EA CEO John Riccitiello and EA Games Chief
Frank Gibeau have confirmed that Spore will be available roughly
between March, April or May. Also confirmed is that they both have
access to a copy of the game and have been playing it a great deal.
Here's a snippet of the interview: “We
could not be more bullish about the potential for the franchise than we
are right now. Right now, as we mentioned in our call the last time, it
is sort of squarely targeting against March, April, May of next year.
Intellectual properties like this and games like these are so large and
so complex that we chose not to put in our fiscal year guidance because
these days are pretty hard to predict, and the outcomes can be
volatile. We will make the choice of shipping a better game than an
on-time game given the high potential for this franchise, so our best
guess right now is Q1 of next fiscal, but we’re not actually providing
guidance for next fiscal at this point.” For the original source click here.
“(EA
Games chief) Frank (Gibeau) and I are both dying to take the question
because we’re both playing and enjoying the product a great deal, so I
would say the great news is what we’ve got now is coming together as
one of those break-through products that might come across the industry
every three, five, seven years,” Riccitiello said.
