Europe: PSN GT5 Prologue misses launch date (UPDATED)

  • Posted March 28th, 2008 at 05:22 EDT by Mike Harradence
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PAL gamers anticipating the release of the PlayStation Network version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue were left disappointed yesterday, after the game failed to show up on the European PlayStation Store as scheduled.

The latest entry in the popular racing sim from Polyphony Digital was supposed to appear as a PSN download on March 27, with the Blu-ray version going on sale in shops today.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has yet to issue a response as to why the game was held back.

We’ll keep you updated on any developments.

UPDATE: (Source)

Reports from the Official PlayStation Community state that game will now arrive on Saturday, March 29. A forum member was apparently told over the phone that Prologue would arrive "as a separate update tomorrow (Saturday 29th) at the earliest".

An official announcement is expected later today.

Source (Original story)

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  1. karlos | karlosmac

    • 5:00am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 1

    not impressed...

  2. jicaley | UKMF-Jay

    • 5:10am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 2

    Nothing was released on the PSN yesterday. This is starting the suck!

  3. zerozeon | zerozeon

    • 5:13am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 3

    HA HA HA I ordered mine from shopto.net and got  it yesturday morning

  4. Dragon-slayer87 | Dragon-Slayer87

    • 5:32am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 4

    WHY!! Always Eu Store...

  5. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 5:53am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 5

    Wow, that's bad all over. No explaination either? My god...

  6. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 5:55am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 6

    typical

  7. n0na90 | nona90

    • 6:00am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 7

    I'm not suprised, still, right now, I got better things to do then to wait

  8. Jacksbak | Lovingit07

    • 6:01am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 8

    Yea seems like Sony still hasn't realised we exist....its a tad annoying now, we didn't even get anything. Lets just hope a good one comes today :D

  9. hesmanes | hesmanes

    • 6:01am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 9

    glad this was mentioned here first i was nearly about to start a thread, sony what the **** are you doing?

     

    UPDATE!!!!!

    The game will likely be released tomorrow, With Sony giving an explanation on there website maybe later today.

  10. Alti | Alti

    • 6:04am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 10

    as long as it doesn't pull a haze on us.

  11. tadpole3159 | faulkner8991

    • 6:05am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 11

    calm down people. the store has not been updated yet, as soon as its ready it will be uploaded. have a sig or something and chill out

  12. pooingtons

    • 6:16am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 12

    a watched pot never boils man....(there again i had a feeling it was too good to be true)

  13. richkaos | richkaos

    • 6:17am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 13

    Not bothered as i have plumped for the Blu which is winging its way to my front door as we speak, but its a shame that this was not kept on track for those that want to download it. Explanation PLEASE

  14. princevegeta1980

    • 6:40am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 14

    that's totaly lame, they truly deserve a yellow card for this let down!

  15. Sannyasin

    • 6:56am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 15

    LOL I'm from Europe and I have the game since 26th March(Blu-Ray Version)

    I guess Portugal was the only country to have this pre-launch

  16. haynsey

    • 7:22am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 16

    Customer care = SH!T

  17. hush404 | hush404

    • 7:32am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 17

    Lmao, they just forgot.

  18. keller | Kellster

    • 7:45am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 18

    I orderd mine from shopto.net aswell, but when I got it, it wanted to install some data to the hard disk drive, no problem I thought....when that was done, it then needed an update!!!  which failed 3 times after 25 minutes of downloading.  I had to clear the cache from within the game and change the upnp option to mode 2 to get it to download sucessfully, which by the way took nearly 45 minutes! Not good.

  19. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 8:04am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 19

    @keller

    I smell operator error.

  20. Paranoimia | Paranoimia

    • 8:35am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 20

    Okay, it's late. So go buy the BD version - probably cheaper anyway!

  21. keller | Kellster

    • 8:56am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 21

    @odium - I'm a Network technician with MSCE and CCNA qualifcations, so errr.. no. You're smelling your own underpants mate.

  22. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 9:31am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 22

    Who's an idiot? SCEE's an idiot. Yes yes.

  23. gingo | gingo

    • 9:32am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 23

    psn id: gingo.... this sucks for people wanting the psn version but i didnt take the chance so i went out and got the cheaper blu ray version

  24. Jacksbak | Lovingit07

    • 10:21am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 24

    It says a seperate update... that leads me to believe that the store should have already been updated with gt5 arriving at a later date... does this mean we arent getting anything else apart from gt5 prologue?

  25. PSN-pauls

    • 10:57am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 25

    thats messed up.  sony europe need to sort themselves out and the store

  26. sawyer101

    • 11:12am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 26

    its out on the EU store now, i'm not gonna buy it tho, really boring game

  27. pooingtons

    • 11:58am GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 27

    it is on there, @25 quid ill get the blu ray version for 18quid. i dont get this from sony...makes no sense...a download is dearer then a actual physical copy?  you cant even re-sell it as a download.surely it would be cheaper as a download cos ur stuck with it once you got it!!?-also, i too was repeatedly checking the store yesterday looking for the the update,and yeah i was dissapointed when it didnt arrive,but im even more let down at the 25quid price tag.and now i feel like ive waited for nothing.-come on sony just dont give release dates for the psn if you cant stick to them.

  28. pizzamonkio

    • 12:37pm GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 28

    i think the download is more expensive because of the convinience of not having to leave home.

  29. Fingal_D | Fingal_D

    • 8:34pm GMT - March 28th, 2008
    • 29

    that's not fair warhawk was 40 usd on psn NA. don't know why euro version of gt5p dl is more than blu especially since quid is worth more than usd. I pre ordered mine from amazon.com for 40 usd but I have to wait until april 20 that's the estimated ship time. Still don't know why euro psn is like that

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