Woah! I’m having a major case of déjà vu here. Remember back in January this year, what Polyphony digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi said when asked how far long Gran Turismo 5 was?
“About 90% of the game is done. We are just working on the last 10% and polishing up everything,†he told USA Today at the beginning of the year.
It’s now 4 months later – and you’d expect that the game would be further along, right? Well – no. It’s still at a mythical 90%, according to Yamauchi. “Gran Turismo 5 is about 90 percent finished,†he told Inside Line. “There are currently around 140 people working on the project.â€
That’s not to say that the GT team have been sitting on their arses for the past 4 months though – the game has seen a steady increase in its features, with confirmed inclusion of 3D support and rumoured Playstation Move support too. A whole bunch of features that are for naught if the game – which has its development time quickly reaching ridiculous levels – doesn’t make it to market.
The game was originally scheduled for this March, but is now pegged for release some time around November.
I can’t help but still be excited though when Yamauchi says the game will be the most significant step forwards since the original game was launched in 1997, and that it’ll only be released when it’s “satisfied everyone’s wishes and then exceeded them.â€
Is that going to be this year though? Who knows? What i can say though is that after such hyperbole the game had best be as close to gaming perfection when it finally does make it to retail – or the guys at Polyphony Digital are going to have buckets of egg on their faces.
Source : VG247
Last Updated: May 3, 2010
Yeti
May 3, 2010 at 14:05
May I be the first to say LOL!
SlippyMadFrog
May 3, 2010 at 14:23
It’s been at 90% for the last 3 years
Grant Hinds
May 3, 2010 at 14:38
Ye, let’s hope it hits here some time in 2010… I’ll be the second to say LOL! 😀
WitWolfyZA
May 3, 2010 at 14:53
This guy cant hold the game back forever. I wonder how low Sony’s patience is wearing thin with each passing day.
Bonk steal Lance's name
May 3, 2010 at 14:54
This is so typical of Lazygamer. If you go over to GT Planet you will that GT will not only be 3D but all cars will be able to transform into giant man eating robots. It is also rumoured to cause the destruction of the world as we know it in the year 2012 when it comes out.
Geoff
May 3, 2010 at 15:07
Sorry, I had to take off my Xbot fanboy glasses to see all that extra info. Thanks for the heads up!
Milesh Bhana
May 3, 2010 at 16:20
They simply said that it was 90% complete. They said nothing about whether or not they’d make it for November.
Sounds like they’re trying really hard to make that release date.
So all in all, this tells us.. nothing really. Just that they hit 90%, but due to scope creep, they’re still at 90%.
Lupus
May 4, 2010 at 13:21
What is Gran Turismo again? I remember some franchise about 5-6 years ago that was called that? But it just seemed to disappear?