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We just asked Kazunori Yamauchi, the father of Gran Turismo, in an interview here at SEMA, the question on everyone's minds — when will GT5 finally be released? His response: "The discs are being stamped as we speak."

The picture above is Kazunori making a disc-stamping motion with his hands as he answered our query on the ever-shifting release date. We did talk about a number of different topics other than the release — and we'll have more coming shortly — but for the moment, we thought we'd at least bring you that response.

http://jalopnik.com/5679823/kazunori-the-[gt5]-discs-are-being-stamped-as-we-speak



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7th November (2010) update:

 

[demosthenes]

YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS

 

[Fersis]

Which pretty much confirms a 2010 release.

* Hugs PS3 GAF *

 

[jetsetfluken]

Oh yeahhhhhhhh.

Ironically I got my Amazon email today about the "new date of December 31, 2010".
Here's hoping it comes before that placeholder.

 

[Wario64]

I have a feeling they're just gonna drop these at stores ASAP without a street date.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Why is the image titled for George Takei? :lol

Either way...


FUCK YES

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Very happy news

 

[flyinpiranha]

YAY!

 

[DMeisterJ]

 

[offshore]

Seriously...why couldn't Sony have just told us that it went gold?

 

[jetsetfluken]

I have a feeling they're just gonna drop these at stores ASAP without a street date.

That would be hilarious. Tomorrow the game is out on shelves and we don't even know.

 

[Forkball]

In before we find out the trucks carrying the discs have been hijacked.

 

[MidnightScott]

Will probably be out December 5th or something lol

 

[spats]

I think I'm gonna hold the champagne until I actually have the game, but this is potentially good news.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Awwwwwwwwwww yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Raide]

Until I see the game in my local stockist, I won't believe it. :lol

It's all some cunning ruse!

 

[thechemist]

High five guys, its finally coming!

 

[V_Ben]

Huzzah!

 

[Kaako]

I'm alive to see this day, yaaaaaay me! <3

 

[Firewire]

Kaz is a God!

 

[VegaShinra]

Now where is Sony with an official announcement of it going gold?

Will hold excitement for an official announcement.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Does "discs being stamped" mean that it has gone gold? He could have been referring to the artwork on the disc, not necessarily the data being burned. Why wouldn't he had said the game had gone gold, or that it had finished, if that were the case?

 

[expy]

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

So Happy!

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Until I see the game in my local stockist, I won't believe it. :lol

It's all some cunning ruse!

I was about to say the same thing. Whatever PD, I no longer like carrots dangling from a stick. I'll wait until the rope is cut.

 

[Dead Prince]

please find something wrong with the game. just for the lulz.

 

[TheExodu5]

December 7. Have some balls.

 

[ultron87]

Headline: Disaster at Sony Disc Pressing Plant Delays GT5

 

[carpediemdp]

Which pretty much confirms a 2010 release.

* Hugs PS3 GAF *

Official thread song?

 

[XTERC]

Yeeeeehaaaaw. Please don't be toying with my emotions!

 

[REV 09]

Oh yeahhhhhhhh.

Ironically I got my Amazon email today about the "new date of December 31, 2010".
Here's hoping it comes before that placeholder.

yea, i just read this a minute ago.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/02/retailers-gran-turismo-5-to-miss-christmas-release/

Retailers: Gran Turismo 5 to miss Christmas release

by James Ransom-Wiley on Nov 2nd 2010 1:30PM
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Today was the day we were supposed to finally, maybe play Gran Turismo 5 -- not even Walmart, it seems, can get over the latest delay. A search for the game today on the retailer's site turned up an "In Stock" result (pictured above); though clicking through to the product prompted only a pre-order option.

While there remains no definitive release date for the comically-delayed sim racer, a Sony representative reiterated in a statement to Joystiq today that the publisher is "still aiming for this holiday" to launch GT5. Sony has backed up this target window by recently updating retailers, which passed the information along to their customers. Specifically, Amazon has notified GT5 pre-orderers of a "new delivery estimate based on the new release date" -- that date being December 31, 2010. (A full copy of one such email is posted after the break.)

Although there are exceptions (first-party Nintendo games tend to be released on Sundays), almost all video games are released on Tuesdays -- just like today -- in the U.S. And though Amazon appears to be acting on a date provided by the publisher, Sony confirmed December 31 is just a placeholder. "As far as the Amazon date goes," a Sony representative told us, "retailers have arbitrary dates that get listed to coincide with any given title's launch window if we haven't provided a specific date. So it's completely driven from their side [...] A placeholder if you will." Similarly, GameStop and Target now list January 1, 2011 placeholder release dates for GT5 (whereas GameFly is sticking with "TBD," for now).

Technically, you can get away with extending the holiday season into early January, and by all accounts, GT5 is still on track to meet this rather dubious date range. According to retailer expectations, however, no gamer -- big or small -- is going to be unwrapping Gran Turismo 5 from under the Christmas tree, or from any other location their loved ones might stack their presents this holiday. Unless, of course, Sony can pull off a last-minute miracle.

 

[Raide]

Does "discs being stamped" mean that it has gone gold? He could have been referring to the artwork on the disc, not necessarily the data being burned.

No, it means the Developers have copies and they are just stamping on them to tease/enrage fans.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I'm alive to see this day, yaaaaaay me! <3

Seriously thought I'd die before this game saw the light of day after this delay :lol

Edit:

I still can! D:

 

[Metalmurphy]

REJOICE!

 

[kamspy]

Day 0 patch locks the game out until a Day ? patch adds new features/tweaks and allows you to play.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Does "discs being stamped" mean that it has gone gold? He could have been referring to the artwork on the disc, not necessarily the data being burned. Why wouldn't he had said the game had gone gold, or that it had finished, if that were the case?

Japanese devs never (or at least I've never heard them) use the phrase "gone gold".

"Discs being stamped" 99% refers to just that - discs being burned.

 

[T.M. MacReady]

 

[Wario64]

December 7. Have some balls.

New Daft Punk and GT on the same day would be too awesome.

 

[Angst]

please find something wrong with the game. just for the lulz.

Some religious group finding lyrics that offends them would be quite hilarious.

 

[LiK]

Do not believe until I have it in my hands.

 

[Fersis]

yea, i just read this a minute ago.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/02/retailers-gran-turismo-5-to-miss-christmas-release/

CHRISTMAS STARTS WHEN KAZ SAYS SO.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I'll wait till I see it.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

November 30th, believe.

 

[demosthenes]

Sony to unveil new technology that allows Kaz Claus to fly around the world to all good PS3 owners a copy of GT5 under their tree?

I'll leave out cookies!

 

[tfur]

Are we sure that is the "hand stamping motion" and not the "shamalan-a-dingdong twist motion?"

There better not be some crazy translation problem with this one.

 

[speculawyer]

Wow. Congrats Polyphony.

So how many years was this in development?

 

[Shadow780]

Do not believe until I have it in my hands.

Do not believe until it's in my PS3, and the LOGO shows up on my glorious TV.

 

[Cdammen]

CNN Breaking News - Massive shipment of gaming software hijacked on the coast of Somalia

 

[tapedeck]

 

[Shurs]

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Until I see the disc penetrate my PS3 I will not believe.

Once bitten............

Spoiler

Fuck yes