See what happened with the NFS series.
From glory to thrash. The japanese know how to keep a tradition going. Even if that takes long to do something. One of our "western philosophy" made them remove my beloved used car dealer! I hated this. Why they did? Because most casuals are lazy and used to easy games where everything is unlocked from the beginning.
I prefer to keep GT in the original hands and minds.
I just think they need more people in the team but I also understand that when you work on a familiar enviroment like PD is, it's hard to find "good people". I also think like that and dream to build a studio or something where only people with good character and craftsmanship would work.
That's not how most corporations work BUT it's how the happiest and more brilliant ones do.
Everything is going to be alright. GT5 had a lot of updates and become ten times better with them. I was kinda upset last night because I stayed awake waiting and now I'm here at work, drinking a **** load of coffee... but it was MY fault because I expected something without knowing what's to come.
And February is still on. If not, there's March.
Unfortunately that's how it works. There's plenty of other games to keep us entertained too, it's a big industry. Go have fun while we wait, it's the best to do!
Have a nice day everyone, good vibes and hopes up. Good vibes it's all that GT Planet needs lately. What a dark place this one became.
All the best!