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SPORE Released 5 Days Early In Australia

Posted by timothy on from the time-to-propagate dept.

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!"

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  1. It's clear why they are doing it by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are trying to get a good Zero Punctuation review from Yahtzee.

  2. Too expensive. by Mystery00 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

    --
    "we've got trenchcoats and bad attitudes" - John Constantine, HellBlazer
  3. It's Simple by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    Australia has more horrifying, poisonous creatures per square meter, than any other place on Earth. If anyone is going to understand Spore, it's them.

    1. Re:It's Simple by ZeroFactorial · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah yes, the dreaded Australopeniscus.

  4. Re:Good luck to australian gamers by Das+Modell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it uses SecuROM I'm just going to torrent it.

  5. let us rejoice, for we are young and poor... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, you know it's great and all that we Aussies are getting it early. Too bad we have to take out a mortgage just to pay for the bloody thing.

    The gouging the video game industry does against Australians is absolutely deplorable. The local EB games is still trying to flog off the Warcraft 3 Battlechest - part of which is almost 8 years old - for $110!! At current exchange rates that's about $95 US.

    I order my games from the UK and even with shipping it's practically half price. The best part is you get around the stupid censorship imposed by Senator Atkinson.

    With all of the BS we're forced to tolerate, plus the whole descendants from convicts thing, it shouldn't be too surprising that many Australians turn to "alternate channels" of distribution for their video gaming needs.