Yamauchi: We will give the release date of GT5 soon.
In a
short but sweet interview with AutoWeek magazine which must have fallen through the cracks with all the other E3 news,
GT series creator Kazunori Yamauchi stated that We will give the release date of
Gran Turismo 5 soon. The question remains, though - just how soon is soon? Speculation is mounting in
our forums, with many pointing towards the upcoming
Tokyo Game Show this September 24-27. Aside from taking place on Polyphony Digitals home turf (their offices are located in Tokyo), the 2007 TGS show is where they announced the release date for
GT5 Prologue. While this is just speculation, you can see the pieces of the puzzle would fit together quite nicely. Another surprisingly interesting portion of the interview came when Yamauchi was asked about
Gran Turismo 1s development:
AW: How hard was it to make that first game?
KY: It took five years. In those five years, we could not see the end. I would wake up at work, go to sleep at work. It was getting cold, so I knew it must be winter. I estimate I was home only four days a year.
He also mentioned the original game was created by a staff of only 7 people! Oh, how things have changed
.