News just in: Gran Turismo 5’s release date been pushed back to the “Holiday Season” – or Christmas Time to you and me, according to the US PlayStation Blog.
Now it’s not been said whether this applies to all regions, but from the quote below it seems more than likely.
We can confirm that Gran Turismo 5 will not be available this November 2nd, but the game’s release will be coming this holiday season.
We sincerely apologize to GT fans for the delay, however, creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating the perfect racing experience, and we are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches.
We’ll have more information for you in the near future
Damn that Kaz and his perfectionism.
Update: the Japanese version is delayed too. We’re expecting news of a corresponding EU delay shortly.
Update 2: SCEE has confirmed that the European date is delayed too, with no new date yet for our local version. Expect a press release soon.
Update 3: SCEE’s told TheSixthAxis that the game will still be released “before Christmas” and apologise for the delay, echoing the US statement.
We are sorry to say that Gran Turismo 5 will not be available on the previously announced release date of November 3rd, but the game will be released before Christmas.
We sincerely apologise to GT fans for the delay, however creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating a racing experience of the highest quality. We are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches later this year.
Charmed_Fanatic
Its only a few weeks, everyone calm down! :P
DJ Judas
Probably won’t be able to afford picking it up in December, I’m away from home from the 12th anyway so no day 1 from me anymore :(
solidsteven
Is GT5 a lie? if so, then it’s the end of the world*goes off to storm sony’s hq.
Aquastyle
Goddamnit, this is bullcrap. I’m starting to lose my patience, I want this, NOW!
solidsteven
*restrains Aqua* No it’s worth it.
Aquastyle
Argh….. Hmpf!
solidsteven
At least it’s not delayed untill 2012……i hopeO-O.
Grey_Ghost13
So they haven’t started burning the blue rays yet then? How long does it take from final say so to getting the all the copies of the games burnt, packaged and despatched to all the various countries. This is such depressing news, I can’t see us getting it anytime soon.
BrendanCalls
Makes it easy for me, to be fair, buying CoD:Black Ops, get GT5 for xmas
Problem solved
GamerRiley
True mate, does make it easier to spread the cost :)
Thanks Kaz ;)
bigdon23
is it just me that doesn’t find this game exciting 1 bit… oh it is huh. il prob pick it up cheap anyway. its not a day 1 purchase for me
Blayney
If this is so Kaz can change something, someone needs to slap the man. Release a fucking patch.
dee
Cant frickin believe this .i was finding it hard enough to wait 3 weeks.Not the kind of news i need after a hard days graft.Thanks a lot polyphony
Topgearsam
Its only a few weeks added onto the years this game has already been delayed if you’ve waited this long you can wait a few weeks longer.
Jas-n
GT5’s never had a fixed date before so can’t have been delayed.
He’s probably shoe-horning another GT6 feature into GT5.