Gran Turismo 6 launch details were outlined for the Japanese market during a special PlayStation media session hosted by Sony on Monday.
The game will be released in Japan on December 5, 2013, one day before the international GT6 release date of December 6, 2013.
A limited-release “PS3 Starter Pack” was also announced for Japan at the press conference, and will include the Nissan GT-R GT3 featured in the GT6 Anniversary Edition. See the official Japanese site for more details, including pre-ordering information for the region.
During the press conference, a slightly modified version of GT6’s Gamescom trailer was shown to the audience. The updated video confirms Lexus’ involvement with the “Vision Gran Turismo” project, and includes action clips of the Lancia Stratos and Audi R18.
More information on the game is expected to be released next week at the Tokyo Game Show, starting Thursday, September 19.
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Still no screenshots or video of Bathurst …. come on guys.
Alright….who is the creator of these ugly box designs for PS3/PS4?
Again, who is going to buy a PS3 starter kit after the PS4 is out?
With the PS4 lacking backwards compatibility, one would need a PS3 to play GT6.
After the PS4 is released, that does not mean that no one is ever going to play PS3 games again…
Someone looking for a blue ray player with lots of other extras too. And free online gaming.
^ Again, why do people have that type of mind set when it comes when to next-gen consoles coming out? Like as if all people are ready to move on….
I have to say that the SCEJ clip is very “blocky”…
The Japanese always get these bad-ass white consoles.
Since when was white “BADASS”?
If coloured chrome (red, blue or green) was available, THAT would be badass!
White is too effeminate!
roflmao Scotte
I want this. I’ll need to buy a PS3 for GT6 anyway, so this would make it ultra convenient. Please offer this in the UK.
I wished I was Japanese…
I’m happy w/ my nationality however, JP is a beautiful country that I would love to visit. I don’t think I’d make a special trip for GT6 and a white PS3.
AND, because it’s released a day early in Japan, you could be on a flight and home and playing GT6 with the rest of the world and not miss a thing!
I believe I saw the last two scenes which where with the R18 at Bathurst… Cant think of a pit on the left and stands that look like they do on the right, with the scenery in the back ground…
on an unfortunate not, (it might just be my sound card) it seems like the butchered the R18’s diesel engine, with a V6 found in a 350z
That’s Apricot Hill. (Not Bathurst)
+ 2 that definitely ain’t Mt. Panorama I should know as I have driven the track when I visited Bathurst 15 odd years ago
my bad, my bad, I live on the other side of the world right side up… it appeared like It was. I have never seen or been on the track in any of the GT series at Apricot Hill.. but still, the sounds have too high of an RPM for a diesel to put out…
all good cuz, I can see why you may have thought so. However it depends on which way you see right side up hahahahaha
just hurry up and announce Bathurst, fm5 already has
Audi R18 you say?!!!
Yup.
I’m really upset that the Japanese get a copy of the Beyond the Apex II book & we are stuck with an app. Not all of us here in America have an iPhone or any type of Smartphone. I’m stuck with a cheap AT&T pay as you go phone. Really hope they offer us an option to get the book or the app.
In other news, where is this new trailer? I would love to see more of the Lancia Stratos in action.
I learned about Japanese consumerism not long ago, a lot of people prefer traditional merchandise instead of electronic alternatives. So it is normal to see that for Japan, but I know how it must feel for you.
We all like options..
A link to the trailer is in the article.
If you have metro PCS in your area.. you can get a 4g smart phone for like 35$ unlimited everything
If you get the Gamestop pre-order of the 15th Anniversary edition, the Beyond the Apex II book is included!
Now, THIS is an incentive for me to get the 15th Ann Pre-Order if I can score one of these PS3’s!
Hmmm realising this bundle a day before the release of the game is a bit cheeky but if they did the same here in the UK I’d be at the front of the que :)
I wish they had gone into more details about the connecting GT6 to Tablets, phones etc
For sure. I think people are overlooking what this can potentially mean.
I agree.. I did the away races a few times on GT5 but, there was no strategy, or challenge, it was rather blah!!
I would buy this if this was released in the UK.
Renault Sport Megane Trophy V6 15th Anniversary Edition 2011
Book is game case size. I was hoping for coffee table or at least regular guide book size. I bought the GT5 spiral bound guide and it was not very helpful. Pages were too small to get all the info about a topic in one place. I was constantly flipping pages.
is that a new gtr?
I thought it was weird that Toyota wasn’t one of the Vision Gran Turismo participants, nice to see that it is indeed in.
wait wait wait… So they Japanese gets a physical copy, of the A Spec guide book?
We only get an APP version ….
Will the North American market be offered this “starter pack”? If no, then I do not see the need to rub our noses in all the extras we won’t be privileged to own. Nevermind the fact that the U.S. dollar backs all the Japanese banking institutions.
^???^ Who’s rubbing anything in our face? I’m from North America but I don’t feel shortchanged. The part about U.S. money, a joke in itself, was to much.
and our money is backed by China, what’s your point?
Oh, isn’t he cute? He thinks his dollar is actually worth something.
I was in Canada for three days and I witnessed first-hand the value of U.S. $40 going down by one cent.
Why are we even bringing economics and politics into this…? It’s a Japanese game on a Japanese console, is it THAT odd that a game would be a released a day earlier in it’s home region…? And exchange rates are odd. All the time I see the AUS end EURO market being ripped off in comparison to the USD market…
Offended consumers? I highly think not, disappointed maybe. What extras are you talking about? I can read nothing there other than getting the game a day early that is ahead of what we will have access to. Don’t be such a twatwaffle no one gives a flying Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo about the semantics of economics. What we care about is the game. If you wish to discus numbers go join the CA’s forum, there you can add, divide and subtract til your heart’s content. I think the expression most apt here is “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”
As an Australian, I gotta say that I’m not at all offended! Like, whoopdy doo, a white PS3!
Ya wanna know about getting short changed? EB Games in Australia (owned by Gamestop) is offering the same pre-order package as Gamestop, but we pay a little more! Not 5 or 10 dollars more, not 20, but $45 more than North America! But guess what? I’m used to that sort of thing! I’m not phased at all!!
@ sayba2th – really? Bloodhound gang song reference!?
Actually Scotte raises a valuable point. Even when the Aussie Dollar was at $1.10 against the greenback we still have to deal with this BS. I can get games from the UK at crazy low prices on eBay. Yet it’s not just EB that does this and it’s not just with games here in Australia. I bought a 2008 Look 595 carbon bike frame from the US @ $2700 plus $400 import duty plus postage and all the total was $3100. That same frame was retailing out here for $6000. Completely irrelevant and as I said GTP is not an economics forum. To answer your question Scotte that was not BHG I was channeling as I work with the phonetic alphabet for my job it was a polite way of getting my swear in. However I was make aware of this by mate who’s a BHG fan.
Hahahaha, you bought a 5 year old Look frame for how much???
Aero it was close outs, the 595 was unchanged from it’s inception in 2007 up til 2012 when it was replaced by the 695 (which is simply stunning) it’s only the paint that got changed each year. It’s exquisite and in person drops a jaw. Also I bought it near 2 and a half years ago. That’s what you pay for a new frame as such be it Colnago, Time, Pinarello ect.
@ sayba2th – I guess you could’ve used Van Halen’s album – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge…
I used to work with the phonetic alphabet in the SES about 20 years ago! Never forgot it either!!
Thanks for making Americans look even dumber Efiv12. Forgot about the fact that people from all over the world visit this forum? SMH.
Looks like a new book in there with that 2nd pic.
The 2nd pic is of the 15th Anniversary Edition with the Beyond the Apex II book!
That is such stylish package and the PS3 looks really good too.
a white ps3? NICE!
Cool.