SPORE Released 5 Days Early In Australia

knypha writes "Several sites are reporting that the much anticipated SPORE has been released 5 days ahead of the scheduled release date in Australia. I can confirm that SPORE is sitting on shelves in retailers and for the tidy sum of A$95.95 it can be yours. Why the early release exactly seems to be a matter of contention. No news if the game can actually be played yet or if the lucky early punters will still have to wait till the official release when EA allows for any validation process to occur. I guess EA could possibly be using the relatively small population to test the servers...or someone somewhere stuffed up!"

Comments

Too expensive.

[Mystery00]

Like for most games, our stores once again double the price for no reason other than that they can. If I buy this at all it'll be an import from somewhere like play-asia.

Yes, it is confirmed that you can play early

[Anonymous Coward]

I do not have a slashdot account, so I doubt that I will be seen.

But the whole reason this story broke is do to this person here.

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=603042

The bastard is gloating in his 15 mins of Internet fame. :p

Re:Amen to that

[Paradigm_Complex]

I just view companies like EA as I do children, or maybe dogs. These ideas, justified or not, are too complicated for them.

Child does good you praise it, child does bad you put it in time out. Dog does good you give it a treat, dog does bad you stuff it's face in the mess it made and yell "bad dog." EA does over-all net good you buy their game, EA does bad you boycott it and maybe yell on their forums. Don't try to say "Making for mac is good but [details]." Details are confusing while they're still struggling with the whole Mac-good or Mac-bad thing. Again, like children or dogs it may take a good number of reward-punishment cycles before these ideas start sinking in and you can try to teach it something else. Don't be discouraged when yet another game is released with DRM or Cider.