Anyone catch this weeks AutoWeek "interview?"

[Ariel Atom Bomb]

Someone from AutoWeek magazing had a short but sweet "interview" with KY in which he said:

"We will be releasing a release date very soon."


Just thought i'd share...

 

[clacksman]

Someone from AutoWeek magazing had a short but sweet "interview" with KY in which he said:
"We will be releasing a release date very soon."
Just thought i'd share...

Here's the LINK.

 

[PSNkilluminati]

O.o

 

[Seikenfreak]

TGS I'm guessing..

 

[Shant J.]

Most excellent...

 

[Northstar]

So we were waiting for the wrong magazine?

 

[Coiler]

is "soon" like 5 year's ?

 

[DJW_GT]

Good news! If they're at a point where they can now state an official release date, that must mean it's coming pretty soon (compared with the Mid/Late 2010 rumours). Nobody would give an official release date over a year away from the actual release with still lots to complete.

 

[Rob192005]

is "soon" like 5 year's ?

LOL probably ten.

Nice to know it's soon though.

 

[hardvibes]

just TGS

 

[CerealKiller]

Most interesting!

 

[Joel]

Uh oh. "releasing a release date". Perhaps we get a release date this year for 2014?

 

[TheDabbinDave]

So we were waiting for the wrong magazine?

I hope you're right my friend.

Then again, when you're REALLY engrossed with what you are doing, you tend to lose track of what day it is, what time it is.

 

[Rob192005]

Uh oh. "releasing a release date". Perhaps we get a release date this year for 2014?

Well someones optomistic..after all this is PD we're talking about. has to be 2020 on the PS5 1/2 surely.

 

[Jack_uk]

Had a thought: What If they announced the release date on October the 1st, It would bring in more Fans for GTPSP and will boost Gran Turismo popularity It wouldn't exactly steal the attention from GTPSP, it would make people want to buy a game related to the main thing as soon as they can. Just a thought but I strongly Believe it will be TGS

 

[TheDabbinDave]

Had a thought: What If they announced the release date on October the 1st, It would bring in more Fans for GTPSP and will boost Gran Turismo popularity It wouldn't exactly steal the attention from GTPSP, it would make people want to buy a game related to the main thing as soon as they can. Just a thought but I strongly Believe it will be TGS

I have to agree with you. Simple history dictates it. GT5P was announced at TGS 07 and then hit shelves the following December.

 

[Jack_uk]

I have to agree with you. Simple history dictates it. GT5P was announced at TGS 07 and then hit shelves the following December.

Exactly, Also its in japan, where Kaz is from and I'm sure he would want to impress on home soil, also to boost popularity over there so they can catch up to europe and U.S

 

[TheDabbinDave]

Exactly, Also its in japan, where Kaz is from and I'm sure he would want to impress on home soil, also to boost popularity over there so they can catch up to europe and U.S

I think Sony needs to make plans to incorporate live feeds with Home.

 

[Jack_uk]

I think Sony needs to make plans to incorporate live feeds with Home.

I know I tried finding the feed for the sony press conference, until I thought "O wait GTPlanet" it would definatley help also seeing as this is an exclusive for ps,they could give info on their games like an information desk at an airport on home

 

[audikiller008]

here When you are granted an audience with Kazunori Yamauchi, godfather of Gran Turismo, you take it. We spoke with his excellency in a suite overlooking downtown Los Angeles, where traffic on the twisted freeways below looked nothing at all like the thrilling tracks of that iconic game.

AW: When did you make the first Gran Turismo?

KY: I started in the latter half of 1992.

AW: How hard was it to make that first game?

KY: It took five years. In those five years, we could not see the end. I would wake up at work, go to sleep at work. It was getting cold. so I knew it must be winter. I estimate I was home only four days a year.

AW: With advances in technology, is it easier to make video games now?

KY: It’s more difficult now because it has become more complex. But the scale of the games has changed. The first one took seven people five years. If you were to try and do it today, it would take 10 times that many.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090603/CARNEWS/906039991#ixzz0JfuksZP4&D

AW: Do you have 10 times the number working on GT5?

KY: We have 20 times that number.

AW: Would you say you are a perfectionist?

KY: We only do what we believe in. We do not hold ourselves to a time scale. We try to release something that we are satisfied with.

AW: When is Gran Turismo 5 coming?

KY: We made the announcement today that [the handheld game player PSP GO] is coming out Oct. 1 [with Gran Turismo 5 on it]. We will give the release date of the Gran Turismo 5 soon.

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http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090603/CARNEWS/906039991#ixzz0JfuokY5T&D

 

[balang_479]

So guys should we make a thread now to discuss about the release date of the release date????

 

[Rob192005]

So guys should we make a thread now to discuss about the release date of the release date????

loving the sarcasm

 

[hardvibes]

So guys should we make a thread now to discuss about the release date of the release date????

hahahah makes me want to put this quote in my signature

 

[Peter]

So guys should we make a thread now to discuss about the release date of the release date????

good idea actually, i might just go do that right now

 

[Adam_fin]

wouldent it suck if Ky says that the release date is 22.12.2012 O.o

 

[Joel]

Well someones optomistic..after all this is PD we're talking about. has to be 2020 on the PS5 1/2 surely.

Nah, I'm betting on 2067 on the PS17. At that point everyone will be like ZOMG! NO OILLSSSS!!!!!!!!!!11!!1one!!!!! So the game will be barred from shelves.

 

[ACcartoons]

I can wait.

 

[Cobalt600]

Guys i think its definatly gonna be out this year. dunno when though.

 

[Vincent]

wouldent it suck if Ky says that the release date is 22.12.2012 O.o

The day after the end of the Mayan calendar? Cute.

Though I do not remember clearly, so don't quote me on this, I believe I read that the 'end' of the Mayan calendar merely denotes the end of one era/age, and the beginning of the next, so I am not personally worried about 21.12.2012. Indeed, I find the idea that the Mayan calendar's end is a reference to a completely different culture's concept of armageddon to be quite strange.

[Edit] Upon more recent reading regarding the Mayan long count calendar I have found that, 21.12.2012, or 13.0.0.0.0 by the Mayan long count, is not the end of the calendar at all, but rather the end of the 13th baktun and the beginning of the 14th baktun, each of which is a period of 144,000 days.

 

[masas1]

How "soon" is soon?