New Gran Turismo most likely on PS2, not PC

Sony want new Gran Turismo's to be released on as many platforms as possible, but it's doubtful that they're talking about PCs.

We know that a full PlayStation 3 release of Gran Turismo 5 is coming when Polyphony Digital are finally able to finish the damned thing and we also know that the team are working on a PSP title. However, SCEA's John Koller is hinting that other platforms might be involved.

"[Polyphony Digital] report directly into our CEO, Kaz Hirai, so it’s a little bit of a 'wait and see'," Koller told Videogaming247.

"But we look for that franchise to continue on as many platforms as possible."

Koller also said something similar at this year's Game Developer's Conference, when he claimed that Sony was looking at "GT5 across all platforms, just to see what makes the most sense."

Now, there is evidence that the series might finally be coming to the PC, with Polyphony Digital's head Kazunori Yamauchi telling der Standard that "perhaps [GT5] comes to the PC" so the game can reach the Chinese market.

However, Gran Turismo has become synonymous with PlayStation, so we doubt Sony would want to separate the game from the platform. Moreover, the series has always shown off the power of Sony's consoles - making a better looking game for high-powered PCs would be counter-intuitive.

What's more likely is that along with the PSP release, Gran Turismo will once again return to the PlayStation 2 via some kind of up/down port. We've seen this with many recent PSP game announcements, including MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Jak & Daxter: The Last Frontier.

What do you think? Is Koller hinting at a Gran Turismo PC release or simply a return to the PlayStation 2? Whatever the case, we'd just like to see the PlayStation 3's Gran Turismo 5 coming out this year or next.

Patrick Steen