Wired declares Gran Turismo 4 Mobile as vaporware

Like a dispensable bit player on E.R., the team behind Wired has declared Polyphony Digital‘s Gran Turismo 4 Mobile dead at exactly 2006 A.D. According Wired’s GameLife section writer Chris Kohler the game that was “the strongest argument to buy the PSP” is nothing more than “one of the most egregious [gross] examples of vaporware ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.”

“Vaporware” is a term for a software (or hardware) extravagantly hyped by its developer before its release but never actually makes it to the market. There are a number of reasons why companies figuratively manufacture vaporware:

• To see how consumers react to the announcement (if the reaction is blah, the project is dropped)
• To draw attention from other similar products (consumers may wait for the vaporware rather than buy an already existing competitive product)
• To improve a company’s stock value

Sometimes the product becomes a victim of its own hype. You know, if it looks too good to be true it’s probably vaporware.

We don’t know what really happened to Gran Turismo 4 Mobile. But if you’re seeking some sign that the game is not vaporware we can only direct you to the world’s favorite source of instant info, Wikipedia. Its list of cancelled computer and video games does not yet include Gran Turismo 4 Mobile.

Via Wired

Like a dispensable bit player on E.R., the team behind Wired has declared Polyphony Digital‘s Gran Turismo 4 Mobile dead at exactly 2006 A.D. According Wired’s GameLife section writer Chris Kohler the game that was “the strongest argument to buy the PSP” is nothing more than “one of the most egregious [gross] examples of vaporware ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.”

“Vaporware” is a term for a software (or hardware) extravagantly hyped by its developer before its release but never actually makes it to the market. There are a number of reasons why companies figuratively manufacture vaporware:

• To see how consumers react to the announcement (if the reaction is blah, the project is dropped)
• To draw attention from other similar products (consumers may wait for the vaporware rather than buy an already existing competitive product)
• To improve a company’s stock value

Sometimes the product becomes a victim of its own hype. You know, if it looks too good to be true it’s probably vaporware.

We don’t know what really happened to Gran Turismo 4 Mobile. But if you’re seeking some sign that the game is not vaporware we can only direct you to the world’s favorite source of instant info, Wikipedia. Its list of cancelled computer and video games does not yet include Gran Turismo 4 Mobile.

Via Wired