Call it a sign of our attention-deficit times, but barely 24 hours have passed since Polyphony Digital head Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that Gran Turismo 5 is finally, finally finished, and already he’s being asked if Gran Turismo 6 is in development. Even more shocking: It turns out that…well, yes, Gran Turismo 6 is already in development.
During an interview with Autoweek (via VG247) at the SEMA 2010 automotive trade show, Yamauchi was asked if development on Gran Turismo 6 was “already underway.” Yamauchi tersely replied, “yeah.” Then he elaborated a little: “It’s not something that we can talk that lightly on. It took 2,000 days to get all the ideas that went into GT5. It’s just too early to be talking about GT6.”
So in other words, maybe ask again in about 3,000 days? And as for why it took so long to get Gran Turismo 5 finished — particularly the last-minute extra time following a delay just weeks before its set November 3 release date — Yamauchi explained that it all goes back to what he considers his failures on his first game, Motor Toon Gran Prix for the PlayStation.
