Gran Turismo 5 gets a new release date: November 24

by Christopher Grant on Nov 12th 2010 9:50AM

Sony confirmed the release date for Gran Turismo 5 (again) today: November 24 is the date you can circle in your High Polygon Cars of 2010 novelty calendar.

In announcing the new date, Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi (pictured above hand-pressing each and every GT5 disc himself!) said, "Satisfying the loyal Gran Turismo followers is at the heart of all of our efforts, which is why it was such a difficult decision to delay the release of the game, and one which we did not take lightly. I can only apologize to everyone for making you wait so long, and I hope that when you try out the wealth of driving experiences available in Gran Turismo 5, you will not be disappointed."

And just because we like (and, yes, feel a little sorry for) you, Gran Turismo superfan #1, we'll point out Amazon's deal of the day: a third-party PS3 steering wheel, just the thing you need to get ready for GT5. Should you take Amazon up on its offer, the wheel would be in your home well before November 24, or whatever future date Sony inevitably pushes Gran Turismo 5 back to.

[Photo credit: Frank Filipponio; GIF source: jockamo]

Source: SCEA

Tags: Gran-Turismo-5, playstation, Polyphony-Digital, ps3, release-date, SCEA, SCEI

Reader Comments (79)

I love Joystiq.

@Chazzr I love the difference in votes between your comments

Boom de yada boom de yada boom de yada boom de yada?

@Chazzr

Nooooo. Cause half the people on here aren't allowed to post at Kotaku!

@Chazzr

If you actually care about downvoting, you need to take a good look at yourself.

best animation ever! move over Pixar™!

Damn! That's amazing technology if Gran Turismo 5 can fit on a single CD-R!! Kazunori Yamauchi is an amazing bastard!! And he's doing it with his bare hands! I knew that guy was a mystic!

@jtsuth

I wanna know how many he has printed since joystiq first posted up the live cam!

I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally hope this is going to live up to everybodies expectations

@zefur

Don't worry. It'll live up to them so well that it'll kill them.

It's the kinda death I've been waiting for.

@zefur

I'm confident the game is going to be amazing.

But it would be pretty hilarious if it was awful, after all this wait. Chances of that happening are 0.0%.

Yay and stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it wrong of me to not believe this?

@Entegy yes, because that's TWELVE FCKING DAYS FROM NOW

Are those 700MB CD-R disks? Damn Gran turismo must be a tiny game then!

Oh no... You need to use ALL of those discs to play GT5!

@doubtingthomas

that guy is a genius, he can turn CD's into GT5 Bluray discs

@doubtingthomas

It's a driving simulator. You've got to learn to swap out your CD's while you're driving.

Great pic.

But since apparantly people are already playing it in some parts of the world, wouldn't this release date just be an official release date, and not a release date release date?

Speaking of steering wheels and GT5, if you preorder GT5 at Future Shop (obviously, Canada only), you get a free steering wheel. Apparently it's not suppose to be the best quality, but its better than stickers or whatever crap other games offer as pre-order bonuses.

Source: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277956

Wow, a gif to rival the "It prints money" image.

so let me get this straight ...

GT5 - one of the biggest games in the history of Playstation - is being released in less than two weeks, the day before a major US holiday?

Yeah, that sounds feasible and not a stupid marketing decision at all. Are they planning to do three days of ads to announce it? Because by the time they run out the press and marketing materials and distribute it all that's about how much time they will have to advertise it.

@Chazzr

Thanksgiving week comprises road trips and long family get togethers and if you are shopping at any time that week it will be on the 26th - but only for bargains. Anyone with any sense stays away from stores on that day.

@arkweld

Who says gamers have any sense anyway lol

Sony has been advertising this game for 6 years.

@arkweld

Let me help you get this straight.

Gran Turismo is going to sell well regardless. It is going to continue to be a big seller for a very long time.

Black Friday is a big selling day in the US, and a lot of people will get this via the internet anyway.

I'm sure the biggest disappointment is that some people would have bought a PS3 and GT5 and perhaps a 3D TV as a gift, and that sort of gift takes planning. It's still going to move hardware and do well for a long time. I bet it's still selling quite a lot of units in a few months.

@Dustin F

Who's gifting 3D TV's !? Tell them Negatron is a great friend/companion and will stand by them until the end!
Err ...Well all that up until i get the TV :) Its been fun!

@arkweld

I'll be buying a PS3 that weekend and playing my copy of GT5 that G4 is SUPPOSED to send me. I might just buy it because I'm not sure if I can wait that long.

@Marco le Polo Knowing G4, you sure its not a DVD season of COPS?

@Marco le Polo

Send me your extra copy if you do! :D

Yes!! Kazunori Yamauchi-san and his clones have some very awesome work efficiency those disks are getting pressed in no time!

Of course, that steering wheel is pure crap. I'm just looking for a place to get a cheap G27.

@dagamer34

If they dropped it to $200 for 1 day in light of this release, they could probably take the next 2 years off.

Game is done. That's the funny thing. It's already out there, there are videos of people playing it. It made this last delay odd because some people have already gotten their hands on it.

And someone needs to mail Kazunori Yamauchi this picture.

hallelujah.!!!

I don't care about Gran Turismo 5, I just popped in because the animation was so dang epic. Great job!! Just a note: The animation flies in Firefox but drags in Safari. Don't ask me why I happen to know that.

@Milf Biggenson

Works good for me in both browsers.

@Milf Biggenson
I'm pretty sure they didn't create the .gif. I've seen it on at least 3 different websites.

Can't wait to get the new Gt5 and Ps3 blue bundle. This will be the best holiday in five years.

ROFLMAO @ the hand pressing of labels!! Hey i hope that's what has caused the delay. Ok! now let me read the rest of the original Post. xD

anyone else thought this would be released 2011 lol...i was sooo wrong

I cant, cant believe it!!!!

Imagine if a release date for Duke Nukem Forever was announced today?!

Seeing an animated picture on Joystiq blew my mind.

As did the post itself. Could I actually be playing GT5 in a few weeks?!

Awesome Gif. I hope the game is as cool as this image.

Too late. Had it come on time I would have bought it, but I won't play it even if I did buy on the 24 thanks to NFS: Hot Pursuit and Assassin's Creed:Brotherhood. Speaking of AC, anybody else find it funny that AC was able to crank out 3 games before Gran Turismo was able to produce one?

@ChaoticracerX

I don't find that funny.

@ChaoticracerX And so did Forza. Blah blah.

Who cares.

@ChaoticracerX

And you think people actually CARE about you buying NFS (...too easy to make fun of...where to start) and AC?

Thanksgiving?

Awesome

oh yeah hit that thing harder yamauchi

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