Polyphony has confirmed plans for a PlayStation 4 version of Gran Turismo 6. CEO Kazunori Yamauchi has said that the company is planning for the racing game to progress “naturally” to the next generation console, reports Eurogamer.
The latest instalment of the franchise was announced this week for PlayStation 3.
“We actually do have a PlayStation 4 version in mind,” Yamauchi revealed at Silverstone. “So for this holiday season, we thought that it would be best for users to release the PlayStation 3 version.
“I thought the best scenario would be to have the game come out, to have new content and new DLCs every month, and updates coming in for the game; and once players have thoroughly played out the system and played out the game, if the PlayStation 4 version just came out naturally in the progress, I think that’s the best scenario.”
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Jim Ryan said that Polyphony has a tradition of developing the technology of the franchise over different versions of the console.
“If you look at the difference between GT and GT2, and GT3 and GT4, the change is not incremental. It’s absolutely massive,” he said.
“We’re very confident that you’ll see the steep change between GT5 and GT6 as on the previous platform iterations. So there’s that – a sense of very much unfinished business on PS3.”
When asked whether progress on GT6 would be transferable between PS3 and PS4, Yamauchi said: “Probably.”
Gran Turismo 6 will arrive on PS3 in time for Christmas.
