I realize I'm about a month late to posting to this, as it looks like this thread is dead in the water,
but I think people aren't taking certain things into consideration..
Gran Turismo 4 was the second GT game on the PS2 so when review scores plummeted and sales followed suite that is understandable and expected. Forza is about to be put to the same test that GT had previously "failed", but because of this it is short sighted to think Forza 2 will have no influence on the sales of Forza 3 in a negative light. GT has the "fresh" advantage going for it in both the sales and the reviews aspects. Considering Polyphony made the bogus claim of being a mare 65% complete, I think this was to buy time so they can see what Turn 10 puts out and make certain that theirs will top it. Sony is about the long term and Microsoft about the short term, and they are both playing right into eachothers hands, Microsoft wants to make sure Forza 3 will capitalize on market sales NOW, thats all they care about, on the other side of the coin, all Sony cares about is being able to say "Gran Turismo 5 is only possible on the Playstation 3". Admittedly it is a little petty of them, but they are willing to keep shelling out money to Polyphony for the sole purpose of being able to make that claim. Microsoft isn't about to play the waiting game with Sony because it knows its wallet can't outlast theirs.
I'm not discrediting Forza 3 at all, it will be a beautifully great game, but Sony won't let Polyphony let Forza 3 be better than Gran Turismo 5.
THEY ALREADY HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY INVESTED IN GRAN TURISMO 5 FOR IT NOT TO BE ANOTHER "BRAGGING RIGHT".
