European gaming site www.eurogamer.net this afternoon reported that a source close to Sony claims "SCEE won't admit that GT4 will slip yet," but maintained that internally, Sony is facing up to making the unwelcome move of shifting the game's PAL launch until early next year.
It's a claim that SCE UK's PR chief David Wilson, speaking today on the matter, denies: "We haven't been made aware of any changes to the schedule, but Polyphony are such perfectionists that they won't ship the game until it's absolutely ready. It's such an important title."
Gran Turismo 4 has been beset by delays before now of course, with developers Polyphony Digital admitting that perfecting the game's online mode was a major factor in holding back the game's release, and that adding the huge Nurburgring track also played a part in past slippages. In the event of another delay for the PAL release, Sony would be looking at pushing the game all the way back to mid February - usually the first week considered for any major game releases post-Christmas.
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