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[lumin]

From Gamasutra.com

quote: EA officials on the call also took time to address Will Wright’s ambitious life simulator Spore, noting that the company “has tremendous confidence” in the title, but also adding that the title is apparently on the edge of slipping from EA's fiscal 2008 release schedule, saying “it's right on the bubble of Q4, if not some time in early fiscal '09” -- anywhere between January and June of 2008. The company furthered its enthusiasm for the upcoming strategy title, noting that “it's more like The Sims... it's a title that we hope to revisit sometime in the future.”

This just, once again, reinforces my conviction that mainstream games and their producers are going down the toilet.  It's all about making their wallet's fatter at the expense of their quality and dedication.  Not that delaying a game to make improvements is bad, but their irresponsibility in undertaking projects that they know they can't deliver on in a decided time frame.

Right now, Independent development is where it's at.  I think that in the coming years you will only see more of the bloody first-person shooters and Madden remakes from the big-boys, while the underdogs will be crafting the masterpieces that more and more gamers really want.

I used to be rooting for Spore to be the greatest game of this decade, but now I'm thinking that Dwarf Fortress will be even better.

[hymerman]

So, are you also saying that independant developers will be better at meeting deadlines and estimating costs and timescales? These are problems everyone faces, not just the big boys, not game developers in particular, not even the IT industry in general. Project slippage is a fact of life, and will be until we program sentient beings to do all the work for us. Even then, they'll probably end up lazy.

Still, I agree that independant games are more interesting in general than commercial games. Long live Dwarf Fortress.

[Pacho]

Independent devs just say "its done when its done" and no matter when they finish its always right when they said it would be finished =P

[Gaulgath]

Wow... that's a rather... long time...

My heart sank when I read that, but it is important they polish it up. Besides, the future versions of Dwarf Fortress will almost surely distract me from Spore. Or homework/sleep for that matter.  :p

[Keiseth]

Wow, a sort of release date for Spore! I can't wait! As soon as it comes out I'll take my VTOL compatible flying car now to the GameShop 3000 and optically download it into my brain. =P

Anyone else sensing Fable? Pushed back, pushed back, pushed back, then nothing like it was supposed to be. (Although it was above decent; just not ANYTHING like it was advertised a year or two before.)