A Sony executive has reiterated that Gran Turismo 5 should finally be released before Christmas – and Christmas of this year too. When asked by Siliconera if Gran Turismo 5 was still on track for this year, SCE Senior Vice President of Marketing Peter Dille said:

“Yeah, Kazunori came out with a comment that they are working on a few last things. He apologized to the community, but explained it is coming before Christmas. We haven’t put a date to that yet, but we will just as soon as we get word from him when he’s done.”

He went on to confirm that this meant Gran Turismo 5 would be available in both Japan and America before Christmas.  Europe wasn’t mentioned but it’s likely that Dille was referring to a worldwide release of Gran Turismo 5.

In other Gran Turismo 5 release related news, Sony may have actually revealed the release date.  SonyStyle.com – an online store for Sony products – says that Gran Turismo 5 is set for release “on or about 11/30/2010” So while the date isn’t exactly nailed down, we may have an idea about when we’ll finally be able to get our hands on Gran Turismo 5.

Earlier in the week, Gran Turismo 5 creator Kazunori Yamauchi said the discs are being stamped as week speak” Gran Turismo  5was originally supposed to be released this week, before being delayed.

So Train2Game, are you starting to get more convinced that Gran Turismo 5 will be released this year? Are you going to make sure November 30^th is free to play it?

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