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This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:
Kazunori Yamauchi on Gran Turismo 7’s Future, the GT World Tour, and More
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Sounds like the future for Kaz is more daydreaming and wild ideas that might not even be possible rather than an actual realistic roadmap of features and content that they already know they can do. A year into the game is not too early to talk about its future. Most games do it before they even release, or close to it.
I'd never have guessed. Eye opening stuff, really laid it all out there on what to expect and when.
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They didn't want an automatic 30%, so they instead supposedly spent many months to create a pretty basic randomised system where it is...between 30% and 60%. I note he also skipped over mentioning that people can't sell cars for their real world value, despite claiming that linking prices to the real world when it came to buying cars was something he believed to be "very important".
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Absolutely zero of any useful information. Only template answers like "yes we are working", "we have a lot to do", "it's very difficult but we are trying", etc.
Pretty much. Minus car-selling, the questions have very obvious answers that I'm sure any other general media would've already asked.
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He's so much in the future that he can't imagine himself speaking about the future without already being in the future. He was probably born in the future, waiting the time to pass to be born and finally start speaking about the future. I think...
The roadmap he speaks about is probably the one that depicts how GT7 will be at launch. He probably wants to keep it secret until trailers are... Wait.. When are we?
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Agreed, yet more words from Polyphony but no commitments no roadmap vision being shared just the bare minimum - if he were Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto he could possibly get away this but when Miyamoto talks it not about what might happen it’s about what is being delivered today - Kaz thinks he’s video game royalty but The game currently is not that status. he should deliver something tangible rather than new cars and the odd track - how about a fit for purpose penalty system - he does that then even I will hoist the respect flag but this game is currently a car crash for most
This game was 7 years in development allegedly, time has never been an issue for Poly just an excuse
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- KingConnorAdams
Making S-parts purchasable would be a very welcome addition to the game. Unfortunately, that would only be possible if enough people constantly advocate for it.
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- Lyam_Wth
Honestly, I love Kaz and he has my utmost respect for everything he has done for this franchise. But I think he's no longer suitable to direct this company, the current way he handles it is not great and there's very little communication about the future.
Maybe it's time to retire?
Maybe it's time to retire?
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Agreed, the early games were amazing but the newer ones for me don’t have that sparkle
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- JDA1982
There's alot of words but not much said here, it's typical modern day Kaz. Though the old Kaz who promised features and innovations that would never arrive wasn't much better.
Unfortuantely his repeated promises that there is a roadmap and things are coming but he cannot talk about them don't do much to quell the frustrations with what GT7 currently is and has been since launch. If only they could relase a short term roadmap rather that constantly refer to the future with no reference of the what we can expect and when.
Unfortuantely his repeated promises that there is a roadmap and things are coming but he cannot talk about them don't do much to quell the frustrations with what GT7 currently is and has been since launch. If only they could relase a short term roadmap rather that constantly refer to the future with no reference of the what we can expect and when.
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Nine months After release he doesn't have a roadmap for the game, others developers after a year are releasing a new product.
This game Is becoming ridicolous
This game Is becoming ridicolous
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A bit bland,however we dont know what issues arise getting licences for new cars,Tracks etc.I do hanker back to the days of TOCA with its wide range of different race formats,Open Wheel etc.I would love to see more Classic cars that paved the way to todays Motorsport, Legendary Open Wheel from the 50's and 60's,the Can Am cars and Sports Cars like the Lolas and Lotus.And not to forget the Cars of the 20's,30's and 40's.
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No, he has a roadmap, he just can't/won't share any of it, not even a couple of months ahead, with the public.
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The one question I have above all else, and I mean literally everything else, is why he is so intent on simply not just being far more transparent. Even in an era where Social Media is pretty much accessible by everyone (assuming your country isn't run by some old fart who prefers to run things "like the good ol' days") and many developers have actual blogs or road maps or very communicative Representatives, he continually insists on this perpetual radio silence and interview answers that go no further then either typical PR speak or just very vague with their rarely being concreate answers on...anything. Like just how gated is it over there at PD that the idea of consistent communication and transparency with the fans is seemingly forbidden? Even fellow Japanese devs are being far more transparent so this can't be a "Regional" issue and some of those devs are under Sony so it can't be just a Sony issue either even if Kaz is in a very high position over there. He certainly hasn't for a while had his old friend Kaz Hirai either, Someone I at one time suspected had been a shield for him but obviously that was more based on him being then president of Sony and the old "Connections" issue that still is present everywhere then any actual evidence.
I'm not even one of the more displeased players (granted, I technically can't be a player in general because it requires, you know, playing the actual game
) and I just genuinely would like to know what that answer is. No sarcasm or anything, I am generally curious as to what is going on. And let's not pretend this is a recent thing either: This has been happening, its just that more people are now catching on because again we're in a world where everything is instant and we're far long gone from the days where Magazines were the best way for gamers to get actual news (Ah reading, something people actually had do as opposed to jump to conclusions because what they read in the title) and this is happening while the games have gone in an increasingly different direction, which only narrows the focus. I'm not expecting real answers at this point given how long this has gone on but if there was any question part of me wants answered over any other (Recycled PR questions or the more "Direct" ones from less then pleased players), that would basically be the one I'd be the most satisfied with.
I'm not even one of the more displeased players (granted, I technically can't be a player in general because it requires, you know, playing the actual game
) and I just genuinely would like to know what that answer is. No sarcasm or anything, I am generally curious as to what is going on. And let's not pretend this is a recent thing either: This has been happening, its just that more people are now catching on because again we're in a world where everything is instant and we're far long gone from the days where Magazines were the best way for gamers to get actual news (Ah reading, something people actually had do as opposed to jump to conclusions because what they read in the title) and this is happening while the games have gone in an increasingly different direction, which only narrows the focus. I'm not expecting real answers at this point given how long this has gone on but if there was any question part of me wants answered over any other (Recycled PR questions or the more "Direct" ones from less then pleased players), that would basically be the one I'd be the most satisfied with.
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I don’t know, nothing against the interviewer, it’s more from Kaz‘s side,
but this interview does not serve the purpose of an interview for me. I don’t really know more regarding the topic which is GT7s future, nothing that would let me get excited for what’s to come, and I think this really needed and would be appropriate when a game clearly got over-promised before launch. It’s still not the „most complete Gran Turismo ever“ when it still lacks races that would make use of cars in the game that it now doesn’t, no new missions since „the human comedy“ which also got promised if I remember correctly, no new Music Rally’s after 10 months that got promised at the launch of the game, no use of all the drivers licenses, and so on.
I don’t know how you could think that 10 months after launch is still too early to speak about the future of the game.
I usually respect Kaz and his „silence is gold“ approach to this, but you have to put this aside when you disappointed people, your fans, by clearly over-promising something that people gave you trust for.
but this interview does not serve the purpose of an interview for me. I don’t really know more regarding the topic which is GT7s future, nothing that would let me get excited for what’s to come, and I think this really needed and would be appropriate when a game clearly got over-promised before launch. It’s still not the „most complete Gran Turismo ever“ when it still lacks races that would make use of cars in the game that it now doesn’t, no new missions since „the human comedy“ which also got promised if I remember correctly, no new Music Rally’s after 10 months that got promised at the launch of the game, no use of all the drivers licenses, and so on.
I don’t know how you could think that 10 months after launch is still too early to speak about the future of the game.
I usually respect Kaz and his „silence is gold“ approach to this, but you have to put this aside when you disappointed people, your fans, by clearly over-promising something that people gave you trust for.
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Thank you for conducting and sharing the interviews. I am not sure what I am supposed to take from it though. It's great that there is a future for GT7, but what sort of future?
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