Sony UK Believes The Release Of Gran Turismo 5 Will Push Systems.

Like Super Mario for Nintendo and Halo for Microsoft, Gran Turismo is the holy grail of franchises for PlayStation. There's no doubt that God Of War and Uncharted are big-name games, but Gran Turismo sits in a league of its own. And SCEUK reckons that it's going to push systems this Christmas.

Sony's head of UK PR, David Wilson, told MCV that he doesn't believe the game's development time will affect sales. That's been evidenced by the game's placement aloft the UK sales charts this morning.

“2010 has been one of the strongest years in recent memory for quality game releases, and we have culminated the year with the launch of Gran Turismo 5,” he said.

“GT5 has been in the making for five years and we believe that it will serve as a true driver of new console purchases. We know it has been a long wait, but we genuinely believe that fans of Gran Turismo will not be disappointed.

“We are confident that Gran Turismo 5 will do great business between launch and Christmas, with five years of development behind it, Gran Turismo 5 will be on top of many gamers’ wish lists.”

Gran Turismo 5 is out now on the PlayStation 3. We haven't reviewed it yet because the game is massive. It's really good though, you should probably buy it.

[source vg247.com]