Hopes that Polyphony\'s pre-Christmas demo racing treat would hit the US and Europe have been dashed by SCEE
17:40 Polyphony Digital\'s Gran Turismo 4 Prologue, announced at last week\'s Tokyo Motor Show, will never see the light of day outside of Japan, we can exclusively reveal.
The demo disc is intended as a pre-Christmas treat for patient Gran Tursimo fans who must now wait until next Spring for the final version of Kazunori Yamauchi\'s stunning new PS2 racer.
It was hoped that the US and Europe, which must also wait until 2004 for the full game, would also have a chance to sample the cut down delights of the Prologue version (full details of which can be found here), but today SCEE was the bearer of bad news.
"We can confirm that GT4: Prologue will be a sneak preview disc released solely for the Japanese market in time for their holiday season," a SCEE spokesperson informed us.
"GT4 has already received great anticipation from gamers, and we are very much looking forward to adding the finished GT4 release to our exclusive software portfolio for the PS2 next year."
Frustration then for western PS2 fans, desperate for Polyphony\'s unsurpassed brand of racing thrills before the year is out, but with the full release expected in early 2004, you only have to hang on just a little longer. And you know it\'s going to be worth the wait...