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Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has told Eurogamer that Gran Turismo 4 on PSP is unlikely to be out in 2008.
He explained that unforeseen development issues on PS3 projects had taken precedence and forced it out of this calendar year.
"We had been developing the PSP version, but the problem was that the PS3 version took much more time and effort than we had first imagined," Yamauchi revealed.
"So that's been delayed - I don't think we'll be able to make the end of this year for the PSP version, but we are working on it."
Yamauchi went on to explain that the PSP version had changed considerably since it was announced back in 2004, and now looked likely to include online features inspired by the PS3 Gran Turismo games.
"Once we experienced PS3 online and went through all of that, we came to the conclusion that PSP should not be a standalone product - it should be linked in to the world of Gran Turismo, linked with the PlayStation 3," said Yamauchi.
The Gran Turismo series has shipped over 48 million units around the world since it was first released on the original PlayStation.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue came out last Friday and raced straight to the top of the charts, becoming the fastest-selling PS3 title over the course of a week.
It's good, too, as our Gran Turismo 5 Prologue review will tell you.
Look out for the full interview with Kazunori Yamauchi this afternoon.
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IF Sony stuck analogue support in the PSP emulation, then I'd quite happily play GT2 while waiting for GTpsp!
At the moment, you can map the d-pad to the nub, but thats hardly any use.... I'd hope they'd get round to this, especially with MGS being release to Japan PSN, its kinda vital for aiming on that game! |
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Prodigy_BE
04/04/08 @ 10:11
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Owning a PS3 and having acces to GT5p, I don't see any reason to buy GT psp anymore.
But if they release it in '09, it 'll probably boost PSP sales more than Monster Hunter does at the moment. That said, I think that Yamauchi guy is a weirdo. |
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Triggerhappytel
04/04/08 @ 10:12
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Well, that's hardly a surprise. If PD are finishing GT5 first then getting to work on GT PSP, it probably wouldn't be out until about 2010, by which time the PSP 2 will surely be imminent?
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JediMasterMalik
04/04/08 @ 10:28
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They should stop talking about it now, there really is no point. Just release it and be done with it.
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BadBoyBonner
04/04/08 @ 11:23
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Could always release GT PSP Prologue: the prequel.
Which is basically a car that you can rotate left and right laid onto a choice of avi files of GT5 tracks being played as a background - sell it for £12.99 - winner - half the players won't even notice ;-) |
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"I'm surprised people are still expecting this to anything else than vapourware."
Well, given the fact that he himself says they're still working on it, why doubt it? At the time of the launch of the PSP vapourware made sense, but a couple of years into its lifecycle is doesn't really anymore. Maybe it will move to the inevitable PSP2 whenever that gets released. |
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