Kazunori Yamauchi, creator Grand Touring and Polyphony Digital CEO dropped the possibility of the legendary PlayStation racing saga coming to PC last November. The vagueness of his statement already suggested that this was a remote possibility or an attempt to look good in front of the PC gaming community, giving more of an excuse that was not sustainable in terms of the hardware performance and architectures used. , as both the latest generation PlayStation and PC use 64-bit x86.

The possibility of Gran Turismo 7 coming to PC was recently ruled out by Yamauchi himself in an interview he gave to Japanese media outlet Dengeki Online. The creator denied, or at least qualified, saying that he left the door open for at least one part of the racing saga to become compatible.

Regarding Gran Turismo coming to PC, Yamauchi told Dengeki Online that “that’s not right. I said ‘as a developer we are open to all possibilities’. Then, the probability of a PC version of Gran Turismo 7 may not be zero, but if you want to know what we are actually doing with the PC version, the answer is no. there is nothing to talk about“.

A possible PC version of Gran Turismo 7 is a more controversial topic than it might seem, considering that it was featured in a leak from GeForce Now, so maybe Sony was serious about its development. However, out there Rumors are circulating about possible licensing issues that would prevent the game from coming to compatible devices and would mean additional financial expenses from the Japanese video game giant.

Gran Turismo 7 for PC simply doesn’t exist (not even in development) and it doesn’t look like it will in the near future. The idea wasn’t far-fetched either, as Sony was encouraged to port many of its big licenses to PC, but aside from these possible licensing hurdles, it’s important to remember that Gran Turismo’s golden days are long gone. some time ago and that it is not as valuable an IP these days as it was at the turn of the century.