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Spore Destined to Be a Complete Flop?

• mechanical_fish 18y ago
  In the end, we feel Spore appeals to those who liked the Sims. Wow, what a harbinger of doom! What's the opposite of "damning with faint praise"? And I'm not sure I admire this cunning strategy of fighting "DRM" in games by astroturfing the hell out of every public review site. Seems to me that all this does is put EA in a good light while making anti-DRM activists seem like lowlife griefers, worse than Youtube commenters and iPhone App Store spammers. Is this the works of agents provocateurs?
  • unalone 18y ago
    My first reaction upon seeing the Amazon site was precisely that: "How immature." I would be astonished if Spore flopped. Right now, we're seeing hardcore gamers and freeks (or freetards, or whatever they're called right now) complaining. The mass market hasn't heard a thing about Spore. On a whim, I told a friend about Spore two days ago. Her instant reaction: "I need to uninstall The Sims 2 to get this." I think that'll be a common reaction. Spore has a big marketing campaign going on right now, but it could win the world over through word-of-mouth alone.