EA: Spore has to sell millions in order to turn in profit

Is it going to take a lot for Spore to become profitable, given the million-year development time?

WG: Yeah, it needs to sell in the millions and last a few years to pay back the investment. But you know, we were probably going to spend the money on something. It might as well be on Spore

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1424/bing_there_done_that_eas_cco_.php?page=2

This is about a week old but interesting.

Is it going to take a lot for Spore to become profitable, given the million-year development time?

WG: Yeah, it needs to sell in the millions and last a few years to pay back the investment. But you know, we were probably going to spend the money on something. It might as well be on Spore

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1424/bing_there_done_that_eas_cco_.php?page=2

This is about a week old but interesting.

Gun-Unit

Spore will become like sims..Once its out..Its going to sell millions...Dont worry about ea...Than they will work on expansions an make more cash...Gladestone1

Don't be too sure about it,i hope it sells millions has it looks like a great game but at the sametime its a new IP it might not catch on like The Sim,its always risky making new IP's but it can pay off good also.

And you really can't see that his statement isn't a serious one? Those interviews are always half-assed and about 50% truth. EA knows they can make a profit, you better believe it.

See, I'm afraid it will be like The Sims...  $60 price tag to spend 3 hours staring at the computer while nothing of interest actually happens while a bunch of brain dead turds scream about how "revolutionary" the game is.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see.  From what I've read, at least there's more to do in the game, even if you do have to wait hours to get "evolved" enough to actually do anything... 

[QUOTE="Gladestone1"]Spore will become like sims..Once its out..Its going to sell millions...Dont worry about ea...Than they will work on expansions an make more cash...Gun-Unit

Don't be too sure about it,i hope it sells millions has it looks like a great game but at the sametime its a new IP it might not catch on like The Sim,its always risky making new IP's but it can pay off good also.

The fact that is will be on just about every handhelds & console + PC is pretty much a guarantee it will sell millions.  

BTW, how the heck are ya Gladstone! I totally forgot to respond to your PM a long while ago :oops: 

EA doesn't do anything unless they're positive it will turn a profit.

They know Spore is going to bring in a very nice chunk of change once it's finally released. They're going to have no problems whatsoever recovering those production costs.

The game is by Will Wright...

 That's a license to print money.

There should be no worry.