Gran Turismo 7received rave reviews from most critics, but its launch was marred with controversies. Recently, players could not play the game for hours due to the servers being down for maintenance, and developerPolyphony Digital had reportedly reduced the number of creditsearned by winning races.
As a result,Gran Turismo 7was review bombedon Metacritic. Its user score is even lower than before, sitting at just 1.5 compared to the critic score of 87 and giving itone of the lowest user scores of any Sony published title in recent years. Naturally, it’s not a good look for Sony, as it has mostly released beloved games for the last few years. Even the games that are not critically acclaimed managed to develop a passionate fanbase, soGT7’s reception is a big sign of concern. Sony has now apologized for the recent issues and detailed steps it’s taking to compensate users.
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Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital, makes a new post on the official PlayStation Blog and begins by acknowledging the server outage and theissues surroundingGran Turismo 7’s in-game economy. He states that affected players will get a free credit pack of 1 million Credits as a goodwill gesture. This amount will soon be added to their accounts, and players must log in before April 25 to claim it.
The post goes on to explain that players must own a digital or physical copy ofGran Turismo 7before 25 March at 1:00 am PST and log in between March 25 at 1:00 am PDT and April 25 at 1:00 am PDT to be eligible for this compensation. The post also mentions that Polyphony Digital will release a new patch in April that will modify the reward system inGT7to bring a better balance to the game’s economy. It then lists out some changes that are planned for the future, including an increase in the payout for completing limited-time events as well as the ability to sell cars.
WhileGran Turismo 7may not be struggling to achieve the same level of successas some of the previous games for now, it’s still one of Sony’s biggest franchises. Its gameplay is being universally praised, and most of the complaints are directed towards the microtransactions, the always-online campaign, and the reward system. Hopefully, Polyphony Digital continues to listen to fan feedback and implements changes detailed by the post in a timely fashion.
Gran Turismo 7is out now for PS4 and PS5.
