TGS 2008: Gran Turismo PSP still coming, says Yoshida

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From TGS we finally get an update, no matter how small, on the Gran Turismo game for the PSP.

Wait, there's a Gran Turismo game for the PSP? Yes, for those who forgot or don't have a clue since we hardly get any updates on it. It was announced way back in 2004, but its release has been pushed back several times.

The last we heard of the game was back in E3, when Polyphony Digital's CEO confirmed that it was still in development, but that we won't see it until after Gran Turismo 5 is released.

So where's the game now? Rest assured, Gran Turismo PSP is still in development, according to Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Worldwide studios. He was a bit skimpy on the details though. When asked where Gran Turismo Mobile got to, he answered:

Good question! It's in Polyphony Digital, they're working on it. They have been working on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Gran Turismo 5 for PS3, so they've had to focus on finishing up Gran Turismo on the PS3 side. That's been making the PSP development a little bit slow.

And when he was asked something a bit more specific for its release date, all he could say was "I cannot comment." There you go.

Seeing as Polyphony once hinted that there's a chance we won't see GTA5 until 2010, we probably shouldn't expect a lot of news to come out for Gran Turismo PSP's development anytime soon. Except maybe more "I cannot comment" lines.