It goes without saying that EA's upcoming Spore is facing huge expectations. The game's creator, Wiil Wright, is one of the true pioneers in the game industry, and his work on The Sims has propelled the franchise to over 100 million units sold. It's clear that EA has put a lot of faith in Wright and has very high hopes for this new IP.
That said, EA doesn't want to burden Spore with having to live up to the extremely high bar set by The Sims either. "I can tell you that no one at EA is measuring Spore with the yardstick created by The Sims," Patrick Buechner, vice president of marketing for Maxis, told Cnet. He added, "They're two totally different animals. Spore is a game that has a lot to offer players long after they make the original purchase--a much different business model than traditional video games."
Indeed, as EA CEO John Riccitiello hinted at in a recent financial conference call, there is a possibility that EA could further monetize Spore after its release by selling additional creature parts, body parts, plant parts, etc. Riccitiello even said that Spore could potentially one day have its own label within EA, like Sims, if it's enough of a financial boon for the company. Lazard Capital Markets' Colin Sebastian expects the title to sell "several million units," but where it goes after that only time will tell.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Spore gives you a variety of powerful yet easy-to-use creation tools so you can create every aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even starships. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play.
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Reader Comments (1)
"EA CEO John Riccitiello hinted at in a recent financial conference call, there is a possibility that EA could further monetize Spore after its release by selling additional creature parts, body parts, plant parts, etc" Yea, that'd be awesome. Charge for everything!