Sony Computer Entertainment BeNeLux today announced a estimated price for the Blu-ray Disc-version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which will be released in december. The BD-version will cost you 45 euro's, according to Sony.
Sony emphasized that Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is actually a full game, like Warhawk. With 40 cars, 5 tracks, 1080p graphics, 60 frames per second and a whole new online world for up to 16 people, this game is worth 45 euro's. Sony will also introduce a new feature, called GT TV. Here, you can download tv-shows about cars. These programs will be localised, so England for example will get Top Gear and The Netherlands will get for example Veronica's 'De grote Beurt'.
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i just wounder how much would microsoft make $$ if they called the HALO3 beta full MMOFPS games and sold them for 3/4 of the full version game
on PSn
MS made people buy crackdown to get into the Halo beta? Piss off.
@Jenzo: Firstly, while you may have bought the game for itself, a good amount of people bought the game specifically for Halo 3 Beta. Ms knew this. Also, my comment was directed and Evil Angel, who thinks MS didn't charge for the entrance.
Crackdown is Crackdown. It's not Crackdown Prologue with one city part, 2 agents and 4 different weapons. Lol.
Creds to Sony though, they know that a lot of PS3 owners would buy a sack of sh#t if it had the Playstation logo on it.
If it's a full game, then why is it called Prologue? Are they gonna release GT 5: Epilogue after GT5 is out? The first pages of a novel can contain a prologue, but never in my entire life have I encountered a novel that only consisted of a prologue.
We already did get the GT demo, this is like a super demo. We WE DONT PAY FOR DEMOS. WE ALSO DONT PAY FOR THE BETA's IE warhawk. You had to buy crackdown if you wanted to be in the Halo beta.
Your a fanboy and have a bone in your brain
I will say this though, even as "half a game" it still looks better than any other racing game available on all platforms. And it's not like they are asking you to pay full price, 45 Euro's 3/4 of what you would normally pay, and this is only the retail version.
How much do you think downloadable version will cost?
Even so I will wait for a review to see whether it is worth buying, but I will definitely get the full game whenever that is released
Prologue is not something new for the GT series. They had a GT3 Prologue and a GT4 Prologue. They are full games, just not the final product. GT5 will have over 300 cars and many more tracks. GT5 Prologue is the full game, just limited.
Oh, and just to remember, as far as I know, only the BD version of GT5 Prologue will have damage. The PSN download will not.
I can argue, no prob =) People b##tch about the length of Gears of War. They say it's not enough. Lots of talk about which games should be considered full games etc. They say EA's games should not be released because some of them have flaws. Then Polyphonic comes along and releases what is not even 1/3 of an upcoming title, and you say it's a full game? It does not matter how good the game is (I know it will be great), it's the principle of what they are doing that is sh#tty. How would you like it if other developers started releasing prologue glimpses of their games that you had to pay for? I don't like that thought.
To the morons bashing Crackdown. Look at it this way - You got a full game with the Halo 3 beta invitation or you got a Halo 3 beta invitation with the full game.
@America
I didn't have to pay for mine, I joined via the beta signups at bungie.net....hmmm weird
As well last I checked Crackdown SOLD immensely got good reviews and people loved the game....
@resistance
Yes this is a demo, Lets look at the definition for words.
http://www.google.com/searc...
^ googles web define of the word demo.
Demonstration software - usually a special version of a commercial program that can be freely downloaded on a trial basis; often has limited features or expires after a period of time.
a playable section of a game.
http://www.google.com/searc...
Googles Web define of Prologue
an introduction to a play
An introductory piece that presents the background for an opera.
A short race or time trial that is held on the beginning day of a stage race, such as in the Tour de France.
Both definitions are similiar in a very many ways, Both basically mean a short thing Before the full thing.
Regardless of what you want to say, This game is a demo, Thats it a demo! Its a small portion of the full game that will be released later, Heres to hoping that sony comes up with the idea that if you buy this game, you either get a major discount on the full game or you get the full game for free Because without they will be asking games to pay 120 dollars for a game or more!
The defition of words prove my point, and the sheer fact of logic does as well, This is not the full game, Its a sampling of the full game to be released later, You cannot do, or see or have every thing in this game that you can in the full game, the VERY Idea and defition of a demo.
Bs3/Comment 52 said it best
If this was a full game, then id be called gt5 not gt 5 prologue.
I take it you xbots never played GT4 Prologue
GT5 prologue is almost a full game, and is handy as you can transfer your cars, money etc over to GT5 when it arrives.
Right now tell me this
What 'demo'
has
16player online
HOME intergration
GT-TV - download Top gear ^_^ (thats right i live in the UK)
40 Cars
5 Tracks
Full single player with championships which you can win stuff on and offline multiplayer modes.
Plus More.
Go on tell me thats a demo?
Prologue games are great as it allows us to play GT games which i along with its massive fanbase want, rather than having to wait for months for the final game.
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27 - or AKA theMART wanabee name the demo's which we have to pay for
32 - Agreed, it has never been a demo, its been much more than that
36 - Yes it has that but it also has tons of other features
Plus the fact that you will be able to get ten's of hours or more of gameplay out of it
I dunno about this...
Considering full price games for UK is 40-50quid or $80-$100 and they aren't charging full price expect it to cost $40dollars, however PSN version could be cheaper
When does GT5P arrive.
Also its more than a demo, 40cars, 5 tracks, 16 player online, HOME support etc. Heck thats more than Motorstorm had
This is not your regular less than 20 minutes demo my dear friend. I think most of us will be more than happy to pay 30 to 40 dollars for it. And with 16 player online and home integration, only GT5 can complete this package.
O and im waiting for the idiot whos running around disagreeing to disagree with me.
"I thought GT TV would be like something where you get to watch other peoples races or something, that would have been a good feature." You mean like PGR3? I don't think they want to do that.. People will acuse them of copycats.
@ThaGeNeCySt - Did you know both of those games are made by Microsoft Game studio? Did you also know that PGR developers help adding this feature to Forza? Well... that wouldnt be copy.. Microsoft can't copy themselves. Sony copying this from Forza 2 or PGR would be different.
Expensive or not. Ultimately your choice if you want to purchase it.
but thats the blu-ray version, no word as to the price off PSN yet?
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and what does the U.S. get...Nascar Time: The beer chugging contest?...or Twisted Tunerz: Ghetto whips for ghetto guys...
seriously though what is over here?...motor trend TV is pretty poopy, as is the magazine...and then its just those terrible truck and muscle car Edelbrock shows on Spike TV...
remember the bugati across europe
I am a Brand Taurismo fan so I will definitely get it BD or psn dont matter to me.
Lair, Warhawk, HS, GT5p
All of these games needed more time to bake, but Sony pushed them to get the games out, regardless.
Point 2 - GT5 has been in development since before PGR3 came out
Point 3 - Yes lair was rushed, but i disagree with warhawk, HS, Gt5 etc they have all so far turned out great.
1 : the preface or introduction to a literary work
2 a : a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the beginning of a play b : the actor speaking such a prologue
3 : an introductory or preceding event or development
I was all for supporting the developer in charging for the prologue, but that seems a bit steep in my opinion.
but i do understand
45 Euros .... it would be cool to kno what that is in U.S. dollars im assuming its $60
@ monkey602
However it doesn't work like that. on that logic the PS3 would be 300quid over here. Europe is more expensive than america thus meaning that they will get it cheaper as they get tax added on after, plus other factors
EDIT:Hey resistance I'm not predicting how much it will cost in America. All I was saying was how much 45 Euro amounts to in Dollars. ;)
40 cars and 5 tracks is a totaly rip off for 60 bucks! Last time i looked (last time i was in Ireland) the dollar is around 1.8 in value compared to the pound. Im not real sure but i didnt think Egland and Northern Ireland use the Erou and they still use the pound.
ok that being said
I will still buy this game on day one just because i am a HUGE GT fan and i seen some gameplay video's that really looked awesome. Sony is pushing this out for the holidays and thats all well and good. But 60 bucks for a game with only 40 cars and 5 tracks is a bit steep. The online play better work perfect and if its intergrated with Home it will smooth out the fact i paided that much money for it.
GT is the daddy of all racers. Kinda like Halo/Unreal is the daddy of FPS
peace
now use your brain i sure the game will cost 45 dollars in america because for microsoft sony and nintendo dollars and euros are the same lol
Not necissarily bud. Warhawk cost 30 Euro and 40 Dollars on PSN. Also Europe is well known for having the most expensive prices. Before the launch of the PS3 I remember reading an article about the PS3 costing more in Europe than anywhere else, With Britain having to pay the most of any country.
crash damage is over rated. I dont really care to see the damage so long as the car itself gets dammage. Like i dont need to run into a wall and see my front end smashed but i do want the car to run poorly if i did run into the walls.
u get what im saying
GT5 wont be out for a long time so GT prolouge will have to hold us over for a very long time. With online play it should be able to do that
Warhawk does not have 5 maps...it has like 5 massive islands...Nobody knows the ins and outs of each map yet...there are spots to hide and explore on every single one all over the place...as with Motorstorm...
Motorstorms tracks are absolutely huge, with the game average for lap times being something like 3 minutes...there are 5 distiinct multiple paths in some tracks...and all have at least 3...I have played the crap out of that awesome game...and I still get hung up at times not remembering which path to take depending on the car...
I see your point...and GT5P will not have tracks like that...but everyone complained about how few tracks motorstorm had...then you would see them online having no idea where they were going because they hadn't even learned the maps that were there to begin with...I don't get tired of content until I have seen all of it over and over and over...both Warhawk and Motorstorm ship with enough stuff, despite looking tiny on paper, to keep you buys for months...
I lost a bubble :( For what??!!
I would pay max 40 USD
PS3 games cost 70 euros. 45 euros isn't too bad, but I thought they announced it would be free.
Whatever the price is, so long as it's not huge, like £40 I'll get it. They'll probably add something into the full game that allows you to load your savegame from prologue and either give you more money to start or access to more cars. That's what they did before.
I'm just gonna wait until GT5. I'm not gonna pay half price to play less then half of a full game. It's a little on the pricy side. I also think this prolouge only confuses the general gaming population. Just come out with another small demo and then realease the final product. As a PS fan, I'm not toooo stoked on this whole idea.
Paying $40 for an unfinished game? If this were M$ you bi+ches would be all over them and you know it.
Im glad Im not a friggin fanboy because I wouldnt put up with such BS.
And for those that said we paid for CRACKDOWN to get the HALO 3 beta: CRACKDOWN was actually a good game with very good co-op mode, so whats your point.
Now you know why people pay for XBOX LIVE.
You fanboys love to go off about how your online service is free. yet look what we have here, you have to pay for demos! Enjoy that, I'll be playing COD4 beta...free. Oh and the Halo 3 beta was great, better than anything launching on your console...and that was free.
they can charge for a gt5 demo.
how many cars are in the forza 2 demo ?
forza 2 demo had 24 cars across 3 classes.
I cant download TOP GEAR shows cause im in the US!!. WTF!!!. I like that show.