So the Senior Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is oblivious to the workings of his own company? I'd say knowing what game was releasing on what console would kind of be, well, his job.
Yes your right, developers were shocked, not Vice Presidents
I wouldn't exactly call Michael Denny an "industry insider", more a Vice President
Who do you think writes off on these changes?
I would say history is proof of, in the least, the plausibility of Earth's argument:
"From a very surprising yet highly reliable source, we’ve got the most likely and realistic Gran Turismo 5 release date! Sony’s chief executive in southern Europe, James Armstrong, revealed in a statement to Spanish newspaper El Financiero that we can expect the game to arrive (in Europe, at least) Christmas 2009. Here’s the full translated quote:
"For next year, the chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment for southern Europe said that they are developing a new game thriller, in which the player may be designing their own history, and the new version of Gran Turismo, which will arrive at Christmas."
This would provide for a late summer release in Japan, and late fall/early winter releases in the United States and Europe. From a sales perspective, it would also provide the PlayStation franchise with a major blockbuster release heading into next year’s Christmas season. What do you think? Join the discussion in our Gran Turismo 5 forum!"
Source:
https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-5-coming-christmas-2009/
Not only was Sony’s chief executive in southern Europe about a year off on his prediction, unlike Michael Denny's current statement, James Armstrong was also confirmed by other sources, both
unofficial, and
official.
It would be quite normal for a European Sony executive to be given information about a top Sony Japan project on a "need to know" only basis. They are not always privy to everything that goes on outside of Sony Europe, especially top development projects taking place in Japan. Chiefly, not the ones deemed to require the most extreme levels of secrecy, PS4 included. What information they are given could indeed quickly become outdate/incorrect, from only a single meeting taking place in Japan, and that new information may not leave the inner circles of the affected project for some time.
That said, Micheal Denny is "a bit" higher on the chain, but given the level of secrecy that tend to surround PD projects, it's hard to say exactly how much anyone outside of PD knows at any given moment. Sony's top people have actually claimed to be entirely uniformed at times with past titles, and even at times with GT6. How much of that is from leeway/autonomy granted to Pd, and how much is from Sony just dodging questions, I wouldn't want to hazard a guess.
---Most recent edit made because yours truly just realized M.D. holds an entirely different position within the company than I was thinking last night that he currently held. Doh!
That told
me the error of my ways then
Frankly, I don't give a damn - and to paraphrase another quote: opinions are like bums; we all have one but there is no need to show it off all the time.
In truth I don't actually mind all of the opining - it makes for amusing reading to while away the time until we do know something. I was just wishing people good luck with it all - I know I'm not going to change the situation.
People take things
so seriously...
Just saw this, and the exchange that followed it. Just let me say, it was not my intention to run you off. I am a firm believer in everyone's right to speak their mind.
Although I suspect you already know, with that right, comes, among other things, the specters of misunderstanding and misinterpretation. It doesn't help that reading words through a computer screen takes away such key parts of communication as facial expression, and tone of voice either.
Has such, I may indeed have took your comment has more than it was meant, and for that, I apologize if my response came across has a targeted aggression.
Indeed, I was only waxing a bit philosophical in the wee hours of the morning, to the goings on of the thread, and to what I interpreted has a frustrated lashing out of sorts.
Has far has I am concerned, everyone has as much right to comment on the state and subject of the thread has anyone else. There is some responsibility that goes with that, of course, and often time consequences for what we say, but has long has a person recognizes that, I for one will defend their right to speak.
Fixed.
