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[Gnardude]

Clearly this could have been handled better media/marketing wise, but I appreciate the dedication to quality.

[PlayerOneStewy]

One of the recent tweets from Yamauchi made it sound like we won't see the game this year.

[KinectFan]

One of the recent tweets from Yamauchi made it sound like we won't see the game this year.

Link please.

[mik]

Delayed because of the USB hack? That's unfortunate.

[PlayerOneStewy]

Sorry. He actually said he thought fans would have to wait until the end of the year.

[SaitoH]

That's unfortunate that the SDK 350 mandate was the issue.

[Ondore]

I'm just going to call it now: Forza 4 Kinect will come out within 2 months of this game.

[KinectFan]

I'm just going to call it now: Forza 4 Kinect will come out within 2 months of this game.

I hope you're joking.

[SwimOdin]

http://www.joystiq.c...istmas-release/

December 31st

[KinectFan]

http://www.joystiq.c...istmas-release/

December 31st

That is not the actual release date. Even the article you linked to says so. It's purely a placeholder for now, since people might have been expecting the game to come out today.

[PlayerOneStewy]

I'm bummed that the game didn't come out today. But looking at my backlog from just the past few months, I know I won't mind waiting a bit longer for GT5.

[KinectFan]

I'm bummed that the game didn't come out today. But looking at my backlog from just the past few months, I know I won't mind waiting a bit longer for GT5.

I feel the same way. I'll be perfectly happy if it shows up sometime in December.

[SaitoH]

http://jalopnik.com/...ped-as-we-speak

I have no idea what this site is, but peeps on GAF seem to suggest it's reliable.

*crosses fingers*

[Indy aka Rex]

I'm positive Yamauchi has been to this board and is only doing this to tease the fuck out of Greg.

[lactose]

Sewart, as someone in the industry, any idea what the time is between pressing discs and product release. I would imagine a ton of variability but any insight would be interesting to hear.

[KinectFan]

http://jalopnik.com/...ped-as-we-speak

I have no idea what this site is, but peeps on GAF seem to suggest it's reliable.

*crosses fingers*

I'd love to believe this, but I'll believe it when I hear it officially announced.

Sewart, as someone in the industry, any idea what the time is between pressing discs and product release. I would imagine a ton of variability but any insight would be interesting to hear.

I don't work in the industry, but from what I've heard in the past it's usually 2-3 weeks. But in the case of this game, and how many copies they're going to have to produce, it could easily be a month.

[Fahrenhype]

http://www.joystiq.c...istmas-release/

December 31st

Placeholder date, but it would seem like the next step for Sony. Sneaking games out at the end of a month wasn't dumb enough, gotta sneak them out just before the end of the year now! Next up: Gran Turismo 6, launching at 11:59 PM on 12/31/19!

[Wenny]

Sewart, as someone in the industry, any idea what the time is between pressing discs and product release. I would imagine a ton of variability but any insight would be interesting to hear.

It depends on a lot of factors. How big a pressing is desired? Bigger pressings, clearly, take more time or require more factory bandwidth. They also require more time for assembling. Sony got the first Ratchet out the door in 2 weeks (after initially delaying for 3.) GT would have a much larger pressing.

[PlayerOneStewy]

I'm not totally familiar with the pressing/shipping process, but Ty's estimates sound about right in my experience. Not sure if a bigger run takes longer when a first-party publisher is involved, though.

[Indy aka Rex]

Looks like Yamauchi wasn't kidding about those discs, someone posted footage of the discs being pressed:



You can rest easy, Greg.

[Compeau]

My guess is December 7th.

[Fahrenhype]

My guess is December 7th.

It's going to be Turn 10's Pearl Harbor!

[SaitoH]

Tracklist via youtube: http://www.youtube.c...u/0/6Ds-4LEHJp0

[mik]

[BeauRosser]

This game's never coming out, right? We've accepted that, right?

[Indy aka Rex]

This game's never coming out, right? We've accepted that, right?

We already got GT5, that "Prologue" was just an extra word added to it, it's not relevant.

[SaitoH]

I almost like everything about that intro ...

[Wenny]

1Up posted the leaked Trophy List (I can't link stuff from work) and some of them are going to brutal for me.

[Indy aka Rex]

All I want is the Top Gear trophy.

[dammitmattt]

Some of those trophies are insane. Japanese developers sure know how to make these things difficult.

[Wenny]

Some of those trophies are insane. Japanese developers sure know how to make these things difficult.

American's have no problem with brutality either (Pop Cap and Idol Minds come to mind)...but yeah. There's a nice mix here, but the hardcore ones are completely unobtainable for me. Good thing I don't chase trophies.

@Indy - I overlooked that trophy the first time through the list...definitely looking forward to that one as well.

[lactose]

New date - November 24th.

woohoo!

http://www.joystiq.c...te-november-24/

[Compeau]

The day before Thanksgiving? I guess they really want it out for Black Friday.

[KinectFan]

This is shaping up to be a pretty awesome Thanksgiving weekend.

[mik]

Seeing this list of cars is hilarious, overwhelming, and awesome...

http://www.gran-turi...carlist_en.html

[lactose]

Seeing this list of cars is hilarious, overwhelming, and awesome...

http://www.gran-turi...carlist_en.html

I don't see my VW Passat Station Wagon... with two child seats.

[mik]

My VW isn't in there either. But there's one that's close enough to the VW I used to have that I'll take it.

[KinectFan]

Definitely looking forward to driving some of those premium cars. As much as I liked Forza 3, Gran Turismo 5 is the big boy version of that game. The graphics are on another level, and the amazingly detailed interiors are going to make the cockpit view an incredible experience.

Spoiler

I have this funny/infuriating feeling this game will have a locked save file.

[PlayerOneStewy]

Cockpit views are so nice to look at for the few seconds before a race starts. Then I switch to something playable.

[KinectFan]

Cockpit views are so nice to look at for the few seconds before a race starts. Then I switch to something playable.

Gran Turismo Prologue was the first and only racing game where I actually preferred the cockpit view. I think they just did it so well it worked for me.