Head of title’s studio says that Chinese market may require a home computer version
The boss of the studio behind the Gran Turismo series has said that the franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation format for the first time in its history – with a PC version in China.
Speaking to German site derStandard, Kazunori Yamauchi, head of Sony's Polyphony Digital team, said:
“It is very, very improbable that GT will comes out on another consoles.
“But perhaps it comes to the PC. Particularly [for] the Chinese market."
In the interview, he also revealed that the full version of Gran Turismo 5 – which is still without a release date – had been worked on by 150 people for four years and has cost 50 times more to make than the original GT1 on the PlayStation.
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Real games or Copies
Would this be worth it?
What percentage of PC games sold in China are real i.e not copies?!
Re: Real games or Copies
They should rather focus on Gran Turismo on PSP.
This one was announced FOUR years ago.
Re: Real games or Copies
Thanks Sam, I was starting to think I dreamt that.
I'm pretty sure Sony said they were gunning for a release on the Christmas just after the machine was launched which was indeed about 4 years ago!
Typical Sony, promise the world, deliver nothing.
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