Spore Delayed… AGAIN?
- Scribbled on January 29th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Mac, PC, Release Date(s), Rumor Mill, Simulations, Strategy, WTF
Gamasutra is reporting that Spore may be delayed, again.
Ahead of the publisher’s January 31st Q3 results, Janco analyst Mike Hickey has said recent Electronic Arts share underperformance could be coming from the specter of potential product delays, predicting the highly anticipated Spore could be moved from March/April into the second half of 2008.
While Hickey says Janco expects Q3 results to be in line with EA’s guidance, the company’s “recent share under-performance (closed at 52 week low yesterday) would suggest a potential shortfall… or guidance gimp.”
Hickey says that in the current market climate, companies that perform ‘only’ in-line with expectations are susceptible to damage, as well as those with “conservative tone from management on future performance.”
“Additional share pressure could be coming from potential high profile product delays including Spore,” notes Hickey, “which we now expect in [the second half of 2008], versus management guidance for March/April.”
(heavy sigh)
January 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I don’t care about EA’s performance… I don’t want those jackasses in suits to rush this game through so they can turn a quick buck.
Let the developers make the game fun, stable, and entertaining - and let them take all the time they need. When they’re ready - sell it.
So many good games were rushed to market only to be crap because of unfinished or hurried levels, features ripped out because they didn’t have time to perfect, or worse - unplayable because they didn’t have enough bug-hunting sessions.
Tribes2 comes to mind - it was a great game, only after the third month of patches and updates. Another EA suit-special.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Didn’t read the article, huh? Apparently, EA’s poor financials is responsible for the game being delayed. The game has been DONE for the last few months.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Sarcastic much, Jonah?
I didn’t have to read the linked article - you quoted almost the entire thing.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pm
There’s a good sentence and half of original content!
February 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Let’s see how well you do when you’re laid up sick for 2 weeks and are the only person keeping the site alive. I’m reporting the news here, not writing an op-ed piece. When I write a feature article or a review…
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The EA CEO said that Spore would be done “by the holidays”.
(hits head against desk)