This is a good move.

Need to combat the Natal + pricecut combo somehow...

I think summer is going to be the release window. I can understand pushing it back to a timeframe that needs it.

Releasing GT5 in the summer will give them great momentum going into the launch of the PlayStation Arc.

i dont understand why you wouldnt buy a game because its delayed, they simply want it to be perfect...i am sure they are just not doing pin the tail on the donkey in the office, it would seem like it at times...but polyphony has really proven themselves as a major developer, i dont see why you wouldnt buy theyre game, especially if it could be the best racing game ever made

Like I said I DONT CARE how GREAT it is , Its not worth waiting this long , i will play it , Maybe even buy it when its like $20-$30 , but other wise im going to forget it.

I wouldn't be surprised if this game sucked. there must be a bigger reason for delaying this game for so long. i think they delayed this game 15611 times...who knows i lost count. the game did interest me, but not anymore. its old news.

GT5 will launch alongside Halo Reach to counter 360 sales in the U.S.

Like i said to counter Halo reach.

Attoyou
Im sorry but that just sounds like a spoilt brat having a tandrum to me. " I want it and i want it now or i will throw my toys out of the pram"

Now when I think how everyone were hyped in 2009 that GT5 will see daylight in December the same year...

I can't seriously comprehend how someone still says that GT got delayed or pushed out. Other than the JP date, there was never confirmation of an official date for a western release, everything was just hear-say and hopeful wishing from what executives said.

Also, as it has been posted already, people need to stop acting like GT5 was the only project that they have been doing for the past years. This has been said over and over again in GT5 threads, but people don't pay attention.

Even if count GT5:p as the same project for GT5 (this one is a curious, sometimes is counted like it is, sometime like it isn't, depends on the agendas), you'd still have Tourist Trophy and Gran Turismo PSP in the past years. With a 2010 release of GT5, after GT4 being launched in 2005 worlwide, you'll have 3 major projects being released in 5 years by Polyphony Digital.
That makes it less than 2 years per game.

I can understand how some fans can get annoyed that the game isn't out already, but seriously, saying that they won't get the game if it comes even later? Well, it's their loss.