Ugh.
Gran Turismo: Prologue just isn’t cutting it anymore. The ‘pre-production’ teaser of what Gran Turismo 5 had in store hit as one of the first Playstation 3 games, and impress it did. But this was just supposed to be a platform to show what the PS3 could do, and more specifically, what the Gran Turismo series could be on PS3. The ‘Quarter 4 2009′ release date has again been pushed, and this time the boys at Polyphony Digital, makers of Grant Turismo, sound pretty solid about a March 2010 release *in Japan*. So when can US gamers expect a copy? Who knows. The list of “release dates” as stated by Polyphony Digital, and compiled by GT Planet has suspiciously grown, so anything ‘official’ should be taken with a grain of salt.
November 30, 2008 – Sony executive in Europe mentions GT5 will “arrive at Christmas” during an interview with a financial magazine.
June 4, 2009 – Kazunori Yamauchi states: “We can release Gran Turismo 5 whenever we want.” during E3 interview.
August 2, 2009 – GTPlanet acquires internal company documents which clearly outline the date that Sony expects to release the game (and it was well within 2009).
August 22, 2009 – Kazunori Yamauchi states that “GT5 will be released shortly after this date [October 1st]” during an interview.
August 23, 2009 – Printed material distributed by Sony at the GamesCom 2009 conference clearly indicate the game will be released during the fourth quarter of 2009.