http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/gran-turismo-5-delayed-yet-again/
\For those video gamers who have waited patiently (or not so patiently) for nearly five years for the next installment of the esteemed racing simulation series Gran Turismo for Sony PlayStation, what’s another (fill in a number from one to 10 — then add “months” or “years”
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Letting go of a creation is hard to do. Just ask the Gran Turismo’s creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Polyphony Digital, which develops the game for Sony Computer Entertainment.
At news conference at the Tokyo Game Show last fall, Mr. Yamauchi said that the Japanese release date for the much-hyped, much-anticipated Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3 would be March. And a North American release was anticipated for the summer. But Sony unexpectedly announced this month that the game would again be delayed — with no release date in sight.
This latest news has prompted speculation on blogs and forums, especially because it was shown in 3-D at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
“It is likely that the game is still on track for release in Japan later this year, but the original projection of a summer release in North America is out the window,” according to the tech site Fudzilla. “Some are theorizing that the title was never as close to release as Sony was suggesting, and the overly optimistic release targets were announced to combat the release of Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360.”
To make matters teasingly worse, Sony recently released the box art photo for Gran Turismo 5. It features a red Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the gullwing two-seat supercar introduced in September at the Frankfurt motor show.
Sony apologized for the delay and “any inconvenience it may cause,” offering no explanation beyond “circumstances” that forced the issue.
\For those video gamers who have waited patiently (or not so patiently) for nearly five years for the next installment of the esteemed racing simulation series Gran Turismo for Sony PlayStation, what’s another (fill in a number from one to 10 — then add “months” or “years”
?Letting go of a creation is hard to do. Just ask the Gran Turismo’s creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, president of Polyphony Digital, which develops the game for Sony Computer Entertainment.
At news conference at the Tokyo Game Show last fall, Mr. Yamauchi said that the Japanese release date for the much-hyped, much-anticipated Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3 would be March. And a North American release was anticipated for the summer. But Sony unexpectedly announced this month that the game would again be delayed — with no release date in sight.
This latest news has prompted speculation on blogs and forums, especially because it was shown in 3-D at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
“It is likely that the game is still on track for release in Japan later this year, but the original projection of a summer release in North America is out the window,” according to the tech site Fudzilla. “Some are theorizing that the title was never as close to release as Sony was suggesting, and the overly optimistic release targets were announced to combat the release of Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360.”
To make matters teasingly worse, Sony recently released the box art photo for Gran Turismo 5. It features a red Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the gullwing two-seat supercar introduced in September at the Frankfurt motor show.
Sony apologized for the delay and “any inconvenience it may cause,” offering no explanation beyond “circumstances” that forced the issue.
