Gran Turismo HD Becomes Free Download

The Opposable Thumbs blog mentions a surprising twist from the world of Sony products; Gran Turismo HD will now be a free download. The realistic racing title was slated to be released as a full game, but the word is now that Polyphony will be releasing what they have, via e-Distribution, in Japan and the U.S.. Instead of continuing work on GT HD, they'll focus on Gran Turismo 5, the next 'full' game in the series. From the article: "In Japan there will be a free download that includes ten cars and two layouts of a single track. Not exactly an embarrassment of riches, but hey, free is free. There is no hint at when we'll see this download in the US, but I don't think it will be too long. Gran Turismo isn't exactly a small property here, and a free taste of the game in full 1080p will give gamers something to show off to other car buffs on their shiny HDTVs."

Comments

Re:Better than $800.

[davebo357]

They're whole scheme for selling cars and tracks individually took a lot of slack from fans. I think they got enough work done on GT HD and people complained enough about the online selling of cars and tracks that they just said hey, we've got all the cars ready, lets just release some stuff for free, make a few new tracks then call it GT5. Which suits me just fine. I wasn't excited about GT4 HD at all, but between GT5 and the next GTA, I might one day actually buy a ps3.

might be good

[joe 155]

I was particularly angry with what they were going to do, ie. sell it as a full game and then charge loads for cars etc, so naturally this is good news for anyone who actually has a ps3 (I'm in the UK so even if I wanted on I'm still waiting 'till about march 07). One thing that worried me though is "Instead of continuing work on GT HD, they'll focus on Gran Turismo 5, the next 'full' game in the series." I hope that the game is at least finished properly, even if not as expansive as it was meant to be, a shodily made game that crashes or has bad mapping is almost worse than no game...