Life time of one year? We're 7 months in and the first FiA season hasn't happened yet...
GT7 by March? You expect a bigger game in less than 2 years when it took 4 or 5 years to make this GTS?
Nah fam.
Dude,GT Sport is a different beast,it's not prologue and it's definetly not a mainline game.The relationship with FIA is not something for one year and i doubt Polyphony would outsource production,they treat Gran Turismo like their baby and they don't want a babysitter.
Gone are the days of 1 year dev time for AAA games.
That is why need to launch another game in this generation to cover expenses and generate profit in a production of more than five years.
I'm thinking like a businessman.
The PS4 in 2019 will have a consolidated base of approximately 90 million consoles.
This basis is very important because it means guaranteed profit.
GTS sold very little. Only three million copies. The reviews were not good. This hurt sales.
Now, think: GT7 is released with the same content of GTS, with the same online system (Sport Mode), but, with additions of new tracks, with addition of classic tracks, with addition of new cars and with the return of the structure of the previous games.
Not only we, GTS users, will buy the GT7, but also the users who were disappointed with GTS, as well as those who did not buy it.
A game in this generation alone does not cover investment. PD / Sony needs to profit, and upgrade GTS for free, until the end of the generation, is not financially smart. The user base is small and does not make up for it.
You can be sure, PD will have to harness the base of 90 million consoles again. It is necessary to launch another GT in this generation, before the PS5.
Kaz himself has signaled twice this year that they are already working on the new GT.
I see no sense in PD continuing to invest time and money in the GTS. She needs profit! The GTS is always in liquidation, and is selling shortly after launch. It is a game that has already reached its sales potential.
GT7 will not need five years. Of course not! GT7 will be GTS with a new structure and new content.
There is no sense in launching just one game throughout the generation. GTS is an appetizer game, while they finish GT7.
I do not speak as player, I am thinking like a businessman.