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PC version of Grand Turismo

8 posts by 7 people · 12 Jun 1998 - 13 Jun 1998

Rob Gil 12 Jun 1998#411049
I got this response straight from Sony when I asked if there would be a PC version of Grand Turismo: " Sorry, its a PlayStation only title, and we're a PlaYStation only company. A second hand PS isn't that expensive... Paul" Looks like i'll have to buy a Playstation, bummer.....
ymenard 12 Jun 1998#411050
Rob Gill wrote company. Hmmm this looks very immature comming from a Sony rep. Remember that they ported MANY games on the PC, so by saying this they are lying. Who told you this ? What were your source ? - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--
VABergfe 12 Jun 1998#411051
1) Then how do we explain all the other PSX titles released for PC?, and 2) IF this was a real Sony response, the translation is probably: "We're waiting for everyone who will buy a PSX just to play this game to buy them before we announce the PC version."
Paul Jone 12 Jun 1998#411052
I got the same response from the contact on their web site: so I guess they want to beef up the PS market just prior to releasing PlayStation II. We can wait for the play station emulators to get off the ground, though. see http://personal.riverusers.com/~ka5ste/psx.html we can't get it to work but watch his space. His site seems to be for other people helping the development of PS emulators but I wish him luck.
Quoted text (19 lines)> Rob Gill wrote > >I got this response straight from Sony when I asked if there would be a PC > >version of Grand Turismo: > >" Sorry, its a PlayStation only title, and we're a PlaYStation only > company. > Hmmm this looks very immature comming from a Sony rep. Remember that they > ported MANY games on the PC, so by saying this they are lying. > Who told you this ? What were your source ? > - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) > - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. > - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club > - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) > - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) > - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--
Quoted text (14 lines)> >I got this response straight from Sony when I asked if there would be > a PC > >version of Grand Turismo: > >" Sorry, its a PlayStation only title, and we're a PlaYStation only > company. > 1) Then how do we explain all the other PSX titles released for PC?, > and 2) > IF this was a real Sony response, the translation is probably: "We're > waiting > for everyone who will buy a PSX just to play this game to buy them > before we > announce the PC version."
All the PSX titles also released for PC are not made by Sony, but 3rd parties. On the other hand I've read in magazines that Sony plans to release Gameday '99 on both the PSX and the PC.
Janne Hosa 13 Jun 1998#411195
>I got this response straight from Sony when I asked if there would be a PC >version of Grand Turismo: >" Sorry, its a PlayStation only title, and we're a PlaYStation only company. Next you could ask them why then they have ported/published Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto to the PC? There's a contradiction with that statement and their previous actions. True.
Janne Hosa 13 Jun 1998#411196
>>1) Then how do we explain all the other PSX titles released for PC?, >All the PSX titles also released for PC are not made by Sony, but 3rd >parties. Neither is Gran Turismo made by Sony themselves, but Polys/Polyphony Digital. Sony has _published_ PC games in the past though, so that alone makes their statement "sorry we are a Playstation-only company" quite odd.
Quoted text (10 lines)>I got this response straight from Sony when I asked if there would be a PC >version of Grand Turismo: >" Sorry, its a PlayStation only title, and we're a PlaYStation only company. >A second hand PS isn't that expensive... >Paul" >Looks like i'll have to buy a Playstation, bummer.....
Aww, don't say that. You'll find its a nice system to own in addition to your PC. The two compliment each other nicely. Randy Randy Magruder Contributing Reviewer Digital Sportspage http://www.digitalsports.com

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