After all, Polyphony are notorious for their perfectionism and glacially slow development cycles, and are probably biding their time to give Gran Turismo a better chance to breathe and hold its own when it's finally released.
There could be some logic to this strategy, though. Effectively, Polyphony has left the gap wide open, waved their arms and yelled “come on through!” to the competition. Case in point: in the 17 years it's taken for Polyphony to churn out six main Gran Turismo games, it's taken Turn10 only ten years to reach the same point in the Forza franchise – and that's not including Forza's open world sister series, Forza Horizon.
It’s almost as if Polyphony are oblivious to the competition with their fingers lodged firmly their ears. In its heyday, Gran Turismo was untouchable, but the market is very different today, with rival series Forza and several new IPs now leading the pack and causing the granddaddy to fall behind. Gran Turismo has been Sony’s signature racing series on PlayStation since 1998, but the lack of regular releases is starting to reduce its relevance as a brand. Unfortunately, Gran Turismo’s absence at E3 could have long term repercussions for the series. Even a teaser trailer showing an extreme close-up of a highly detailed headlight with a vague release window would have sufficed. I doubt I was alone in hoping that Polyphony would take the opportunity to show us even the faintest sign of life of the new Gran Turismo game, which Polyphony have previously confirmed is in the works. However, there was something else Sony’s conference sorely lacked: racing games. Compare that to Microsoft’s relentless reveals of highly anticipated exclusives headed to Xbox One this year. Then of course we the triple knockout punch that was the surprise reveals of The Last Guardian, Shemune 3 and that Final Fantasy 7 remake – even if all the excitement blinded people to the fact that the majority of titles showcased in Sony’s conference won’t be available until next year. new games, it had everything from surprise new IP reveals with Guerrilla’s Horizon: Zero Dawn and Media Molecule’s typically abstract Dreams. A departure from the clinical corporate presentations of the past with a firm focus on showcasing what matters most to gamers, i.e.
There's no doubting that Sony had a strong showing at this year’s eventful E3.
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