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Leaker Thinks Gran Turismo 7 Could Be Getting Delayed​


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That's the same stuff from the weekend repackaged with a new and unsupportable headline.

The guy, whoever he is, already deleted the original Tweet and put out another one to withdraw the implication, two days before that article was posted. That's sloppy journalism at best and truly fake news (publishing information you know to be false as if it was true) at worst.

The "leaker" would have a good case that it's defamatory.
Archicadet
Would be a decent thing of PD to clarify this
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Firstly, PD does not handle PR and communications. It's a developer, not a publisher, and all its PR is handled by the publisher, Sony Interactive Entertainment. So it would be SIE, not PD, who would "clarify" things.

But that leads onto the question of why they should. Does the PR team at SIE need to be watching the internet for every situation where someone makes something up and a bunch of sites desperate for GT7 clicks run with it as a Betteridge's Law article, in order to assure fans that it's not true? 90% of their output would become that, rather than promoting the game...
k12power
@Jordan, with all due respect, is it possible to reach Mr. Kazunori or someone in PD to clarify if the release date has change?
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As per the above, why do we, Kazunori Yamauchi, PD, or SIE's PR need to go to extraordinary lengths to rebut information claimed by internet randoms without any evidence?

The release date is March 4. It has not changed.
 
Famine
That's the same stuff from the weekend repackaged with a new and unsupportable headline.

The guy, whoever he is, already deleted the original Tweet and put out another one to withdraw the implication, two days before that article was posted. That's sloppy journalism at best and truly fake news (publishing information you know to be false as if it was true) at worst.

The "leaker" would have a good case that it's defamatory.

Firstly, PD does not handle PR and communications. It's a developer, not a publisher, and all its PR is handled by the publisher, Sony Interactive Entertainment. So it would be SIE, not PD, who would "clarify" things.

But that leads onto the question of why they should. Does the PR team at SIE need to be watching the internet for every situation where someone makes something up and a bunch of sites desperate for GT7 clicks run with it as a Betteridge's Law article, in order to assure fans that it's not true? 90% of their output would become that, rather than promoting the game...

As per the above, why do we, Kazunori Yamauchi, PD, or SIE's PR need to go to extraordinary lengths to rebut information claimed by internet randoms without any evidence?

The release date is March 4. It has not changed.
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Amen!
 
Since the release is in 6 weeks, shouldn't we have had more information about the game by now? Like an extended pre-release trailer? Or even the official tracklist or carlist?
 
Hellburner
Since the release is in 6 weeks, shouldn't we have had more information about the game by now? Like an extended pre-release trailer? Or even the official tracklist or carlist?
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It would be nice and there is more information to come. Information on new content and features would be great. Their marketing strategy doesn’t make sense but that’s just me.
 
happycorey
I don't really understand this sentimate after having played a ton of GTS. I'm about as die hard as you (perhaps not because I'd rather not acknowledge the standard car era) but GTS has easily been the best feeling GT driving wise of all GTs to date.
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Personally, I skipped it more based on my experience with GT6. After GT6 I wasn't really that keen on investing in a PS4 and GTS when I could spend that money on all the other interesting sim and sim-adjacent games that were coming out at the time. Polyphony had no good will left from me, and when the initial release of GTS was of high quality but tiny I didn't feel particularly bad for having not jumped on board. At that point I'd been playing iRacing on and off for years, and I didn't feel like I needed another game to fill that niche.

As far as best feeling GT to date, I find that a bit odd. I don't play GT for driving feel because I don't think it's particularly good. If I want driving feel I have better sims to go to. GT has many things going for it, but neither the physics or the driving feel are reasons I'd hold up for the games being particularly good.
 
Hellburner
Since the release is in 6 weeks, shouldn't we have had more information about the game by now? Like an extended pre-release trailer? Or even the official tracklist or carlist?
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You shouldn’t forgets, there’s Horizon West shortly before releasing, the absolutely blockbuster. The position is not optimal, but I think at latest when it’s out of the way, GT gets it’s marketing focus it deserves. Originally, the games were planned in different half’s, that’s the problem.
 
Hellburner
Since the release is in 6 weeks, shouldn't we have had more information about the game by now? Like an extended pre-release trailer? Or even the official tracklist or carlist?
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We've had like 15 trailers.
 
alex511
You shouldn’t forgets, there’s Horizon West shortly before releasing, the absolutely blockbuster. The position is not optimal, but I think at latest when it’s out of the way, GT gets it’s marketing focus it deserves. Originally, the games were planned in different half’s, that’s the problem.
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I find it hard to believe that Sony, one of the biggest companies in the world, doesn't have enough marketing people to be able to promote two very different games at the same time.


The page for GT7 on the website hasn't been updated at all since they added it last September, other than adding pre-order info. That seems odd to me. I'm sure for GT6 and GTS they were constantly adding new information about the game.

www.gran-turismo.com

Gran Turismo 7

Gran Turismo 7 Now on Sale
www.gran-turismo.com www.gran-turismo.com

Is that really all they're going to sell the game on?
 
Magog
We've had like 15 trailers.
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We've had a bunch of behind the scenes stuff. We're yet to see much from in front of the scenes. At 6 weeks to go it's time to start showing long form gameplay and talking specific features. There has to be at least six core features of the game that they can talk about - take one a week and do a deep dive into each. This isn't some narrative heavy game where there's a story to be spoiled.
 
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Imari
We've had a bunch of behind the scenes stuff. We're yet to see much from in front of the scenes. At 6 weeks to go it's time to start showing long form gameplay and talking specific features. There has to be at least six core features of the game that they can talk about - take one a week and do a deep dive into each. This isn't some narrative heavy game where there's a story to be spoiled.
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How is the career mode structured? Is there prize cars? Grid starts, qualifying?
How is rally mode structured? We've seen a couple cars jumping in the dirt, that's about it.
What weather features are there? Thunderstorms, snow? How truly dynamic is the track?
What improvements have been made to the livery editor?
Are there any new events or differing formats in Sport Mode? Is there a new improved penalty system?
What are the "other aerodynamic parts" we can add to cars? How many cars can have those?
How has scapes improved other than having more of them?

So many questions just about what they have shown, never mind what they haven't.
 
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I have the feeling, the marketing isn’t actually finished or in background infos from poly are missing. Otherwise, I can’t really explain me why the marketing event if that’s true got delayed.
Give them this month and let’s see what they will share with us in the next weeks.
January often is still a month, where not the big things happen.
 
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alex511
I have the feeling, the marketing isn’t actually finished or in background infos from poly are missing. Otherwise, I can’t really explain me why the marketing event if that’s true got delayed.
Give them this month and let’s see what they will share with us in the next weeks.
January often is still a month, where not the big things happen.
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Well yes, all we can do is keep waiting.

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One thing's for sure:

Waiting for official info is much enjoyable than watching "Gamestrustme.net" news explaining an opinion on some random Twitter user that because of the planets alignment, GT7 will be delayed.
 
The game would come out March 1st if February had 31 days like most months in the year. Just saying in case anyone is planning on going into a dormant state for the next few weeks.

On a more serious note, I was always convinced GT7 would get delayed until November 2022, but now it frankly seems too close to delay it reasonably. Most games initiate manufacturing and distribution around a month before release, so they probably would have known it since mid January if they couldn’t “go gold” on time. We most likely would have heard it from official sources by now.
 
Samus
How is the career mode structured? Is there prize cars? Grid starts, qualifying?
How is rally mode structured? We've seen a couple cars jumping in the dirt, that's about it.
What weather features are there? Thunderstorms, snow? How truly dynamic is the track?
What improvements have been made to the livery editor?
Are there any new events or differing formats in Sport Mode? Is there a new improved penalty system?
What are the "other aerodynamic parts" we can add to cars? How many cars can have those?
How has scapes improved other than having more of them?

So many questions just about what they have shown, never mind what they haven't.
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Yeah, and you forget to add to that list which is precisley the most important one: Physics improvements?, tyre model and suspension?

The info we got in everything you listed there is vague at best, but what we got about this last I mention literally is none, and silence usually means consent.
 
fernandito
Yeah, and you forget to add to that list which is precisley the most important one: Physics improvements?, tyre model and suspension?

The info we got in everything you listed there is vague at best, but what we got about this last I mention literally is none, and silence usually means consent.
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Well I mean the website says "major improvements have been made in all areas, including its systems and content", what more detail do you want? /s
 
Imari
We've had a bunch of behind the scenes stuff. We're yet to see much from in front of the scenes. At 6 weeks to go it's time to start showing long form gameplay and talking specific features. There has to be at least six core features of the game that they can talk about - take one a week and do a deep dive into each. This isn't some narrative heavy game where there's a story to be spoiled.
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There have been at least 3 long form lap gameplay trailers. One for Trial Mountain, one for Deep Forest and one for Daytona. Do they really need a trailer for every track in the game before people are satisfied? Watching a video doesn't tell us much about how good the game feels to play. We will have to wait for March for that.
 
I have to agree here. Compared to the agony of waiting for anything related to GT5 we're pretty much getting bombarded with info haha.
 
Samus
Well I mean the website says "major improvements have been made in all areas, including its systems and content", what more detail do you want? /s
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In a franchise so conservative like GT, let alone this one being cross-platform, where the physics being held back because of the weak ps4 cpu poses quite a realistic matter of concern (GT sport physics again for GT7)?, any detail they can drop to the public, and if possible before release so we can see those improvements allegedly made.
 
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fernandito
In a franchise so conservative like GT, let alone this one being cross-platform, which could inevitably mean quite a big held back specially physics wise (GT sport physics again)?, any detail they can drop to the public, and if possible before release so we can see those improvements allegedly made.
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Sorry I thought /s was universal but perhaps not. I was being sarcastic. Of course we need way more details. 👍
 
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