Polyphony Digital: Your most important customers think..

[craste]

If PD do read these forums it will be interesting for them to see the results of this poll.

They can gauge and react to their 'most important' customers feelings towards them as a business right now.

 

[Stevisiov]

Another one of these threads, seriously?

 

[daan]

STOP PRESS!

We are not their most important customers. 98% of us will buy the game anyway, so PD don't need to bother with us.

 

[Ardius]

So releasing Prologue and a trailer counts as little/no information?

 

[ASH32]

STOP PRESS!

We are not their most important customers. 98% of us will buy the game anyway, so PD don't need to bother with us.

I understand where your coming from with this, but the fact that all ( 100% ) of us won't buy it anyway, does mean PD need to bother. We are as important as any new customers, but most important, absolutely not. All customers and potential customers have to be treated as equally as possible if PD want the game to be a huge success, though I am sure they know this already.

 

[craste]

STOP PRESS!

We are not their most important customers. 98% of us will buy the game anyway, so PD don't need to bother with us.

Hi Daan.

True, 98% of us will still buy the game, even though PD does "not bother about us".

I just feel that a vast majority of the 98% of us would prefer if PD did "bother with us" and keep us informed/updated/excited on a regular basis.

Even if they just sent out a monthly newsletter or blog we could subscribe too instead of been left in the dark for months on end.

 

[d3br34k5]

Would love to play some GT5 or read about some things GT5, but I really don't mind the lack of news.

We'll get information soon enough. I'm not about to headbutt my monitor in frustration any time soon, or at all for that matter.

 

[craste]

So releasing Prologue and a trailer counts as little/no information?

Your missing the point Ardius, I'm talking about regular communication each month or bi-monthly.

Ardius, let me tell you this, if PD produced a monthly newsletter or blog about the development of the game would gladly sign up to receive it.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Some more options wouldve been nice.
I want some more news, sure, but im not "annoyed" and i respect PD and their work still.

 

[Ardius]

Your missing the point Ardius, I'm talking about regular communication each month or bi-monthly.

Ardius, let me tell you this, if PD produced a monthly newsletter or blog about the development of the game would gladly sign up to receive it.

But Prologue is giving you information about what GT5 will be like, are you saying you would rather have newsletters than a demo to play with?
Do you realise that PD are a Japanese company and any such newsletters in other languages may not necessarily be from themselves in the end?
How do we know what GT5 isn't close to release and this is why they aren't telling us anything? Why is it so hard not to be able to wait seeing as PD have such a good history?

Seeing how little they update their official GT site, I highly doubt asking for a blog or newsletter would reveal anything more than we already have - don't you think if they wanted to release information, they would do so?

 

[PSNkilluminati]

5 years 150 people, Im scared just thinking about GT5

 

[ZANELE]

the lack of info about GT5 just adds to the suspence

 

[3Axis]

I love the suspense. Maybe when the game finally arrives and you switch it on, the first thing you'll probably do (after having your eyes obliterated by the majesty of the opening movie) is go straight to the "Germany" section, to find Porsche; and Italy has Bugatti, Masterati and Lamborghini. I was blindsided by the photomode concept in GT4 because I didn't even know about it until I bought the game.

 

[DaddyVDUB]

Actually I'm looking forward to Super Car Challenge, If GT5 just is a slightly expanded version of GT4,meaning the same 80 Skylines, and GTRs I may not bother. I'm going to wait and see what the Online functions are first.

 

[LancerEvo7]

I'm fine with what PD's doing. It's the fanbois who complain about it that get on my nerves.

 

[Lion-Face]

I'm fine with how PD go about their business. Its refreshing in this day and age where most games you've practically played them before they get released with the amount of info released before launch.

 

[Angerdx]

I´m fine with how they are doing it right now, they will as usual ramp up the info coming as they come closer to release also i like to be surprised and nowdays it´s become harder as someone pointed out to much info is not always a good thing, but that is just me.

 

[daan]

True, 98% of us will still buy the game, even though PD does "not bother about us".

So you would agree that they don't need to bother with us?

I just feel that a vast majority of the 98% of us would prefer if PD did "bother with us" and keep us informed/updated/excited on a regular basis.

Your poll is not currently indicating that.

Even if they just sent out a monthly newsletter or blog we could subscribe too instead of been left in the dark for months on end.

GT5 has been in development for how long? Since 2006? How bored would you be of a monthly newsletter that explained every tedious detail of modeling a Skyline, when the next months was all about modeling a slightly different Skyline?

I'm quite happy not knowing how and what they are doing. If they were explaining via newsletters and blogs what they were doing they would be building up hype and excitement, only to let us down with delays that would (have) inevitably happen(ed). I'm quite happy not knowing any release date as it will be out when it's ready.

 

[RAVELLRON]

they have to tell something more sometimes, they can't came 1 time in year to show us 2 minute of trailer at e3.... it's not enough...

 

[Mad94d]

the lack of info about GT5 just adds to the suspence

That's also my view on it, I really don't mind not knowing what GT5 will be like. Makes it better when you open the cover and put it in the console on release day!

 

[RAVELLRON]

That's also my view on it, I really don't mind not knowing what GT5 will be like. Makes it better when you open the cover and put it in the console on release day!

i were with you one time about your sentence, but its not so.. cuz you will know everythings new in the press review and internet many days before you will gain it, so you will not have this surprise when you'll unpack the cover..so PD could tell something more often...

 

[Mad94d]

i were with you one time about your sentence, but its not so.. cuz you will know everythings new in the press review and internet many days before you will gain it, so you will not have this surprise when you'll unpack the cover..

I suppose so yeah. When I got GT4 on the first day I was 10 years old and wasn't a member here and I didn't use the internet much but I was still crazily looking forward to GT4. But because I didn't use the internet much I didn't have a clue what the game was going to be like. So I suppose now being an addicted member of GTPlanet we will get news before the day it comes out? Sorry I wasn't here for the GT4 release so I don't know what GTPlanet is like just days before the release of a GT game.

 

[chepu]

Im ok with that, its their style, always has been their style. I dont like the lack of information but What the Hell, i know its going to be a good game, everything i want from a gran turismo had been confirmed by kaz himself in 2006, Prologue gave me a lot of fun and i liked what i saw on the simple prologue, so im quietly waiting.

 

[yeti]

Biased poll - didn't vote.

C.

 

[Zimmerd]

I'd buy GT5 anyway,
but a little more communication would be nice.

 

[RAVELLRON]

however they also hide the release date until end of the day, try to imagine if they will tell something about the game..

 

[Lucas]

Shouldn't it be "I am" instead of "We are"? I voted for the first one, anyways.

 

[craste]

So you would agree that they don't need to bother with us?


Your poll is not currently indicating that.


GT5 has been in development for how long? Since 2006? How bored would you be of a monthly newsletter that explained every tedious detail of modeling a Skyline, when the next months was all about modeling a slightly different Skyline?

I'm quite happy not knowing how and what they are doing. If they were explaining via newsletters and blogs what they were doing they would be building up hype and excitement, only to let us down with delays that would (have) inevitably happen(ed). I'm quite happy not knowing any release date as it will be out when it's ready.

I agree that 98% will still by the game even though we receive little information from PD. I think that PD should bother with us.

My poll indicates at this stage that more people would rather have regular information from PD.

Who said the monthly newsletter would contain "every tedious detail of modeling a Skyline, when the next months was all about modeling a slightly different Skyline?" I agree that would be boring, and only a boring fart would produce such a newsletter I guess, but what if the monthly newsletter contained the following;

Interviews with people who work at PD and what they do - with some questions supplied by us.

Features where they follow the crew when they map tracks\record engine sounds and the challenges they face.

Interesting facts and figures from the forthcoming and previous versions of the game.

Stories about life at PD.

They could be made really interesting for fans of the series and as you say build up hype and excitement and they can do this without giving release dates which pass by - and who mentioned release dates anyway?

If somebody asked me if I could have regular information about PD and Gran Turismo I'd snap there hand off and say YES PLEASE!

For the 22 (current) polled people who'd rather stick to the current level of information from PD instead - well, I'm just really surprised to be honest.

Especially when one of the most 'replied to' post on this site is Amars "Tthe winds have started to sing..."

Funny that.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Maybe the choosed that option because it fits better than the other one to their opinions?
Next time you should put some more, varied options in there instead of just A and B.

 

[Ardius]

Interviews with people who work at PD and what they do - with some questions supplied by us.

Features where they follow the crew when they map tracks\record engine sounds and the challenges they face.

Interesting facts and figures from the forthcoming and previous versions of the game.

Stories about life at PD.

1. Interviews already happen, and we already ask them questions which they already avoid or don't really answer. I mean, why would they answer any differently to how they already have in the various existing interviews?
2. Features about or at least showing them mapping tracks, etc, already exist, though I agree more wouldn't hurt.
3. Pointless rubbish
4. More pointless rubbish (pretty much - got into work, modelled a Supra headlight, went to sleep).

What you're asking for wouldn't give you any more information about GT5 than you're already getting, so even if you got this, you would still be complaining about the "lack of information".