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Spore to Ship 'When It's Done' And Not Before

Posted by Zonk on from the sometime-before-i-am-fifty-please dept.

Citing the sheer potential of the title, EA executives John Riccitiello and Frank Gibeau stated in a conference call yesterday that Spore will not ship until it is finished. Next Generation reports: "'It's one of those breakthrough products that might come across the industry every three, five, seven years ... We could not be more bullish for the potential of the franchise as we are right now,' said Riccitiello. He said that he still expects the game to ship in the 'March, April, May' 2008 timeframe. However, Riccitiello said, 'We will make the choice of shipping a better game than an on-time game given the high potential for this franchise.'"

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  1. Translation: by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Spore will ship when it is actually fun to play, instead of feeling like a session of tweaking a very complicated spreadsheet."

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    1. Re:Translation: by WilliamSChips · · Score: 3, Funny

      Because EVE's target demographic is the people who like tweaking spreadsheets in such a way that it fucks people over.

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    2. Re:Translation: by ben0207 · · Score: 3, Funny

      My accountant?

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  2. Coming soon by Nf1nk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming soon the Duke Nukem forever and Spore Double Pack

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  3. It's official, then... by sykopomp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spore does, in fact, have the exact same official release date as Duke Nukem Forever... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever (check the release date)

  4. CTRL+F by rbarreira · · Score: 5, Funny

    First thing I did after clicking "Read more..." was CTRL+F, "duke". I knew there would be results!

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  5. Re:Hypocrisy by jandrese · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, Slashdotters just want it now, bug free, cheap, and feature rich. What's so wrong with that?

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  6. Franchise? by The+Orange+Mage · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's right. It's in the article. They refer to Spore as a franchise.

    So what, Spore 2010, with updated rosters and some tiny new feature? Repeat formula next year?

  7. Re:Balancing act by acvh · · Score: 4, Funny
    nobody wants another "Duke Nukem Forever."

    hell, I must have missed the first one. how was it?

  8. Re:Hypocrisy by shotgunsaint · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I don't know how long this Anonymous Coward guy's been on here, but his account is so old he doesn't have a user ID number, and he bitches about EVERYTHING!

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