Gran Turismo Sport delayed to 2017

[speeeyskells]

i wish people wait for a PS BLOG as that when we know the TRUE DATE for Gran Tursimo sport (also can someone go to that game stop and show the owner the delay news)

 

[ShiftingGears]

Here is the source

https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-spin-off-series-would-be-unthinkable-says-kazunori-yamauchi/



...and that is just their Japanese offices. They also have staff in Europe and the US so the total figure could easily be 250 or more. They are a big team now.

He reveals the Polyphony team looked all the way back to Gran Turismo 1 to ensure that GT Sport will be an “authentic” GT game:

“While we were developing GT Sport, we actually did look back at all the data we still have in our servers at Polyphony to see: what was our mindset when we made the first Gran Turismo? Looking at all this information, we were able to see we have had the same target for the series over the years, and Gran Turismo Sport is undoubtedly ‘Gran Turismo’.”

I wonder where PD would be right now if they dared look forward, or look around, instead of looking back.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I wonder where PD would be right now if they dared look forward, or look around, instead of looking back.

 

[WhoosierGirl]

also can someone go to that game stop and show the owner the delay news)

I was back in there this morning asked about the display, they have had it for months and where told to put the display up a week ago.

 

[CTznOfTime]

Gamestop promotion this weekend.

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It's either that or Sony/PD never bothered to tell anybody at Gamestop about the delay.

I was back in there this morning asked about the display, they have had it for months and where told to put the display up a week ago.

We live in a Capitalist society, so m educated guess is that Sony and/or the authorized partners and distributors, in their eagerness to cash in on the holiday shopping season, did not want to lose your deposits and reserve...
They want your commitment... In fear that you would spend it on other games instead...

 

[Johnnypenso]

We live in a Capitalist society, so m educated guess is that Sony and/or the authorized partners and distributors, in their eagerness to cash in on the holiday shopping season, did not want to lose your deposits and reserve...
They want your commitment... In fear that you would spend it on other games instead...

If that was the case, why cancel and return the deposits in the first place?

 

[Bigbazz]

Not surprised at all, it's PD.. They work at snail pace and they're more talk than substance. You had GT5 with its eternal delays, you had GT6 which was released entirely unfinished and lacking a great deal of the advertised features, and now you have GT Sport..

PD are so slow they are literally missing entire game generation cycles, other companies release 2 or more games within a franchise in the same time frame, games that are equally as large and impressive (Forza key among them). It's a damn shame but it is what it is, I think for me GT is a thing of the past.

 

[speedy_2]

Not surprised at all, it's PD.. They work at snail pace and they're more talk than substance. You had GT5 with its eternal delays, you had GT6 which was released entirely unfinished and lacking a great deal of the advertised features, and now you have GT Sport..

PD are so slow they are literally missing entire game generation cycles, other companies release 2 or more games within a franchise in the same time frame, games that are equally as large and impressive (Forza key among them). It's a damn shame but it is what it is, I think for me GT is a thing of the past.

I don't understand why they are so slow. I got tired of waiting and jumped to an Xbox One S, Forza Horizon 3, and Forza Motorsport 6. Plus a couple expansions, and VIP for Horizon 3. I don't normally blow that much money at one time for video games. But, with such a long delay after GT6, I had no problem justifying it. If PD had released GT Sport, or at least no delayed it, I would've came home with a PS4. Sadly, they lost out on what was a loyal customer since GT1.

 

[Seanspeed]

I don't understand why they are so slow. I got tired of waiting and jumped to an Xbox One S, Forza Horizon 3, and Forza Motorsport 6. Plus a couple expansions, and VIP for Horizon 3. I don't normally blow that much money at one time for video games. But, with such a long delay after GT6, I had no problem justifying it. If PD had released GT Sport, or at least no delayed it, I would've came home with a PS4. Sadly, they lost out on what was a loyal customer since GT1.

I think PD probably suffer from not having as clear a vision of what they want to do as a studio like Turn 10.

It wasn't that long ago that PD were saying they weren't going to cut 'standard' cars from the next Gran Turismo and that existing 'premium' GT6 models were future-proofed for next-gen. Then it seems they decided this wasn't the case at all and probably had to go back to the drawing board and redo all the models again(or what models they could, as obviously tons will not be included).

And looking at how unclear GT Sport is in what it is trying to be, suggests to me that PD itself wasn't quite sure how to go about this revamping of Gran Turismo. Like it was all just decided very late and hobbled together as a full project.

 

[speedy_2]

Right there with you. And that's why they lost me. Tired of getting my hopes up.

 

[GordonS]

I don't understand why they are so slow. I got tired of waiting and jumped to an Xbox One S, Forza Horizon 3, and Forza Motorsport 6. Plus a couple expansions, and VIP for Horizon 3. I don't normally blow that much money at one time for video games. But, with such a long delay after GT6, I had no problem justifying it. If PD had released GT Sport, or at least no delayed it, I would've came home with a PS4. Sadly, they lost out on what was a loyal customer since GT1.

After GT6, I think they had clear plans making traditional GT (GT7) but then the FIA phone call happened.. PoDi trashed the old code (premium cars for example) and are now heading to e-sport world with FIA..

 

[Samus]

After GT6, I think they had clear plans making traditional GT (GT7) but then the FIA phone call happened.. PoDi trashed the old code (premium cars for example) and are now heading to e-sport world with FIA..

Given that the FIA involvement is nothing more than two online Championships I rather doubt that. They could easily have been part of a traditional game. They were supposed to start on GT6 after all.

The 50% decrease in sales probably had more bearing on it.

 

[Tornado]

How GTS became GTS might have simply come from them having to trash the so much content from GT5/GT6 and needing an out to try and diminish their hubris biting them in the ass.

 

[NLxAROSA]

"On track, as usual".

But I guess from Kaz' perspective this is the truth. I don't think he's really bothered by delaying, unlike most other companies (with less deep pockets).

 

[Imari]

"On track, as usual".

But I guess from Kaz' perspective this is the truth. I don't think he's really bothered by delaying, unlike most other companies (with less deep pockets).

I mean, obviously it's the normal sort of PR bollocks that developers say to the media. But I do wonder sometimes how much Kaz knows it's bollocks and how much he actually convinces himself that stuff like this is true.

It sounds silly, but I've actually met people who can do that. Delay a project and still convince themselves that it's somehow on schedule.

 

[Seanspeed]

I mean, obviously it's the normal sort of PR bollocks that developers say to the media. But I do wonder sometimes how much Kaz knows it's bollocks and how much he actually convinces himself that stuff like this is true.

It sounds silly, but I've actually met people who can do that. Delay a project and still convince themselves that it's somehow on schedule.

Only benefit of the doubt I can give is the situation of the overall project being on-track, but then decide that you're not completely happy with what you have and want to do more, expand the scope a bit or just improve what's there to a higher quality. This can push things back even if what was originally planned was still capable of being achieved on time.

 

[Samus]

Only benefit of the doubt I can give is the situation of the overall project being on-track, but then decide that you're not completely happy with what you have and want to do more, expand the scope a bit or just improve what's there to a higher quality. This can push things back even if what was originally planned was still capable of being achieved on time.

The evidence we have suggests this probably wasn't the case though, they've only ever shown us the same 6 tracks and they all looked incomplete in some way to start with, some still do. They didn't even have cockpits in all the cars when they first started showing it and they've only got 140 to do.

 

[Imari]

Only benefit of the doubt I can give is the situation of the overall project being on-track, but then decide that you're not completely happy with what you have and want to do more, expand the scope a bit or just improve what's there to a higher quality. This can push things back even if what was originally planned was still capable of being achieved on time.

Probably not, though. We already had them cancel the beta because it would have impacted on their ability to launch in November. We've only seen maybe half of the actual assets from GTS, and we're yet to see rain or night racing which are major features.

It all seems pretty much exactly how you'd expect if a game wasn't ready to be released this month.

And I highly doubt that they pulled it just to add more content. They did that just a few years ago, they know what happens when you start going down that road. GT5 was a nightmare; it took them far longer than it should have and was a shambles at launch.

 

[Seanspeed]

Probably not, though. We already had them cancel the beta because it would have impacted on their ability to launch in November. We've only seen maybe half of the actual assets from GTS, and we're yet to see rain or night racing which are major features.

It all seems pretty much exactly how you'd expect if a game wasn't ready to be released this month.

And I highly doubt that they pulled it just to add more content. They did that just a few years ago, they know what happens when you start going down that road. GT5 was a nightmare; it took them far longer than it should have and was a shambles at launch.

Right, I wasn't necessarily suggesting that this is definitely what was happening here, just that it can and does happen and so it's not necessarily always 'conflicting' if somebody suggests they are still on-track despite a 'delay'.

 

[NLxAROSA]

It sounds silly, but I've actually met people who can do that. Delay a project and still convince themselves that it's somehow on schedule.

If your pockets are deep enough, delays don't matter, your schedule is yours to decide. See also Nintendo.

 

[speedy_2]

I mean, obviously it's the normal sort of PR bollocks that developers say to the media. But I do wonder sometimes how much Kaz knows it's bollocks and how much he actually convinces himself that stuff like this is true.

It sounds silly, but I've actually met people who can do that. Delay a project and still convince themselves that it's somehow on schedule.

Yeah, not sure how people can look at things in such a way. I come from the mentally of, "Under Promise, Over Deliver." Kaz, has it backwards. And it has a completely opposite effect.

 

[RSKS240]

What do you expext! Kaz spends to much time pretending to be a race car driver than delveloping his games.

 

[AKps3]

What do you expext! Kaz spends to much time pretending to be a race car driver than delveloping his games.

Do you work every day?
Kaz is not a slave...

 

[Tired Tyres]

What do you expext! Kaz spends to much time pretending to be a race car driver than delveloping his games.

So he's the programmer then? Car modeller? I know, he makes tracks! No - he's head of studio. If he has to be present for things to get done then two things. He'd be a bad manager and he would be employing tbe wrong people.....

 

[Northstar]

What do you expext! Kaz spends to much time pretending to be a race car driver than delveloping his games.

I'm sure he has a cell phone if anyone needs anything. Besidees, plenty of amateur drivers race way more than Kaz while managing much bigger companies.

 

[IW1NNUMBER]

Gran turismo sport release date Dec 2017 20th anniversary makes sense right use your common sense.

 

[TS050]

Gran turismo sport release date Dec 2017 20th anniversary makes sense right use your common sense.

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Gran Turismo Sport General Discussion drinking game: Every time someone posts the placeholder release date, take a shot.

uh oh

 

[Tornado]

Common sense would normally dictate that they wouldn't hold back a game for 13 months just to meet a date that they didn't even acknowledge the last time they celebrated an anniversary for the series.

 

[Brend]

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uh oh

That rule only applies to General Discussion as it stands, perhaps we need to alter it a bit.

 

[Samus]

Gran turismo sport release date Dec 2017 20th anniversary makes sense right use your common sense.

Doesn't really work when they celebrated their 15th anniversary in November 2013.

I would guess we'll get a new date as PS Experience next month. I'd also guess it's the other side of June, perhaps August/September.