spec in a year or so for PS4. If they do, I’ll shell out my cash like a good little fan, but I’d rather they focus on the big enchilada and give us the real deal. I can wait
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March 2nd, 2013 at 7:38 am - #TURBOMATIZ
An idea for tenacious d,
I think nowadays for modern cars the modelling is probably very easy as the manufacturers will have designed there cars on computers and have all the dimensional data for them , so i would presume they would supply them to pd.
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March 1st, 2013 at 6:14 pm - #jjsahagun
Here is my theory:
GT6 will be released this summer; everybody will buy it. Then PS4 comes out, GT6 for PS4 is released this winter and still everybody buys PS4 and GT6.
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March 1st, 2013 at 5:08 pm - #zargdin
I hope that it’s true that GT6 will launch on the PS3. I won’t have to buy a PS4 then.
However I can’t see it happening. I think that geezer doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It would be crazy economics.
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March 1st, 2013 at 3:51 pm - #jajr18m
I NEED A BIGGER FAVORITES LIST ON MY GARAGE.
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March 1st, 2013 at 4:32 pm - #sangdude82
I agree. May be like 200.
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They always complained about how the PS3 system didn’t have enough memory to handle everything they wanted to do with GT5. Why then, would they consider releasing their next game that would supposedly require more memory on the same system? A system that is going to be outdated at the end of the year. I expect them to wait until PS4 comes out and do the usual delays well until the 2nd or 3rd year after PS4 has been released. I agree with kollosson that you’d think there’d be two for the PS3 system as well but GT5 wasn’t released until much later in PS3′s life. I don’t think PD cares about this track record and would rather wait and release their new title on the next generation where they have more room to do what they are capable of. Who knows what the future holds? Enjoy GT5 for now. Happy driving!