Any idea when the store update and thus, the downloadable version of this, will be live?

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:03 pm

I’ve pre-ordered this!

Yeah, I’m excited

Comment by Dan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:03 pm

My mate got his today after ordering last week. Mine hasn’t even been dispatched yet and i ordered it 2 months ago.

Not Happy.

Do Not pre order from amazon.co.uk - they are useless.

Comment by I.AM.IRON.MAN — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

I preordered in feb, but a quick look on Amazon and it seems I won’t be getting mine until first week of April

Still got plenty to do on Skate and Burnout so not too bothered.

Comment by mrsatansdojo — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:05 pm

@ Tony Stark

I feel your pain!

Comment by mrsatansdojo — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:06 pm

PSN version. WHEN?

Comment by TTP — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:06 pm

Got an email from Play.com last night to say mine has been posted. Now I just have to wait. Think we need to get some ThreeSpeech racing sorted once everyone’s up and running.

Comment by Dan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:08 pm

I pre-ordered my copy online with GAME along with God of War: CoO and both arrived this morning via recorded delivery. Have an assignment to write today otherwise I would be playing it right

Comment by Ravenblade86 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:09 pm

The Wife called me earlier to say it has arrived so I’ve taken a half day from work - leave at 12h30. I love you play.com.

I just read that it requires a 6GB mandatory install. If true this is awful news. For a start, I only have 3GB left and will have to delete stuff I don’t want to lose. I mean come on, if you own a 20GB this is 30% of your drive space. If you own DMC4 too you’ve used up 50%! That’s just lousy Sony.

Comment by DelSource — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:14 pm

Pre ordered mine from HMV.com
Had an email yesterday morning saying it had been dispatched! I hope its there for when I get back from work…failing that, tommorow morning will do I guess.

Comment by elephant.stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

waiting for my order to arrive, post came today – no game… maybe tomorrow?

Comment by James — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:16 pm

Oh, and I’ll say my usual “Did I hear you say tournerment?” Mr Three Speech?!?

Comment by elephant.stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

brmmmm, brmmmmmm, squeeeeeeeeeeeek thump. PSN for me, keep it green

Comment by MrJimmy — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:19 pm

Ordered mine on Tuesday, dispatched yesterday and arrived today! Shopnet.com. GET IN!

Comment by Hartlepudlian — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:22 pm

so when’s it coming to the PSN? I’d read it was supposed to beat the BD copy by 24 hours, so that’s a crock if people have already received their BD copies.

No sign of today’s PSN updates either yet, so I’ll jnust have to keep my fingers crossed that it’s going to be there later today for me to download but knowing my luck it’ll take 3 days to download anyway cos everyone and his granny will be downloading it too.

Comment by vibe666 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:26 pm

@DelSource. It really wouldn’t suprise me if the required install is around 6GB, given that the cars push around 200,000 polygons each, that’d be alot of data to load. Loading off of the disc would take to long, so I’d rather that it be installed to HDD.

I’ll be downloading from PSN, if I can’t grab a copy on my way home tomorrow.

Comment by The-Unknown — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:29 pm

iv pre ordered mine months ago but i cant wait another day when it come to ps store im going to be downloading it all i can say is cant wait and bring on the races

Comment by headcasephil — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:32 pm

well i hade the disc in my ps3 for 35min now and still havent gotten to the title screen damn install and update take so darn long ^^ i wanna play noooow!!

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

is it true that the top gear track will be included?

Comment by Dan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:37 pm

My Game order arrived today, but I can’t get the bloody update to download and I’m swiftly losing my temper with it.

Comment by Philip — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:41 pm

I’m sure I read it somewhere about the Top gear track being on the BD version

Comment by Theother Dan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

@15 - It will be out today on PSN and disk tomorrow but online shops get their copies early to allow time to post the disks out for arrival on release day. A lot of them just post them as soon as they receive them which means often you get them a day early. The official release dates are today and tomorrow though

@18 - No, the Top Gear test track is only in the full GT5 but prologue will have some Top Gear TV content to watch

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

amazon sucks, still not dispatched despite a 27th in the post promise.

*sulks*

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:47 pm

I still have to complete the 6 six games that are laying around in my living room at the moment… I think I’ll wait some more before picking up this one.

(I’m also still playing GT4 :p)

Comment by Niels R. — Mar 27, 2008 @ 1:57 pm

Will hopefully pick this up over the weekend along with a PSP and God Of War.

The 6Gb install sounds a bit severe! How come PS3 has to have installs whereas 360 doesn’t? Is there something PS3 specific? Just curious… so please no flaming / fanboyism?

Comment by Monkey Rimmer — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

Got the email from GAME last night saying it had been dispatched so so hping it will be there when I get home.

@ DelSource: If you’re really struggling for space and don’t want to lose anything you might want to look into getting a new HDD (either to put in it or a USB jobby to attach to it). I agree I would rather have faster loading times than more HDD space (GT4s loading times were frustrating enough!)

Comment by Stebo — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

Pre-ordered mine from Play and it still says it’s not despatched yet. I guess they have a big backlog to get through if there were over a million pre-orders…..
Still, hurry up will you!!!!

Comment by Robothamster — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:05 pm

UPDATE to 27…
Just checked and it’s now at the packing stage…fingers crossed it’ll be delivered tomorrow, or saturday at the latest!!

Comment by Robothamster — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

Online is terrible

Comment by ozzyuno — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

Went for Everybody’s Golf instead, still waiting for Gameplay to dispatch it though, I’ll be very annoyed if it doesn’t arrive tomorrow. Anybody else getting EG? Two decent PS3 exclusives in one week, whatever next!

Comment by uber1337 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:11 pm

Ive beta tested this game, and i can tell those who havent played it, your gonna be blown away! Ive still got my beta copy of this game but i have to buy the retail version for all the extra cars. btw jus placed my order on amazon!

Comment by Farhan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

Yeah I’ll preorder from play.com next time. Amazon does suck

I want this game now!!

Comment by Geoff — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:21 pm

For pre-orders I highly recommend shopto.net
Good prices and they have always delivered a day early for me!

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:24 pm

Picking this up in store tomorrow, looks great and can’t wait. I’ve always enjoyed the GT series, so this prologue should sate until the full GT5 is released in 09!

Comment by MrGilder — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:27 pm

Is it available to download from the PS store yet? i tried this morning but it wasnt there!

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:31 pm

Meh.

Sure it looks impressive, but it’s less than half a game and is just a way to milk money out of the GT buying crowd.

I’ll just wait for the final GT5… I expect it in about 2 years, judging by GT5P.

Comment by doughnut — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:33 pm

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GT5 £44.99 FROM GAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE SMEG!!!! I’m never going to game ever again.

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

@Meh

It may seem like half a game, but compared to most, its gott plenty of content. Also , its half the price. So half the price for half a game is good in my book. Also saves waiting at least a year to get the other half.

Online FTW!!

Comment by Deano — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

I havent pre ordered, ill just pick it up over the weekend. For a game that looks so amazing, it’s infuriating that they dont seem to put any effort at all into the audio.

I’ve watched a few new videos and as great as it looks, the cars sound NOTHING like they would in real life. Lets hope that’s whats taking so long for GT5….

Comment by dan clarke — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

Arrived earlier, shame about the install; even more shame about the update that doesn’t download and the new update tomorrow that will erase event data :s.

Still, it’s awesome

Comment by Estel — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

Got mine today and am looking forward to playing this tonight. I had the jap one previosuly and the game is truly stunning!! Cant wait for some online racing too.

Comment by Carl Busby — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

I’m about to cancel my amazon pre-order - i ordered 60 days ago and still no dispatch! what ever happened to first come first served?

I think i’ll download tonight instead.

note to self: NEVER PRE-ORDER FROM AMAZON!

Comment by I.AM.IRON.MAN — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

@E-Role. I’m ninty-nine percent sure that you’ve got Gran Turismo 5:Prologue and the full Gran Turismo 5 titles mixed up. GT5:Prologue is listed at £20 on game.co.uk

Comment by The-Unknown — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:43 pm

isn’t this game meant to be coming out on the psn today or have i made a mistake?

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:45 pm

re manley

i thought this too but no-one seems to have downloaded it yet and it wasnt on psn when i checked this morning. makes a mockery of having it a day early on PSN if it isnt going to be there!

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

disappointment today always got my pre orders day early from play.com they have never let me down until today gt5 not come today o well maybe tommorow !!!

Comment by gaz — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

I preordered mine from GAME.co.uk last week, and I received it today. One of my mates ordered his from Play.com and hasnt got it yet. =P

I think the game’s brilliant! And that’s saying something when I’ve only got an Integra, Daihatsu and Evo IX in my Garage. I can’t wait until I earn the 2,000,000 Cr needed for the F2007. The handling is great, and it looks awesome.

Only problem that I have with it atm is that the Update which I need to download to play online is not downloading… Servers must be overloaded or something…

Comment by CarBoyCam — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:58 pm

Yeh its true it has a 6gig install off the blu-ray but I’m thinking thats a case off it being designed as downloaded game, so instead of changing things about you just have the download on a disk. And yes the update that is up at the minute doesn’t work, gets an error about half way through…hope they fix that quickly

Comment by Ravenblade86 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:59 pm

re nicknick

has there been an update at all or is pain still the last thiing?
if they have updated it and it is not there then we can forget about it!

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:00 pm

The local Blockbuster broke the street date so I got my copy yesterday

Booting the game was a bit of a anticlimax. First it has to install, then download a update which failed and then download it again.

But when the fame finally got going… boy it’s good!

Comment by Erik Mejer Hansen — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

“fame” = “game” in my last post

Comment by Erik Mejer Hansen — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

re manley

pain was still the last thing at 8 this morning, it had better be there when i get home or there will be trouble grrrr.

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:05 pm

@ nicknick - I feel you on that. I was gonna pre-order the disk but thought I’d go for the more expensive download to be certain of having it asap. Needless to say, all these people getting their disk copies today has peed on my bonfire somewhat

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:09 pm

Last weeks update was at 6pm GMT or around that time I think…so this weeks PSN update might be at that time aswell

Comment by Ravenblade86 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:09 pm

Argh. !

Play emailed me to say “Card declined!”
I’d forgotten to tell them my new card details.
Oh fek, peoples!
Not the status has changed to processing, then packing (here we go!), and sadly back to processing.

I’m not holding much hope about getting it on time now.

My weekend has been ruined. I can tell. Oh well, back to Warhawk it is. God I love that game. Sniff, sniff, just as well I suppose!

Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:13 pm

How much cheaper is the psn to bluray?

Comment by Wolfman — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

re nicknick

lol, yeah i agree,, if its not there im going to slap the Mrs in frustration. lol

it should be there though, i can swear that i read that it is out a day early on the network!

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

Just emailed amazon.co.uk to see whats going on…still no dispatch!

I’ll let you know what they say.

Comment by I.AM.IRON.MAN — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

so what do you learn? pay the extra 5 quid to buy in a shop. I will be at HMV at 8am tomorrow morning when the doors open

Comment by John — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

WOOOO HOOOO! In the moments between my last comment and this, Play has posted it. So I’ll see it maybe on Saturday?

Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:25 pm

if it does update at 6pm those of us numptys who put our eggs in the online basket might get it a massive 6hrs before it hits the shops (some will open at midnight, plus 24hr supermarkets etc) and 10hrs after most who ordered it on line, and by all accounts will pay more for the priveledge. feeling pretty glum right now….

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:35 pm

re nicknick

not to mention that it will take about 6 hours to download with the crap bandwidth that the psn servers offer.

btw why is every body saying that it is more expensive on the psn?
how can that be?

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:41 pm

Still not on PSN yet. COME ON SONY!!!!

Comment by ElasticTangent — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:42 pm

The store hasn’t been updated at all at the present time, around 16.00 (4 pm I think) in Denmark, it is promised today so as long as they don’t update the store, hope and thumbs are up

//WhiteWolf expecting the store to crash when they finally releases it

Comment by WhiteWolf_DK — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:44 pm

Play dispatched mine yesterday (and everybody golf today) so guessing i should get GT5:P today and EG tomorrow.

Or more i’m hoping that this is the case!

*fingers crossed*

Comment by deadairspace — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

Dear everyone who is asking about PSN:

YES IT IS OUT TODAY ON PSN STORE….

THE UK STORE IS USUALLY UPDATED AROUND 5 OR 6PM GMT, IN TIME FOR FRIDAY’S USUAL GAME RELEASE DAY

The UK PSN Store is usually updated around 5 or 6pm GMT, in time for the usual game release day that we know as Friday!

Thank you please

Comment by elephant_stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

oops didnt mean to put that line twice haha

Comment by elephant_stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

@ 56 Wolfman

I belive it is going to be the same RRP (£24.99)!

LOLZ??

Comment by elephant_stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 3:50 pm

re elephant stone

most places seem to be breaking the rrp (which is a good thing), on-line it seems to be £15-£20, and some shops are advertising it for tomorrow for £20 as well, so there seems little point in buying the online version at £5 more - which begs the question - whats the point of the online version unless sony are going to make it cheaper than in the shops by having different rrp’s. Coupled with probably not being able to download it till 6 i cant help feeling sony are pulling my pants down!

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:04 pm

I pre-ordered from Amazon, and have an estimated delivery date of 28th-31st March. Current status is ‘dispatching soon’ - so I’ll most likely have an e-mail by the end of the day telling me that it’s been sent, and it will hopefully arrive tomorrow.

Comment by Paranoimia — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

Dear Customer

Thank you for contacting us at Amazon.co.uk and for bringing this to our attention.

I realise that you have been greatly inconvenienced by this situation it is never our intention to inconvenience our valued customers like you.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconveniences this would have caused to you. We highly appreciate your patience and understanding in this case.

I have checked your order #123456789abc, and I am pleased to confirm that it has already entered the dispatch process and your package should leave our Fulfilment Centre soon.

We still expect to dispatch your order by the date listed in Your Account: March 27, 2008.

When we dispatch it from our Fulfilment Centre we’ll send you an e-mail confirming the date, contents and method of delivery.

—————-
I’ll wait and see what happems for now.

Comment by I.AM.IRON.MAN — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:09 pm

re nicknick

i agree, the only reason i decided to go with the psn version was because i assumed it would be cheaper!
it still does not make any sense, if they sell the BD to the wholesalers, who in turn mark up the price, they pass it on to the retailers who mark up as well and it ends up cheaper than me who downloads it directly from a sony server.
something is definately amiss here!

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

If Sony constantly undercut retail prices on PSN, no retailers would stock the games. Sony need to be careful what they sell on PSN and how much they sell it for, to avoid souring their relationships with retailers.

Comment by Paranoimia — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

Besides, if you buy it on PSN, you can feel good that the developer gets more of the money they deserve, rather than the retailer.

Comment by Estel — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

@73 - That is a very good point you make, I’d not thought of it like that

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:26 pm

re paranoimia

i see your point, but it seems to be us consumers who end up worse off. i guess the answer would be for the PSN store to make downloadable content available to retailers as well so everyone could take advantage of the fact that there are no packaging, production or transportation costs. my underlying annoyance is that sony doesnt have to pay shipping, production costs or packaging costs etc. yet if you buy the PSN version you still have to stump up full whack. It would be perfectly fair for the PSN price to reflect the fact you get no packaging and you cant sell the game on - and still be fair on retailers.

Comment by nicknick — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

@ Paranoimia

i understand your point, but lets face it, alot of people want the disc as i do on certain movies, music etc, if sony keep selling at the same or near the same price as the retailers everybody is going to buy it from the shops, to have to the disc and to save space on the HDD, not to mention they can trade after they have finished with it.
there is no point in releasing a game on the psn at the same price as the shops as it serves no purpose.

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:33 pm

@elephant.stone

I would down-load it tonight if i was you, HMV orders come from the Channel isles . So you will not get it till Monday. 4-5 days

Hope i’m wrong.

Comment by Mostyn — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

I pre-ordered…but for about 23€ in a pre-released promotion, in february…

Comment by RickyVeiga — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

the damn update dont work… it DL´s down do aroun 50%ish then i get an error msg.. sux.. tried 3 times alrdy..

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 27, 2008 @ 4:55 pm

Got mines at home waiting for me. Although i beta tested it. Hope its improved from the beta version.

See some of yous on the race track. Randomers

Comment by Deaf_Raiders — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:00 pm

I got a phonecall from my dutch gameshop yesterday (26th) that I could pick up the game. Installation took about 15 min and the update took about 15 min also and I even have a glassfiber connection. So guys, be warned, if your not blessed with a lightning fast internet connections you are in for a long wait.

PS my first car was a Honda Integra

Comment by Paul — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:04 pm

for anyone having issues with the update download heres how to get it working.

When you first boot the ps3 and it requests the download say NO. Once its loaded go to NEWS and download from there. If it stops again press the PS button to reset and do the very same thing again. The download will continue from where it left off.

Comment by Deano — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:05 pm

Oh Yeah, My second car was a Suzuki Cappuccino, haha

Comment by Paul — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

@ 43, The-unknown…

I wasn’t on the internet looking at prices, this was me walking into game and seeing the box priced at £44.99.

I told Gamestation and most of the staff decided to hop accross to go look.

So I suggest everone go Buy it online, sure there is a delay in getting it through you door but at least it doesn’t cost you the best part of 50 quid! Or even better wait untill PSN!!!

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:21 pm

my theory was wrong (@65) no game in 2nd post damn it! oh well 2 games tomorrow it is then.

Comment by deadairspace — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:34 pm

@E-Role. It sounds like it might be miss-pricing or a mix-up on their behalf, everywhere that I’ve seen prices it at around £25. But if anyone is planning to pick it up in the shops, I’d suggest somewhere like Tesco’s or Morrisons, as they always sell at few pounds cheaper than the specialist retailers.

Comment by The-Unknown — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:40 pm

@78

Too late - pre ordered a while ago and they have taken the money and said its dispatched - plus I want the actual disc so I can trade it in in a years time against GT5

Comment by elephant_stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

Anyways - it aint come today

Comment by elephant_stone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

this is weird. Yesterday received an email from play saying GT5:P had been posted. Today a 2nd email from play:

Dear Customer,

Your copy of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue was received late to our warehouse from Sony and has now been despatched.

As we have missed the release date we would like to offer you £3 off the price of Grand Theft Auto 4 coming to PlayStation 3 on April 29th.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any disappointment this may have caused and thank you for your patience and valued custom.

Kind regards,

PLAY.COM
————————————————————-
anyone else had anything similar?
I am confused.

Comment by saru — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:47 pm

£3 off a future purchase from them? Gosh how generous

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

@89 - Saru

I’ve just literally received the same email from Play.com, after them telling me it was dispatched last night. I spoke to the missus earlier and she didn’t mention that it had arrived today so I’m assuming it’s going to come tomorrow?

Doesn’t really matter if it’s a day late as I’m probably not going to get any serious time with it until Saturday anyway, and the extra money off GTAIV will be handy too.

Seriously considering upgrading the HDD to 250GB though, if all these games are going to require such large installs.

Comment by Dan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

The-Unknown rules in shopping advice!! lol ^^

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

Pre-ordered mine from amazon.

Do you think it is best to cancel the order and pre - order it from Play.com??

Comment by Elliot — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:01 pm

Play.com are out of stock. Will i still get GT5P earler if i order it off game than i would amazon??

Comment by Elliot — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:06 pm

Buy it off PSN if time is a concern, it’s the quickest way now

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

wasnt convinced about buying GTA4, i guess I will get it now.

Earlier on play, they were out of stock for gt5:p until march 31, so i wouldnt order from play just yet if amazon havent delivered.

Comment by saru — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:09 pm

Mines ordered with amazon but no dispatch

It says something like April 3rd or something to be dispatched! WTH!

If that happens, i think we should get compensated or something. Im not happy!

Comment by whoelse — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:13 pm

When are they going to update the PSN store for crying out loud? Half past 5 and STILL no sign of it.

I WANT MY GT5:P!!!

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:25 pm

got it today can not download the update but games still plays and it is fantastic!!
Thanks Polyphony
Thanks Sony!
Worth owning a Ps3 for!!

Comment by andy — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:43 pm

17:48gmt and its still not on PSN looks like uncle Tesco is getting my money at 04:30am on the way to work! but then i will have to drool over it all day at work DOH!!

Comment by andy_cowley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

its a bit late for the psn update,,, i really hope that it is just delayed cause of the massive amount of content that sony is adding today.
to be honest im abit worried right now, i was banking on getting it on the psn,, SONY DONT LET ME DOWN!!!! i will do things for you

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

All you people complaining about Amazon and Play… you have heard of shops right… you know real places you can go and get products the same time as you pay for them… Instead of panicking about when it will be there you can just go and pick up a copy on launch day.

Comment by John — Mar 27, 2008 @ 6:57 pm

Play gave me £3 off my ore-order of GTA. Ain’t that nice? They’d only just got over telling me that GT5p was on it’s merry way! Two very nice emails!

Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:01 pm

GOD DAMN YOU PSN I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!!

Comment by andy_cowley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:05 pm

@ John

Its £17.98 on amazon.

Comment by whoelse — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

Have they ever missed a thursday before? If not, there is no reason to panic. If they have, GOD SAVE US ALL(and the king(In norway we have a king, not a queen))!!! :O

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

LOL @ 107

Comment by andy_cowley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:13 pm

To the people complaining about amazon, did you order with Super Saver Delivery (the free one) like i did.

Comment by whoelse — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:17 pm

Wait, we have a queen as well, but the king is more “important” here. Why do I ever comment on anything. It seems that every time I do, I make an arse out of myself.

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

When is the store gonna update..piss

Comment by KARLOS — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

@103 John - yes that’s all very well if you work near a game stockist and have the time to get to the shops, but some of us have to work for a living, nowhere near such emporiums of fine merchandise. so we order stuff online. and if they promise a 27th dispatch it should be in the post then, not still sitting in a box in the storeroom somewhere.

plus ordering online is costing around 15-20 quid whereas shops are charging 25 quid for it. and there’s no way i’m buying it from the PSN after getting stiffed with the whole Warhawk thing.

if it’s not dispatched by Saturday morning i’m CANCELING all my amazon.co.uk pre-orders, heading into the city to buy a copy FROM AN ACTUAL SHOP because that’s the only day i can get to do so.

[/ranting and thinking bad thoughts about amazon]

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:37 pm

Come on Sony. Retail stores are closing. You can put GT5P online now.

Comment by TTP — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

I keep checking the PSN Store but still not updated.

@111, What do you mean stiffed by the whole warhawk thing?

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:42 pm

@109 whoelse - no i paid for next day guaranteed delivery. :\

just re-checked my amazon account and in the last 1/2 hour i get this:-

“We are preparing these items for dispatch and this part of your order cannot be cancelled or changed.
Delivery estimate:28 Mar “

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:42 pm

Come on Sony - PSN Release is supposed to be 27th - it’s 6.45pm and nothing up yet! I might as well just wait til tomorrow and get the disc by the time it gets put up and downloaded.

Why say you’ll release it online a day early and then wait til the end of the friggin day!!

Comment by slinky — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:43 pm

I’ve had a tenner resting on my PSN account which I’d hoped would go towards this. If it doesn’t hit tonight, my girlfriend’s blowing it all on Singstar songs! Come on Sony. Have mercy on me!!!

Comment by InstantKarmaUK — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:43 pm

@90 saru i got the same email from play.com £3 off gta4 o well hope it comes tommorow might as well pre order gta4 now !!

Comment by gaz — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:46 pm

Super @ THREESPEECH

So I guess this is the most talked about topic on threespeech to date? Anything to do with your calling all leachers?

I think so..

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:47 pm

@113 - only one user per-download, so you mates can’t have their own save games on your system when they come over and have to use yours… and you can’t take it over to play on their systems.

plus you can’t trade in a download later on. i’m sticking to hardcopies from now one.

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:48 pm

Mine’s in the post, fingers crossed for delivery tomorrow!

Comment by cr8ck3r5 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:49 pm

You’d think that someone from Sony would give us just a little bit of information about when it’s appearing on the PSN.

I’m really getting sick and tired of the level of service Sony gives us. Everything costs more, everything takes longer to become available and we get zero support/communication from them.

Comment by Jimmy — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:51 pm

to all wanting the PSN version, just wait until tomorrow and get the disc version, you get extra video stuffs on it anyways. plus it’s gonna take you all ages to download 6gigs on overloaded internet pipes, and the online update crashes anyway.

bythe time you do all that it’ll be in the shops.

plus think how nice the box will look sitting next to all those other GT games you have.

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 7:57 pm

BUY THE DISC. Then you can sell it a month before the full game is released………

BTW Why are Sony waiting till everyone is home before updating the PAL store? Do you WANT to crash your own servers or something?

SCEE go from calamity to calamity. Someone there needs to be taken out and shot.

Comment by Jay — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

- PSN version is less than 2 Gigs
- You can download those videos on GT TV
- Online update doesnt crash if you set UPnP Type to 2 in the game network settings.

Comment by TTP — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:02 pm

any news on whether the psn store has been updated yet?

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:08 pm

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk,

We thought you would like to know that the following item has been sent

WHOOOHHOOOO!!!!

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:13 pm

whats taking so long.I think ill invest in a g25 wheel next week.check it out on you tube.it even has a clutch pedal and 6 speed stick.

Comment by KARLOS — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

I got that email from play too… trouble is standard and special editions of GTA IV are both £10 cheaper on Amazon, so their £3 isn’t much compensation!

Comment by Neil — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:16 pm

I wouldn’t worry about the PSN, there have been times before where it hasn’t been updated before 9:30pm. I’m sure the update will be there soon.

@mobiletone
You are right, in some cases like yours you aren’t within walking distance of a shop, but most people, if they really want the game on launch day, should be capable of going before or after work, on during a lunch break. My nearest HMV opens at 8am, so it’s no problem for me.

Comment by John — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:17 pm

has it been updated yet?

Fed up with checking

Comment by jeff masson — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:19 pm

I am playing it now. Sick, awsome. Best game ever. The bad thing is the tuning options. Not much you can do with the car after you have bought it.

Comment by Rose — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:24 pm

Dunno if anyone’s answered these questions, but here goes…

Last time I saw, the install’s are to save wear and tear on the disc drive, we would have drives as loud as a 360 otherwise as the machine pulls info from the disc, and we don’t want that.

As far as I am aware, the disc version of GT5P comes with a making of and behind the scenes disc to sweeten the deal.

I’ve seen it for £17.99 on Gamestation’s site. I’ll be getting mine tomorrow.

Comment by Xephon1970 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:41 pm

This game is great and challenging. Exceptional graphics and gameplay.

Comment by Pesico — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:47 pm

I think the count down in the top of Three Speech’s home page is for the PSN version too. I guess we’ll see the update after midnight.

Comment by miltos — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

i wonder what the record amount of comments on threespeech is? cos theres a lot here

Comment by Miller — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

I don’t believe the countdown is for the PSN version. That can’t be right can it?

I’m determined to be driving a car in GT5 Prologue before I go to bed!!!

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

i got the disc version and i didnt get any behind the scene stuff… no extra disc and nothing that i can find on the game disc.. guess its a us only extra… or its realy well hidden.

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

Great. So they release the game in Europe on US timzone’s.
PATHETIC. REALLY !!!

Comment by P5ycH0 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:57 pm

I can still hear it…. “The PSN version will be available 24hrs before the BD.” Excuse me while I throw up.

Comment by P5ycH0 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:59 pm

they are probably waiting to coincide the launch with the new GTA4 trailer which comes out at 10pm

Comment by Deano — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:00 pm

and i have to say, nice choice of car in the pic there TS.

i’ll see you on the tracks, i’ll see you in heck.

I am the Nightrider. I’m a fuel injected suicide machine. I am the rocker, I am the roller, I am the out-of-controller!

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:12 pm

any one that knows if the behind the scenes doc was for us only or if it suposed to be on the eu disc to?
becuse as i said i shure as hell cant find it…

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:14 pm

Great let down, AGAIN thank you sony get your act together upload th GT 5 now!

Comment by Mausser — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:18 pm

dont count on downloading gt5p from the store today, if its even released this week on the eu store i’ll be very surprised.

Comment by thedragonrider — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:33 pm

Where the hell is GT5:P????

I’m in Australia nd the game has been available in stores for 24 hours! There is no excuse for not having it uploaded already. This is ridiculous Sony. And you wonder why so many people have gone with MS this gen…

Comment by dizzan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:49 pm

Once again a lack of communication has annoyed us all. Surely it would have been a good idea to have printed the exact time that GT5P was to be uploaded to the PSN, instead of making us all keep checking!! If all of us know that this is a messed up lauch, why cant Sony realise it too! Sort it out please, we have the best console going, but not much to back it up!! I still love my PS3 though!!

Comment by pr0d1gy1980 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

I work in the press and i got my swanky press kit today with the full game included.

Sadly my PS3 stopped working last night so i’m gonna go in to a sony store and ask to play it there.

Oh by the way, I’m in New Zealand

Comment by Day — Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

So where is GT:P. It should have been on the store today…

Any guess TS?

Comment by Makasu — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

Who would have guessed that this would descend into a complete fiasco?
You didn’t have to be Mystic Meg to see this cock up coming, sadly it is absolutely typical of Sony these days.

Comment by Ton Capone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

I hate you SCEE. God I wish I lived in a SCEA controlled Sony region.

Comment by Steve — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:07 pm

to be honest all the release dates now are 28th im assuming its just coming out tomorrow

Comment by Marc — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:07 pm

PS Some advice Sony:

COMMUNI-FRIKKIN-CATE WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go on and try it. You got a PR dept. What DO they do all day?

Comment by Steve — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

@141 Steve

We all hate them pal.
But hate is what festers because of SCEE’s total lack of communication and utter lack of consideration for it’s customers.

Comment by Ton Capone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:09 pm

For those still waiting for their order from Amazon.co.uk - you probably selected free postage which can mean you’ll get your order up to 4 days after the release date but if you selected first class you would pay a couple quid extra but get it the next day, special delivery even better would be guaranteed. If you already paid for delivery then i would ask for your money back if it doesn’t come when it should.

Comment by Deano — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

Exactly. Just tell uswhen it will be released Sony!!! It’s 2008 ffs. It’s not like you have to send out homing pigeons. A single blog post will do it.

Jeeez….. it’s not brain surgery

Comment by dizzan — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:12 pm

Complain to SCEE direct about their lack of communication with customers. This is their pointless (it seems) PR Department:

scee_presscentre@scee.net

Comment by James — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:16 pm

Has anyone noticed that the time stamp is an hour ahead of UK time, so does this mean the countdown is ending at 1am!!! If i was Chuck Norris i would roundhouse Sony ass!!

Comment by pr0d1gy1980 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

It’s times like this I’m glad I loathe racing games.

Balls to steering wheels - just gimme an axe, a sword, and some pretty blonde plaits…

He is Viking…

He is Viking!

HE IS VIKING!

Comment by rooee — Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

Well, now the trailer for GTA IV is out. They should be updating Store by now, if my assumptions are correct.

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

Do they really stay at work this late just to update the store? I really wonder how the store actually _is_ updated, it might explain why we can

1) Only get content on a Thursday
2) Get not much content in general on the store
3) Delays, delays (eg pain)

Comment by Geoff — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:07 pm

still not there wtf.

Comment by KARLOS — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

WTF just looked in the american store, seems it is updated but no GT5P??? The EU store isn’t updated yet

//WhiteWolf

Comment by WhiteWolf_DK — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

my eyes are getting itchy.By the time its in store and downloaded.I wont be able to see.Guess ill haveto get up early before work..

Comment by KARLOS — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:13 pm

Well I was aparantly right, http://blog.us.playstation.com/ have just released a list of the content for the US Store, there is no GT5P there.

//WhiteWolf

Comment by WhiteWolf_DK — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:16 pm

what a fucking Dfiasco!!!

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:17 pm

well if they dont put it in the store tonight they’ll have lost a load of coin.As its a fiver or so cheaper in from the shop……dumb

Comment by KARLOS — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

this is really takin the piss now.

Comment by dave — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

GT5P was never scheduled to be released on the NA Store today. Can’t believe that there still isn’t an EU update though…

Comment by Estel — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:19 pm

Thats because the US dont get GT5:P untill 17th of April

Comment by Steve — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:19 pm

probably will be released at midnight

Comment by missing — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:25 pm

GT5:Prologue is not released in North America this month. They get it next month. Apparantly with some more songs, and a couple of cars. Well, that’s just rumours, but still…

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:25 pm

Whitewolf, the US wont get it for another 3-4 weeks.

I just spent the last of my €150 in my psn wallet.

Looks like i’m getting the disc tomorrow instead.

They better have some in stock!

Comment by Wolfman — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:27 pm

Is this the biggest SCEE fcuk up ever?

Comment by uber1337 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

Where verry sorry for the delay but we are very incompertant and don’t give a fuck about our customers..

Comment by SCEE — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:30 pm

half past ten and no fucking update!!! Sony you are a joke. Looks like I’ll be buying this from a store tomorrow

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:34 pm

were screwed about but we still buy the game
lol

Comment by missing — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:37 pm

Has a Store update ever been this late in the UK/EU?

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:39 pm

Probably have to release it at midnight to stop retailers crying like they did over Warhawk

Comment by Gyakuten Saiban — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:41 pm

probably waiting till everyone’s asleep to avoid crashing servers.

Comment by asus4 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:42 pm

look people, you’re better off getting it on blu-ray anyways. do you not see that?

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:43 pm

nope

Comment by asus4 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

You know what, I bet its not in the update and they are just hoping we all forget so they don’t get yelled at when they do they update

Comment by Tom — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

Not for me. I have a friend who has it on blu-ray. You can’t play it without the disc, and the documentary is nowhere to be seen on the disc, or on GT-TV. Besides, it will be cheaper on Store.

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:46 pm

don parfit is a chalfont

Comment by asus4 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:49 pm

BaH! Its Warhawk all over again!

Comment by psocrates — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:53 pm

@ amras_telemnar - it won’t be cheaper on the store. i paid 17.95 for the BR version. sounds like you’re just a freedownloader, 1 paid download copy=5 mates get it, leech! pay for your own copy.

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:53 pm

your really startin to piss me off!

Comment by dave — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

mobiletone, don’t make assumptions like that or call people names. Personally I want the download version for convenience. I prefer not to mess around swapping disks if I can avoid it.

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:56 pm

They’ll release it like 11.58pm and say “well we did promise to release it on the 27th and we did! Sony keeps its promises” - sick of waiting now, I’ve been checking all flippin day. Right royal SCEE f**k up!

As for updating the store it has to be as simple as >> add file to server >> add item to store >> click to update store, just like any other Content Management System. FFS I’ve written complete websites quicker than these monkeys….

Comment by slinky — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:57 pm

I have it. Yeah, it’s pretty good so far.

The initial install took between 10 and 15 minutes and then I had another 20 minutes trying to download the update file; Not a nice experience to go through but I went away and did other things.

Online racing…. had a few races, I always finish last though (cos I’m rrrubish). Some races went smoothly and others didn’t. Some cars “jitter”, I’m sure the gamer isn’t putting though inputs in themselves, it the game (or network somehow). Some cars look like they’re accelorating and braking repeatedly, the effect is like the car is moving backwards and forwards slightly as it’s travelling down the road, looks weird and a bit off-putting. Maybe it’s my connection, but it’s supposed to be upto 8meg.

GT-TV…. nothing on there but the intro movie for the game, which is VERY impressive.

So far, I’d give 7 out of 10. Might go up to 8 once I’ve played it some more

Comment by Mister_G — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:58 pm

Sony must have known that this was going to be a hotly anticipated update and they’ve shafted us without a word of explanation!

Way to go Sony. What a fucking cock up!!!

Comment by Advocate — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:58 pm

Amazon didn’t despatch my GT5:P pre-order till after 7pm so i guess its doubtful for getting it tomorrow.

SCEE showing themselves as being completely inept.

Just another regular day in PS3 land then..

Comment by Mal — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

Does anybody know, or can confirm, if this game is gonna be playable on more than one PS3. Warhawk is where I am going with this. Each PS3 must have it’s own version to play against each other and that goes for both the Network version and the BluRay version. Is GT5P the same? I have ordered from Play and it was posted today by the way.

Comment by twoboys69 — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

@ slinky

lmfao!!!
aint that the truth!

Comment by manley — Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

not really much point in downladin it now even if it does come

Comment by dave — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:00 am

Sod it !
Im buying this on Disc tomorrow.
The way I see It Sony are making £3-5? profit selling this on disc and probably £15? on Download. I wanted to avoid the 6gb install, but now, sod ‘em I’m Buying the Disc Version tomorrow.

I could have a real rant about the PSN but whats the point ? Its all been said before. I have been constantly disappointed by the PSN, and tonight is a shining example. “The game will be out Thur 27th on PSN” Ok fine …………….. 11pm ………where is it ? SCEA updated their store an hour ago, complete with GTAIV trailer…Well SCEE wheres Our trailer ? More to the point WHERE IS GT5:P

Whinge over ( Thank you and goodnight)

Comment by PSN Enigma137 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:00 am

Your probably right Slinky. I have never written a website, but i reckon i could learn how to, design one, and get it live quicker than these muppets who update our PSN store!! A simple statement telling us when the update would be happening, instead of a lame countdown that none of us know actually what its meant for, and we would have all been happy. I have had to play Flow to calm myself down, but i am still in a rage since reading all this!! haha

Comment by pr0d1gy1980 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:02 am

If the UK dosn’t get the beyond the apex documentary, i will be ducked off. very ducked indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:02 am

asda for me in 40 minutes then. £19.71

Comment by Deano — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:03 am

@ 169 ya i’d be really annoyed if only the yamks get it

Comment by dave — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:04 am

1.9GB isn’t exactly huge, especially given that PS3 games can take advantage of Blu-ray’s 50GB if they choose, so how do they do that?

One way Prologue reduces its footprint is by leaving cinematics on the server until you choose to download them from GT TV. You can choose to download the opening movie at any time, and when you finish Event series you’re told that you can now download the end movie from the in-game high-definition TV download page.

According to a Sony spokesperson, both movies will be included on the Blu-ray disc version of the game.

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:04 am

Hello?

SCEE? Anyone there?

Does ANYONE work in SCEE?

Comment by James — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:05 am

Erm… No GT5p for us i guess..

Comment by miltos — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:05 am

@164 - re. the jittery cars… are they all doing that or just a few random ones? Sounds like their connection to me if it is random ones. It could also be the connection of the host player… I don’t believe the online races are hosted on dedicated servers. So if someone with a crap connection hosts, you’re all shafted!

Comment by Obli — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:05 am

well the doc isnt on the disc so if it´s not in the store update i guess we wont get it. as i understood it it was suposed to be on the disc which it aint..

had my ps3 for like 2 months or so only and i alrdy hate sony´s crapy customer relations..

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:07 am

I really thought the cock ups of 2007 were behind us, but between the release date nonsense of the past few days (Killzone 2, Haze) and now the non-appearance of GT5P on the PSN, Sony aren’t really doing themselves any favours. Again.

The US PSN has been updated (no GT5P, but thanks for the UT III maps!), so what the hell is going on?

I love my PlayStation 3, but this sort of thing really hacks me off.

Comment by Xephon1970 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:07 am

what pisses me off the most is that there is nothing we can do,,, cause all of us will buy it the moment it is available, just like we did with the rest of the games that were promised and never arrived by the date that they gave.
i would like to make a stand by not buying any more games on the psn to prove a point,, but lets face it, the moment WO HD and HV bowling come im grabbing them.
really sites like these are our way of expressing our discontent, and yet every week nearly everybody is complaining about the weak updates or the delays. and yet in the year that the ps3 has been out nothing has changed at all.
makes me wonder why i bother even ranting.
the other week a guy said that he had enough and sold his ps3 for an xbox and i slated him for that,,,,, well let me just appologise to him, cause at the end of the day, even though MS are money grabbing @$%£^&* at least they support there live.
i would quite easily pay £30 pounds a year to stop this sort of thing from happening!

Comment by manley — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:11 am

Yeah, found out later that the US version wasn’t scheduled for release now, but this is a bloody disappointment, 0015 here in DK and no update, well I had guessed they wouldn’t release it today as promised and wait untill tomorrow or today here in DK.
For the first time ever I think SONY sucks, and I have been a truly loyal fan ever since the PS1

//WhiteWolf

Comment by WhiteWolf_DK — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:12 am

@ TheShirts - why else would he care that you still needed the disc to play the game? i bet they tried to install it and run it without a disc so he could copy it to his system as well. just saying.

and we all know it costs more in the PSN store.

if i’m wrong i’ll say sorry. can’t say fairer than that

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:13 am

@ Anybody from Oxford, I’ll see you 9:00 outside gamestation ready to buy GT5p.!!!

OXFORD RULES!…………slightly!

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:14 am

01:16 here in Greece and still waiting…
zzZZzZzzz…

Comment by miltos — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:14 am

The guys in charge of the PS store have obviously f*cked off home and gone to bed by now.

Comment by Geoff — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:16 am

We should all get together and protest outside SCEE - where are they?

Comment by Obli — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:16 am

********COMPLAIN HERE********

scee_presscentre@scee.net

************************************

Comment by James — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:17 am

atm im so happy i didnt sell my 360 to get ps3.
atleast ms has good customer relations and tells ppl when sh*t happens and why..
I have heard more sound from a mute person then from sony..

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:17 am

fuck it ps3 in oven..

Comment by asus4 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:18 am

i acualy sold my old crappy audi to get a ps3 lol

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:18 am

@dave 168 & 172

Are you that policeman from Allo Allo ?

Comment by PSN Enigma137 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:19 am

fat people are hard to kidnap

Comment by dave — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:20 am

mikkelito - what Audi? I’m an Audi fan (sorry for the spam guys!)

Comment by Obli — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:21 am

an old audi 100 sport from 1987 whit the small engine (1.8l)

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:22 am

you can see it now.Bloke sat behind a computer with his finger above the update button laughing.”silly fools” he mutters

Comment by asus4 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:22 am

Microsoft must be laughing there asses off, they dont even need to buy bad press, SCEE do it for them!

Comment by Mal — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:23 am

FIRE UP THE AUDI!!!!

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:23 am

@ Obli dunno but i have some burning torches and pitchforks here for when we find out

Comment by psocrates — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:23 am

Still no dispatch on amazon

Im going to bed.

Comment by whoelse — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:26 am

everyone who works for sony must be filthy rich and do this shit for a hobby.

Comment by asus4 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:26 am

The SCEE Press guys are run off their feet. Five press releases this year. How do they cope? No wonder they don’t have time to talk to us.

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/content/default.asp?NewsAreaID=2

Comment by James — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:27 am

My amazon order dispatched today, sys delivery estimate is tomorrow

I’m so glad I didn’t go for the download version. So much for the store improving…

Comment by Geoff — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:28 am

Ah, a 1.8 four cylinder engine… blurgh. Old Audi’s are all about the 5’s!

I have a 1991 Audi 90 2.3 20v - old beast!

Comment by Obli — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:30 am

i think bed is the best idea i have heard all night!
chaps & chapettes good nigh!
hopfully i will wake up in the morning and the psn will be full to the brim of all the games, trailers, demos, and other stuff to make up for the mess that has been on show today! anything less will simply not do!
probably see you for another rant tomorrow no doubt! or next thursday for sure!

Comment by manley — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:30 am

I got a new Audi. S3. Awesome motor.

Comment by James — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:31 am

@ obli
i acualy have another audi 100 sport but it dont have an eningine in it (yet) looking for a nice turbo to put in it ^^

sorry about the spam guys.. but not like sony gonna give as any news anyway..

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:33 am

Hmm.. I thought the Store version was cheaper. My friend had to pay 350 NOK for the game in retail. That’s like £38 or something. I had the impression the Store version was going to be more like 250 NOK (about £27). So please don’t judge before I get a chance to explain myself.

Comment by amras_telemnar — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:34 am

will wait till 12 then im off to bed..

Comment by asus4 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:35 am

mikkelito - what’s your PSN? I’d like to talk old Audis more but fear the wrath of admins!

Comment by Obli — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:37 am

GTA TRAILERS KIKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:38 am

my psn acualy is mikkelito ^^
but you have to type msg´s becuse i have no idea where i have put my bluethoot set..

Comment by mikkelito — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:41 am

Oh man this game is AWESOME. i just got off a 6 hr stint of GT5P :p bed time me thinks.

Comment by Ricky — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:41 am

Jut like to say before I go for a kip, you lot are so owned on GT5 2morra, BOW B4 ME… Lol ^^

Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:51 am

I feel for those of you who have been waiting for the PSN version today. It’s very bad form of Sony to let it slip without so much as an apology.

I hope that by tomorrow morning the PSN version is out, and I’ve got a GT5P shaped Amazon package dropping through the door. They dispatched my copy today so here’s to hoping…

On the subject of ordering pre-releases, who do people in the UK regard as the best? I’ve always used Amazon with no bad experiences but am undecided who to order GTA4 from.

Comment by Tednol — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:54 am

ok its now friday im off to bed. cheers sony

Comment by dave — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:59 am

Still NO UPDATE!!

Comment by Wolfman — Mar 28, 2008 @ 12:59 am

SHOCKING…

Wait and wait and wait

PSN = Playstation Says No

GTP(m) is now GTAM.. nn i cant wait forever

Comment by komp — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:01 am

They could of least given us the GT5 Music videos!

Comment by Wolfman — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:02 am

that enough. i have had enough. time and time again i’ve put up with your crap and you’ve just tipped me sadly to the dark side (x360).

where on earth is our ps store update and more importantly where the f**k is SCEE.

you could have the common decency to explain the delay in our update, but as usual you keep your fat bloody mouth shut.

and this threespeech blog. well don’t get me started on them

Comment by gruntled ps3 owner — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:02 am

Nothing Not even a Music Video, that i got from the US PSN. I’ll watch them then sleep

Comment by Wolfman — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:04 am

DLAYSTATION strikes again. Harder than ever this time.

Comment by Makasu — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:05 am

i feel like running to ASDA only to return and it would have updated.

Comment by komp — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:08 am

i wish the asda near me was 24 hours!

Comment by psocrates — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:13 am

just been to asda back now
installing yay

£19.71

i suggest you all go now

Comment by Deano — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:13 am

wish i could go to asda but aint got a car and live about 20 miles from nearest one.

Comment by ziggypanda — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:16 am

Thanks Sony, you took up whole evening with this.

Here’s a handy tip: If you’re going to issue a press release saying GT5:P is going to be available on 27th March on PSN, make sure that’s the case. If it’s not going to show, then you better make sure you tell people, rather than staying mute. It’s 6 hours after the regular update time, and I, as well as countless others, am still totally in the dark about what the problem is.

Now, do I go to bed and hope that it’s just going up a day later than you told us it was, or do I stay up so that all this waiting wasn’t in vain? Maybe if I had any clue whatsoever what’s going on, I’d be able to make that deciion easier, but as it stands, I’ve just spent a quarter of my day waiting for nothing.

Comment by jiggles — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:19 am

why oh why are you all moaning so much,buy the disc version and get over it!
Or buy a 3fixme

Comment by andy — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:22 am

I know Threespeech operatives can’t monitor this site all the time, but they could at least have let us in on whether the countdown was to release on PSN or just the countdown to release date for the disc version.
I stayed up for an update that never came. FFS!!!

Comment by InstantKarmaUK — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:22 am

OK so Sony fucked us over with the GT5 Prologue release on PSN. TBH the PS3 ain’t all that compared to the Xbox 360, I own both and GR4 and Forza2 are enough for me after this shambles.

Sony you just lost a customer…..

Comment by Advocate — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:36 am

Fuck it. Not buying it anymore. It should have released at least 27 hours ago here in Oz. That’s when the BR version was officially released here.

Comment by dizzan — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:36 am

im furious. i was even prepared to have my pants pulled down over the price and download GT5 from PSN for the convenience of not having to take out pro evo if i wanted to play GT, plus i would get it 24hrs early. now i just feel stupid for even contemplating that sony wouldnt cock up the release of the biggest game on ps3 so far. might not even buy it on principal now. or might go to tesco in the morning.

Comment by nicknick — Mar 28, 2008 @ 1:43 am

are well i will get the disc and save the money for wipeout hd which is out soon ow and the store has updated but only with a advert for gt5p if you look any way bet the full update will happen some ponit in the night as sony no s that there are going to be loads of people downloading it and want to be able to keep ps network running properly any way hope you all get it to day and have fun with it

Comment by wow i can see the light — Mar 28, 2008 @ 2:04 am

Okay, yeah. I’ve sat up all evening waiting for this update. I basically spent the day at work brimming over with child-like GT5 Prologue joy, and came home to find the store still trying to hock copies of PA!N. Six hours later and there’s been no change, and I doubt that there’s anyone with their finger poised over the “UPDATE” button right now.

Now I feel like an idiot for trusting the release date. I should know better by now. God, how the years should have taught me to avoid getting my hopes up.

I wonder how many copies of Destruction Derby and WipEout they sold tonight? I’ll bet there’s a peak in the online sales chart that co-incides with the tinkling sound of a MILLION DREAMS BREAKING.

Ah well, I’ll get it tomorrow, I trust.

Comment by Neil — Mar 28, 2008 @ 2:24 am

3am and still no PSN update, not that i’m that bothered, i’m planning on going into town tomorrow to buy GT5P on disk, i hope its not sold out everywhere! i’ve just spent the night playing Gran Turismo HD so hopefully il be almost back on form to take on the world!

Comment by Tupelo — Mar 28, 2008 @ 3:56 am

WTF SCEE. WTF.

Redeem yourself by putting GT5P up on the PS Store for 29 Euros.

Comment by TTP — Mar 28, 2008 @ 5:20 am

Lot of moaning going on here - anyway, got the br disk - been playing all day (took day off). It’s amazing, really, amazing, like the best GT (was that 3 or 4?) but a much better finish to the whole menu / nav plus online two player etc plus it feels fast when you drive. ACE.

Comment by Ian — Mar 28, 2008 @ 5:39 am

The one time when we are getting something worthwhile before the U.S. and SCEE still manages to alienate and upset the continent.

Well done, SCEE. Truly.

the guys at SCEE didn’t even have the decency to let the people who took time off work or a day off or whatever to play this game.

I feel that SCEE has really sunk to an all-new low.

Once and for all: Get. It. Together.

Comment by Phreaky_T — Mar 28, 2008 @ 5:48 am

Glad I pre-ordered it now and didnt wait for the PSN update. It’ll probably go up today though at some point.

Comment by Chris — Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:19 am

5:45 friday morning no update, if sony update today there in some serious trouble because they said that it would be only possible to release content on a thursday aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I cant wait that long

Comment by Greg — Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:29 am

See ThreeSpeech, you should been out with your reporters disguise on, taking pictures of the chaos, asking for comments from behind the scenes, showing us just what was happening to our beloved pre-orders. Live picture updates (for an hour or so) of trucks full to bursting with GT goodness. Sad images of the games left behind, yet to find their owners. And the occasional sardonic smile of a narked, empty handed customer, who’d like to shout and rage, but can’t cos you have a camera pointed at them.

Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:48 am

Well 0800 AM in DK and still no update, SONY has really messed up

//WhiteWolf

Comment by WhiteWolf_DK — Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:48 am

ThreeSpeech, your clock is wrong? Or are you on European time?

Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 28, 2008 @ 7:49 am

Poor show Sony, Poor show. SCEE really are taking their disregard for their customers to a whole new level.

The game’s great, so glad I preordered but the lack of store update or explanation is laughable, no way to run a business guys.

Comment by Nick Iribar — Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:40 am

Thank’s sony!

You really fucked me! I take today free from work to play with GT5… I only can play with other game, called: fucking on sony around internet!

Comment by nandelbosc — Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:42 am

ThreeSpeech, I think you need to try to get an explanation from Sony about this one. I wasn’t even planning to buy GT5P but a lot of people on all the forums I visit are very pissed off about it, and it does SCEE no good whatsoever to just pretend that nothing is wrong. This is not the way to treat your best customers.

Comment by uber1337 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:49 am

This might have something to do with yesterdays no show:-

Notice to PLAYSTATION®Network Users

We have found out that there has been a possibility of unauthorized access to personal information on the PLAYSTATION®Store through PCs, a content download service of the PLAYSTATION®Network. Although unlikely, it is possible that the passwords of a small percentage of PLAYSTATION®Network users may have been changed through unauthorized access, making it possible to view users’ personal information and/or use the Wallet for the PLAYSTATION®Store. PLAYSTATION Network accounts do not display entire credit card numbers, so any unauthorized access to your PLAYSTATION Network account is very unlikely to compromise your credit card number.

We have taken immediate measures to rectify this issue and system security is restored.

We have investigated the extent of unauthorized access and possible alteration of passwords that could have occurred before corrective measures were taken, and are directly contacting customers who may have been affected by this incident. In order to verify that your account is intact, we strongly suggest that PLAYSTATION®Network users sign in to the service. If you can successfully sign in with your pre-set password, your account is not affected by this incident.

For more information, please contact Customer Service.

Remember; do not disclose your log-in or password details on any email communications.

(Taken from http://www.uk.playstation.com)

…just a thought, but a message through the threespeech boards would still be helpful.

Comment by InstantKarmaUK — Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:55 am

See, while that seems a possible explanation, we have still not heard word from SCEE AT ALL! If they had said yesterday afternoon “We will not be udating the store today as we have security issues” etc there would be a lot fewer miffed people like myself. It’s the lack of communication that winds me up week on week!

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:06 am

EPIC FAIL!

Comment by mobiletone — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:12 am

mine arrived yesterday. first download went ok then when i tried to enter gt tv the second download would’nt work. I reckon i’ve spent 10 minutes playing and at least an hour waiting for install and trying to download updates!

xbox live works so much better than this….

Comment by exprohound — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:13 am

glad i didn’t stay up later than 12

Comment by asus4 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:15 am

Sony. Keep going like this and even less people will continue to support your systems.

Either you lied by saying you would release the game on the 27th and just didn’t OR if there was a problem, you didn’t take five minutes to let your customers know.

Either way, poor, poor customer service. Lots of pissed off customers including myself.

Comment by dizzan — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:18 am

@ TheShirts

i couldnt have put it better myself. how hard would it have been to send users an email explaining the situation? i wouldnt have been anywhere near as hacked off.

sony’s customer relations people are staggeringly incompetent.

Comment by nicknick — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:25 am

this is such awful treatment for people wanting to buy this game. such awful and lazy treatment from SCEE. don’t want it myself but may have got it yesterday but going to get something else now. seriously though, i bet everyone is beyond caring now, you guys just shouldn’t buy the game, this kind of thing will only continue to the next time you want something. not a great thing to look forward to and not a great thing for SCEE to have that kind of reputation where people have no faith in them whatsoever.

Comment by Deano — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:25 am

If I had one wish, it would be to sit down with a seniour SCEE employee and just ask, why they never tell us anything and what they plan to do to improve that situation…

Actually if I had one wish it would involve Keria Knightly and some baby oil but you get the point.

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:27 am

@all,
what could we expect else if Sony makes a Promiss?
they are the PRO in MISSING.

Wednesday i already was able to buy the Demo GT, which should make us happy for more than a year since GT5 is gonna be released somewhere in 2009 !!!!!!!!!!

today nothing on the Store,
threespeech is even not posting the weekly updates anymore ( did Sony told them not to do anymore,to stop the weekly annoying of the customers)

then there is always the SCEA ,which knows how to give content….

now we only have to wait until we can order de prepaid cards in the US
so we can really have value for our Euros

Comment by terrortime — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:32 am

Sony Euro PSN = EPIC FAIL!

Comment by Rogue Soul — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:55 am

I’ve just made my second complaint to amazon after the bullshit they fed me yesterday.

They still haven’t dispatched yet! it been ‘made ready for dispatch’ for 19hrs. it must be one well wrapped BD.

I’m just going to go to a shop after work and buy it. i’ll send the amazon one back when it finally shows up!

As for Sony… what can i say. Its not just us you’ve let down. Your letting yourself down too. LOL.

Comment by I.AM.IRON.MAN — Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:56 am

OMG! I think i just heard this come through my letter box. i can’t wait to get playing. Might post my thoughts if i can tear myself away later.

W00t!

Comment by dom1610 — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:03 am

@ theshirts

i too would like to sit down with a senior scee employee and kick them really really hard in the gonads - the irritation and annoyance they would feel would then compensate slightly the irritation and annoyance they have caused to the thousands waiting to download it.

i think right now i would prefer this to kiera knightly and baby oil - i think she might be high maintenance………..

Comment by nicknick — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:09 am

Sony I’ve been waiting 24hrs sat in my underpants staring at the PSN store in eager anticipation of one of your flagship games. I really need the toilet and I’m hungry, HURRY UP!!!

Comment by slinky — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:16 am

Congrats SCEE yet again I try and show my PS3 some love and yet again I’m reminded why I hate you guys so much. Delaying your biggest release so far for a game video was dumb, but you don’t stop there ooohhh no. You just plain don’t release the game. Of course the other territories get their update as normal.

I look at my 360 and I’ve had updates throughout the week and I dare say they even managed to get the GTA4 video up on time and around the world. It really does show yours up for the pile of **** it really is.

Stop with the excuses, stop with the only update on a Thursday rubbish and provide a decent service. I currently have GTA4 pre ordered for both 360 and PS3 but I’m pretty sure I’ll cancel the PS3 order so I can pack the PS3 away and forget SCEE exists.

Now it’s time to go to the shop and see if I can pickup Prologue.

Comment by noboard — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:19 am

theres still a lot to be said for going to your local retailer and buying a copy from a grubby teenager…internet, digital downloads….sometimes they fail n when they do its usually BAD.

got my copy (already have Jap blu ray version) this morning and cant wait to see it all in English.

Amazing game, its just stunning in every way.

@threespeech….you did ask for the lurkers didnt u? haha massive replies to this

Comment by Paul — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:20 am

guys have a read of this

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=128785

Sony are treating us with utter contempt with this lack of communication.

A lot of people stayed up late last night and I know a few people who took time off work.

No comms, no care

Comment by Theother Dan — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:23 am

I can’t wait to go grab this game after work, my girlfriend isn’t going to see me all weekend!

If you remember the same thing happened with Warhawk, it wasn’t released on the PSN until something like 10.30am on the day of its release. Hope this information helps to calm some of your nerves!!

Comment by Kevin D — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:25 am

Well if the idea was to drive us to retailers, it worked. I just gave up and walked to my local GameStation , who opened the doors when they saw me (even though I was 15 minutes before opening time). I traded San Andreas and Bully in and got £7.50 off this which is not bad since I just never play either since I completed them both 100%

SCEE f***ed this up majorly and I will certainly not be waiting for the download version of any future releases while there is a BD version available at the same time.

The real burn for me is that I KNOW if I had pre-ordered with ShopTo I’d have got it yesterday as a couple of my mates did! I just thought I’d prefer the convenience of a download version but Sony dry raped me again

Comment by TheShirts — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:27 am

What the hell, ThreeSpeech? You removed my comment? There wasn’t anything nasty or any bad language in it at all.

Just a genuine complaint from one of Sony’s customers. Are you censoring those now?

Comment by jiggles — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:29 am

My bad. It’s back now. Ker-azy.

Comment by jiggles — Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:34 am

In my opinion the convenience is in the BD version. Say for example your friend has a PS3 but no GT5P, you can just take your BD round = instant gaming. You may argue that it takes time to put the disc in, but then I’d say it takes just as long to locate the download version on your XMB sifting through all your demos etc, and then fire it up. The BD version won’t take up any hard drive space (except for any updates), and if for some bizzare reason you lose the data on your hard drive you still have the disc (I know you can re-download it, but hey thats ‘inconvenient’!!).

Each to there own, either way, BD or download your getting a game that has nearly as much content as any other racer bu