Mysterious Gran Turismo “Collector’s Edition” Revealed?

gran-turismo-psp-collectors-edition-largeSome slick Gran Turismo PSP “Collector’s Edition” box art has been dug up by Dutch website NextGamer.nl, or so they claim… We’ve got to be really careful, though, as Next-Gamer doesn’t say exactly where the image came from.  However, a special edition of some sort was hinted at by our most trusted inside source of information all the way back in April, so there is a teeny-tiny chance this is legitimate.  We don’t have any other information regarding a “Collector’s Edition” at this point – and we urge you to be skeptical, at best.  However, if any of you can identify the true source of this image, please drop me a line or leave a note in the comments below.

Comments (41)

  1. Roberto

    iT’S real i own a GT collectors edition(PSP) it as as bonus a bugatti veyron collectors edition and 5 cards with a bugatty veyron GT collectors edition….

  2. FelinoZX

    Hi, this story its true and if you don´t believe me check this great web site, but remember you only can play the backup if you have the original game, the web site is in spanish, you can see that its true the collectors edition, pardon me if i writte something bad my natal language its the spanish and i learn some english whit the help of the videogames hehe

  3. James

    Hi Guys, you all think this is fake but it is not fake, it is in fact the Collectors Edition Gran Turismo for psp, i live in autralia and this game is due to come out on october and below is the information about this collectors edition from electronic games website
    Gran Turismo Collectors Edition:
    Special black and silver foil packaging
    GT-PSP game
    PSN voucher for Bugatti Veyron vehicle
    5 x limited edition artcards

    Not sure if this will be available worldwide or is it just limited to Australia
    cant wait to play the game

  4. kekrot

    No, it’s a European box (you see it has a PEGI rating), and in Europe there’s not that “Only on Playstation” thing.

  5. OnRoad

    I saw it on Nexgamer.nl but I thought no news on Gtplanet .Strange I’m from Holland and only nextgamer comes with the news.Looks real

  6. Jack_uk

    If this is a true box-art I wonder what the collectors edition will include, maybe all the exclusive colour cars that are on pre-order offer? A keyring? A T-shirt? Or maybe all 3….

  7. Tattoo Stan

    It’s probably something a student of graphic design did as a small project. Nice cover all the same.

  8. X-DEVIL7675

    I think it´s photoshopped or something like that and if you look to the side of the box,it doesn´t even say collectors edition.How odd.

  9. Mustangmiha

    @Tomaz, So? I live in Croatia and there is always some coll. edition, used or from store. But sometimes not.

  10. David

    Totally fake, look at the age rating sticker, its gone a different colour because of the effect the person has done using photoshop and forgot to select it out of the area. Anyone can do that effect using the glowing edges tool.

    PD would do something far more professional for a special edition and it would be unlikely they use the same cars picture or maybe have it at a different angle.

  11. Tomaz

    @Mustangmiha, because sometimes markets in Slovenia don’t buy those collectors editions, only basics, so that means I have to order game from other country … need some time to ship in Slovenia.

  12. alba

    ah damnit, stupid links :P (either way looks good but I’d imagine they wouldn’t reuse the same artwork with just straight lines instead, who knows!

  13. Azzu

    Hmm… I checked the website.. Sure looks fake to me though =)

    But, Hey what if its real?
    What do you want in the Collector’s Edition?

    I want a big Poster of GRAN TURISMO and that Corvette ZR1 on the side of bedroom =D

  14. Canadian STIG

    The box’s artwork also bares a striking resemblance to that of GT’s own Ford GT LM Spec II race car which was featured in GT5P. Perhaps a sign of realism or a well thought out piece of fake artwork by a Photoshop Wiz who happens to know a thing or two abut GT or in this case GT5P.

  15. GTAce

    “Btw the site is German not Dutch :-P
    Dutch domeins end with .nl not .de

    And yeah it looks like a cheap photoshopped cover.”

    It is dutch, click on the “dug up” in the article.

  16. Watevaman

    @Webbo

    I’m pretty sure those colored pixels you’re seeing are simply the result of bad jpeg compression.

  17. Webbo

    If you look in the zoomed mode on the picture you can see the various coloured pixels around the ‘collectors edition’ tag. This is a sigh of editing or ‘photoshopping’ I don’t reckon this is legitimate, but the idea of a collectors edition I believe.

    Plus, I don’t see why they would make the collectors edition box so similar to the normal one, usually they have a distinct difference.

  18. occasionalracer

    What a joke, collector’s edition with an exact copy of the original, I’m sure PD wouldn’t be doing that and the dualshock certainly blows this.

  19. Watevaman

    Definitely looks like something someone threw together in Photoshop or something. Simple filter on the ZR1, and the “Collector’s Edition” text doesn’t really fit.

  20. GT4Ever

    Btw the site is German not Dutch :-P
    Dutch domeins end with .nl not .de

    And yeah it looks like a cheap photoshopped cover.

  21. James

    Looks fake. A quick edit of the original box art in Photoshop, slapped onto a 3D box with some supplemental art for the spine.

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