Spore Delayed Until Q2 2008 107
georgewilliamherbert writes "CNet has the news that EA is reporting a slight loss for the quarter. It expects profits for the year to fall short about ten cents, hitting a high of $1.20 as opposed to the expected $1.31. The company's share price was down 3% in extended trading yesterday. The reason for these adjustments? EA reluctantly announced that Spore has been delayed until Q2 2008. ' Redwood City, Calif.-based Electronic Arts said it taken out Spore, a game where players build organisms from scratch, from its financial projections for the fiscal year ending in March 2008, adding that the game could be delayed until fiscal 2009. In the fourth quarter ended March 31, the company said its net loss widened to $25 million, or 8 cents per share, from $16 million, or 5 cents, in the year-earlier period. Excluding items, the company earned 6 cents per share versus 14 cents in the year-earlier period.'" From a technology perspective, this thing seems at least as complicated as some Massive games; makes perfect sense it would take about as long to build this title as a game in that genre.
The real reason... (Score:5, Funny)
Say it ain't so... (Score:4, Funny)
Also - insert DNF joke
Mac Support (Score:5, Funny)
I'm on to you, EA! (Score:5, Funny)
..I guess that makes it more like Weekend At Bernie's 2.
what really happened... (Score:4, Funny)
phew (Score:4, Funny)
BTW, what is the record on longest development time for a game? In Q2 08, Spore will be just shy of a decade. IMO, anything Will Wright has spent nearly a decade on has to be truly awesome.
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I thought the delay was due to them using the game to re-evolve a replacement Will Wright. Last I'd heard they've achieved a coder with three brains and six eyes, but only one foot and no hands. They've been trying to teach it to code by hopping up and down on a large keyboard, but it's not working out very well. (I believe they've nicknamed the creature "Won't Write".)
Re:Say it ain't so... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it will come out as a pot of petunias, whose final thought will be "Oh no, not again."
Re:I don't get the hype. (Score:2, Funny)
> Then again, I have fond memories of Mega Lo Mania, the early days of :P
> Civ, Risk and what not to at least retain some modicum of hope for Spore.
> I mean, YOU GET TO OBLITERATE PLANETS!
The ability to obliterate a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.