In a revealing statement from last week’s Game Developer’s Conference, SCEA Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller mentioned that Gran Turismo 5 will be released across “all platforms” when it “makes the most sense”. The comments came from a Q&A session and were just picked up by VG247:
“Ultimately, they [Polyphony Digital] are a developer who makes a lot of their own decisions, but we are looking at GT5 across all platforms, just to see what makes the most sense. […] Seriously though, there is really nothing we can really say about it, other than it’s a franchise we would like to continue. So, other than that, we don’t really have any announcements regarding the game at this time.”
Now, what the heck does that mean? GT5 will almost certainly not be released on any hardware that competes with Sony’s franchise, and it won’t be on older systems (PS2). That leaves the obvious PlayStation 3 and re-affirms that development of Gran Turismo Mobile for the PSP is ongoing. This idea is in line with recent comments about GT Mobile from Kazunori Yamauchi himself, and fits the cryptic hints about GT’s future shared by highly respected GTPlanet member amar212 in our forums.
Of course, it’s worth mentioning two more “radical” interpretations of John Koller’s comments which, despite being highly unlikely, can logically be made. Less than one year ago, Kazunori Yamauchi declared that Gran Turismo could be coming to the PC, and that the mysterious Gran Turismo for Boys is still in the works. Could both or either of these games be what Mr. Koller is referring to? Time will tell…
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Surely by platforms he is actually talking about media, and means it will be released on Blu Ray and via PSN similar to GT5 Prologue.
You guys are all retarded, He means all PlayStation Platforms PS2/PSP/PS3 PORTS OF GT5P For PSP and PS2 both sites need to learn how to title their stories.
I find the lack of reading comprehension and logical inference skills in this collective greatly disturbing.
GT5 On a Wii?????? I Seriously Doubt it
ahahahahahha…….=P
I guess it was an April FOOLS then??!!….. =P
Sony realy sucks!!!!! I can´t wait any longer for gran turismo 5. i suicide me:(. my life have no since any longer. they should be relaese the gran turismo realy fast even not i would bomb polyphone digital away from this earth. they even can´t give us pics from the gameplay…
ich weiß mein englisch hat ein paar lücken und ist nicht wirklich verständlich für jeden aber ich hoffe es kann zeigen was ich für einen enormen hass ich gegen die habe ich hab sogar extra meine xbox 360 verkauft um mir eine ps3 zu kaufen:( ich werd noch verrückt wenn das nicht bald erscheint^^ ich hoffen ihr habt verständnis *danke*
Stop putting time in developing GT5 for a pc..
I can see why it takes so long to get GT5!
There are a lot of people who bought a PS3 just for GT5,
those people are let down then.
I just wished PD was just putting all their time in GT5 for PS3…
Otherwise we could wait till end 2010 or later..
That’s just crazy
I hope that’s for PC. The consoles cannot grant physics as the newest PC video cards can do.
GT5 never tainted me for buy a console, nevertheless on Pc can be the killer-application if it’s created with real physics and realism.
All imho.
Happy April fools day everyone! It’s not April yet, but why not make an advance April fool. LOL.
I think he meant all Playstation platforms. Although it might make sense if they did put it on a PC platform too. I for one was a PC gamer until GT4 came in the PS2 and I converted. Seeing the graphics catchup to the PC and then surpass it with PS3 it would be perfect too woo PC sim racers to move to PS3 console since thier is no issues with driver upgrades and graphic card issues every time a new version of the a game comes out. People just want to play thier games and not have to worry about those things. That was my biggest reason to move to a PS console.
Wow, Koller did a perfect job of telling us absolutely nothing.
“… but we are looking at GT5 across all platforms…”
This definitely does not rule out any platforms, even the X360. And yes, as did many of you, I bought a PS3 purely for GT5(P) and MGS4. I used to be an avid PC gamer, now I am an avid PS3 gamer, rarely touching my PC, and if so, it’s purely for browsing the web. I wouldn’t mind GT series coming to the PC, but seeing it on Xbox 360 would break my heart.
As far as GT Mobile goes, that’s been “In Development” since the PSP was released in 2004, and quite frankly, it’s on my vapor-ware list already.
at least the online gameplay on the 360 for GT5 is limited??!!
Unless Forza will be in PS3!!! =P
I am a what if kinda guy. I never rule out any options…because I have seen some crazy things happen in my gaming life…so I never rule anything out… nonetheless, it’s a Sony owned title, so it would most likely stick on a Sony console… but I will always say…what if?
Hello? Yamauchi is the VP of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Its a Sony owned franchise, its the biggest selling PlayStation franchise, this game is THE PlayStation game.
Please stop the 360 stuff, really…
But what happens if for some chance it does hit th 360? …even though that would be against the laws of physics since PD is owned by Sony…. really interesting development here.
Same here, this game is the only reason i have a PS3. Well, so far they are doing a good job on games like killzone 2 and MGS4. Anyhow, it would be a huge disappointment if they thought about bringing this game to xbox 360 which would cause them to limit features on the PS3. This game is an ideal for a blu ray disc.
ARGH GT will never be on an Xbox, GT is from Sony, the PD is Sony, you will never see a Gran Turismo on another console.
A lot of people bought the PS3 specially for GT5P and of course for GT5, I’m one of them. It would be a big disapointment for us if GT5 it’s released for more systems. I can’t imagine a GT for the Xbox360.
Maybe they still got a lot of development to do on GT5, and they might launch it on the PS4.
Like i said in the forum: GT5/PS3, GT Mobile/PSP, GT for boys/PS2. ;)