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I find myself checking the date, because this sounds like such a professionally stupid move (after looking at what the SFC has actually done... AKA a few unwatc

I find myself checking the date, because this sounds like such a professionally stupid move (after looking at what the SFC has actually done... AKA a few unwatched youtube videos) it looks like 95% proof mid-life crisis.

adamhowell 18y ago
He sunk years and years of his life into Spore only to have EA sweep the legs out from under it at launch with horribly broken DRM. Instead of dealing with the corporate idiots he's moving on.
- blasdel 18y ago
  Spore did plenty to suck all on it's own, by being a set of disjointed non-games that misrepresent evolution (your traits don't matter for survival!)
- ensignavenger 18y ago
  Except that EA has invested in SFC, and it looks like EA will develop/publish video games based on their work- so it isn't like Wright is moving on from EA totally. I haven't heard Wright complain too loudly about the DRM, I bet if he had, EA would have done whatever was necessary to appease him.
  - adamhowell 18y ago
    He says in a Kotaku interview (can't link, on iPhone) that it was something he should have "tuned into more" and "a corporate decision."
- ajkirwin 18y ago
  No, what broke Spore was the fact that all the really good, technical bits of evolution were ripped out at the last minute to make the game easier to EA could sell more copies to kids.
  - Goronmon 18y ago
    This pretty much sums it up. Spore was such a disappointment. The first phase was awesome, lots of fun. Then it just turned into a super-simplified RTS with no depth. I enjoyed the game immensely at first, but it just kept getting worse the longer you played.
Keyframe 18y ago
Why is it a stupid move? It looks to me exactly like when a successful musician gets his own label, which in a sense it is since EA owns half of it. Now he gets even more freedom to play around and, in the end, to get more money out of it. I see no stupid in there.

adamhowell 18y ago

He sunk years and years of his life into Spore only to have EA sweep the legs out from under it at launch with horribly broken DRM. Instead of dealing with the corporate idiots he's moving on.

blasdel 18y ago
Spore did plenty to suck all on it's own, by being a set of disjointed non-games that misrepresent evolution (your traits don't matter for survival!)
ensignavenger 18y ago
Except that EA has invested in SFC, and it looks like EA will develop/publish video games based on their work- so it isn't like Wright is moving on from EA totally. I haven't heard Wright complain too loudly about the DRM, I bet if he had, EA would have done whatever was necessary to appease him.
- adamhowell 18y ago
  He says in a Kotaku interview (can't link, on iPhone) that it was something he should have "tuned into more" and "a corporate decision."
ajkirwin 18y ago
No, what broke Spore was the fact that all the really good, technical bits of evolution were ripped out at the last minute to make the game easier to EA could sell more copies to kids.
- Goronmon 18y ago
  This pretty much sums it up. Spore was such a disappointment. The first phase was awesome, lots of fun. Then it just turned into a super-simplified RTS with no depth. I enjoyed the game immensely at first, but it just kept getting worse the longer you played.

Keyframe 18y ago

Why is it a stupid move? It looks to me exactly like when a successful musician gets his own label, which in a sense it is since EA owns half of it. Now he gets even more freedom to play around and, in the end, to get more money out of it. I see no stupid in there.