EA's E3 Lineup

Next Gen continues its rundown on E3 2006 offerings, with a listing of what EA will be bringing to the party. As far as I'm concerned, there's only one game on this list: "Spore - As a contrast to Crysis, consider Spore, a game where design is the be-all and end-all of the buzz surrounding it. Enthusiasts of game mechanics in both the player community and the industry itself have placed this game on an untouchable pedestal: the last great hope for innovation from the last great innovator in the industry, Will Wright. While we can concede that he may not be the 'last great innovator', there's no question that Wright has a long pedigree of thinking so powerfully outside the box that the box implodes from the pressure - The Sims in particular changed the way people thought about how to cater to different players. It also may very well be that Spore represents his most ambitious design yet - the player starts with a single-celled organism and ends up with a space-faring civilization. The whole thing is generated on the fly, meaning every player's race and culture will be different." Update: 04/26 22:14 GMT by Z : Sorry, I should point out these are the games *they* want to see at E3 from EA. I missed the disclaimer at the bottom the first time through.

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EA != Games

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EA = Marketing

If EA spent 1/2 as much time on game development as they did game marketing, they might actually put something out that was not beta software disguised as the final product.

Without reading the article

[Opportunist]

May I predict what the list is?

NHL Hockey 2007
The Sims 3
(insert some random silly The Sims addons)
Sim City 5
Battlefield (insert random number)
Command and Conquer 4 (or are we at 5 already?)
Battle for Middle Earth 3
Need for Speed Underground 3 (4? 5? I can't remember)
Halflife 3 (preview)
Burnout 4
FIFA Soccer 2007