Gran Turismo 5 news!

As soon as PS3Center heard of the rumored date for Gran Turismo, we immediately expected it to be false. Many retailers use dates such as these as place-holders, but what makes this situation more perplexing is that Play.com are claiming that this date was received by the publisher of the game i.e. Sony.

But here's a few reasons why November 27, 2009 isn't Gran Turismo 5's release date.

1. Looking around Play.com release list, you'll notice that they have a large amount of games listed for release on November 27, 2009. These include MAG, Uncharted 2, Ratchet & Clank 2, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, White Knight Chronicles and Super Mario Galaxy 2 among others.

I think you can immediately see where this is going. There is no way that so many games would come out on the same day.

2. Another reason against this release date is the fact that it wasn't announced at E3. E3 is the biggest trade show for games, it would make sense for Sony to announce the game's release date at E3 but they didn't.

One of the major reasons for a possible late November release date is:

1. The fact that the game's director has been saying that they could release the game at any time.

2. Gran Turismo 5 is more popular in Europe than it is in North America and Japan combined, with the previous iteration of the game shifting 6.28 million units in Europe alone, compared to 2.97 million in North America. For this reason it makes a lot of sense for the developers to announce the game's release date at gamescom which takes place in Europe on the 19th August.

3. It would really help Sony. Gran Turismo is a system seller, more so than any other PlayStation franchise. Releasing this game in November, in time for the holiday season means PlayStation 3s will sell like hotcakes.

Reasons for and against, but still if Gran Turismo 5 does hit this year (which I doubt), it would be very bad news for Sony's competitors.

Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi recently showed Gran Turismo PSP at Sony's E3 press conference, the first time the title has been heard from in years, and received a jubliant cheer from the crowd in attendance. The crew over at Polyphony Digital has been working hard over the past few years developing the game and has come up with several new, innovative features for the title, such as the ability to transfer your car from the PSP game to the PS3 release of Gran Turismo 5.

The feature was revealed during an interview with GameSpot at the conference. Kazunori pushed the fact that he wanted the player to feel like they actually owned the car, that it wasn't just a car in a game, which led to the feature being implemented into the game. "Whether it be from PSP to GT5, to even future renditions, GT6 and on, you can carry over the cars as YOUR cars, as something you own, even if the system changes, you can keep it."

Sounds like another great use of the interconnectivity between the PS3 and PSP. On a side note, I guess this means Gran Turismo 5 will have at least 800 cars!

fonte:Ps3center