NBA Elite 11 to Include NBA Jam, Not Available on Marketplace or PSN (360, PS3)

[Jano]

Quote: Originally Posted by Purch

Exactly. The people who have been critisizing this decision in the thread 90% of them had no intention to even try the elite demo in the first place. And by try I don't mean play, by try I mean don't play it with the mindset that saids " this is gonna be a sucky game" before you start the demo

Exactly this is a great move when it concerns those that may want to give Elite a chance.

If you are already thinking Elite is going to be terrible then of course its not going to be an incentive lol!

Because there was not much that could sway you into wanting to play the game in the first place.

[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

It doesn't make sense to you. It makes perfect sense to those that know you won't even try the game. How many posts here are "man, I'm not even trying this game EA can't make a good basketball game?" It's all over the forums and you'd have to be blind to miss them. NBA Jam is THAT much fun. They're just giving you even MORE incentive to give their new "big" NBA game a shot. It's great marketing for a game that many felt had absolutely nothing on it compared to the Jordan announcement. To act like this won't draw interest when everyone was saying a few weeks ago "put it on PS3/360 and I'll buy it" is silly.

QFT and thank you, ,i couldn't have said it better.

If you talk about marketing, that's how it should be.if you build a game from the scratch, on the other hand 2k is building on what they already have,ea had only 1 chance to counter Jordan hype with a new game mode but they don't have time while building the new game from zero ground so what they did with this announcement is definitely a great move.

[rdmcfall]

Noshun's point about the moneymaker is key. 2K is the champ, both critically and financially right now, and they stepped their game up with Jordan/classic teams as the "incentive." EA picked a hell of year to re-brand, and simply as a matter of survival, they had to match the 2K's incentive with one of their own.

However, while EA may pick up increased sales through Elite now, it's a very aggressive model that could cannibalize its own potential Jam sales. I have all 3 systems and planned on buying Jam from the first announcement, but what used to be a sure fire 50.00 purchase on Wii has turned into a "maybe I'll buy it or maybe I won't" HD proposition on the 360. It just seems like EA is cutting outself out of 2 huge markets (XBLA and PSN) when they don't have to...just swallow your pride, admit you want Jam cash cow on Live and PSN, and stop forcing customer decisions when you're going to lose that NBA2k battle already at the register. It's a bold move to be sure, but the potential backlash is HUGE, imo of course.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdmcfall

However, while EA may pick up increased sales through Elite now, it's a very aggressive model that could cannibalize its own potential Jam sales. I have all 3 systems and planned on buying Jam from the first announcement, but what used to be a sure fire 50.00 purchase on Wii has turned into a "maybe I'll buy it or maybe I won't" HD proposition on the 360. It just seems like EA is cutting outself out of 2 huge markets (XBLA and PSN) when they don't have to...just swallow your pride, admit you want Jam cash cow on Live and PSN, and stop forcing customer decisions when you're going to lose that NBA2k battle already at the register. It's a bold move to be sure, but the potential backlash is HUGE, imo of course.

This is how I see it:

If Jam does well, you'll get another title with new rosters. It will also help boost sales for Elite. It gets you to try Elite when you would have otherwise. It will also help you realize that you like Jam as well.

It's no different than NFL 2k5 selling for $20. It's an added incentive. Be realistic, need it to get over the stigma that their game has throughout the typical basketball consumer.

People will buy Elite just to play Jam on their 360/PS3. People will buy 2k's game just because it has Jordan on the cover.

It's smart marketing.

[NoTiCe_O]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

This is how I see it: If Jam does well, you'll get another title with new rosters. It will also help boost sales for Elite. It gets you to try Elite when you would have otherwise. It will also help you realize that you like Jam as well. It's no different than NFL 2k5 selling for $20. It's an added incentive. Be realistic, need it to get over the stigma that their game has throughout the typical basketball consumer. People will buy Elite just to play Jam on their 360/PS3. People will buy 2k's game just because it has Jordan on the cover. It's smart marketing.

Yea, that's how i feel .. With Nba Jam as incentive it will get people to try NBA Elite, which could end up being a great game that a lot of people are sleeping on. The people skeptic about elite but not so skeptic about Nba Jam could be thinking right now. Should i just buy NBA Jam for 50 bucks on Wii or get it for 60 on ps3/360 with NBA Elite for an extra 10 bucks. Not to mention online gives any game unlimited replay value because your always playing someone different.

I'm actually excited about playing NBA Jam online lol

[noshun]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdmcfall

Noshun's point about the moneymaker is key. 2K is the champ, both critically and financially right now, and they stepped their game up with Jordan/classic teams as the "incentive." EA picked a hell of year to re-brand, and simply as a matter of survival, they had to match the 2K's incentive with one of their own. However, while EA may pick up increased sales through Elite now, it's a very aggressive model that could cannibalize its own potential Jam sales. I have all 3 systems and planned on buying Jam from the first announcement, but what used to be a sure fire 50.00 purchase on Wii has turned into a "maybe I'll buy it or maybe I won't" HD proposition on the 360. It just seems like EA is cutting outself out of 2 huge markets (XBLA and PSN) when they don't have to...just swallow your pride, admit you want Jam cash cow on Live and PSN, and stop forcing customer decisions when you're going to lose that NBA2k battle already at the register. It's a bold move to be sure, but the potential backlash is HUGE, imo of course.

There are some people may want to just play Jam without buying Elite for PS3/360. So for those that dont really want Elite.. how is this going to work out for them?
Would I play Jam, yeah I would at some point, but would I want to buy Elite to do so? No, as Im already going to purchase multiple copies of the other NBA game on different platforms.
Im pretty sure EA has this planned out so that a few months after Elite drops you'll eventually see them make XBLA/PSN releases.. its inevitable to be a money maker that way.

[blues rocker]

this move strikes me as a desperate gimmick to get people to buy Elite. It's smart business, I guess, but it's still a desperate gimmick. I guess I can't blame them - they have to do everything they can to draw attention to their game and increase sales.

[NoTiCe_O]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

this move strikes me as a desperate gimmick to get people to buy Elite. It's smart business, I guess, but it's still a desperate gimmick. I guess I can't blame them - they have to do everything they can to draw attention to their game and increase sales.

Think about it ..

If you opened up a brand new Restaurant right next to your best competition, lets say 99 restaurant. You would be likely give away free dinner coupons or some type of incentive for people to try your food, because they would be skeptical of a new restaurant. They could think "Hey, that's a good deal, I'll try it .. It is Free", then eventually try your food an think its good or even better than 99. Therefore giving you more credibility and overall more customers and sales.

Its kinda the same thing here .. Elite is a new game on the market, people are gonna be skeptical, so they're giving them an incentive to at least try it. If you don't like it you can always return it and you still get NBA Jam for free. They can't take that back