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Spore Newsletter and Date Change
Two emails were sent out today. One was from the EA Store noting that the release date for my creature creator pre-order has changed to June 17th (It was initially June 15th). The second one was the Spore Newsletter basically touching on the two news postings beneath this one from last night. In this newsletter, they link to an official press release, making the announcement of the creature creator.
One interesting paragraph from the press release is
“We are thrilled to finally be putting the creative tools of Spore into
the hands of players around the world,” said Will Wright, chief
designer, Maxis. “The amazing creations players design this summer will
help populate the game universe we all enter when Spore ships this
September, so in a sense, the Spore Creature Creator is the birth of
Spore.”
Note the bolded part, "help populate the game universe". Some people were questioning as to why Spore would release part of the game beforehand and that was my response, it's a necessity. And then quite a few people were upset that they're charging for it. One, they *are* offering a free version. Then most importantly, two, Maxis & EA are businesses. They aren't out to feed the hungry children of the world, they aren't a charity organization. The money they earn, at least a good portion of it, will go back into the game which is good for everyone.
If I ran a similar business and made the decisions about Spore, I'd charge $149.95 for the creature creator so be fortunate I'm not in charge. ;)
So quit the whining!
1. Morgrim - May 17, 2008 04:22 AM
Wow, you peeps really are sleeping. It's a whol month to go. Shite!
2. Morgrim - May 17, 2008 04:03 AM
Am i like the only one realising that it's the 17th, Yet I see absolutely NO link to download
3. Masterman619 - May 03, 2008 07:23 PM
i am not angry that i have to pay... Support American businesses!!!
4. Monstar36 - May 02, 2008 06:56 AM
Thanks... pessimist...
5. xDreamache - Apr 30, 2008 06:49 PM
Monstar you win the "Most Naive" award. Congratulations!
6. Monstar36 - Apr 30, 2008 06:43 PM
OMG you're a retard if you'd sell the DEMO for $150... although it is worth that much... oh well, anyways, I wouldn't complain about the quality of 150 but the price?... nuh-uh.
7. xjacob - Apr 29, 2008 09:11 PM
i agree with tino we should have another count down for the spore creature creator and the CC is the life of spore it starts with a couple of ideas and as you build your first creature you will get ideas for the next one and the next one and befor you know it you have a bunch of creatures that are amazying and yeah it does cost 10 bucks but oh well that is about 1 hour's pay its not like you cant get it lol so quit complaining and if ur not gunan buy it don't complain
8. Tino The Mexican - Apr 29, 2008 03:19 PM
You guys should add another countdown timer under the one at the top for the demo. I mean, it's less than two months away! That's an exciting countdown.
9. englishmanjacob - Apr 29, 2008 10:53 AM
im sorry for whining guys i was just scared of what might happen
10. MachinShin - Apr 28, 2008 10:24 PM
it would be nice if they would consider the creature editor a sort of "pre-purchase" of the full version of the game, but regardless I'm definately not complaining. I'm sure EA's spent tons of money developing this game. Time for a return on investments.
11. xDreamache - Apr 28, 2008 07:38 PM
they're just bitter haters because they got banned. i have this extrasensory perception i call "anti-newb" and they came in loud n' clear as being such.
12. graytman - Apr 28, 2008 06:12 PM
I am mad at those stupid people at youtube they hate xDreamache
13. xRWiggum - Apr 28, 2008 01:19 PM
thankfully I was expecting the 17th, since that is a Tuesday, and the 15th is a Sunday ;)
14. Hahk32 - Apr 27, 2008 01:59 PM
ya!!!
15. Lord Henry II - Apr 27, 2008 10:50 AM
nice
16. lucky711 - Apr 26, 2008 10:22 PM
Sorry for bad spelling, i was rushing lol
17. lucky711 - Apr 26, 2008 10:20 PM
ye your right! Its not a demo though! do you people read!!! "Its liek the begining of SPORE!" It really is! you by the editor! create a creature, and then when the game comes out, wat ever, or how many creatures you made, you then im guessing download them into the real full game! this is just a heads up on help populating the game and universe!
18. Tino The Mexican - Apr 26, 2008 05:49 PM
Look at is this way: People who want to pay can begin populating the universe of Spore on June 17th. Those who just want to enter an already populated universe can buy in September.
19. Brians-here! - Apr 26, 2008 02:57 PM
*shame*
20. xDreamache - Apr 26, 2008 02:20 PM
killath, no, it's not like any other demo of a game. it's not even considered a demo. demos traditionally serve the purpose of previewing a game... this, is a necessary step in the game in order to ensure there's an abundance of creatures to populate a very big universe. yes, they do have creatures already made for offline play, but they obviously don't have the time to invest to create thousands of creatures, which is exactly what will happen by offering it a few months before the game.
21. killath303 - Apr 26, 2008 02:16 PM
david its a demo of the full game. like any other fricken demo for a game.
22. david619 - Apr 26, 2008 02:13 PM
do u need it to make a craeture
23. vetrijar - Apr 26, 2008 11:12 AM
Would have been nice if the creator creature sent to stores and downloadable version was also something more portable such as on pocket pcs and phones and etc. then you can have the game on your PC and then be at the airport or *cough* in class making the next creature on your phone with just the creator.
24. Dred13 - Apr 26, 2008 08:56 AM
Wait, my Katz will be in someones world when they start, dude that rocks ^^
25. GildedBear - Apr 25, 2008 09:17 PM
so, my thoughts on why EA/Maxis is doing the CC like they are. One, they want the Spore name in stores to generate more buz, that means boxes and disks, which cost money, hence $9.99 for the full version at retail. But then, the people who bought it in a store would be upset to learn that they could have downloaded the same thing for free, so they 'crippled' the downloadable one a bit. Keep in mind though, that it's only the parts that are limited (hopefully), so you can still explore the space of what's possible even though you won't have as many, for example, options on which feet to use.
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