@Squilliam: Fine, but that's all irrelevant to my original point. If you read the OP, you saw that PD is saying they're working on this game and nothing else, when in fact they were doing other things at the same time. Apparently they aren't even sure they can get the game out in 2009, so they should rather focus on getting GT5 done IMO.

It's not a problem for me because I'm not waiting for this game, but I thought I'd point it out since I recalled this piece of news.

Theres a huge fear of this game underperforming though. Theres been 4 years in development going on 5 years and a ton of money spent on it. The problem i see with the game is not that it wont so much live up to the sale expectionation, but of the game expectation in itself.

everything in prologue is coming to GT5 so any updates for prologue benefit GT5.

Its unlikely to be the programmers that are holding the games release up. The massive number of cars and the sheer quantity of media content still to be created are the likely candidates for why the game may miss the 2009 release. Keeping a project like this running and keeping everyone busy is quite a huge undertaking they likely did it because they knew it wouldn't delay the all important release.

Teach those programmers to make cars and track backgrounds! ;) jk

I don't buy it either.  I think they are playing the media just like every other console/publisher does.  They are waiting to release GT5 on the breakeven year when there will be a price cut to help push even more unit sales.  Good strategy and a good way to keep their premeir game in the news headlines all year.

plus the reason why they release the prologue is to make money off of a pre-build demo that they might otherwise use as a large beta. Prologue means you basically just payed to be in the non-interactive beta. nice way to milk their cash cow aye?

richardhutnik said: Gran Turismo 5: Forever, starring a cigar smoking, butt kicking protagonist with the name Duke!

My firend bought a PSP in 2006 anticipating the release for Gran Turismo Portable. GT5 will definitely be released before it. So it would be more like Gran Turismo Portable Forever.

although unlikely, imagine the best cast scenario for Sony fans holiday 09.

FFXIII and GT5.... dear lord how sweet would that be, not to mention all the other games.

No GT5 in 2009 means no need for me to get a ps3 ever... Id rather save my dough in 2010 for the 720 :)