BlitzR
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GT:HD is a middle game, I don't see anyone buying GT:HD after GT4: Prologue.
What is the strategy then? Sony used the opportunity to test this micro-transaction stuff for the filler between GT4 and GT5. As I already said, GT5 will come as a complete game. If you don't like their strategy for GT:HD, just wait and buy GT5. What's the big deal?He can do whatever he likes, that's right. I can still think he's an idiot for giving in to Sony's bullshit. I loved the Gran Turismo series up until now. In fact, before Sony announced this crap about micro-transactions I nearly convinced myself to get a PS3 just for this game. No more.
I figure if enough people complain or don't buy the game, Sony will have to change their strategy.
Well, you can get away fairly cheap with GT:HD if you just ignore the empty GT4 part and use what comes with the game as GT5-Prologue. It may not be worth to buy a PS3 just for that, but if you buy one anyway, those few bucks won't kill you.GT:HD is a middle game, I don't see anyone buying GT:HD after GT4: Prologue.
Correct. Nobody knows how many people will actually use this though. Personally, I think that many people won't buy GT:HD at all, some will buy it and play without upgrades, and a big part will buy it and set itself a limit on what to spend, based on the average price of such a game. Only a minority will actually generate money by buying pretty much everything. That said, I have serious doubts Sony will get away with this. As mentioned before, this is not the new business model that will replace the previous "all in one"-model anyway.Yea - people buying into this micro-payment strategy legitimize it for the industry.
Correct. Nobody knows how many people will actually use this though. Personally, I think that many people won't buy GT:HD at all, some will buy it and play without upgrades, and a big part will buy it and set itself a limit on what to spend, based on the average price of such a game. Only a minority will actually generate money by buying pretty much everything. That said, I have serious doubts Sony will get away with this. As mentioned before, this is not the new business model that will replace the previous "all in one"-model anyway.
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the Interceptor
They need to bring back the Pikes Peak Hillclimb.
GT2 was the best.
The Escudo was hilarious in GT3. Anyone else remember that? You could tune it to eleventy billion horsepower and then put tons of downforce on the rear and very little on the front. As a result, you could get the thing airborne (wheelie) and do like 350 MPH. :lol:
That was a disappointment in GT4...I was hoping to put the turbo kit 4 in the Escudo and get 1845hp like we all did in GT3, but it only gave me a flimsy 1070hp...The Escudo was hilarious in GT3. Anyone else remember that? You could tune it to eleventy billion horsepower and then put tons of downforce on the rear and very little on the front. As a result, you could get the thing airborne (wheelie) and do like 350 MPH. :lol:
Sony hits brakes on Gran Turismo HD
Polyphony Digital's PlayStation 3 driving sim will only be released in free downloadable demo form in Japan; no word on game's US fate.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Dec 1, 2006 10:23 am PT
Last week, Gran Turismo fans might have been concerned by a change in an online retailer's product listing for the series' PlayStation 3 debut. Instead of the winter 2006 date Sony had originally pegged for the title, GameStop was listing Gran Turismo HD as releasing December 1, 2007.
Sony today updated the game's Japanese Web site with some good news and some bad news for eager fans of the game. The good news is that a free demo version of Gran Turismo HD with 10 cars and two layouts of a single track will be available for download in Japan from the PlayStation store on December 24, 2006. The bad news is that the full version of the game has been canceled, as the Polyphony Digital team is switching its focus to the next PS3 installment of the series, Gran Turismo 5.
"The Gran Turismo series will change its core principles," Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi said about the next installment in the series, which was not given any kind of release window. As for what direction Yamauchi is taking with the series, Sony has only said it "will be a fully realized Online Car Life Simulation."
Back in August, Yamauchi confirmed in an interview with Famitsu that development on the next PS3 version of Gran Turismo had begun. "We are working on a version of GT that supports the full PS3 specification," he told the magazine.
Gran Turismo HD may not be the last downloadable demo edition of the popular racing sim. The Japanese Gran Turismo site says that Sony might be able to offer more "concept" versions of the series before the full release of Gran Turismo 5 arrives. However, any such editions would be included in the final retail release of Gran Turismo 5.
While the free downloadable demo of Gran Turismo HD was confirmed for Japan, it's currently unclear if it will make its way to the US. When asked for a status update on the game's domestic fate, a Sony rep said only, "As of today, there are no official announcements for a North American release of GT HD."