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Gran Turismo® and BBC Worldwide to collaborate

on best-selling racing game series Gran Turismo®
Top Gear to provide content for download via GT TV™

Tokyo, October 24 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and Polyphony
Digital, Inc., the creators of the best-selling racing franchise, Gran Turismo®, today
announced a colloboration with BBC Worldwide that will allow BBC’s Top Gear
programme to be downloaded through Gran Turismo TV (GT TV™) on
PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™).

GT TV, a dedicated online channel packed with the latest news and content from the
motoring world, will launch worldwide on PLAYSTATION®Network in 2008. BBC
Worldwide will provide 40 episodes of Top Gear, the award-winning BBC television
series about motoring for download.

In addition, the Top Gear Test Track – the track featured each week on the show, where
host Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear team test the latest cars – will be replicated in
Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) on PS3. For the first time in a racing game, players will be able to
burn rubber and experience every white knuckle, hairpin turn on the Top Gear Test
Track for themselves.

“We at Polyphony are great fans of the world’s best motoring programme, Top Gear, so
we’re delighted to be collaborating with BBC Worldwide to deliver Top Gear content via
Gran Turismo,” said Kazunori Yamauchi, President, Polyphony Digital, “We’re sure that
players will be as thrilled as we are when they get the chance to put their own driving
skills to the test on the Top Gear Test Track in GT5, as well as enjoying classic episodes
of Top Gear via GT TV.”

Simon Danker, Director, Digital Media, BBC Worldwide commented, “BBC Top Gear is
the world’s number one motoring media brand and we’re thrilled to make it accessible to
Gran Turismo gamers. We continue to explore different avenues to share our content
with an expanding audience, and are delighted to participate with Polyphony Digital in
the launch of this exciting new opportunity.”

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About Gran Turismo™

With more than 47 million units sold worldwide, the Gran Turismo® franchise is regarded as the
best and most authentic driving simulation ever created, available exclusively for PlayStation®,
PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3. With the launch of Gran Turismo® 4 (2004), a new
standard was set for authentic racing action with more than 700 cars and more than 50 tracks
encompassing 80 real auto manufacturers and various real-life courses from around the world, as
well as realistic driving physics and various new game modes. The latest iteration of the series,
GT5 Prologue, will be available in 2008 and is will once again set new standards for the industry.
In addition, it will provide online capabilities and will deliver Gran Turismo TV™ to racing fans.

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million worldwide, making it one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history.
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PSP systems have been shipped across the SCEE territories, with over 25 million shipped
worldwide since its Japanese launch in December 2004.

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