In an interview with GT planet, CEO of Polyphony Digital Kazunori Yamauchi stated they aren’t in a rush to release Gran Turismo on PS4, even in light of GT6’s poor sales on the PS3.
When asked if PD was disappointed at not being able to launch Gran Turismo on PS4, Kaz had this to say:
“We are eventually going to do that anyway, and we really don’t think it’s a hindrance or a bad thing to release on the PS3. We say that because the performance of consoles today are sort of reaching their saturation point, where we’re not jumping up in performance as much as we used to with each new generation.
And, the data that we use today for the PS3 is the data that we will take directly into the PS4. We created GT6 with that assumption that things are going to be carried over into the future; we’re not in a rush.”
Considering it took over 6 years for GT to even land on last gen, perhaps this was a good choice to avoid a long wait for fans. As a huge fan of the series myself, I can say that GT6 certainly looks dated among other such rivals like Forza 5, but then again it would’ve been a drag to wait another thousand years for GT6 to come out on next gen. I imagine they released GT6 in an attempt to tide fans over until their next big release on PS4, which may not be that long of a wait.
Here’s hoping we don’t have to wait too long for Polyphony Digital to show their stuff on next gen.
Last Updated: December 10, 2013
Lego Witcher of the Squirrels
December 10, 2013 at 14:39
GT will come to the PS4… no one knows when, but it will when they’re good and ready I guess. I just hope they fix the damn game before then.
Stephen Snook
December 10, 2013 at 14:53
Loving GT6 so far, but I’m a huge fanboy xD
Lego Witcher of the Squirrels
December 10, 2013 at 15:15
Think I should have been clearer on the Stephen… They just need to kill off the micro transactions to fix it lol
Stephen Snook
December 10, 2013 at 15:17
Oh I agree, I was just stating that I like it xD
Gerald Nchabeleng
December 10, 2013 at 19:51
I like the ideaof microtransactions, between my job, my daughter and family, and my RC hobby i probably wont have time to advance through it to accumulate enough credits for the cars I want, so not ashamed to say, but yes I will buy the 7mil creditss
CodeName Tailgunner
December 10, 2013 at 14:52
They seem to lack a little drive
Mark Treloar
December 10, 2013 at 15:31
They joined the club
Gerald Nchabeleng
December 10, 2013 at 15:05
“And, the data that we use today for the PS3 is the data that we will take directly into the PS4. We created GT6 with that assumption that things are going to be carried over into the future…” That is not inspiring at all, gran turismo needs a new code that will take into damage and engine noise into cognissance.
Stephen Snook
December 10, 2013 at 15:11
I assume he means car models and maps. Also Kazunori is notorious for being cryptic in interviews.
Brian Murphy
December 10, 2013 at 21:45
Not surprising really, if GT4 to GT5 was any indication, the jump from GT5 to GT6 means they can’t use the legacy code from the Cell Processor, as it’s not compatible with the new architecture, and thus means they’re going to have to start from scratch again.
Plus, PD improves their engines continuously as time progresses, so they’re probably more focused on making GT6 everything it can be, over rushing something to the PS4. As I said when I bought my PS3 FOR GT5, I’ve absolutely no problems with waiting for PD to finish making their games. In fact, I’m glad they’re more interested in perfection than getting a product out as fast as they can.
Nick de Bruyne
December 11, 2013 at 17:34
But how can you say that when it’s clear that they’re happy to release unfinished products, just look at all the old car models and tracks that they bring into the new games, that isn’t a finish product, definitely not perfectionistic. I say this as a fan of the series
Nick de Bruyne
December 11, 2013 at 17:32
After playing GT6 for review I can safely say that he isn’t too worried about making games for current GEN yet either, lol
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
December 12, 2013 at 09:20
So another GT5 situation for PS4.