That's the key point really, nobody announces and releases a game within 12 months unless it's a launch title in which case they obviously can't announce them properly until the console has been announced. Like the 360 launch titles being announced in May 2005 along with the console and then on sale in November of that year.
That's the only way GT6 is going to be announced and released in 2013.
I really wish I could understand what Sony is doing with PD.
Releasing GT6 on PS3 around GT5's launch gives alot of people reason not to upgrade to a PS4 for a very long time. Also, the PS4 does not need GT6 as a launch title to sell consoles. So releasing a new GT6 title, rather it be on the PS3 or PS4, around the next gen consoles wont, or shouldnt happen.
Personally I think PD is far along into GT6's development, and they could have shown it off at TGS 2012, even if it were just a short 'prerendered' trailer, but they have been told to stay quiet and wait for E3 to announce their game. If thats the case obviously it will be a PS4 game. They've really missed the chance to hype the game for the PS3. Can you imagine them trying to hype GT6 with PS3 visuals at E3 up against, lets say Forza 5 on the Durango/720 or even a PS4 Motorstorm? GT6 would have no chance
I actually have a lot of hope/faith that GT6 on PS4 will be delivered quite early in the consoles life. The main thing that gives me that hope is the fact Kaz said most of the work for the game is modelling the premium cars, 60% of total time I believe he said. Now we know they started working on GT6 before GT5 was released and no matter whether it was a PS3 game then or a PS4 game the bulk of the work, modelling the cars, was for both essentially.
So we know they've been modelling PS4 quality cars constantly since late 2010, it's pretty certain a PS4 will arrive late 2013 at the very earliest so that's another 3 years modelling cars (amongst the other 40% of work, of course). That should in theory mean they should be able to have a game ready to go by mid 2014 at the latest, no matter when the PS4 launches.
I don't expect a day 1 launch title whenever it does launch but within 6 months, I'm pretty hopeful.
What do you mean when you say PS4 quality cars? I would certainly hope all of GT5's cars are PS4 quality. Apparently GT5's cars are 100k polys in game and 500k polys in photomode. Just bump the ingame poly number up to 200k or 300k or even the full 500k if they can do that and improve other aspects of the visuals as well. How many polls on this forum have increased car visuals as one of the least wanted features from GT6. They're countless.
Sanity and reasonableness says we get GT6 within 6 months or so of PS4's launch. I do wonder if Sony though will let PD push GT6 back to Holiday 2014. Its really, really getting old, this whole waiting game. Does PD not realize a large portion of its fanbase, the portion that bought 5 or 6 million copies of their game in the first 2 weeks were disappointed in GT5, and many stopped playing within months, weeks, or even days?
Luke Reilly
Gran Turismo needs to get back on the front foot. It needs to become a regular part of the racing game agenda; not a game that descends from Mount Olympus once every six years.
I'm willing to accept PD's excuse that GT5's cars were more suited to the next gen if, and only if, they go back to a respectable 2 year launch cycle with their games on PS4. When your direct Rival, Forza, is pumping out a game every 2 years with features like the livery editor your game has been missing for years 3-4 years between games is not acceptable.
There is a wildcard in all of this though, Gran Turismo 6 Prologue. Please, no. Just no. I will boycott that. Fool me once shame on you PD. Fool me twice shame on me.
S4 and GT6:Vita being announced and released at the same time. I doubt it though.
