Do not adjust your sets. This is not a drill. It’s not a joke either, although I am laughing quite a bit.
Shock! Horror! According to the PlayStation blog the highly anticipated, perpetually delayed racing sim Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed yet again. Globally. There’s no real reason stated; presumably Polyphony Digital boss Yamauchi has decided on another feature he’d like to add to the game before it finally ships. Maybe Ostrich racing, with realistic flightless physics? Who knows?
The game will apparently still be out in time for the holidays though, so if your intention was to drive around Nurburgring for Christmas you’ll still be able to do that…in Forza 4, which will probably be on retail shelves by then.
Source : PS Blog
Last Updated: October 13, 2010
Krythan
October 13, 2010 at 17:25
I think deep down, we all expected this.
Nick de Bruyne
October 13, 2010 at 17:31
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! HULK SMASH !!!!
Fox1
October 13, 2010 at 17:32
Or PGR4 with all the weather effects.
aussious
October 13, 2010 at 17:57
Mwhahaha! I can’t laugh nearly hard enough. Turn 10 has released 2 forza games and are busy working and probably will release another forza game b4 GT 4 is out, damn even real cars don’t take this long to develop!
phil
October 13, 2010 at 18:10
just buy Forza you guys, yeah I’m waiting for GT5 but forza will keep me happy until it comes out, if it ever does now
Race8
October 13, 2010 at 18:10
It does not mention what holidays it will be out in time for. Perhaps April fools?
crymeariver
October 13, 2010 at 18:11
this is soooooooo upsetting
bo0m!
October 13, 2010 at 18:28
Gran Turismo 5 Forever
MieLLiePaP
October 13, 2010 at 18:34
Forza 5 will come out by the time they release GT5 😛
AC!D
October 13, 2010 at 18:53
Check how happy the Xbots are that a game was delayed on a console they dont own 😆
Uncle
October 13, 2010 at 19:14
I don’t see lans anywhere, there is no way he didn’t pick this up.
Pretty insane to just keep pwning your games fans like this. Its like its never going to come!
lans
October 13, 2010 at 19:16
jaajajajajajjajajajajaj
fuck gt till i see it in a shop i dont care anymore, this is like stabbing my heart, *1000 and drinking my heart blood, ffs
Krypty
October 13, 2010 at 19:22
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
and at once all the little fanboys are pissing their eyes out in the corner.
How can someone run a business like that?
AC!D
October 13, 2010 at 19:24
Its a couple of weeks Lans chill. Ive got like 10 games to keep me busy till december. Ahhh the benefits of being a multi platform gamer :p
lans
October 13, 2010 at 19:29
it takes 6 weeks to prepare for a worldwide release once a gt5 game goes gold,
so if someone can find out when gt5 goes gold we will know when we gonna get it so if it goes gold today will get it late november, so im expecting to go gold by then end of next week so we can get it by december
lans
October 13, 2010 at 19:32
this is so depressing i saved up for the whole year for this
R3400 for g27
R2000 for my play seat
R1700 for gt5 signature edition
R1000 16 gig internet bundle
and 1 weeks leave from 2 november
ffs i dont mind im sure ill be ok tommorow but cant sony ever take advantage of microsofts mistakes ever??
i hate forza to death. and we shoulda killed it on november 2, now we gonna let it live like a bitch sylar so it can continue to be a piece of work!
lans
October 13, 2010 at 19:36
it takes 6 weeks to prepare for a worldwide release once a gt5 game goes gold,
so if someone can find out when gt5 goes gold we will know when we gonna get it so if it goes gold today will get it late november, so im expecting to go gold by then end of next week so we can get it by december
Read more: http://www.lazygamer.co/breaking-gt5-delayed-again/#ixzz12GH2LTRx
lans
October 13, 2010 at 19:37
desfdit
it takes 6 weeks to prepare for a worldwide release once a gt5 game goes gold,
so if someone can find out when gt5 goes gold we will know when we gonna get it so if it goes gold today will get it late november, so im expecting to go gold by then end of next week so we can get it by december
Read more: http://www.lazygamer.co/breaking-gt5-delayed-again/#ixzz12GH2LTRx
AC!D
October 13, 2010 at 20:46
They said they will announce a new release date by the end of the month but it will definitely release before Xmas. Im guessing the COD factor has struck again i.e they dont want it launching in the same month as the big hitters COD and Assassins Creed.
Just spend some of that money you saved up and go get Need For Speed. Its made by Criterion i.e the guys that make the Burnout games so this should be the best Need For Speed ever made in my opinion.
Ans seriously you could have purchased about 20 games for all that money. You really love GT so much????
AC!D
October 13, 2010 at 20:47
Fuck me thats a trip to watch the Champions league final or a week in Hawaii you just spent on GT5.
Gavin Mannion
October 13, 2010 at 21:06
I’m still in shock that it was actually delayed again.. When I posted the Russian delay at 6:30 this morning I really thought it was purely a language thing…
Obviously not..
It is cool that the days news were sandwiched by GT5 delay stories though, so symmetrical
AC!D
October 13, 2010 at 21:18
I think its safe to say MS will now own 2010. With the momentum from Halo to Fable to Kinect and no big exclusive till Xmas from Sony MS will be smiling all the way to the bank. Nintendo will probably own 2011 Quater 1 with 3DS.
By the way Gavin you should update your Move figures. Accrding to VG Chartz Move has sold close to 500 000 over four weeks since launch. Not too chabby and word of mouth should keep iot going for some time slowly but surely.
WeRRieS ZA
October 13, 2010 at 21:24
GT5….it’s a myth!
atomic
October 13, 2010 at 22:41
man, what a relief. i hope this gets delayed till next year so i put off buying a PS3 for just a bit longer… taxman had his way with me 🙁
Nick de Bruyne
October 13, 2010 at 22:59
Geoff, I just want to let you know that I see that Tag under the post… and SCREW YOU BUDDY!
Nick de Bruyne
October 13, 2010 at 23:01
Everyone tells us that we can’t trust VG Chartz… most of the commenters only bitch about VG Chartz when the stats dont work in their favor
Nick de Bruyne
October 13, 2010 at 23:02
I honestly don’t think that Gran Turismo needs to be afraid of releasing next to anything.
Gavin Mannion
October 14, 2010 at 00:05
Why would we update the figures? Those figures were the best we had at that time and if we did a new post now we would obviously use increased figures.
Going back and updating doesn’t make sense though
AC!D
October 14, 2010 at 02:30
Well thats all were getting now. No more NPD 😥
AC!D
October 14, 2010 at 02:31
Yeah thats what i meant create a new article and update the figures since your heavily invested in this Kinect vs Move thing everyday 😮
Gavin Mannion
October 14, 2010 at 02:35
Well we can but then I need you to promise that you won’t call us fanboys for posting a post Kinect sales story where it will likely have sold at least 4 times as much..
Mainly because of the massive marketing campaign Microsoft is putting into it
Nick de Bruyne
October 14, 2010 at 03:54
I wish that made any sense. Then again, I’m kinda happy with that comment the way it is. Good times.
christo le grange
October 14, 2010 at 07:38
hahahahahahaha!
GougedEye
October 14, 2010 at 08:32
Should change the name to “GT5 Forever”
Steve Hofmeyr
October 14, 2010 at 09:01
You can’t win Gavin…
Fred
October 14, 2010 at 09:05
I don’t need your stinking racing simulator little Japanese man .
NiteFenix
October 14, 2010 at 09:32
Breaking News: GT5 delayed 12 Years, and being handed to new developer, who will finish it in 6 months.
aussious
October 14, 2010 at 09:45
join the greenside ps fanbois we have all racing simulator thrills u eva nd in forza and pgr and we garantee u wnt have to wait a half a decade… Embrasse the power than is Xenon…for ur racing messiah as forsaken u once again…
Mrs. Abbreviation
October 14, 2010 at 09:45
wtf? im like omg bs
Me and my bff’s were like this game is going to be ftw.
but now idc
tl;dr ttyl polyphony :heart:
lans
October 14, 2010 at 10:34
i would like to play forza during the gt5 delay, but i dont trust myself, i think ill snap the disc or break my console thinking of gt5, i dont want forza or pgr there is no substitute for gt5!
lans
October 14, 2010 at 10:47
Nick we should not have attacked forza so bad for the community uproar, i think the balance was too much in our favor and had to be restored, hence the delay, from now on i will dedicate myself to keeping the balance,
Aussious
October 14, 2010 at 11:00
Alot of poeple tend to forget Forza was made by self confessed GT enthusiasts so in many respects its very similiar to the GT franchise (especially Forza 2) but it also has alot of elements that can only be attributed to its western origins, like extensive customization, trading your cars online, sharing different artwork with others and other features you would not find in your GT title.So just give it a shot atleast until GT arrives… whenever that is ofcourse.:whistle:
Steve Hofmeyr
October 14, 2010 at 11:07
Of course they are happy, they don’t own the console so they don’t have to wait…
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 12:13
Bull! My aversion to VGChartz has nothing to do with liking one console over the other. Invoking the fanboi defence is just weak! *shakes finger*
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 12:15
GT5: like mist rolling over the West Coast. The vapour is strong in this one!
AC!D
October 14, 2010 at 12:21
@Gavin: No one will cry if you post the successful Kinect articles hell you post like 3 nearly everyday. I just thought youd like to update the so called mediocre sales for Move solitary article you posted. I know you cant wait to post your Kinect broke world record sales article so im just setting you up in the long run. I know your heavily invested in Kinect and you can point at the mediocre sales of Move in 3 months to wub it in ok? :tongue:
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 12:22
There would be no point to update the Move figures in an article, unless Sony releases the official global tally. I’d rather read an article about World of Warcraft reaching 12 million subscribers than VGChartz-inspired chicken scratch, and that goes the same for when Kinect releases.
In any case, I’m pretty sure that Microsoft will release their pre-order and order sales soon after Kinect is released. They generally release their own sales tally.
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 12:28
@Gavin – Microsoft will obviously release their own figures, especially those based on the pre-orders and then subsequently on the post release sales, and given the advertising and marketing MS have employed, I would be very shocked if they don’t sell at least 250 000 in the first few days (even a million in the first week sounds reasonable given the advertising). Obviously, if the numbers are high enough, Microsoft will be even more eager to share that fact with the world.
I’ll be more interested in sales figures as the months trickle by though, whether or not Kinect is a success depends not only on how well it launches but whether it can sell a decent amount through 2011, and whether it helps sell more xboxes.
Steve Hofmeyr
October 14, 2010 at 13:12
“I would be very shocked if they don’t sell at least 250 000 in the first few days (even a million in the first week sounds reasonable given the advertising)”
*facepalm
How can they sell that much if they have been intentionally under stocking the market (Like you ASSumed)
NiteFenix
October 14, 2010 at 13:29
Now I know why you have a plaster Acid
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 14:42
Because, even though demand is being engineered in the interim, by artificially limiting stock to retailers (as Gamestop has finally acknowledged, Microsoft gave them limited stock, and would only allow them more, if they sell out the initial stock, which they had – but since we don’t know the numbers, it’s still up in the air), it still creates a buzz amongst non-savy consumers.
I can’t understand how you don’t know about this most basic marketing ploy, and as I’ve mentioned before it’s not even just Microsoft that does it, Nintendo loves it, Sony love it too, as do even car makers and high fashion etc. etc.
piet
October 14, 2010 at 14:49
Maybe only delayed by 3 days.
http://bit.ly/9r0KMR
Steve Hofmeyr
October 14, 2010 at 16:08
You seem to be missing my point.
If they are limiting stock and STILL manage to sell 1 million in a week (like you said), then surely they can’t be limiting the stock THAT MUCH. Thus, selling out at retailers would seem impressive which is contradictory to what you were saying in the article stating that kinect is selling out.
Here is your quote:
“Don’t worry Game (UK) and Amazon (UK) buyers, another 10 Kinects will come along soon. ;)”
If they want to sell 1 million in a week then they need a significant number of stock in stores THUS you are contradicting yourself.
Anyway, I’m gatvol of this debate. Cheers
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
October 14, 2010 at 17:06
@Steve
Let me break it down for you so that you can understand:
a) Start the hype machine (during development)
b) Start advertising at Game Conventions (during development)
c) Release item to PreOrder (6 months in advance)
d) Increase advertising and marketting as item gets ready to be released (4 months in advance)
e) Restrict PreOrder sales (2 Months in advance) – generally this works in phases, a test sample of a few thousand are released to “test the waters”, and depending on how well it sells, more phases are employed).
f) Insist that all PreOrders will be met, and that you’re working on making sure that adequate stock will be available on release (3 weeks in advance)
g) Increase marketing and advertising
h) Release statement prior to release that there will definitely be enough stock, however… subtly warn that due to the demand expected… some retailers may experience stock shortages!
j)Release item
k)Release statement that sales have been “extraordinary”
l) $$$$
How do I know this? Because Nintendo, Sony and even the Bloomsberry (the publishing house that was responsible for delivering the Harry Potter books to us) did the exact same thing on more than one occasion. :happy:
lans
October 14, 2010 at 19:54
thanks piet, good info
piet
October 15, 2010 at 08:27
“The delay to Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 is a result of the recent PlayStation 3 hack causing Sony to shift manufacturing of game discs….”
http://bit.ly/9CTdsn