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If GT5 were released right now I would buy it, but I wouldn't be able to play it let alone enjoy it as it should. GoW3 and MAG in Q1, GT5 and WKC in the summer and Last Guardian and some other blockbusters in the Fall would be perfect. #granturismo5
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But I digress, my bets are that they're working on pushing a huge marketing campaign over in NA and a smaller one here in Europe since it's always sold so well over here and getting preorder numbers up before launching during the summer. #granturismo5
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Not to mention, there's also MLB 10 and Heavy Rain both slated to be out around the same time as well as big multiplat releases like FFXIII which would have already been released in Japan. I'm sure GT5 will do fine no matter what, but why cut into sales of your own games when you can just drop it in the summer months when there's nothing else to compete with? #granturismo5
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There's only so much RUF I can take -_- #granturismo5
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I can see delaying a shooter game because CoD:MW2 is coming out, but I can't see delaying a sim racer becuase an action game is coming out.
Marketing budgets are another thing entirely of course. But I would think Sony would spend alot on each of these games no matter when they came out.
Of course I'm not in marketing so you may be right. I've waited years for GT5, I can wait another 6 months. #granturismo5
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They can also spread out the amount of money coming in and amount of shelf space they can get while spending less money on marketing all at once. If God of War 3 hits one quarter, then Gran Turismo the next quarter, that's two quarters with a high profile Sony release that are guaranteed to make a crap load of money.
In the spring you also have FFXIII launching in the States as well as Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Despite the genre differences, they're all competing for the same time and money. #granturismo5
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I finally got to play Forza 3 this weekend and it makes me even more frustrated about the never-ending delays and overwrought nature of GT5.
GT5 may have the edge in graphics and detail, but Forza 3 is far and away the better game. More exhilarating to play, the cars sound better the pace is more exciting, like I imagine it would feel sitting in these cars and they handle more convincingly. Cars feel more distinct in their characteristics than they do in GT5. And when I hit another car they actually slide around, unlike GT5 where it feels like I'm bumping up against moving brick walls. And then Sony has the audacity to tout GT5 as some kind of pinnacle of realism in driving games.
I wouldn't buy an Xbox360 just for Forza 3 but I do wish I owned the game. And I wouldn't miss GT5 much at all. #granturismo5
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And judging by gameplay clips of GT5 I see no fundamental difference from that to prologue. Watch the "car damage" video and you'll see how cars still look awkward when they bump into barriers.
Development has dragged on so long because of the sheer number of cars Digital Polyphony has decided they needed to render. I'm sure they've spent a lot of time on some periphery features but I don't think I'll be proven wrong about the core mechanics being largely unchanged. #granturismo5
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But I'm sure they would have rather released prior to December than March in the US. What else is coming out around March that makes them pause? #granturismo5
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It would mostly be May -July I'm guessing. Not that they won't release it before but I think they'd want their new ips to have some breathing space (despite being totally different genres) and avoid intercompetition as well. #granturismo5
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Also consider the notion that any multi-platform owner, myself included, love racing in general. So I am more than happy to pick up both games and enjoy the variety that they offer.
So to answer your question, yes. #granturismo5
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I enjoy both series very much. However my preference is more for the GT franchise. Just keep in mind that when you start talking sales figures there are many variables to the numbers. For instance the GT series has been around far longer thus building upon it's reputation as a good racer. Let's not forget too that it was THE racing game on the original PS and PS2. Which were the (by far) dominating systems of past generations. #granturismo5
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If I ended up getting an Xbox360 I'd get Forza3, without question. And despite owning a PS3 on principle I wouldn't get GT5.
If Forza were available for the PS3 Digital Polyphony sure as hell couldn't get away with this. GT5 sales would be completely decimated. #granturismo5
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