Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi has clarified feedback he made about Gran Turismo 7 coming to PC, saying “there’s nothing to speak about.”
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On the finish of final month, Yamauchi reportedly mentioned that Polyphony Digital was “contemplating” bringing the sport to PC.
“Gran Turismo is a really finely tuned title,” he continued. “There are usually not many platforms which may run the sport in 4K/60p natively, so a method we make that attainable is to slender down the platform. It’s not an easy topic, however after all, we’re trying into [a PC release].”
Nonetheless, in a brand new interview with Dengeki Online (translated by Genki_JPN), Yamauchi mentioned that there was no reality to that story.
When requested about telling abroad media that he was “researching and creating a PC model of Gran Turismo 7,” Yamauchi replied: “That’s not true.”
“Concerning a PC model, I replied ‘[as a developer] it’s not that I haven’t thought-about all the probabilities. That implies that the chance just isn’t zero’,” he defined. “Merely, if you happen to ask me ‘are you doing something concrete?’ I’m not doing something. There may be nothing to speak about.”
The newest recreation within the long-running collection got here out on March 4, 2022 after being delayed final yr, and is accessible on each PS4 and PS5.
In a four-star evaluate, NME mentioned: “Gran Turismo 7 is the last word driving simulator for automotive lovers, nevertheless it’s additionally an excellent introduction to the significance of automotive tradition for vehicle newcomers. Remarkably, because of its moreish, grounded construction and sticky development, it’s simple to advocate to gamers who don’t even like automobiles.”
“If you would like one thing to check the boundaries of the PS5’s capabilities and also you wish to be educated about automobiles by a historic, passionate lens, then Gran Turismo 7 could be an ideal decide up. For collection veterans, it should little doubt have years of help to come back, however there’s a lot right here within the base recreation to maintain you busy for months. If solely it didn’t have these sneaky microtransactions that really feel utterly at odds with the driving spirit of the sport…”
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