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makingmusic476 on 15 July 2009
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starcraft said:
wholikeswood said:
starcraft said:
As long as it is ready this is great.

The danger of course is that the threat of another awesome looking Forza game releasing on a very cheap Xbox 360 in a time of great economic turmoil is causing Sony to put pressure on Polyphony Digital.

I'm sure Polyphony are quaking in their boots.

Honestly, I don't know why you bother bringing up the price of the 360 or the status of the global economy; GT5 will sell excellently and for a very long time, and in all likelihood will shift 2x the LTD of Forza 3.

I don't think Polyphony would care frankly, but I'm sure Sony do.

If you really want to play an awesome racing simulator, only one is guarenteed to be coming out this holiday, on a relatively inexpensive console.  Facing facts, not much will distinguish GT5 and Forza 3 quality-wise, regardless of which one is actually deemed better.

Sony could lose a lot of potential Ps3 sales if Forza 3 releases this holiday and GT5 next year.  On the other hand, if they nudge Polyphony to get the game out this year, Sony could probably get away with not having a price cut in Japan or Europe.

We just need to hope it's not at the expense of the game's quality.

I highly doubt giving Polyphony five years to develop their game would be considered "putting pressure" on the studio.  Also, the rumored December release jibes with the past releases of GT titles in Japan.  GT1, GT2, GT4P, GT4, and GT5P all released in December in Japan.  GT3 was the only exception.  Chances are Polyphony were the ones that decided to aim for December.  The only difference this time around is that they're aiming for a simultaneous worldwide release, much like they're doing for GT PSP.

Also, I don't think Forza 3 will steal that many sales from the ps3 if GT5 were to ultimately release in 2010.  Forza simply does not have that kind of brand power, and GT is most influential in Europe and Japan anyway, Forza's weakest markets.  It's obviously no competition in Japan, and even GT5P managed to outsell Forza 2 in Europe, not including downloads (1.7 million vs 1.49 million).  Forza 2 was the best selling Forza in Europe, yet it came no where close to the ~5.8 million sales of GT3 and GT4.  The only market in which Forza performs rather well is North America, a market in which racing sims aren't all that influential. 

Sony is no more afraid of Forza 3 than Microsoft was of Killzone 2.