That Sony are working on Gran Turismo 6 should surprise nobody – we’ve had enough hints and leaks to go as far as locking down certain tracks, for example, and GT5 was one of Sony’s top selling titles this generation – another game in the series is inevitable.
But did anyone else think the next game would be better suited to a PS4 release? Or perhaps even a Vita specific one, especially after the visual treat that was the PSP game.
“Look at the games coming out on the PlayStation 3 like The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, GT6, and then on the third-party side of things another fantastic Assassin’s Creed, GTA,” SCEE’s SVP Michael Denny said in a recent interview.
Ubisoft are holding a press event next week with the invite simply being the Assassin’s Creed logo. We’ll be there to let you know what that’s all about.
There were rumblings of “unannounced PS3 games” in New York last week, but despite my efforts nobody wanted to talk. Perhaps GT6 was one of those games.
“It’s important for our content to have that kind of longevity because, as I was saying [about the PS Vita], the games that come through are going to get better and better over time,” he added, confirming Sony are still behind the PS3.
Sadly, PS3 games won’t work on PS4 – “there’s a lot of expense in [backwards compatibility] and you have to make decisions as to what’s really important to the gaming community” – but there’s some chatter to suggest a few games this year will also have PS4-native versions.
Yamauchi has said recently he isn’t ready to talk about GT6’s release date.
hol
I hope this isn’t correct? As a few have said, GT is a system seller & it really needs to be a PS4 title, 5 pushes the 3.
rSp8
I think this is very possible. Remember which game was released on PS3 launch day? God of War 2 on the PS2.
gazzagb
First I’ve heard of Ubi’s AC event, definitely interested in that.
I always assumed GT6 would be cross-generation, the PS4’s built in social features would be perfect for online racing and GT6.
Motalla
I do not consider this as a strange move, a rather logic one. The PS3 units out there in the world is huge, so the amount of copies they can sell is a lot. As simple as that.
JBoo
So the PS4 will have no B/C at all with no PlayStation past disc games even PSN games? I guess it would of cost LOADS to try & keep PS1 & PS2 & PS3 B/C on the next console(i.e PS4) Shame that :( It would of been amazing being able to play all my PlayStation games on one console, oh well. Hopefully 1 day the Cloud service SONY are working on could give me access to all the past PlayStation games(but god knows how many years that would take to, maybe when i am 100 years old it will be ready!!!) LoL:D
dude90
I wouldn’t mind if it was PS3, 4 and Vita release it might shift a few Vitas.
KeRaSh
I didn’t expect that. While this could allow Drive Club to take the spotlight, I hope they release a cross gen PS4 version of GT6 at some point after the Drive Club hype is over. You wouldn’t want to have two first party racing games compete with each other.
leeroye
By the time this get released on PS3 the PS5 will be out.
Kaminari
Very much believable.
I thought it was pretty much clear from the Sony conference that Drive Club is intended as the new first-party racing reference. Just watch the presentation again and take note of the sponsor list, which is directly lifted from Gran Turismo. You surely don’t expect Sony to develop two competing racing sims and pay twice for the same licenses?
The PS4 is obviously a western machine developed by western engineers for western studios. It’s the first PlayStation designed outside Japan. GT5 was PD’s last chance to make an impression, and the general consensus is that they failed despite the six years of development. I could understand if Sony decided it was time to move on. In that regard, a quick GT6 spin-off makes perfect sense on the PS3.