Spore Creature Creator- Top Selling "game" June 21, Good in July

[DarkCloud]

Really bizarre.

http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/07/01/spore-creature-creator-tops-latest-top-10-best-selling-pc-games/

Isn't it available free online? But it costs 10 dollars in stores...

1. Spore Creature Creator - Electronic Arts
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - Funcom/Eidos
4. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
5. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
6. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
7. The Sims 2 FreeTime - Electronic Arts
8. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff - Electronic Arts
9. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Activision
10. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures - LucasArts

And for the week ending July 5th

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/40171/Spore-Creature-Creator-Dethroned-In-Latest-Sales-Chart

1) The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
2) Diablo Battle Chest - Vivendi
3) Spore Creature Creator - Electronic Arts
4) The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
5) World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Vivendi
6) World Of Warcraft - Vivendi
7) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - Eidos
8) World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi
9) The Sims 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
10) Warcraft III Battle Chest - Vivendi

[Imran Siddiqui]

Why would you buy it? People be dumb. Maxis, though, be smart. I mean just wait to buy the game if you want to play around with everything in the creature creator.

[Dale]

The online "free" version only comes with about a quarter of the creature bits 'n pieces.

But yeah, why pay for it?

[DarkCloud]

I guess people just can't wait.

At least this demonstrates just how "big" this game will probably be when it comes out!

[Dale]

I think this game is definitely going to outstrip WoW and The Sims 1/2 for earning capacity.

EA will be bidding for MS next, not 2K.

[Metaliturtle]

Some people are creating specific types of creatures and are actually selling them instead of freely posting them. I suppose in this case paying for the creature creator would be worth it.

[DarkCloud]

Ah, that's certainly an interesting potential NEWS story, Metaliturtle
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Good idea on their part, too. Custom Character Design... Could probably become fairly lucrative.

[Metaliturtle]

...if only I can find the darn guy who was doing that... Google time

Edit:

He makes squirrels but they are no longer for sale, you can download them for free!

[DarkCloud]

Ah, squirrels.

[Adagio]

The only I could see for buying the "full demo" would be if you would get the same amount in rebate when buying the full game. Paying $10 for a demo is a bit too crazy

[Metaliturtle]

I bought it, but I will admit I was a bit SPORE deprived at the time...

[EternalSpark]

I bought it, and I'll explain why:

1. Support (Piracy): Most pubishers assume every gamer out there is gonna pirate their games, which is why they put such extreme copy protection things in their games. I can't sit here and say "Don't treat me like a criminal" if I, myself, am pulling down the latest release from The Pirate Bay.
2. Support (EA/Maxis): Yeah, I'm that horrible horrible breed of modern gamer that actually likes a lot of Maxis's and EA's releases. As such, I'm going to keep giving them my cash. I don't want Maxis and EA going the way of Scarred-Up Amnesiacs, Stuttering AIs, and Goggle-Wearing Psychics.
3. Support (Demo): Sorry, but lately a lot of games that have been called massive-in-scope have used that as an excuse for no before-it-comes-out demo. Spore is massive-in-scope, and they put out a tool to let you figure out one of the major aspects of the game early is a plus for me.
4. Price: It's ten bucks. I pay more in gas every week. It's nothing.
5. More Stuff: The Spore Creature Creator trial was very enjoyable for me when I was burned out of other games and I didn't know what I wanted to play. Buying it gave me more parts to work with, and extended the enjoyment I got out of it. More Stuff, More Fun.
6. Creature Balance: The trial version of the SCC had carnivore-only parts, and a limited number of other parts. Putting out more Spore Creatures with non-trial parts from the beginning will make it a little better in that respect.

There's more, as I rememeber em.