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Gran Turismo 7 Too Late Out Of The Trap?

Is Gran Turismo losing ground to its competitors? Will the release of GT7 be too late for the franchise...?

madmonkey013085d ago

when gran turismo 7 launches it will be the top selling racing game this gen.

DARKKENT3085d ago

@madmonkey exactly

Every gran turismo fan knows its not a yearly update like forza..

And it seems the yearly forza games are now catching up with itself.. Look at forza 6s dreadful sales... 3 forzas in two years is way too much.. I'm still on horizon and definitely had no intentions of getting number 6..just way too much too soon

Thank God gran turismo hasn't gone the cod and forza route of yearly updates.. Not knocking those games (horizon is my favoutite racing game so far this gen).

The wait for gran turismo games gives it that air of prestige

nX3085d ago

I prefer a proper release all 3-5 years instead of buying minor updates every year. Each Gran Turismo holds a special place in my heart as these games are carefully built around a high quality racing experience.

ProjectVulcan3084d ago (Edited 3084d ago )

I wouldn't complain about the time between GT releases if they actually improved in leaps and bounds, but sadly the series has hardly evolved at all in over a decade now.

GT7 or whatever it may be has to improve hugely on what GT6 was, because there were so many below par critical aspects of that game that were not up to the level I expected, a bar set by many other titles.

I'm a huge GT fan, and broke several PlayStations just playing the first two games. GT3 sold me a PS2, GT4 was IMO the high point of the series, but since then we still haven't seen enough improvement. In the time since GT4 other series have out evolved and overtaken GT, so it's up to GT to take a great leap forward now and prove itself again.

Let's hope Polyphony are up to the job, and address the list of concerns many gamers had with their last full title. Preserve the greatest aspects of GT6 like handling physics, breadth of environments and excellent visuals (for the PS3 generation) but address collisions and damage modelling better, address the concerns over the audio, and get a consistent quality of in game assets. Review the bothersome microtransaction economy, refine the multiplayer and then see what we have.

Captain_TomAN943084d ago

Bingo!

They release a game every 3-5 years so it is always a big deal.

3-4-53084d ago

Stop lying about the yearly release about Froza.

Forza main series & Forza Horizon are two different series developed by two completely different developers.

Stop lying.

Obviously GT7 will sell a ton and probably the most, but you shouldn't have to resort to lies to prove your point, it just makes you look scared or something.

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ShadowKnight3085d ago (Edited 3085d ago )

It don't have to be the top selling racing game this generation. It will still be great and sell well regardless because it's one of Sony most popular francise since the old days.

Crimzon3085d ago

Well, the last game in the series had abysmal sales that were a tremendous drop compared to what the franchise usually sells, so there's no way of knowing how well the next one will perform.

To be honest I think people just got sick of a lot of problems that plague the franchise being ignored for so long by the developers, so when the last game dropped most people saw it was more of the same and decided to pass on it, which saw it sell terribly.

Hopefully the poor performance of the last game was the wake-up call that they desperately need to improve on things and meet the standards that gamers today expect. If it's more recycled content from two console generations ago then quite frankly they deserve another flop.

hiredhelp3085d ago

GT has Big enough GT fanbase no matter what the competition brings.
GT Started the true racing Sim for that reason thoes Die hard GT Fans will always buy there GT Dose just like Forza for MS Nintendo has mario Kart.
Personally Im a free spirit when comes to games play variaty even racers but GT always be special because they showed us what can and have been done future racers.

Dabigkahuna763085d ago

Sales sales you can do better than that huh how about being the best racer this gen even vanilla ice sold more records than 2pac

madmonkey013084d ago

xbox fans will always say forza is better, the general gamin public will disagree, that will be showing in the sales where g2 sells 2 or 3 times what forza does.

Tobsesan3084d ago

@madmonkey

So again sales = quality? Forza horizon 2 is my favorite racing game of all time, I dont know how much it sold and at this point i really dont care. They just have to sell so many copys to make a new one and horizon 3 will drop next year. Sorry I dont play sales.

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FallenAngel19843085d ago

I don't see Forza selling well enough with each installment to pose a serious threat to Gran Turismo. Even Driveclub sold more that the past Forza titles, so Gran Turismo has nothing to worry about in terms of taking its game to release to the market.

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FlexLuger3085d ago

Interesting that you look at sales ( but then...you are always talking about sales, fallen angel) as the reason its not threat. For real sim racing fans, like myself, things like car physics and handling, car selection, track selection..tuning... are what defines a good sim game, not sales. But whatever. Forza came out and scored high, everywhere. Because its an excellent sim.

"so Gran Turismo has nothing to worry about in terms of taking its game to release to the market.2

Or maybe the fact that Forza is not on PS.....

Dabigkahuna763084d ago

There is not one Gran Turismo Game that's better than any Forza Game and I love both games but Forza is better in every conceivable way Driveclub is not even on Forzas level but it does murda it in the visual department

FlexLuger3085d ago (Edited 3085d ago )

No its never too late. GT games have never launched near the console's launch. And its not like we need all these sims at once. We still have the excellent assetto corsa coming in spring. Pcars is a quality sim that has legs if you are into sims and own a PS4, in the meantime. When GT is ready it will release..no sooner. And Ill still buy it. in the meantime, I have the best sim currently out in forza. Pcars is SOLID. Asseto corsa comes in april/may, and GT sport will be out next year to help ease the wait for GT7. There is ALWAYS room for GT, and it need not rush to release.

This is a non issue.

ApocalypseShadow3085d ago

**In the connected and throw away age we live in now, unfortunately many people have devolved (or grown up that way) and subsequently now have the attention span of the common Goldfish**

That's all he had to say.instead of waiting for a game to come when it's ready,gamers are becoming impatient and entitled before a game is ready to be announced or released.and trading games away before dust has collected on them.

People expecting GT to be released before Sony has allowed Evolution to get sales from a new IP and maximize on their bike dlc.

Same with expecting the last of us 2 to be announced or released before uncharted 4 even hits the ground running

Also with asking for Crash Bandicoot before Ratchet and Clank and it's movie are even on the market.

Something is definitely wrong with modern gamers.like they have ADD.GT will come to PS4 when it's ready to.

iceman063084d ago

You just described the ADD Generation (at least that's what I call teens and below) to a tee! No attention span. No patience. Everything is awesome...until they get it and it's not. No time for understanding or logic (since they don't teach that anymore). Most importantly there's no win or lose and we're all special little snowflakes!!! LOL Sorry for the rant.

Zeixama3085d ago

That day...when Gran Turismo 7 comes out of all garages of the world;
-i am going to buy the video game,
-a racing asteroid will fall on earth,
-all pron sites will explode with GT7 videos,
-people will leave the school, work and even fighting,
-all sports matches will stop,
-and i am going to play and play, like a boss, like a friend of Drake,
-and i am going to listen to the music of all under 10/10 scores,

-puahahahaha!!!

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GT7 update 1.46 features an all-electric concept racing car created exclusively for the game

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The best PS5 exclusives 2024

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Hereandthere33d ago

PlayStation is killing it with the exclusives this year. Exclusive wise, what has xbox released this year?

VersusDMC33d ago

They won't complain about Microsoft not releasing games here but put all their effort into saying that only first party counts. Games like Rebirth and Grandblue Relink don't count. Games published by Sony like Helldivers 2, Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin don't count because Sony don't own the studios.

It's some narrative building so for when Hellblade 2 come out they can say, seemingly without shame, that Microsoft is actually releasing first party games this year. And claim victory.🙃

Chevalier33d ago

Weird 1st party games didn't matter when Xbox had so little, but, now they're important again? Guess Ark 3, Stalker 2 don't count any more?

KyRo33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

ARK 3 doesn't exist and it's just a timed exclusive. It's also a game that a majority of the ARK player base doesn't want as it's a massive deviation from what people like about the original game

Abnor_Mal33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Honestly to me it doesn’t matter what they say, they are just finally getting a chance to say all the things PS fan(boy)s were saying to them for the past few years. Let them get that, they deserve a “win” for a change.

The new narrative is that suddenly first party games matter again when awhile ago they didn’t, but that was because they were struggling with the same three games with the occasional fourth or fifth. That games should be everywhere on all platforms since that’s whats happening to theirs. The consoles don’t matter just the ability to play anywhere. Whatever Xbox is doing Sony will soon follow.

They’re not moving the goalpost anymore, but rather just moving the whole damn stadium.

jwillj2k433d ago

Only a incel would care about who published what and who owns who.

If it’s not on the other consoles it’s an exclusive.

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Cacabunga33d ago

Killing what? Where are the 1st party games??
Stellar Blade and FF7 is what I’m seeing this year.. so shallow!!!!

andy8533d ago

Doesn't really matter as long as they're great games. Baffles me why people put an emphasis on 1st party. They're still games you can't play anywhere else this year

Cacabunga32d ago

Andy

PS brand is my favorite because of their stellar first party software.. currently I see absolutely nothing to go crazy for..

CS732d ago

Nonsense.

PS1 and PS2 was built on great third party exclusives like FF, MGS, GTA & Tekken.

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raWfodog33d ago

Of course I love the games I’ve played from PS but I don’t believe we need to limit it to ‘exclusive’ to acknowledge that Xbox will be releasing some good games this year also. In that same vein, I believe that Xbox diehards shouldn’t limit their acknowledgment of good PS games to 1st party. There are plenty of good games to go around for everybody.

Tacoboto33d ago

This is a Playstation article about Playstation games and your comment is about Xbox. Can't you just celebrate what PS has without dragging this into console war BS?

ChasterMies33d ago

I don’t think Microsoft is releasing games exclusively on Xbox anymore. They have some timed exclusives that release on Xbox first.

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Abear2133d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Returnal, Astro Bot, and Ratchet made having it since day one worth it.

GT7 free updates and Spiderman 2 and others at 60fps have made this last year more than okay.

But yeah, it’s been dry lately. BG3 and third party have made great filler, but we ready for that SOCOM or Killzone announcement and some more 1st party goodness. Crossing fingers for Ghost of Tsushima 2 announcement this summer.

Didn’t know Helldivers was exclusive! Wtf is going on at Xbox that they can’t get these games, series s strikes again.

SonyStyled32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

Sony owns the Helldivers IP. The first was a PS3/Vita/PC game. It was never an Xbox game that they could ‘get’ a decade ago. I’m not sure what the upset is with Xbox here

CS732d ago

Lol, how do you ignore Rebirth one of the best games ever made?

anast33d ago

Looks like they are on par with the previous gens. Solid games all around. Interestingly enough, we can't say they released a bad game yet this gen. Unlike the Quiet Man dustup.

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DefenderOfDoom233d ago

I actually do not mind if Marathon releases on multiple platforms . I just wish that Marathon has a dedicated single player campaign.

DaniMacYo32d ago

Helldivers 2 is exactly what gaming needed. I’m loving it.

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