Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Comments by Rob Fahey

Kryon

"I dunno man, the PS2 was kinda like Michael Jackson in the 80's (i.e. the bollocks). The PS3 is kinda like Michael Jackson now (i.e. just bollocks)."

Just a thanks from me for posting the funniest post I have read in a long time. Nice one!

headbog,

So, by your reckoning, to date there hasn't been a single PS3 game released that can be considered anything other than a flop?

Interesting point of view.

headbog,

Sorry, the "only into its 2nd year" argument makes no sense. Many 360 titles sold exceptionally well in the first year and the same should have been true for the PS3, given the relative scarcity of games.

But to date, the only PS3 games that have sold well are those that formed part of bundles... motorstorm and resistance. So even those, by your reckoning, were failures. So when you say most have been flops, what you really mean is that ALL PS3 games have been flops.

Whereas on the 360, in it's 1st year, you had million plus sales for Perfect Dark, PGR3, Gears, Call of Duty 2, Ghost Recon, Oblivion, Dead Rising and others.

So the PS3 games, and therefore the PS3 itself, can all be considered flops. Whereas the 360 games, and by extension the console itself, can be considered a reasonable success.

As I said, an interesting point of view.

headbog, how many times do people have to pwn you before you get a clue?

I can't believe people still argue about the success/failure of PS3. Anybody who has done their homework knows that Since PS3 european launch the 2 systems have pretty much been selling 1:1. Halo3's release caused a surge in sales of MS' console. This last week, ending 05/01/08, the PS3 shifted 60,000 more units than x360. The recent economic crisis in America could, potentially, push the MS into the cold as consumer spending power decreases in their home region. The future is as yet uncertain, but I would expect to see PS3 catch up on cumulative sales by end of 2008 assuming that the additional GTA4 content doesn't dent SONY's sales ledger too hard.

As for GT5p - It's a sentimental thing for me. I saw GT1 and ran out to buy a PS1. In it's day the most expansive racing experience available on a console. FFVII arrived that year ... reminisces ... aah those were the days! I digress! My point being similar to many here that GT cannot hold onto its crown of glory from yesteryear. The game hasn't changed. After playing Motorstorm so long I'm not sure I can go back to driving around clinical racing tracks. Give me the smell of petrol and the taste of mud in my mouth.

/baulks at lack of physics damage but will still buy GT5p for sentimental reasons.

/waits patiently for Motorstorm 2 (assuming they fix all of the following split-screen/load times/presentation/stupid slo-mo every freakin' crash!)

Sounds nice. I wish the real game would hurry up and turn up... Still due in July?

And I wonder if they will finally have damage, rather than impregnable cars... (in the full version I mean - not in the prologue it says)