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Hit Read More. Hit it now, with all you got. The makers of Gran Turismo have stumbled upon this stunning new source of income first thought of by the creators of Oblivion 360 when they started to charge for extra bits in the game, namely armor for ones horse. Sony has decided to take this idea and, coupled with its vast experience in completely fucking over the consumer, improve on it. You will have to buy everything. The company plans on making available some 750 cars and 50 tracks, with the cars ranging from $0.50 to $1.00 and the tracks going for up to $4.50. The game will ship in two different versions, Classic and Premium. The Premium version comes with two courses and thirty cars. The Classic version will come with no content, an empty jar of vasoline, sandpaper, and illustrated instructions on what to do with the latter two items. Gaming site 1up has determined it can cost anywhere from $426.50 and $975 for a full version of the game, depending on which version you purchase initially. They used math and shit, so I didn't verify this. Of course, since this game is to be released for the PS3, people purchasing this new and innovative version of the game will be used to getting reamed by Sony. I don't mind the growing trend of episodic gaming. I love the idea of seeing new content more often, even if it is shorter levels etc, then having to wait years between releases. Perfect example: Half Life 2 and it's latest Episode 1 release. I am an HL2 fanatic. That game just rocks, so I am more than happy to pay $20 for a new episode now rather than wait another 5 years for HL3. It pleases me. But this is NEW content to an already existing game. People who purchase Gran Turismo HD Classic will not have a game. They will have an disc which contains some fancy menus and game engine, but no amount of button mashing will allow them to play a game until they buy some cars and tracks. For all the fuss Sony is making about how their PS3 has a Blue-Ray player will allow for better games because of the huge capacity of the medium, they certainly aren't going out of their way to demonstrate it. As 1up said, welcome to Next-Gen. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          Add your comment
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