Sony has told GamesIndustry.biz that it expects forthcoming title LittleBigPlanet to achieve higher sales figures than Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Edition.
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SCEA will return to the Rock Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this week and promises to deliver fans a first look at three highly anticipated PS3 titles, SingStar, LittleBigPlanet and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, inside two fully interactive entertainment tents.

SingStar and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will share an interactive booth. The SingStar portion will feature a stage where fans can perform in front of a live audience. You will be able to view new downloadable songs online at the SingStore which will be available for the game when it releases across North America on the 20th of May. You will even be able to upload your performances via My SingStar Online.
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PS3fanboy: "If you're one of the people who wanted to get the Blu-ray version of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, we've got a special deal for you today, courtesy of Wal*Mart. Not only can you get the game, but you can get it bundled with the Logitech Driving Force Pro steering wheel thingamajig for a little under $100. Very little under $100. Still, taking the two separately and then comparing this bundle, it's a good deal and necessary for those racing game enthusiasts. Get on it!"

Hurry before its out of stock!!
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Ars Technica writes:

"After chatting with Ben about Gran Turismo 5 Prologue before the full review goes live, I found myself leaning away from the purchase. However, a deal currently running at Best Buy stores in Canada made the game impossible for me to resist. The electronics mega-chain currently has a promotion that nets you a free copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with the purchase of a Dual Shock 3."
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Playstation.Blog writes: "Hey, everyone. It's time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update."

Downloadable Games

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue ($39.99)
The best-selling racing franchise returns with the intense precursor to Gran Turismo 5, featuring over 60 cars from worldwide car manufacturers. With an all-new interior dash view, online racing with up to 16 players, Drift mode and more, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue unveils revolutionary advancements that deliver the ultimate racing experience.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 1.78 GB

Add-on Game Content

Warhawk Broken Mirror Pack ($7.99)
Download the "Operation: Broken Mirror" Booster Pack and increase the effectiveness of your team's ground assaults with the new Armored Personnel Carrier and the Vaporfield Glacier Battlefield!
File size: 131 MB

Warhawk Booster Combo ($11.99)
Booster Combo includes the Warhawk "Operation: Omega Dawn" and "Operation: Broken Mirror" Booster Packs.
File size: 274 MB
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Downloadable version of the game only lets you play with YOUR PSN ID & logged in.

TripleTags.com's SectionZ writes:

"Well I cannot really say I am surprised by this. And the security on the downloadable version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is a vast improvement on Warhawk's, which does not let you even play on your second PS3 within 24 hours of playing it on the first. However, I am kind of saddened for my broke ass siblings with whom I share my PSN downloads with, since GT5P only lets you play logged into the account that you bought it with."
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The GT5 Prologue download will take 1.9GB of your hard drive space. If you're thinking of getting the GT5 Prologue retail Blu-ray disc to save yourself some hard drive space, it won't be the case. PLAYSTATION 3 gamers that purchased the Blu-ray disc of GT 5 Prologue are reporting about 5.3GB of hard drive space is taken by the game (which includes the HD video). See more details and pros & cons here.
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Midnight Eastern, 9PM Pacific, GT 5 Prologue will be available for download.
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From Loot Ninja:

"I got my copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for the PS3 today. I've been anxiously awaiting this title for a while, as I've been a huge fan of the series and racing games in general. So when I put the game in my PS3, I was more than ready to race. Here's a breakdown of what happened:

9:24pm - Loaded the game, started the install process
9:37pm - Install ended (13 minutes total, using 5349MB)
9:38pm - Began downloading the game update
9:42pm - Error occurred during download, had to start over
9:44pm - Began downloading the game update¿ again
9:51pm - Update finished, needed to hold the PS button to quit the game
9:52pm - Restart game, going through menus
9:53pm - Begin car shopping (you have to buy a car first with the 35k credits you have before you can race)
10:01pm - Bought car after looking for a while for what I can afford (settled on Mazda RX-8)
10:07pm - Finally finished first single player race (2:52 total race time)

So as you can see, if you get the Blu-Ray version of the game, it's going to take you an absurd amount of time sitting there doing nothing waiting to actually play the game. Seriously, this is just ridiculous. It took 40 minutes before I was able to actually play the game."
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Take a test ride with the newest cars and modes.
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Chat Transcript - Monday, April 14 at 4:00 PM PST

Our Chat guests today were...

The US GT5: Prologue Producer: Taku Imaski with a community handle of "skebe".

The Associate US GT5: Prologue Producer: Christian Hinojosa-Miranda with a community handle of "chjmp".

Welcome everyone. Registered users will be able to ask questions in approximately 5 minutes. Guests can only watch. If you'd like to ask a question please register and login to the community.
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Check out the PlayStation forums today at 4 PM PST for a live chat with the US producers of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Due out tomorrow at retail stores and via download on the PLAYSTATION Network this Thursday, this PS3 exclusive is set to raise the bar once again in the racing genre. Come ask the producers questions about the game, or just read along. You will need a PlayStation Underground Registration and Forum Handle to participate.
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Highlights for this week include Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PC, PS3).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of April 13, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Nissan recently showed off the highly anticipated GT-R to eager North American journalists at the Reno-Fernley Raceway, giving them the opportunity to put the GT-R through its paces on the Nevada racetrack. Media at the event were also given the chance to put the GT-R through its paces on the virtual racetrack, thanks to the custom racing simulators built for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue that were on hand at the event.
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has retained its number one chart position in Germany and Spain, according to sales information from Media-Control GfK International. Sony's racer held off opposition from Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath and Wii Play to stay at the top for the week ending April 6.

In Germany, the Command & Conquer 3 expansion took second place, with Brain Training and the Nintendo DS edition of Mario & Sonic at the Olympics taking third and fourth places.
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It's been over three years since we first sighed 'awwwe' to Polyphony Digital's plans to develop a kindly, gentler racing simulation with the kid-friendly Gran Turismo for Boys. Now series mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi has come forward about the project, and in a recent CVG interview commented that Gran Turismo for Boys is still coming, though perhaps as an included feature in Gran Turismo 5 rather than a standalone game.

Gran Turismo for Boys was first revealed in November 2004 by Yamauchi as a way to hook preteens on cars, sort of like candy cigarettes, but since then there's been little said about the effort beyond the occasional footnote to let the world know that the project hadn't been run over. Tykes shouldn't get too excited yet, however, as Yamauchi admits that his team is currently spinning wheels working on GT5, and have little time to spend on side projects. Still, with the game's release about a year off maybe he'll find time to include the child dedicated feature -- and keep us from throwing a tantrum.
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Gamespot writes: "Fans of Gran Turismo can sleep easy at night; the PlayStation's quintessential driving game is in safe hands. Gran Turismo's creator and producer, Kazunori Yamauchi, spoke candidly with GameSpot UK today at Sony's Three Rooms venue in Central London about Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5, and reconfirmed that a PlayStation Portable version of the game and the mysterious Gran Turismo for Boys are still in the works.

When asked what's next for the Gran Turismo following GT5 Prologue's European launch, Yamauchi said that, "first off, GT5 prologue is only at the halfway point to its completion. So in the next update there will be many more features added to the game. From that point to Gran Turismo 5, there's just going to be a lot more quantity in terms of cars and of the tracks as well."

GameSpot asked if the development of GT5 Prologue meant a longer wait for the eventual Gran Turismo 5, and Yamauchi answered, 'This is true, but creating games on the PS3 is so much more difficult than we imagined at first and it took us three years to get here, and I hope our fans understand that we're trying our best and will be moving forward [on GT5] from here on.'"
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The latest European sales numbers at VGChartz for "the week ending March 29, 2008? show that exactly 374,607 Blu-Ray copies of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue have been sold. Considering that the game was released in Europe on March 28, those sales numbers could only apply to the two single days that it was available on store shelves. This, of course, is in addition to the one million European pre-orders and does not include the number of times the game has been purchased via PSN.
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Playstation Blog writes: "What makes your house feel like home? For many of the readers of this blog, the answer probably includes your living room video game set-up. Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals just moved into their new home ¿ Nationals Park ¿ and they, too, have a killer gaming den: The PlayStation Pavilion.

Located in the "Strike Zone" near the Center Field Gate, this 3000 square foot PS3 paradise is a good reason to get to the stadium early. Opening 2 ½ hours before the first pitch, Nationals supporters (or visiting Phillies or Mets fans) can duke it out in MLB 08 The Show, test drive Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, or ¿ and I'm sure this will be entertaining after several innings' worth of beer sales ¿ try out the Guitar Hero III and SingStar stages. Some SingStar singers will actually end up on the JumboTron!"
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has debuted at No1 in the UK, becoming the fastest selling PS3 title within a week.Released as a budget title, the racer beats previous fastest weekly seller Resistance: Fall of Man, which set the record back at the time of the PS3's launch.A 50 percent drop in weekly sales sees Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 drop one place to No2, while Sega's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games also falls one spot to No3.Konami's ... » Read More