Here we go, I have a prediction. I don't agree to an idea, someone comes in and blasts me like hell, and we get nowhere fast. Let's see if trends continue here with this deal.
I've always had respect for a lot of automobiles for a lot of different disciplines of motorsport. Have you thought about this idea clearly? There would be some BIG problems in regards to coming up with these extra games:
* Longer time taken to complete everything. There is a musical term known as multi-tracking. This means that each player in a band does their own part seperately, then combine all efforts into one song. And if everyone is all off-pace and everything, then it's going to be pretty crappy and take longer to get everything up to par. You're asking all of PD to come up with different games so that people don't have to have everything rolled into one game. Codemasters isn't doing that with their ToCA Race Driver series, so why should PD follow suit? You dilute a game company's effort to focus on one game instead of coming up with seperate games. This diffusion results in the next reason why this isn't going to work:
* More crucial to have each seperate game function better. You bring up the hypothetical Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo Rally, and Gran Turismo Supercars. Player, this ain't gonna work, you dig? This boat ain't gon' float. These seperate games are only going to mean the departments have to focus harder on each game. If I can drift in the corners of a rally course, does it mean I can do the same in an F1 car at Grand Valley Speedway? It becomes harder to distinguish one game from another. And you already know how picky some people can be online concerning the games they play. This is only going to be a minus to the game team.
* People will not pay $40-$50 USD for seperate games when one collective game will suffice. This is like saying that Paramount Pictures or someone will release one certain movie and have four categories in four seperate movie theaters- comedy, romance, action/adventure, and horror. You know that people only want to see one movie and not four of the same movie. Your idea will mean players will have to pay a grand total of $120 USD to $150 USD if they wanted to play each one. And if a person wanted to play a different game, they have to pay extra money to get that game. Even if you had these alternatives as expansion packs, that's still extra money. And I bet you that none of them will become "Greatest Hits" within three to five years like every other GT game.
* It becomes harder to actually distinguish which is the total game. Do you know why Gran Turismo Concept wasn't released in America? PD claims that they don't want their American buyers to get confused as to which GT is a complete game vs. other games. Gran Turismo 5 is obviously going to be the next key game for a franchise going into its Tenth Anniversary. Who wants to be confused with "GT5: Rally" and "GT5: Supercars?"
This is a dumb idea for these four reasons. If you want PD to crash and burn with their franchise with this idea, fine by me. But it will just mean that most fans won't be picking up any future GTs if they are going to screw things up with an idea like this. People talk about how PD doesn't listen to its fans. Well, this is an idea PD DOESN'T listen to or read. Or maybe they should- as an idea to make a boring day at work more humorous. I'm sure the PD folks will have a great time laughing at this silly idea. Out of 100, I'm giving this idea a negative -100%. Thanks for trying. We have wonderful parting gifts for you. Thanks for being on the show. Next contestant?
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