It’s a well-established fact that Sony is huge in Europe, and part of that is due to gestures like this. CVG has just confirmed the European release date for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The über-realistic racer will appear on the European PlayStation Store on March 27th, followed the next day by a Blu-ray Disc version.
Hamza told us about the American release date (April 17th) a while back, but now, residents of the States have reason to envy the PS3-owning car enthusiasts across the pond — they’ll be getting the game three weeks ahead of us.
It had been previously speculated that this would be the European release date. After all, Sony recently announced two new Europe-only PS3 bundles, one of which will include a copy of GT 5 Prologue and go on sale in the UK for £299 starting March 28th. Now that Sony’s grand scheme has been fully revealed, everything makes sense.
Of course, we Yanks can still take solace in two equalizers. For one, both the American and European versions of the game will share the same content — and it’s significantly more stuff than Japan saw when the game was released there on December 13, 2007. Secondly, the PSN and Blu-ray versions of GT 5 Prologue will retail for 24.99 pounds sterling in the UK, which still amounts to just over $50. As always, America is victorious in the end! Wait, you mean we didn’t prevail in Vietnam or Iraq? Crap...
[via CVG — thanks, Adam!]
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Europe's rich history and undeniable prestige allows all of its inhabitants to be exceptionally wealthy and classy. Therefore they can all afford PLAYSTATION3s and and revel in the opulent luxury that can only come from the PS3's oversized and darkly sophisticated exterior. That is why the PS3 is a hit and that is why they get to drive around virtual expensive cars before us.
I still have no interest in paying $40 for a demo.
Well we pay almost twice as much for everything so, a treat once in a while from someone is welcome.
Looks entirely like PGR.
Pffft. It's only a prologue. That's like being excited about getting the author's foreword from Harry Potter 8 before anyone else. Which is to say, completely justified.
Have I already mentioned I'm getting this orgasmic 1080p,16 player online slice of racing the first day??
And DVD Design..your a 1080p whore..you'll buckle and get it.
OHHHHHHHHHHH cant wait to play this on my 52" 1080p
The most expensive system has the most expensive demos...
America has more content for now, but you just know Japan is going to get some kind of Gran Taurismo 5 Prologue International Final Mix+ with a bit more content then America.
I'll prolly get my PS3 around the time GT5 ( full ) comes out :-)
Too true, Necros. At least, when it comes to SquareEnix it is.
I'm still waiting on my FF12 International!!
I'm waiting for the full version... in what 2009? 2010?
Sigh... It better be worth the wait.
@Morrius Im no PS3 fanboy, but if past GT's are anything to judge by, it should beat the pants off PGR (and even beat you off in the process). Now we just have to wait and see if they deliver.
play.com are selling it for £17.99 (+free p&p) for those not so mega rich.