Gran Turismo PSP still 'delayed,' possibly until 2009
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Apr 4th 2008 at 8:02AM }
Polyphony Digital is still working on the PSP version of Gran Turismo. No, really! Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed as much to us during last year's Tokyo Game Show, blaming the portable racer's vaporware status on the Gran Turismo 5 time sink. Don't expect much movement on the mobile front until Polyphony makes it through the post-Prologue development chicane."We had been developing the PSP version, but the problem was that the PS3 version took much more time and effort than we had first imagined," Yamauchi recently told Eurogamer. "So that's been delayed - I don't think we'll be able to make the end of this year for the PSP version, but we are working on it."
If and/or when the final product eventually arrives, Polyphony Digital hopes for it to have an online component "linked" to the PlayStation 3 version. As promising as that sounds, we're still going to file this one as a DNF until we see more.
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Mills and Boom @ Apr 4th 2008 8:10AM
Well that's no good! I'd rather buy this than the alternative GT demo out at the moment.
Really I would. What with Crisis Core coming out in June, albeit with a fancy art book. Give my PSP some play time.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Apr 4th 2008 10:25AM
is there a special edition Crisis Core coming out in June or something? cause it's out now.
DMeisterJ @ Apr 4th 2008 8:12AM
This game is never coming.
voodoo_craig @ Apr 4th 2008 8:22AM
Vaporware anyone?
PojoMofo @ Apr 4th 2008 10:02AM
DING DING DING!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!
I dont think ever see GT:PSP
Slayer @ Apr 4th 2008 8:36AM
Thats it. I give up. I don't care anymore.
FrankTheCrank @ Apr 4th 2008 8:38AM
You know, this is REALLY SAD. The PSP has been screaming for GT since its introduction. What is going on with Sony? GT is the PREMIERE racing game. And for it to not show up on the PSP is a shame.
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Apr 4th 2008 9:20AM
GT is extremely important to any of Sony's platforms, because they are almost instantly AAA games. The fact that no PSP GT has come out is somewhat insulting...
...but if it will be worth the wait, then I'd rather wait. Once this does hit (if it does) Sony will make a HUGE deal about the game and the PSP and GT will be selling like condoms on Hump Day.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 4th 2008 9:29AM
I'd rather they not make it than make it bad just because they feel obligated to Sony hardware. I mean, can you imagine the needed percision for driving GT5's challenges with the nub?
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Apr 4th 2008 10:28AM
its Polyphony Digital, they take ten forevers on every Gran Turismo game. i mean i love the attention to detail and the games are always great but the long waits we endure for them are ridiculous. if we see GT Mobile at all, it probably wont be til holidays of '09 or even early '10 cause they wont start on it til GT5 is done and that is still a year away apparently. i need a GT fix bad. damn this waiting.
Royale @ Apr 4th 2008 10:34AM
At the e3 when the PSP was first shown there was a huge model of the PSP proudly displaying Gran Turismo on the screen, and this was 4 years ago?
justly @ Apr 4th 2008 9:24AM
worth the wait??? PSP came out When???
Kweli @ Apr 4th 2008 9:41AM
Worth the wait, hahahaha
Lets not forget, this game was supposed to come out along with the PSP.. they were advertising them side by side
Noshino @ Apr 4th 2008 9:51AM
actually, I heard more people talking about Devil May Cry Portable than GT PSP...
That was also why I bought my PSP at launch...Goddamn Capcom
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Apr 4th 2008 10:37AM
yep GT Mobile was the reason i bought my PSP right after launch, then it kept gettin habitually delayed and i became a sad panda. even if its good, there is no way it can be worth the wait, we've already waited over 3 years with probably 2 more if interpreting this article right.
KeenCommander @ Apr 4th 2008 9:50AM
I don't even care anymore, there's no shortage of good PSP driving games already. No need to wait for this vaporware port. Maybe they'll finish it before Duke Nukem Forever is released in 2025.
JRM @ Apr 4th 2008 9:57AM
This is one of the major reasons why PSP ended up a distant 2nd in the console war. Its best 1st party title never came out on the system in time. Now, no one cares whether it even comes out or not, much less buying a PSP for it.
It would have been a different story had it come out at the same time as Mario Kart DS, or Brain Age.
Max @ Apr 4th 2008 10:28AM
This game is the whole reason I bought my PSP (a week after its release date) they said it would be out by summer (back then) Either way, is it even worth porting a 4 year old game?
Royale @ Apr 4th 2008 10:36AM
If it means porting a great PS2 game to a handheld...? then yes. Let's face it, all the GT games do with every release is get more cars and shinier graphics, which is fine, but the one thing they do not have is a portable solution.
Virtuous @ Apr 4th 2008 11:21AM
PD says 2009. I say 2010! You have to add at least 1 year to any date PD says.
Martez @ Apr 4th 2008 12:14PM
This game would be worthless to me without some form of online. And these guys can't seem to do it right on the PS3 so I don't have high hopes. Actually, I didn't really care that much to begin with, the GT series' pace is too meticulous for me; I'm just not enough of a gearhead to care about fine-tuning my brake ratio and keeping an eye on tire wear.
el serpiente @ Apr 4th 2008 1:17PM
So this would be worthless to you without online, but this isn't your kind of game anyway. Hmm, so wouldn't the whole game be worthless to you, whether there's online or not? But thanks for sharing, it was a valuable contribution...
Martez @ Apr 4th 2008 2:11PM
About as valuable as yours, sir.
I was saying that while I don't really care about this series, the handheld version still needs online for it to be worth any kind of a damn. The system already has plenty of racing games.
why not the LS2/LS7? @ Apr 4th 2008 12:53PM
It wouldn't be a Polyphony Digital game if it weren't delayed.
Mooseman721 @ Apr 4th 2008 2:58PM
Why not release the original on PSP through the store?
steve.bruno @ Apr 4th 2008 1:15PM
Duke is that you?
94 taurus owner @ Apr 4th 2008 4:30PM
why not just make two GT5's instead of a GT4M and GT5 almost everybody has GT4, I have GT4 I've been waiting for this since 2006 in fact that's one of the reasons I bought a PSP but don't fret playstation I'll wait another YEAR,
but who knows maybe they delayed it to make it a GT5 mobile.
sqweak @ Apr 4th 2008 7:11PM
I see what you did there, Ludwig. ;)
Bravo to both making a racing joke (DNF = Did Not Finish) *and* a video game joke with the same 3 letters
Dio @ Apr 4th 2008 11:29PM
Um, I guess people with CFW will just have to emulate an older version? Take that, Sony.
Phour ZwanZig @ Apr 5th 2008 2:31AM
Haa like me?
GT2 on my PSP...