Gran Turismo 4 Demo Quietly Released In U.S.

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has seen fit to release Gran Turismo 4: Prologue in both Europe and Japan, but the U.S. arm of the company chose not to ship it in the States. The result? Only importers and select members of the media have been able to play the game. Thankfully a limited U.S. demo has turned up from a very non-gaming source, according to GamePro.com, who explain how to navigate through the Toyota web site and request a Toyota Prius-specific two track demo of Gran Turismo 4, completely free of charge. The demo is playable on a standard U.S. PlayStation 2 console. I wonder if Toyota made enough copies of the demo to satisfy every PS2 owner in America?" We previously reported on the Japanese version of this disc, released last September.

Re:Aieee!!!

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

"When will those companies realize that as a culture, americans are much more prone to throw money at something?"

Funny, I didn't know this had been established. In your in-depth cultural studies of various countries/regions around the world, what culture did you find was second most likely to "throw money at something?" [By the way, your assertion is foolish, at best - judgemental, xenophobic, and prejudiced at worst.]

With that being said, I ordered the G4 demo disc from the Toyota site and while it confirmed that the DVD was on its way, the Prius accessory pack was already listed as out of stock. So if you're interested in G4, don't delay long.

Aw...

[Syuveil]

Doesn't appear Canadians can get it :(

Wonder if Dealers Have the Discs Too

[Neon Spiral Injector]

I know in Japan they were giving the discs away with Prius test drives (that may have been mentioned in the previous /. article). I'll have to ask my brother who's a salesman at a local dealer. Maybe he can snag me a copy or two if they have them there.