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GT Sport has been delisted from PS Store without notice
- Thread starter MBS
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I just loved hanging around in the main menu. The soundtrack was way better than that of GT7.
Not completely unexpected considering they're shutting down the servers later this month.
https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_1344615.html
It's been years since I played it. Did they add offline modes/content?
guess they're pushing for people to move into gt7
https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_1344615.html
It's been years since I played it. Did they add offline modes/content?
guess they're pushing for people to move into gt7
They will completely shut the servers and 99% of the game will be blocked in the future.
Only arcade races with a small selection of cars will be available (no progression will be available).
Only arcade races with a small selection of cars will be available (no progression will be available).
Wouldn't a delisting happen regardless because of the car licenses expiring? I know the Forza games get removed from digital stores after a number of years.
One of the best and most important Gran Turismo games in my opinion.
It had a clear vision in what it was trying to do, and largely executed it well.
Thank you for your service *salutes*
It had a clear vision in what it was trying to do, and largely executed it well.
Thank you for your service *salutes*
Licenses can be renewed, and usually are if the cost/benefit is still positive enough.
I'm not looking forward to when the servers are fully shut down, which is likely to be sooner than later. PD titles have shorter server support than basically any other mainstream studio I'm aware of. When a publisher structures their games to be disposable like this (i.e., expiring licensing + short server support life + online requirement), I'm inclined to avoid it. I've been really disappointed seeing how the GT series has moved in this direction, and they're not the only ones.
Gran Turismo Sport End of Online Services - gran-turismo.com
On January 31, 2024, at 06:00 UTC, the online se...
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One of the greatest, most influential racing games ever. The whole vibe of the game was like nothing that came before it, or after. What a game.
Why is EA able to keep selling 10+ years old NFS titles while Sony and MS have to stop selling GT and Forza games after few years?
Like i can't believe NFS Rivals, NFS 2015 are generating enough money for the license to be renewed while the GT/Forza Horizon and Forza games don't.
So if I read that FAQ correctly, all the GT League stuff will still be usable after the server shutdown? That would be a surprising and happy turn of events at least. Lots of games that start always online never bother to make concessions for solo play after the servers shutdown.
They do, but there's no set period for that to happen; it would depend on the contracts. For example, I believe either Turn 10 or Playground confirmed that Forza Horizon 4/5 had a much longer license period and wouldn't be taken down at the same interval the previous Horizon games were; I'd assume the same is probably true for Motorsport given their talk of making it a platform and the minor scandal of 7 having to come off the store and having zero Motorsport games for sale/on Game Pass for a while.
Only speculation on my part (PJTierney would be more in the know!) but it might have something to do with the number of cars being licensed. GT and Forza strive to be fairly comprehensive in their car selection; meanwhile I don't think any Need for Speed game has gone past 100 cars.
They do, but there's no set period for that to happen; it would depend on the contracts. For example, I believe either Turn 10 or Playground confirmed that Forza Horizon 4/5 had a much longer license period and wouldn't be taken down at the same interval the previous Horizon games were; I'd assume the same is probably true for Motorsport given their talk of making it a platform and the minor scandal of 7 having to come off the store and having zero Motorsport games for sale/on Game Pass for a while.
Only speculation on my part (PJTierney would be more in the know!) but it might have something to do with the number of cars being licensed. GT and Forza strive to be fairly comprehensive in their car selection; meanwhile I don't think any Need for Speed game has gone past 100 cars.
Damn, was it really that good? I haven't played GT since the ps3. Maybe i should try GT7?
EA probably have an overall licence, why Sony and MS don't is a matter for their commercial teams.
Plus, considerably fewer licences. There's about 5 manufacturers in NFS most of the time and no track licences.
Different studios, different licensing agreements.
Also, sometimes a publisher is willing to let licenses expire without renewal, in order to push new players to buy the latest release.
To give a Codemasters example: GRID Legends is superior to GRID (2019) in almost every single way, in that it has 99% of the content along with much higher visual quality, and several new game modes/features. There is almost no reason to play GRID when Legends exists.
I'm not privy to NFS decisions (the only NFS I've worked on is Unbound), but I imagine a series like that with such a diverse history probably values keeping certain older titles up either for nostalgic fans to (re) buy or to keep the EA Play (and as a side effect, Xbox Game Pass) catalogue well-stocked.
Yeah but I can still play my digital copies of Forza Horizon 3 & 4 with all my DLC despite being delisted. I hope GT7 PC gets the same treatment
I mean it's good, but it's basically iRacing conforming to a console crowd and it did it very well with that typical Polyphony style. It's exactly what it should have been.
There's some misconception over how GT Sport works offline. It's not like GT7 where you have a glorified demo, everything is there as normal except for the (obviously very important) ability to save your progress and buy new cars.
If they patch the game to support offline saving and making the brand central usable offline, all would be fine. The note of "progression required *as usual*" on the FAQ makes me think they won't patch it though.
The minute his car in on your side, hit it off the track!
I knew about the offline functionality basically being all single-player stuff minus the ability to save, but it wasn't really clear to me if that was being fixed or not. The wording in the FAQ seems borderline deceptive if you're right and they aren't patching the game, it needs to be very explicit that no progress can be saved once the servers shut down.
I still play this game and haven't bought GT7 as yet, I hope it doesn't become a digital paperweight. Or I have less reasons to get GT7 if this is the digital future in store for us.
After GT7 becomes EOS and effectively becomes a digital paper weight due to the extreme lack of offline functionality, I'll probably reinstall GT Sport to get access to all its content.
I loved GT Sport during its run. I loved that it made getting cars pretty easy with the 1 Car Per Day roulette, so that I could focus my time in the game on doing what I wanted to do instead of grinding. GT7 has gone down the wrong road in several ways.
I loved GT Sport during its run. I loved that it made getting cars pretty easy with the 1 Car Per Day roulette, so that I could focus my time in the game on doing what I wanted to do instead of grinding. GT7 has gone down the wrong road in several ways.
Gran Turismo Sport End of Online Services - gran-turismo.com
On January 31, 2024, at 06:00 UTC, the online se...
Good for preservation but still a bit shitty considering that this game was heavily rated as the next online multiplayer era of Gran Turismo.
Scratch everything I just said. If you can't save your game you still have nothing to play, only a small part of the car selection.
I still don't think we know if saving will work offline after the servers close or not. Like I said, it's a massive omission to make casually, and the FAQ says nothing about not being able to save your progress in GT League despite outlining a bunch of other features that will no longer work after the shutdown.
Someone needs to pin Polyphony down on this one.
Someone needs to pin Polyphony down on this one.
Unless a new entry in the game's series is out already, then it probably wouldn't make sense?
If I understand correctly and the licenses have to be extended for each game separately.
On side note, if you are one of the few people who may have created a PSN account in your early years using a birthday different from your own to say circumvent a certain age restriction, GT Sport is one of the few games that actually shows the birthday that is attached to your current PSN Account. The reason why it might come handy to have this information before the game goes offline is to avoid certain horror stories from user dealing with account issues and not having the correct birthday for authentication. Just my two cents.
and funnily enough it has a far more comprehensive classic Gran Turismo single player experience than GT7.
We are done here, people.
Yes'm every game is unique.
DiRT Rally got extended even after DiRT Rally 2.0 came out though, probably because it was still selling.
I doubt GT7 comes to PC simply because people literally buy a PlayStation just to play Gran Turismo, the game has been constantly charting since its release.
It was in the Nvidia leak, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's coming eventually. They'll give it another year or so on PS5 though.
Sony has already determined that those folks will buy the vast majority of PS5s & copies of {insert system seller here} within 2 years of game release. Following that, their business strategy is to access the PC market for an additional sales tail with marginal porting costs.
And because it was the better game 😎 not really but i do love pikes peak...
It makes me wonder what will happen with Gran Turismo 7 when they shut servers down. All progress will be lost? No way to play offline? You can't even restart the game in current state. PS3 era Gran Turismo closed online services and were parched to be an offline game.
We need EU regulation to save us from these unnecessary GAAS shutdowns/delistings. Sony earned enough from Sport to continue supporting its online services.
This is why I don't want to buy GT7 until all of its features except for seasons (if there any) are available offline.
Yeah i think the Nvidia leak hasn't been off either, at least up to this point. A PC version would at least have the chance that fans could make it work offline even if Sony eventually abandons it.
It's a great question, and an open one for several racing games (NFS 2015 etc). Ultimately we need government regulation in this space. There's just no company that's gonna keep servers up out of the goodness of their heart regardless of what they sold to customers, so we need legislation that forces their hand - if you sell an online only product to customers at full retail price, you commit to keeping it online while you're still viable as a company, or you patch it at server shutdown to make it a complete product without an online requirement.