Gran Turismo 5: Flirting with Online?

Amazing how just when everything seemed perfect with Gran Turismo everything begins looking odd.

"We wanted to keep those experiments to a rather smaller compact designed game and be able to experiment on a base that is small rather than having a humongous base to start with and for us to be for the first time bringing the online elements to the franchise with the scale of a huge mothership so to say."PS3fanboy...

What the heck is wrong with these guys? The way you deal with this type of thing is to study other games and you see how they do it. But Polyphonic doesn't do that. While I assumed this meant that they more or less knew what they were doing. But as it turns out...
From the demo on PSN, I really wasn't impressed with the graphics or the handling of the cars. If Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is an experiment, then why are we paying for it?
I'm sure the final product, Gran Turismo 5. Will be great, they all ways manage to be. But why are we paying for what amounts to an extended demo?

Most expemsive Preview EVER!

IGN, "GT5 Prologue Price Rumors "Categorically Incorrect"

Internet rumours fail again as Sony UK says demo won't cost 45 Euros.

by Rob Burman, IGN

UK, September 12, 2007 - SCEE has quashed internet rumours suggesting that the Blu-ray version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will cost 45 Euros when it launches in Europe later this year. According to Sony, these reports are "categorically incorrect", with no decisions regarding price currently made.

Originally, various internet sources had claimed that price news had been announced by Sony Computer Entertainment Benelux (covering Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) during a press event.

However, while a Sony UK spokesperson did reiterate that Prologue won't be be free - unlike the previous demo - they confirmed that a price point for both Blu-ray and PlayStation Network versions of the game are "still all to be agreed"."

45 Euros is around $60 American. This is insane. Another instance of Sony acting like they have god's gift to gaming. I SERIOUSLY doubt anyone will be buying this game. From what I've seen of the title it just doesn't seem to be complete enough to warrant the price of a full game. I truly hope that this is truly a rumor. But considering this story keeps rearing it's head; it's hard to believe it to be untrue. At the very least I'm hoping the PSN version will be MUCH cheaper.

[UPDATE]

PS3fanboy says," Hidden away in Sony's TGS catalog was a shocking revelation: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue's Japanese release date and price. Scheduled for December 13th, the game sample (demo, as we used to call) will retail for a whopping ¥4,980 ($43.10) on Blu-ray and ¥4,500 ($38.95) when downloaded through the PlayStation Store. Although the game will feature stunning graphics and many features of the final game, this seems as much too high for a game that has a limited track and vehicle selection. We hope that this kind of sticker shock doesn't come across the Pacific into other territories."

This was first reported by me and IGN back on the 12th.. It is truly hard to believe that Sony could be serious about this non-sense.

Gran Turismo Prologue To Cost Some REAL DOUGH!

IGN, "GT5 Prologue Price Rumors "Categorically Incorrect"

Internet rumours fail again as Sony UK says demo won't cost 45 Euros.

by Rob Burman, IGN

UK, September 12, 2007 - SCEE has quashed internet rumours suggesting that the Blu-ray version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will cost 45 Euros when it launches in Europe later this year. According to Sony, these reports are "categorically incorrect", with no decisions regarding price currently made.

Originally, various internet sources had claimed that price news had been announced by Sony Computer Entertainment Benelux (covering Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) during a press event.

However, while a Sony UK spokesperson did reiterate that Prologue won't be be free - unlike the previous demo - they confirmed that a price point for both Blu-ray and PlayStation Network versions of the game are "still all to be agreed"."

45 Euros is around $60 American. This is insane. Another instance of Sony acting like they have god's gift to gaming. I SERIOUSLY doubt anyone will be buying this game. From what I've seen of the title it just doesn't seem to be complete enough to warrant the price of a full game. I truly hope that this is truly a rumor. But considering this story keeps rearing it's head; it's hard to believe it to be untrue. At the very least I'm hoping the PSN version will be MUCH cheaper.