Gran Turismo 7 Will Return to Traditional Full-Scale Gran Turismo Experience - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2021 / 1,382 Views
Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi in an interview with Octane said Gran Turismo 7 will return to a traditional full-scale experience like in Gran Turismo 1 and 4.
"We see Gran Turismo as an avant-garde title, and have consciously incorporated new challenges with each change of generation," Yamauchi said. "That’s why each series has its own fans, but sometimes the changes come to users as a surprise. For example, with Gran Turismo Sport, which is available now, we took on a full-scale eSports challenge as our first online-dedicated title, but some people may have considered this bizarre.
"We acquired 9.5 million users as a result, but it didn’t sell like crazy from the beginning—more like appreciation gradually grew and support increased over the course of three years."
"With Gran Turismo Sport, I think we were able to achieve our fairly ambitious design," Yamauchi added. "That’s why with Gran Turismo 7, we’re carrying over elements that we brought out in Gran Turismo Sport like Championships, while also returning to a traditional full-scale experience like Gran Turismo 1 and 4 to offer the best Gran Turismo available. So fans of the old Gran Turismo may feel somewhat nostalgic."
Gran Turismo 7 will launch for the PlayStation 5 in 2021.
Thanks, Gematsu.
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Please be a ps5 only game
that's all I want a classic old school GT experience with next gen graphics.
Considering BC can get GTS on PS5 for whoever still wants the e-sport I`m in full support to full GT experience.
Also great that they gave us an update of 9.5M users.
Sales would be better to know. Though the game has not been offered through PS Plus or PS Now yet so the sales/users ratio could be strong.
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