Despite the poor launch publicity, Spore was still a commercial success.

Despite the Sunshine Policy and efforts at reconciliation, the progress was complicated by North Korean missile tests in 1993, 1998, 2006 and 2009., relationships between North and South Korea were very tense ; North Korea had been reported to have deployed missiles, ended its former agreements with South Korea, and threatened South Korea and the United States not to interfere with a satellite launch it had planned.

Despite a highly promoted launch ( including being named Time magazine's " 1994 Product of the Year ") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price ( US $ 599 at launch ), limited third-party developer support, and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to competitors Sega and Nintendo.

Despite being told that it was against the rules, Ender sacrifices most of his fighters fleet to launch a Molecular Disruption Device at the planet, destroying the planet and the entire Formic fleet.

Despite the popularity of some of his work, Little failed to launch Indigenous music in the country — from the 1970s onwards, groups such as Coloured Stone, Warumpi Band, and No Fixed Address would help improve the image of the genre.

Despite an aggressive marketing campaign directed at U. S. airlines and the USAF, the sales prospects of the Jetliner floundered after the launch customer, Trans-Canada Airlines, reneged on a letter of intent in 1948.

Despite calls to pull out, Lhadatt, already in the space capsule and determined to finish what he started, convinces the frightened and vulnerable ground crew to complete the launch.

Despite being present in large numbers, the Austrian cavalry failed to launch a massed charge and instead launched several small-scale charges, which produced little effect.

Despite its problems, however, Habitat's fame and success " made reputation " and helped launch his career ; Safdie has now designed over 75 buildings and master plans around the world.

Despite the delayed launch, BSB continued to invest heavily in marketing in 1989 to minimize the effects of Sky ’ s timing advantage.

Despite the success of Nova, and the launch of Hellas SAT, cable TV has been slow to follow, only existing on a local level in some communities around Greece until recently, when companies such as OnTelecoms have launched cable ( IPTV ) platforms.

Despite lingering effects from previous injuries, Sammartino agreed to come out of retirement to help his son launch his career.

Despite the issues encountered during flight preparation, none required the target launch date of April 25 to be pushed back.

Despite being able to launch his missile, the Legion are soundly defeated by the League, with Wonder Woman, Flash, Batman, and Green Lantern defeating Cheetah, Mirror Master, Bane, and Star Sapphire in that order, respectively.

Despite attempts to keep the deal secret, the Wall Street Journal leaked news of the leasing, and the Senate decided to launch an inquiry into the matter.

Despite the tight schedule, Cock and his team were able to prepare several sample programmes, and the Radiolympia event was a great success in advertising the potential of the new medium and encouraging the audience to purchase sets in the run-up to the launch proper.

Despite the number in its name and the hype it received at its launch, the MC-303 has more in common with other MC prefixed synthesizers ( such as the Roland MC-202 ), which contain built-in sequencers, than it does with the famous Roland TB-303.

Despite the modest showing in Brighton at the Contest itself, the song achieved considerable fame as one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the Estado Novo regime of Marcelo Caetano-the other being the folk song " Grândola Vila Morena " by Zeca Afonso, which was the signal for the coup leaders to announce that they had taken control of strategic parts of the country.

Despite the reduced presence of the heavy metal genre in the Japanese media at the time and the lack of a single to launch the album, The Birthday Eve and the concerts to support it were quite successful.

Despite a strong launch that found the series debut selling 37, 100 issues, sales quickly plummeted.

Despite this, the TurboGrafx suffered from poor sales, and the Bonk mascot was eventually retired in 1992 ( with the launch of TTi's new TurboDuo console ), replaced by Air Zonk ( the official mascot of the Duo ).

Despite MyNetworkTV's announced launch date of September 5, 2006, UPN continued to broadcast its programming on stations across the United States until September 15, 2006.

Despite the earlier push for PlayStation Network releases around the PSP Go's launch, over half of the PSP's library is still only available in UMD format including Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, though there have been a few PlayStation Network-only releases since the PSP Go's launch, such as LocoRoco Midnight Carnival.

Despite being owned by the IFC, the AMC has investment decision autonomy and is charged with a fiduciary responsibility to the four individual funds under its management.

Despite airing advertisements during their programming, IFC still airs movies and TV-MA rated series uncensored ; episodes of some programs rated TV-14, however are censored.

Despite the advent of a regular television service in the Federal Republic in 1952, cinema attendances continued to grow through much of the 1950s, reaching a peak of 817. 5 million visits in 1956.

Despite achieving independence in 1956, Morocco still has a strong relationship with its former colonizers.

Despite Paramount's losses, DeMille would, however, give the studio some relief and create his most successful film at Paramount, a 1956 remake of his 1923 film The Ten Commandments.

Despite his concerns, Aman continued using Elad for intelligence operations until 1956, when he was caught trying to sell Israeli documents to the Egyptians.

Despite the events of 1956, Childe retained a love of the Soviet Union, having visited it on a number of occasions prior, and was involved with the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR, a satellite body of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Despite these failures, Francis was hired to record the vocals for Tuesday Weld's " singing " scenes in the 1956 movie Rock, Rock, Rock, and for Freda Holloway in the 1957 Warner Brothers rock and roll movie Jamboree.

Despite the wide use of Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan during the Soviet era, it became the official language of Azerbaijan only in 1956.

" Despite the development in 1941 of the Joint Army / Navy Phonetic Alphabet and its replacement, circa 1956, by the NATO phonetic alphabet ( currently used by U. S. military, civil aviation, telecommunications, and some law enforcement agencies ), the LAPD and other law enforcement and emergency service agencies throughout the United States continue to use it.

Despite large reductions in Soviet conventional forces since 1956, the construction of the Berlin Wall, made under initiative of the East German authorities, created a source of tension with the West.

Despite the excessive number of demerits Wilson graduated eighth from the bottom of his class in 1956 with a B. S. in Engineering, specializing in electronics.

Despite these changes in party allegiance, for which he was branded a maverick, Morse won re-election to the United States Senate in 1956.

Despite his unhappiness with his work in the Court of Appeal, he worked until 1956, when his long service as a judge allowed him to draw a pension.

Despite his allegedly tight relationship with Soviet Union, Togliatti's leadership remained unscathed after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution ( which was everywhere else a cause for major conflicts within the left ).

Despite inker Murphy Anderson, and penciller Carmine Infantino stating that Schwartz never acknowledged any relationship to Plastic Man, it's commonly claimed that he said that if he had known that DC owned the name " Plastic Man " ( acquired in 1956 along with other Quality Comics properties ), he'd never have chosen Elongated Man as the name for his own character ..

Despite sharing their nickname with the better-known Cleveland Indians of the American League, the Indianapolis team has been affiliated with the Cleveland team for only five seasons ( 1952 – 1956 ).

Despite all this Jamaat continued its struggle up till Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, who was himself a fan of Maulana Maududi, made a constitution ( 1956 ) near to the ideology of Jamaat.

Despite a devastating landslide ( 1956 ) that dragged a significant part of the eastern ridge-now Via Adriatica-into the gorge below, the years following World War II witnessed industrial, urban, parties and socio-cultural development.

Despite the program's title, it was generally only a half-hour show, the only exception to this rule being from March 1956 to June 1957 on ABC, when it was expanded to an hour.

Despite this, he continued to record and tour and further trips to North America and Australia took place until as late as 1956 ; those concerts helping to provide funding for the building of St Columba's Cathedral in Oban.

Despite this, Phillips was able to keep his business afloat by recording several other acts, including The Prisonaires ; a black quartet who were given permission to leave prison in June 1953 to record their single, " Just Walkin ' in the Rain ", later a hit for Johnnie Ray in 1956.

Despite rarely attending Anzac Day services or functions for Victoria Cross recipients, Murray and his wife travelled to London in 1956 to commemorate the centenary of the Victoria Cross.

Despite the win, the factory dropped him from their 1956 Le Mans roster for speeding up and passing team-mate Paul Frère's car at Rheims when Lofty England had ordered the entire team to slow down, hence his switch to a Ferrari that year.

Despite her long history of fundraising, in a 2009 interview with Chicago Life Magazine, she reported not always enjoying the process, stating " Even since I first started with the Shaw celebration in 1956, I ’ ve never really liked asking people for money.

Despite all the wars, there were still some historic buildings left in the city center of St. Wendel until 1960, but under mayors Franz Gräff ( 1956 – 1974 ) and Jakob Feller ( 1974 – 1982 ), a lack of historic interest and economically oriented sanitation destroyed a lot of them.