Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in Bricks and Mortar Store??

hollywoodhoppy

Does anybody have any prices for GT5 Prologue in bricks and Mortar Stores?? Was gonna order it from play.com but it would probably take a week to arrive and i really want to get stuck into it this weekend!!

Any help gratefully appreciated!

Cyrus

would you now download it? itll be on psn

Creamy Goodness

will it not be massively sized?

there's still something magical about getting the bus into town buying the game coming back on the bus while reading the manual and then getting home, you just don't get that with downloading.

in fact downloading just feels like a system update and you're like ugh why is this taking forever to do.

Clover

Cyrus wrote: »

would you now download it? itll be on psn

i would not buy a full game from the psn store after getting warhawk from it , as the only profile on the ps3 allowed to play it is mine .

not a good thing when there are other people with there profiles on the ps3 , so i'm going to buy gt5 prologue from game or another store .

tman

You're better off not ordering from play anyway... looks like they couldn't get the stock needed to satisfy all preorders. it's gone to "temporarily out of stock" on the site and my preorder hasn't shipped yet:(

hollywoodhoppy

I agree with cremo, would like to have the disc anyway because i'll prob give the loan of it to friends etc. Called into xtravision last night and they had nothing on their system for it yet, gamestop is probably another option but they're prob looking for €50 or somethin silly!

murfo

i tried smyths in airside yesterday evening, and they have it in stock but weren't selling yet. i'm sure it'll be on sale today in most places

Mossy Monk

How much are we expected to pay for this?

murfo

£25, i would imagine that should be €35'ish, but being ireland, i'd guess at least €40-45

edit: smyths have it at €39.99

http://www.smyths.ie/Shop_Product_Detail.aspx?pcode=F00714&qwSessionID=9f361afa-c560-47ec-bbc1-f53af2d2403e

Stealdo

Really dumb question time....

I loved the GT series on the PS/PS2, but I'm not normally in early on the games, but having played NFS Prostreet and Burnout Paradise I'm craving some GT action. Anyway....the question is....what's the story with this being the 'prologue' I'm assuming that this means a full game called GT5 is coming some time in the future? What would I get in this prologue and would I then have to buy the real thing for €70 in a few months?

Sqaull20

murfo wrote: »

£25, i would imagine that should be €35'ish, but being ireland, i'd guess at least €40-45

edit: smyths have it at €39.99

http://www.smyths.ie/Shop_Product_Detail.aspx?pcode=F00714&qwSessionID=9f361afa-c560-47ec-bbc1-f53af2d2403e

Nice one, 40 is ok..

Otacon

Stealdo wrote: »

what's the story with this being the 'prologue' I'm assuming that this means a full game called GT5 is coming some time in the future?

Yes, Prologue is a pretty big taster for the full game, most importantly with 16 player online, split-screen and a whole host of cars and tracks.

Stealdo wrote: »

What would I get in this prologue and would I then have to buy the real thing for €70 in a few months?

GT5 more than likely wont be out until early next year.

murfo

i've read in the last couple of days that the full game may be as much as a year away

and 40 notes is great value these days, especially if you think about those full price impulse purchases you made and played once. having downloaded the demo from the jap store, i'm more than happy to pay €40 for it

Stealdo

Suppose I should go for it so...strange way to do things, but I suppose it whets the appetite. So would the actual game then in a year or so but much bigger? have updated cars & tracks and stuff or different gameplay modes?

Creamy Goodness

yup the full game will have the topgear test track too, almost a good enough reason to buy it as well.

Otacon

I also forgot... you get Top Gear streamed to your PS3 also with Prologue...

Creamy Goodness

that's in prologue too? thought it was only for the full game.

if so i can't wait to get this, want to watch some old topgear that's never shown on tv anymore.

tman wrote: »

You're better off not ordering from play anyway... looks like they couldn't get the stock needed to satisfy all preorders. it's gone to "temporarily out of stock" on the site and my preorder hasn't shipped yet

ordered mine last saturday, got confirmation of shipping today.

lee_baby_simms

Otacon wrote: »

I also forgot... you get Top Gear streamed to your PS3 also with Prologue...

Are you sure? I thought that was only with the full game.

Otacon

I'm 90% certain... I thought I saw it somewhere, will look for a link when I get home.

EDIT:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2008/03/11/gt5_prologue_gets_euro_extras.html

Unless something has changed...

murfo

video downloads are there alright, they were in the japanese demo i got anyway

edit: they've also updated the website with the new details

http://www.granturismoworld.com/en/index.htm

ShaneU

according to wikipedia this is available for download today? I can't see it on psn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_5_Prologue

Cyrus

be around 6 this evenin apparently

Keith C

Got a email today, mine is dispatched from hut.com £17, dont mind waiting a few days rather then pay the rip off bricks n mortor game shops €40 upwards.

ShaneU

It's going to be £25 on the uk psn, so I'm guessing €30 here

nope €40 here, rip-off or what

Munurty

Just rang Gamestop Carlow and they said it will cost €30.

I didn't really believe them so I rang Gamestop Kilkenny and they said €40.

ongarite

Play.com delivery of the game is going to be late so they are offering £3 of the price of GTA4 instead.

Burago

€40 in Gamestop Newbridge. Still not up on the PSN which is annoying.

Mossy Monk

PSN is a joke for updates. Always has been so it is not surprising.

tman

ongarite wrote: »

Play.com delivery of the game is going to be late so they are offering £3 of the price of GTA4 instead.

Which costs £40 to begin with, so it's not really much in the way of compensation... Think I'd rather order from VG+ and get GTAIV on release day, thanks...

murfo

yeah, €40 from smyths, but at least the nice chappie in there gave it to me yesterday evening

LookingFor

40 notes is pretty good value for what you're getting. It may not be a full Gran Turismo, but it's a fuller game than Motorstorm was, for example!

Also, I think I read somewhere that 40 episodes of Top Gear would be made available, via Prologue.

I'll probably get mine on disc today, doesn't seem to be on PSN yet

bibi-phoque

I'm surprised it still not on PSN...The press release said that it would be available on PSN on the 27th and in shops on the 28th...
I have the Japanese version (which got an update yesterday, including all the new features like splitscreen, tuning, and way more online event) but now that there are loads of settings, I need english...
What is the cheapest shop selling the game so far? Is it still in stock?

Thanks,
Yann

Kintarō Hattori

bibi-phoque wrote: »

I'm surprised it still not on PSN...The press release said that it would be available on PSN on the 27th and in shops on the 28th...
I have the Japanese version (which got an update yesterday, including all the new features like splitscreen, tuning, and way more online event) but now that there are loads of settings, I need english...
What is the cheapest shop selling the game so far? Is it still in stock?

Thanks,
Yann

All of the shops are selling it at €40. The cheapest way to get it is online from either play.com or videogamesplus.ca where it can be got for under €30.

Mossy Monk

LookingFor wrote: »

doesn't seem to be on PSN yet

I was all ready to download it last night or this morning and it still isn't there. Sony really need to get their **** together with the PSN.

savemejebus

Ordered it for €23 from Sendit.com. Don't know when I'll get it mind but the price is great.

Captain Chaos

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I was all ready to download it last night or this morning and it still isn't there. Sony really need to get their **** together with the PSN.

Thats what happens when you have a free online service, I'd rather pay for it at this stage as PSN has gone a bit **** lately from my experience.

bibi-phoque

Anybody has a UK PSN account (Pounds) to check if GT5P is there? Maybe they will do the EURO countries a little later (It's not on the french PSN either).

Yann

Kintarō Hattori

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I was all ready to download it last night or this morning and it still isn't there. Sony really need to get their **** together with the PSN.

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Thats what happens when you have a free online service, I'd rather pay for it at this stage as PSN has gone a bit **** lately from my experience.

It really is a joke. The potential for a great service is there but their approach to it is disappointing. Are the US and Jap PSN's as slowly updated and lacking in content as our own?

LookingFor

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Thats what happens when you have a free online service

That logic doesn't follow. You don't have to subscribe to amazon.com in order to be able to buy from it, yet it's one of, if not the best online stores in the world.

This is the first time Sony has had problems with an update, as far as I know. I remember over Xmas for a long time having major problems with XBL in general (logging in, playing games and getting anything off the network), and that's a paid-for service.

So I don't think it has anything to do with it being free or not free.

eo980 wrote: »

It really is a joke. The potential for a great service is there but their approach to it is disappointing. Are the US and Jap PSN's as slowly updated and lacking in content as our own?

They're not, at least the US store is not. The US store is much better, it's easy to create an account for it though.

Of course, they won't be getting GT5 until April anyway.

Mossy Monk

The US store was updated yesterday on time as usual. It would seem it is only us in Europe that are constantly looked over :mad:

Kintarō Hattori

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The US store was updated yesterday on time as usual. It would seem it is only us in Europe that are constantly looked over :mad:

Feckin c'nuts!

CombatCow

Jeez relax, it's up there now.


http://ie.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/item98792/Let-PSN-drive-away-your-troubles/

lee_baby_simms

CombatCow wrote: »

Jeez relax, it's up there now.


http://ie.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/item98792/Let-PSN-drive-away-your-troubles/

No it's not.

bibi-phoque

I checked at lunch time (1.30pm) and I couldn't see it. Have you got an irish psn account or UK?

Thanks,
Yann

bibi-phoque

45€ at HMV in Tallaght...A bit much.
In Games (40€), it is sold out.
Will wait for PSN...

Yann

Mossy Monk

CombatCow wrote: »

Jeez relax, it's up there now.


http://ie.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/item98792/Let-PSN-drive-away-your-troubles/

Lies

Kintarō Hattori

Well the waiting for it to appear on PSN sucked and I couldn't justify giving the stores over 33% more than websites so I bought it from play.com for €25.49. I can wait some more.

superweld

so does anyone who bought the game have any opinions on it yet?

bibi-phoque

Well, I have been playing it since mid-december (Jap version) and got the spec II update yesterday.
This is THE racing game. I have a G25 wheel and it is so much fun (clutch enabled).
And now, after the update yesterday, I feel like I have a brand new game again!! Loads more car, loads more settings (increase HP, reduce weight) and more online event. We used to have only 12 before, now there are 35. Also, some restricts car based on points. For instance, a 650 points online event will let a lot of car through, but an average car will be able to increase power, reduce weight and get Race tires to reach 650 points, and a powerful car will have to increase the weight, put crappy tires in order to go in and reduce the points to 650. The result is that you get an interesting race, where the powerful cars struggle to stay on the road and the average cars needs to make up the time on corners.

Best racing game I have ever played. I'm getting the english version on PSN as soon as it is available, because now I don't understand half of the settings so it's a big disadvantage.

Yann

shinzon

gt5 prologue is up on the psn store now and is priced at 39.99 euro

regards

Shin

bibi-phoque

Going home in 10min then :-))