Yamauchi insists Gran Turismo 5 discs being made 'as we speak'

by Andrew Yoon on Nov 2nd 2010 7:00PM

It appears Gran Turismo 5 may finally be finished. After countless delays, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi told car enthusiast website Jalopnik that the discs were being "stamped as we speak," while making a disc-stamping motion with his hands (seen above).

While retailers have recently placed skepticism on a pre-Christmas GT5 release, today's news should provide some hope for fans. Those Blu-ray manufacturing plants should be able to press a few million copies in time for a holiday release -- unless Yamauchi insists on making these discs personally. By hand. Each and every one of them.

[Thanks, Pat. T; photo credit: Frank Filipponio]

Source: Jalopnik

Tags: Gran-Turismo-5, kazunori-yamauchi, playstation, ps3, release-date

Reader Comments (65)

dammit Joystiq stop playing with my emotions

@PR0F3TA
You should scolt Joystiq much more for producing news based on retrailer filler dates.

Made my nipples hard.

Now all we need to know is the average time betwen pressing, shipping and selling games. Experts, rise and tell!

@DrRadon

Pressing: 14 days

Shipping: 7 days

Realizing that you accidentally shipped with an image of the Prophet Muhammed on one of the cars, initiating a global reacall, and rescheduling to release in Q1 2011: 1 day

@copa

Right, because we all know what Muhammad looks like.

@Raiki we do...didn't you see that episode of South park!?!?!?

@copa
Dear sir, I do believe you win the Internet today.

@Copa

@DrRadon

"Pressing: 14 days

Shipping: 7 days

Realizing that you accidentally shipped with an image of the Prophet Muhammed on one of the cars, initiating a global reacall, and rescheduling to release in Q1 2011: Priceless"

That's what it should have said. A missed opportunity…

@Aerospeed
Agreed, complete domination of the interweb

@Raiki
I'm willing to bet he was some guy, like the rest of us... except he's dead now and just so happens to be idolized... the same a jesus... or the spaghetti monster --- by a large number of fools.

on a serious note, that realistically enters the lives of everyone reading this thread.... GT5! IN PRODUCTION!!!! EFF YESSSSSS!

"I'm not saying there's anything in those discs yet, but the labels are pretty."

Well DUH....

hate to say it....but it feels like Sony didnt want GT5 sales to just DROP when Black Ops comes out....smh...Gran Turismo has always been a game that sales over time....I dont think they should have even worried about that....

My guess....Black Ops comes out next week....GT5 will come out either Black Friday...or the beginning of December.....

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

That's what I was thinking. Either release the same week/day for Black Friday or the first week of Dec. I just can't wait to play this damn game.

Long time in the making. And Sony/PD, GT5 better be good!

PS Where are the KB commercials?

@MLC the KB commercials will fire up shortly before release I'd imagine....

I went in Game Stop to talk to the store manager who is real cool people and I lie to you not....I was there for an hour....15 people came in to get their pre-orders......FIFTEEN!! people want this thing BAD!!!

HEY! I sent ya the tip too and i dont get credit too? :(

@Mustang Fanboy no.....#You2Slow

Maybe the translator had got it wrong, and Yamauchi was just commenting how he loved the waffle maker that they had at one of the hotels he stayed at.

That would make sense, right?

@MystileArmor I hate to say it but from what I have seen this is actually more believable then it actually being released. But I really hope it is finally released for the sake of Gran Turismo fans.

@MystileArmor
I look at this picture and see this:

Yamauchi: I learned an interesting new jutsu while watching Naruto the other day. . . .

PUMP THOSE MACHINES TO OVERDRIVE

@3

Our luck they burn out. Then more delays-_-

@3

Yes Overdrive....but not Star Power.......screw Star Power....

@3 damn overdrive.....

HYPERDRIVE THEM!!!

Until I hear the beautiful phrase "....has gone gold" I won't believe a single word

@KinseySS
There is no Stamping without the Data. It´s don. It´s Gold, it´s being produced. Erection!

@DrRadon

I know that, I just wany Joystiq to say it :)

Booya. That was my tip!

He's stamping the discs with labels, not data. He's got nothing but lies between those palms!

@Nolan North

In commercial disc manufacturing labels go on last, just before it's put in the case, basically.

@GreenElf
Thank you captain obvious

http://i.imgur.com/pmJEf.gif

Also, my prediction: December 7th, 2010.

@JDBar haha amazing

@JDBar OH SHIT!!!

@JDBar
I never thought I'd say something like this, but I want that image to become a meme.

@JDBar

nicely done.

http://www.plixer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/applause.gif

@Everyone

I just want to make sure you guys know I didn't make the gif, I found it on the GTPlanet forums.

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw that pic:

http://jackasscritics.com/images/movies/chappelle_show_01.jpg

@Apollo26 so uhhhhh try and go to that from a DIFFERENT browser that the one you found it in and tell me what you see

That's really a shame. Just think about all those discs they are gonna have to recall when it gets delayed again.

I call bullshit

Will I live long enough to see GT6?

@TheBatman4141 if it comes out on the PS3...then sure....PS4....ehhhhh

and in other news gran turismo 5 has been delayed again until sometime holiday 2011. thank you for your undying patience.

seriously guys, it's JUST a goddamn racing game.

@Liquidfingers its a lot more than that.....so much more detail goes into it thats it makes FORZA look like JUST a racing game....and Forza is GREAT!!

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

i'm not a big fan of the genre, but i have always enjoyed the way a good racing game takes advantage of the hardware that its on. plus, tracking the many delays of this game is pretty interesting to me. i wonder if this yamauchi, being the supposed perfectionist that he is, would be able to even make a good game if he wasn't backed by sony who apparently gives him all the time in the world to make his games "right".

@Liquidfingers It's basically an RPG for car enthusiasts. It's the Final Fantasy of car games. Because GT5 encompasses so many normal cars from so many eras-- you're really getting a lot of history, when you play. It's fun to go back to the 60's and drive Japanese cars when Americans were building muscle; see what Italians and French were doing, and others. What they're doing now. It's neat to see the differences in design philosophy and ability, differences in performance and target audience. Oh, and realistic graphics, physics and sound, too; and a wonderful menu system and ambient space that's never overbearing and easily navigable. It's a boy's adventure tale.

@Liquidfingers

The many delays? This game has been delayed one time. Sorry, bub.

@Haizeus

well well look at you master of the downvote cool man! thanks.

@Beloved Console

that's why i love it so much. it's not just a racing game, it's the driving simulator. so detailed and large scaled. i've been playing it since PS1 and you can't describe it much better than a driving RPG. i honestly can't get into any other racing game.

News just in: The machines scratched all the CDs, so they have to be recalled as they are faulty, the machine needs to be replaced and as it is so rare and took 6 years to make, it will take another year to be fixed, unique machine ftw!

I feel like I'm the only one that clicked the "with his hands" link because the animated gif or w/e is too hilarious and thought provoking to have no one comment on it yet.

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