GT5 could maybe possibly come to Chinese PCs, perhaps

by Kyle Orland { Apr 16th 2008 at 2:00AM }

Oh, that Kazunori Yamauchi. He loves to tease us. In an interview with Germany's derStandard (partially translated by develop), the man behind the Gran Turismo series says it would be "very, very improbable that GT will come out on another console." No surprise there, but then that little scamp of a developer entices us with a line about the series "perhaps [coming] to the PC. Particularly [for] the Chinese market."

Of course, a PC version would be the only sane choice for the Chinese market, where the PS3 is not officially released and the PC dominates the gaming scene -- and Yamauchi didn't even confirm that such a Chinese PC version exists. But we can just imagine how this quote will morph and mutate in the hands of fanboys, until, sometime soon, someone will ardently argue that Yamauchi actually confirmed an Wii version of GT5 would be out any day now. Mark our words ...

[via PS3Fanboy]

Tags: china, Gran-turismo-5, GT5, polyphony digital, polyphony-digital, polyphonydigital, SCEA, sony, yamauchi

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

GhettoLevis @ Apr 16th 2008 2:18AM

Austria! Ye Gods, it's Austria, not Germany!

There's a major difference: Austria does not ban games.

Jansperus @ Apr 16th 2008 3:23AM

No, it just births incarnations of EVIL responsible for the suffering of millions.
I of course mean Governor Schwarznegger.

343 Guilty Fart @ Apr 16th 2008 1:14PM

Did they not notice the '.at' attached to the end? Now back to the Bim!

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 16th 2008 2:28AM

Will Sony start using an exclusive thing like Microsoft does on their cases where it says "Exclusive to PS3 and PC"?

Curmeo 2.0 @ Apr 16th 2008 2:30AM

good job Orland, now the Xbox fanboys will obsess over GT5 like they do with MGS4.

mundox @ Apr 16th 2008 2:42AM

remember kids PC > Any console :P

Tiptup300 @ Apr 16th 2008 8:18AM

Yeah, its also very social too, I always have my friends over to watch me play crysis. Much better than that rock band fad!

GRANTED @ Apr 16th 2008 9:03AM

haha mundox has no friends

FireStiq @ Apr 16th 2008 2:51AM

I may be over reaching here, but am I the only one who thinks SONY is just talking out of their ass again with another one of their promises.

1. GT is one of Sony's biggest cash cow
2. Still waiting for GT4 PSP (Vapor ware today 70% completed tomorrow)

GT5 + PC + China = PIRATE HEAVEN :(

Tiptup300 @ Apr 16th 2008 8:20AM

1) Release GT5 for PS3
2) Release GT5 for PC in china
3) ??????
4) PROFIT!

Kuro @ Apr 16th 2008 2:50AM

What the hell does this even mean?

Deprincer @ Apr 16th 2008 2:58AM

does the average chinese gamer have the hardware to run this type of game?

Einhanderkiller @ Apr 16th 2008 3:16AM

Yes. The graphics settings just need to be turned down. It'll probably look like an Xbox game on low-end computers, but if GT5 has good gameplay, then that shouldn't matter much.

diiwan @ Apr 17th 2008 4:37AM

derstandard.at is an austrian newspaper. not from germany...

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 16th 2008 4:28AM

GT5: Wii Edition, confirmed. Looks more like GT4, has waggle controls (but GameCube controller as an option, but it's been nerfed), and sketchy online mode!

You heard it here first, folks!

Ally @ Apr 16th 2008 4:47AM

Ive never been a fan of racing games on PC, dont know what it is, but just dosent feel natural. :/

drun @ Apr 16th 2008 5:08AM

I'm in China, have a HK PS3, downloaded JP GT5P, so I'm fine with that. When Blu-ray is official in China, I think PS3 will have a chance here, a cheap Blu-ray player is always welcome.
However I think Driving Force would work better on PC because I can adjust it with software.
But a bigger screen is much better, so I prefer PS3 ver.

btw, Yamauchi looks handsome in this picture, the photographer really has some skills.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 16th 2008 6:59AM

And to think that Fidelus Wong flamed me all the way to hell and back(even called me a pretentious prat) when I joked that GT franchise is becoming a "big mean sellout :'(".

I'm not a fan of GT(or racing games besides Burnout 3) but I might as well buy/torrent it just to say I did.

Take dat Zony fanbois and yer "exglusives"!!!1

PS: j/k.Please refrain from insulting me or replying with 10 paragraphs full of hatred and flames.

Benny @ Apr 16th 2008 7:02AM

I suppose this would still make it a PS3 exclusive, right Ken?

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 16th 2008 7:25AM

Well...modded 360 can do quite a lot of different things.I wouldn't be too surprised if there was a 360 playing PS3 ROMS(rays!?)

Tiptup300 @ Apr 16th 2008 8:22AM

Not sure about you but I would be surprised if their was a PS3 Emulator for the 360 that ran faster than .25 FPS.

wickedpheonix @ Apr 16th 2008 7:30AM

Well, if it comes to the Chinese market as a PC version, how much is it going to cost to do a US localization? Especially because they don't have to hire translators or anything, since you know the PS3 version is US localized. Think cost-benefit here people, a PC version for China means a PC version for the US....

samfish @ Apr 16th 2008 9:01AM

Aww, Sony! You're so considerate! Making it even easier for the Chinese to pirate your best selling series like that!
That is *soooo* sweet!

Nein @ Apr 16th 2008 11:05AM

Sigh, Joystiq gets the article wrong days after everyone has already discussed it.

The question was if any of the Gran Turismo series would ever appear on another platform.

GT5 coming to PC anytime within the next 5 years? Extremely unlikely! A port of any GT game coming to PC for Chinese? Somewhat more likely, but still not going to happen, they've been talking about a PC version of GT since the first one.