Spore expected to sell 3-5 million in 2008

**MIG-31** · Feb 18, 2008, 06:38 PM

Source: Gamesindustry
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Although most people seem to agree that there's a healthy anticipation building around the forthcoming Will Wright project, Spore, there's also some feeling that its publisher Electronic Arts must manage expectation about its performance and appeal.

A range of analysts polled by The Street provided sales estimates to the end of this year of between 3 and 5 million units, and a healthy revenue target of around USD 250 million.

IEMC · Feb 18, 2008, 06:47 PM

I see it happening.

BlueMak · Feb 18, 2008, 08:36 PM

I doubt it will sell that much.

Zardon · Feb 18, 2008, 08:42 PM

im with penny arcade on this one.

mkk · Feb 19, 2008, 12:21 AM

I don't see what's so attractive about it, so it'll probably sell great...

Going by the hype I can't shake the feeling that Peter Molyneux is somehow involved.

Vikingod · Feb 19, 2008, 01:58 PM

I think the game looks interesting, but 3-5MM seems a bit high.

The hype is really pretty amazing though, considering most people don't even know what the hell you do in the game, other than "evolve".

|2A|N · Feb 20, 2008, 09:50 AM

I'm pretty excited about its release. I watched the 1hour clip about it over a year ago and liked his theory of the game based on life and evolving and I can see this game being a big hit.

Feb 18, 2008, 06:38 PM	#1
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Feb 18, 2008, 06:47 PM	#2
IEMC Neighborhood screw up. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: MI, US Posts: 770 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	I see it happening. __________________

Feb 18, 2008, 08:36 PM	#3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I doubt it will sell that much. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 18, 2008, 08:42 PM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	im with penny arcade on this one.

Feb 19, 2008, 12:21 AM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I don't see what's so attractive about it, so it'll probably sell great... Going by the hype I can't shake the feeling that Peter Molyneux is somehow involved.

Feb 19, 2008, 01:58 PM	#6
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	I think the game looks interesting, but 3-5MM seems a bit high. The hype is really pretty amazing though, considering most people don't even know what the hell you do in the game, other than "evolve".

Feb 20, 2008, 09:50 AM	#7
\|2A\|N SE7EN57 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 358 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	I'm pretty excited about its release. I watched the 1hour clip about it over a year ago and liked his theory of the game based on life and evolving and I can see this game being a big hit.