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Gran Turismo 4 To Be Delayed Again

Posted by Zonk on from the wah-wah-waaaaaaah dept.

still_sick writes "Although it was reported last week that Gran Turismo 4 had Gone Gold, the long awaited title will again be delayed. "Natural challenges with finalizing all the key features and localization issues across worldwide territories have led to the difficult choice of pushing back the release date in order to ensure that Gran Turismo 4 lives up to the exacting standards of the 36 million-plus fans worldwide that have purchased previous versions""

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  1. Online features missing? by FriedTurkey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So are they going to put the online features back in? I rather wait for a version with online capablities instead of buying a online version later.

  2. Localization problem? by Numeric · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Japanese ship date is DEC 28th and the US ship date is between JAN and MAR? I would imagine the major features have been completed this late in the development cycle. Would it take much longer to handle the English localization? Instead of "Start your engines", GT4 could have "Someone set up us the bomb."

    I guess I'd rather have a non-buggy game than a game with bugs since GT4 will consume most of my free time.

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  3. Re:Two versions? by Numeric · · Score: 3, Informative

    The first release will not have online capabilities. The second release will have online capablities.

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  4. Planning?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Can anyone actually deliver a popular title on time anymore?

    1. Re:Planning?? by bigman2003 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Halo 2 only had one release date ever announced- November 9 2004. They announced that I believe in March. And they hit it.

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  5. Re:Who cares? by Swanktastic · · Score: 3, Interesting


    I agree with your point to a point.

    If anything, this delay will make it more likely for me to buy this game. By March or so, I'll be ready for a new release, and GT4 will hopefully be waiting for me there...

  6. Ho hum by drp · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They lost my sale when they dropped online play.

    Honestly, once you've played a sim-quality racing game online with other people, you never want to play singleplayer again.