Sal.Paradise said:
I see focusing on long term gain rather than short term gain as putting GT6 on PS4 to ensure its healthy growth as a platform, instead of putting it on PS3 where easier money can be made from its current larger install base. And I don't think it would have to compete with Drive Club, they could easily release DC within the first few months of PS4's life, and start teasing GT6 by their first E3, without crossing wires. |
GT5, for some fans is the best racing game ever, and for other it was a bit disspointing (at least that what I read from time to time, hopefully they are not trolls lol), so I think that they want to make stronger the foundation of GT as a franchise, and the best way to do that is by showing you the game the game is awesome, and that you can play it already without buying a new console. If it s true that some fans did not like the game, then people will be a bit exceptical about GT on the PS4, and Sony does not want that. What Sony wants is, that when they release a GT on the PS4, the 10M userbase will jump to he PS4. And by releasing the game on the PS3 you have guaranteed that the game will sell millions of millions of copies.
I really think it is a really brillian plan, because if the game was to be released spring next year for the PS4, the userbase wont be that big, so it could hurt the franchise.
At first I was like some people here asking why would they release a great game on a current gen console, instead of a next gen, with God Of War 2. And even though it was on PS2, the game was a masterpiece on the console. So I think they want to do the same with GT6 they want to take the PS3 to the limits and beyond, and make the best racing game ever created, till today obviously.
EDIT: Also Drive Club is a way to entince gamers that love racing games. If the game is a AAA title, and by being exclusive, it will sell really great, and that will allow for example, that they can cycle the franchises, you get a Drive Club and after a while you get a GT game, and after that maybe another Drive Club game, and so on. so would would get 4 racing games in the PS4 generation instead of 2 :)
