OS Roundtable: NBA Live's Digital Release a Good Idea?

[SHAKYR]

I still don't buy they are putting this game at $20 for feedback purposes. What are the OS forums and EA NBA LIVE forums for? The fans already have been telling EA NBA LIVE team what they want.

[Thunder Storm]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

I still don't buy they are putting this game at $20 for feedback purposes. What are the OS forums and EA NBA LIVE forums for? The fans already have been telling EA NBA LIVE team what they want.

The deal is that they are trying to see how many people will actually buy it. If it even goes a quarter of gold, then they've successful committed the most conniving heist in media history.

This game should be sold on the app store in the Angry Birds price range.

[fluent2332]

I think it's great that Live will be releasing at $20 this year. It's the perfect way to get people back and interested in your game again. And I love the fact that I only have to pay $20 to play an NBA game this year (even though I'll probably pick up 2K13 next year sometime). But for now, I'm very happy with this and think it's a great idea.

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Quote: Originally Posted by fluent2332

I think it's great that Live will be releasing at $20 this year. It's the perfect way to get people back and interested in your game again. And I love the fact that I only have to pay $20 to play an NBA game this year (even though I'll probably pick up 2K13 next year sometime). But for now, I'm very happy with this and think it's a great idea.

I have no opinion on actual the decision to release Live this year whatever the cost is. Its horrible to make users pay to $20 beta test an incomplete game and a quick way to keep consumer confidence at an all time low. I'll probably get the dynasty edition of 2k on release day... until then, I'll keep demanding better of this company than to chuck out half done beta after 2 years of recycling old code.

[Caveman24]

I feel like now everyone is just accepting it like no that's EA problem they get very cocky like Madden they got the NFL license and till this day people are saying they will rather play 2k5 it took Madden how long to get simple stuff in the game they doing the same thing with Live now everyone all like OMG great its cheap like Really*Miz voice* we should be expecting excellence from EA but we always let them off the hook we dealt with Madden crap we had no other alternative then I had to deal with 2k horrible servers guys spin dunking and I can't get a good ranked match without going up against the Heat or Thunder why are we just accepting this we should want more from EA

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

I still don't buy they are putting this game at $20 for feedback purposes. What are the OS forums and EA NBA LIVE forums for? The fans already have been telling EA NBA LIVE team what they want.

I agree with this being a feedback purposes DLC, per se. I think EA just royally effed up and realized it at some point in the dev cycle that this game just wasn't going to "make it" as a full price game and decided that another cancellation was not an option, mainly because the NBA may have had them ballz to the wallz and was like, "Oh, heyell, naw, not again, EA. U better put out SOMETHING or else..."

At any rate, I don't give an eff at this point. Yes, I was thoroughly disappointed to see how early on this year, EA was virtually mum when they should have been clucking more than the very little that they were. It became more and more obvious to me that this game was not ready. However, the announcement of analog dribbling in NBA2K13 just bowled me over so, ultimately, I really didn't care when the leaked Live 13 footage hit. I'm too ecstatic about 2K13 to be too bothered. I'm finally getting what I've always been wanting in 2K13 - A VERY playable basketball game.

That being said, I'm down for a demo of the DLC and IF it's worth $20 bills via a demo, I'll cop it. It'll be a lil piece of history. I STILL have the Elite 11 demo on my PS3. Never deleted after downloading it the day it came out.

And this all is really much ado about nothing. Just like anything else in life, ppl love a comeback story and EA can do it. U'd pretty much have to be OJ to not be able to make a comeback.
EA has done it before with NHL and FIFA, although it wasn't to this drastic of a degree, but it will make the story even sweeter if they do come back by, say, 2014 with a product to make head turns. I'll embrace ANY good/great sports game no matter WHAT company makes it....

[cmehustle]

Give it up, Live is a wrap....

[dub541]

lol 2 almost 3 years to come up with a new basketball game you they release this crap. You serious? Not even a full game release a DLC? Just give the rights to 2k already you already got NFL just give up EA you will never get to the level that 2k is at.