In a (not) surprising twist of events, Polyphony Digital announced that the game needs more work and that it's being delayed, but reassured the fans that it will still be released in 2010.
"Creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating the perfect racing experience, and we are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches." is all what they had to report.
On a personal note, I never was interested in this game. After all the delays, it sort of slipped under the "hyped" radar, and while they do promise the "best racing experience", but just like in politics, a promise remains a promise.
After all these delays that just won't end, this game better be the messiah of racing games, or else it will fail miserably. The more it gets delayed, the more it is being built up and hyped up.
Slowly, this is becoming "The Dark Knight" of video games in terms of anticipations and expectations, and one could argue that it will only hurt the game once it actually comes out. The critics will crucify it for the smallest mistakes, and the fans will be expecting entertainment for months, only to be disappointed.
As we all know, no video game could ever live up to this kind of hype, which is why I fear that Gran Turismo 5 will have an amazing launch, but word of mouth and bad reviews will bury the game within two years.
I certainly would hope that I am wrong and that GT5 does live up to the hype, but I fear in the age we are living in, people will be looking more towards what makes this game bad and compare it to the lengthy amount of delays it got.
