March 2010 release compared to expected Dec 2009

[cudadude2]

Gt will be a very great game,,, someday
Forza will be a great game , shortly
Turn 10 dose a great job with their community
PD/Sony couldnt care less as long as the dollars keep flowing

I will buy GT5 the first day its available and I wont buy Forza, But I did think about it. And thats never happened before.

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[BenzAMG]

Please, don't throw such BS unsourced claims in this thread (GT overshadowed, inferior etc. You haven't even seen a full feature list yet...).

Yes I have. In the eyes off the average gamer Forza 3 is the better game!
Game journalist are already complaining that the new GT5 will be more of the same, and if you think about, they are probably wright.

Forza Motorsport has:
Better online(online marketplace for cars, auction house share replay etc.)
Quality livery editor
skidmarks
better sound
damage model on all cars!
tire deformation(visual)
Probably I forgot something?

Maybe GT5 will come with something big, but by the looks off things I would not expect it. It will be a great game with stunning graphics, a lot of cars and all the other cool stuff every GT game has.

People can buy and play Forza 3 within a month.
When Gran turismo releases in March, will it knock Forza 3 off it's thrown? I don't know.

I think Forza 3 will outsell GT5.

 

[SuperCobraJet]

Yes I have. In the eyes off the average gamer Forza 3 is the better game!

The average gamer will rent the game, not buy it.

Game journalist are already complaining that the new GT5 will be more of the same, and if you think about, they are probably wright.

I certainly wouldn't hang my hat on that one.

Forza Motorsport has:
Better online(online marketplace for cars, auction house share replay etc.)
Quality livery editor
skidmarks
better sound
damage model on all cars!
tire deformation(visual)

Probably I forgot something?

Yea I think you did. You don't have 2 playable games to compare yet.

Maybe GT5 will come with something big, but by the looks off things I would not expect it. It will be a great game with stunning graphics, a lot of cars and all the other cool stuff every GT game has.

Probably.

People can buy and play Forza 3 within a month.

Yep and I will be one of them, seeing as Sony hasn't left me any choice.
I sure as heck ain't gonna sit and twittle my thumbs till March.

I think Forza 3 will outsell GT5.

I seriously doubt it.




Edit: In trying to make sense out of these recent release developements, going back to E3 when I first began to strongly expect this was going to be the case, many possibilities, pros, cons, considerations, etc. are involved. Many of which are brought out in the foregoing Devedander/Maggot666PL. debate. I have finally concluded what I believe has shaped this scenario.

As we all know, The Holiday season is "the" prime time of the year for game and console sales, particularly in the large markets of the West . That being the case, and GT5 being very likely to be releasable by this years coming season, I believe tremendous pressure was likely brought to bear on Sony from the game publishers, developers, etc. that they did not want to have to compete against one of their heaviest hitters, namely GT5, during that seasonal market. Accordingly, Sony bowed to the pressure counting on the strength of the GT series to overcome and still dominate during the spring season. Hence you have GTPSP currently at the for-front, consuming PD resources and relegating GT5 to March 2010.

This is the only reasonble explanation I can concieve of for this strategy.
Unfortunately, as a result, Kaz as well as the GT5 faithful are put in the unenviable position of having to "take one for the team", as it were.