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makingmusic476 on 02 January 2009
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Kasz216 said:
makingmusic476 said:
I have a feeling SCE will force it out. They know it's their biggest cash cow, and their best system seller. They're hurting financially, and need a game that will sell millions, and will sell consoles without forcing them to drop prices massively. The game has been costing them tens of millions (even with the revenue made from Prologue), and they just need to get it out the door. Notice, it was only after that article where Yamauchi said "it might be 2010, we haven't really talked about it" that the 2009 date started surfacing. SCE probably went to him and said. "WHAT!?! 2010!? 2009 or else!"

Would they really want to upset those guys though?  I mean they are perfectionists, who basically get to use stuff for free because of this.

Forcing it out risks their reputation, pisses them off, and risks the free use of the cars.

If it comes out and isn't much better then other racers you damage your franchise.  It would be unadvisiable to rush these guys.

 

I think they normally have that attitude.  From what I've heard, Kazunori Yamauchi and Fumito Ueda are the only two developers within Sony that have almost free reign to do what they want.

However, it'll have been five years since GT4 was released in Japan by the end of 2009.  There comes a point where you have to think about the entire division, and look past the wants of a developer or two...

*realizes Polyphony Digital released Tourist Trophy in early 2006*

Nevermind, my entire argument just went out the window.  They've really only been working heavily on GT5 for around three years now.