Gran Turismo HD being phased out

by Andrew Yoon { Sep 27th 2007 at 9:30PM }

Last year's small taste of next-gen GT, Gran Turismo HD, is being removed from the Japanese PlayStation Store. Makes sense, considering Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is just around the corner. Beginning September 30th, the free download will no longer be available. The online stats tracking service that's included with the demo will continue, however.

There's no word on whether or not the US version of Gran Turismo HD will meet the same fate. It was a great gift while it lasted, and it's time to move on to bigger (and hopefully, better) things.

[Thanks, Kspraydad! Via Wired]

Tags: gran-turismo, gran-turismo-hd

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Justin @ Sep 27th 2007 9:43PM

lol. don't ever scare me like that again.

i read "Gran Turismo 5 Prolougue being phased out"

i read wrong.

phattie @ Sep 27th 2007 10:14PM

I wish i was better at racing games.. since i suck, i wont be buying GT5 :(

Andy @ Sep 27th 2007 10:18PM

@2

Don't take this the wrong way but you can't play Gran Turismo like Mario Kart. You have to balance gas and brake.

Something to notice if you feel inclined to play GT:HD again. The cars do not seem to collect shadows. I mean you can't see shadows on the cars which is odd when they are on the road beneath you. Just something to check out if your bored.

Heishiro @ Sep 27th 2007 10:30PM

GREAT!!! Now that clears the way for us to pay forty bucks for a DEMO... sigh... I cry nightly looking at my PS3 covered in dust...

HellGuard99 @ Sep 27th 2007 10:45PM

Heishiro, thats pathetic, all the gran turismo prologues required you to pay for them.

Jay @ Sep 28th 2007 12:05AM

i never played any of them gran turismo games. metal gear solid 4 baby! expect it to smash halo 3 opening sales. please fanboys dont reply to this and go do something else somewhere else thank you.

Jake @ Sep 28th 2007 12:45AM

#6, Not a fanboy post here, but there were more copies of halo 3 sold in 24 hours than there are playstation 3 consoles sold in the US. So unless 100% of the Blu-Ray watching people (cause that's about all u can do at this point with it) buy it, your MGS4 dream will never see the light of day.

Justin @ Sep 28th 2007 1:17AM

@ jake.....you can't compare the sales of a console to the sales of a game

thats like saying Apple has sold more songs on iTunes than Microsoft has sold Zune players...

i agree that his post made no sense by any means, but that just wasn't a good comparison.

busboy33 @ Sep 28th 2007 4:49AM

@ Justin --
you missed his point. He's not comparing console to game sales, he's saying that, with all respect to Kojima, MGS4 can't break the sales of Halo3 because there aren't enough PS3 owners to outdo H3 (even if the sales were 100%).. Unless, of course, the PS3 Nation buys 4 or 5 copies each.

Egster @ Sep 28th 2007 4:49AM

That is because Japan will get a demo of concept.

aetherdeus @ Sep 28th 2007 5:59AM

@7 & 9

Actually, although worldwide Halo 3 sales for the first day are placed at 2.45M copies, worldwide PS3 sales are at 4.64M consoles to date. Only 2.02M in the US, sure, but don't forget that the rest of the world buys stuff too. If everyone PS3 owner in Japan and half the ones in the rest of the world bought MGS4, it'd top Halo 3's sales. Not that its a likely thing to happen, but if you're going to be a fanboy and bash another fanboy, at least be accurate.
That being said, MGS4 and GT5 Prologue both look awesome.

Korsa @ Sep 28th 2007 6:05AM

yea, always paid for prologue games.... no change there...

railven @ Sep 28th 2007 6:31AM

@Aetherdeus

You tell them!

And, hopefully by the time of MGS4 the PS3 install base is much higher.

Egster @ Sep 28th 2007 7:37AM

I meant demo of prologue. Hehe

Carletto87 @ Sep 28th 2007 7:55AM

On the japanese store there is a banner about GT5 prologue and the date 28/10/2007...... I can't understand japanese but maybe it's the day of demo

Carletto87 @ Sep 28th 2007 8:21AM

here the pics:

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/Sardaukar87/DSC00675.jpg

Carletto87 @ Sep 28th 2007 9:33AM

yes, it's official: the demo is coming 10/20

Tesla @ Sep 28th 2007 9:43AM

Was Halo 3 that short that the fanboys are already trolling forums again?

Kattleox @ Sep 28th 2007 9:53AM

@18

I geuss so.

Either way, I wan't impressed with GTHD at all. I loved GT on PSX and they they mucked it all up. Then I played Burnout 3. Then I played GTHD. By that time GTHD felt like trying to give a cat a walk on the moon with a skateboard tied to your legs: slow and floaty. I'll keep my $40 (I geuss that's the price) and spend it on Burnout Paradise.

Seminole @ Sep 28th 2007 11:47AM

There are also Xbox 360 owners who bought multiple copies of the game. There was an article where a guy was interviewed placing his pre-orders for Halo 3. He was getting the Ultimate Helmet edition for himself, the Premium edition for his wife, and two normal editions for each of his kids.

Andy @ Sep 28th 2007 5:07PM

MGS4 will sell PS3's so its possible but unlikely it will beat Halo 3.

I bet the month MGS4 comes out it will sell more more PS3's than Xbox 360 sold when Halo 3 came out.

Ben @ Sep 29th 2007 5:48AM

Halo 3 sold so well only and only due to the incredible marketing by Microsoft. Lets be honest, Halo 3 is an ordinary game but the amazing hype and market by Microsoft proved too much for some people including my best friend who bought and Xbox with the Halo helmet and T-shirt just to play the game. When I asked him why (since he works hard for his money so it wasn't logical of him to spend 910 $ just for that) he said “It's Halo! Everyone is talking about it so I wanted to try it too!”

Marketing, marketing and more marketing sold Halo 3. Something Sony lacks so goddamn much. In Toronto, where I live, there isn't a single Ad for Sony. No PS2, PS3 or any upcoming PS3 games whatsoever. Nothing. But Xbox is almost everywhere from HMV music stores to subway stations and they still wonder why people think PS3 has less than 10 game out for it since lunch? Where is the marketing for Heavenly Sword? Where are the Ads for PS3? Folklore, R & C? Final Fantasy (even if it is coming in a year) MGS4?

Where The Hell Is Sony? why aren't they marketing for their products? why do I have to be the one who defends Sony against all the criticism my friends rob in my face everyday? Shouldn’t this be the main focus of the company and not its poor owners like me?

GR @ Oct 11th 2007 1:49PM

I revisited HD Concept yesterday and only just realised there is a teaser trailer which shows the Ferrari F430 in it. Was it just me or did anyone else miss it too?