L&P Spore (expansion) announced
grig:
Personally I ain't all that surprised that Eaxis are already pooping out a new EP/SP
Back in the days of Maxis on its own the EP's/SP's were just as useless as the newer one's but they took longer because Maxis was small. Now that its Eaxis they've got the manpower to bork the game with useless crap that much faster ;)
We can make it faster... junkier... crappier... which says a lot about me 'cause I'm ape for the game... don't it folks?
Parsimonious Kate:
Now here are some words I never thought I'd say together in any imaginable context but 'in EA's defense' (WTFness), this game has been in development for 11 years, a lot of the stuff Maxis had planned to put into EP's is already complete or near completion. In that respect there's little or no advantage to holding back complete packs for any great length of time. I understand that the whole project ran massively over budget (not surprising being 3 years late), in that respect I can understand EA's keenness to claw back some of their investment early to help bolster their legal departments budget for dealing with the many class action lawsuits they are and will be facing over their illegal security protection.
EsotericPolarBear:
Quote from: Kate on 2008 November 11, 17:15:36
Now here are some words I never thought I'd say together in any imaginable context but 'in EA's defense' (WTFness), this game has been in development for 11 years, a lot of the stuff Maxis had planned to put into EP's is already complete or near completion. In that respect there's little or no advantage to holding back complete packs for any great length of time. I understand that the whole project ran massively over budget (not surprising being 3 years late), in that respect I can understand EA's keenness to claw back some of their investment early to help bolster their legal departments budget for dealing with the many class action lawsuits they are and will be facing over their illegal security protection.
How is that a defense? Removing or withholding content from the base game so you can sell it seperately is not a defense.
kazebird:
My guess is that they had glitched content, that needed cutting, because they needed more time to fix it than they were allowed. This happened with weather and cars in The Sims 2. Can't fix it now, add it later.
Mootilda:
Quote from: EsotericPolarBear on 2008 November 15, 03:42:21
How is that a defense? Removing or withholding content from the base game so you can sell it seperately is not a defense.
I believe that the "defence" was that Spore cost more to create than EA can recoop with one release at standard game prices, so releasing it in pieces allows EA to charge more for the entire package.
Perhaps this is not a "defence". But it is a viable business strategy.
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