It seems as though all games - well, at least the majorly anticipated ones - go through this 'vaporware' stage; all of these games seem to show up and then disappear, with only a few (roughly 33%) ever showing up again. Most of these games fall to budget cuts, a change of technology, or just idiotic project leaders. But there are some that have to be more than that. When you have games which have a huge following but don't show up, you know it has to be something greater. I might just be being cynical, but I really feel that most of these moves are just made by game companies to keep people interested in them. Take Diablo 3 for instance; it has been floated around for years while Blizzard just kept making other projects. This kept people interested in Blizzard, even when the other projects ended up not being so great, making me think that this 'vaporware' is really just a gigantic publicity stunt. But in the end, at least it didn't happen to Spore.
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