(But) I wouldn't put it in the realm of The Sims. "Certainly, the expectations are very high, (sales of) several million units. "Obviously, Spore comes from a very strong pedigree, and the title itself looks dynamic," said Colin Sebastian, an industry analyst from Lazard Capital Markets.
Instead, EA is preparing for a major publicity push for Spore and now, with the game just about to be sent to manufacturing and less than six weeks from launch, the big question is: What really are the expectations for Spore and can it ever live up to them? With those kinds of pressures, anyone could be forgiven for wanting to keep their head down low. As Soren Johnson, a designer and programmer on Spore told video game Web site Gamasutra in July, "I think Will (Wright) has said that.the first level was Pac-Man, the second level was Diablo, the third level was Populous, (and) the fourth level was Civilization."Īt the same time, EA and Maxis have also been touting Spore for more than three years, putting substantial amounts of marketing energy and development resources behind it-it's the next Will Wright game, after all-yet the title has also been delayed from its originally intended release, for one reason or another, for as much as two years. Spore in many ways is five games within a game, each stage in some sense meant to recall the style and fun of an iconic video game from the past.
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If all Spore had to deal with was that pedigree, it would already be facing huge expectations.īut Wright and his Emeryville, Calif.-based Maxis development studio have even more pressure on them because Spore is a totally original kind of title, an evolution game that tasks players with learning how to use a sophisticated set of content creation tools and then evolving their characters from the cellular phase through a tribal stage and, eventually, on out into the endless reaches of space.
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And, as has been repeated more times than anyone can count, Wright's last all-new game, The Sims, became the best-selling PC game of all time almost overnight when it was released in 2000. Spore, of course, is the latest game from legendary designer Will Wright.
When Electronic Arts' long-awaited Spore hits store shelves September 7, it will have the shadow of an extremely successful cousin looming over it.
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