Is the NBA Live 13 Cover Athlete, LeBron James?

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoTiCe_O

But the Elite demo was made in an entirely different country, by an entirely different team, and it was free. It's not like it cost you any money or made you lose sleep. And the opinion of people who saw a pre alpha version of Live 13 is just that, their opinion. Until I see the game with my own eyes i'm gonna keep my own opinion for now. I haven't seen one game play video so I'm not just gonna think the worst because of past history. Like it or not, LeBron isn't just "any" cover athlete. Like his teammate Shane Battier said best, "He is a global icon, a basketball monolith, the most prevalent and recognizable athlete of our generation.". Do you really think an athlete of that caliber would put his image on something that was set up for complete failure like Elite was? You could say I'm thinking to much into it, but I look at the big picture and see things for what they are. Media and Marketing are crucial sources of information in our world today. Who you have and what you have representing your product says alot about you and the quality of your product. Having LeBron James on the cover of this game says alot more to the business minded people than it does to the everyday gamers that don't realize life exists outside of Xbox live or PSN. But hey, I'm just speculating in a speculation thread, LeBron might not even be the cover athlete

Its not setup to fail, no game is. Elite was not setup for fail but it did. I'm not saying Live 13 will fail, I hope it comes out and is a solid game actually; however regardless of who is on the cover they have no control over how good the game will be.

Business wise Lebron is the best possible choice for cover athlete but without the gameplay to back it up it means nothing. I'm starting to wonder if EA knew people would start talking and speculating about Live, and then sent an "annonymous" cover of Lebron to get things stirring only to have a blowout reveal next week when Lebron is back from the Olympics...

[SavoyPrime]

Game will probably be ***. But the cover is hot though.

[captaintuna]

Some of the comments in this thread are pure comedy, especially those saying that an athlete on a game cover does not translate into sales.

NEWSFLASH.....games aren't sold or not sold based on the biased views on message boards, bloggers' journals and paid-review sites. OS probably generates LESS than 1% of all sports games titles sales GLOBALLY....meaning what is liked or disliked here is IRRELEVANT to actual business numbers.

If anyone doesn't think that having a premier athlete like LeBron on a video game cover will NOT translate into a HUGE spike in sales (compared to the previous version), then I have some Enron stock to sell you!

Look at to what having Jordan (then Magic, Jordan and Bird) on the cover of NBA 2K did for their sales. Think 2K would have sold anywhere near what it did in those years had Patrick Ewing or Clyde Drexler been on the cover?

Please.

[authentic]

Quote: Originally Posted by captaintuna

Some of the comments in this thread are pure comedy, especially those saying that an athlete on a game cover does not translate into sales. NEWSFLASH.....games aren't sold or not sold based on the biased views on message boards, bloggers' journals and paid-review sites. OS probably generates LESS than 1% of all sports games titles sales GLOBALLY....meaning what is liked or disliked here is IRRELEVANT to actual business numbers. If anyone doesn't think that having a premier athlete like LeBron on a video game cover will NOT translate into a HUGE spike in sales (compared to the previous version), then I have some Enron stock to sell you! General Business 101.

You're right but you need to chill....Lebron being on the cover does not guarantee success for EA. If they release a bad product, it wont sell well.

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by captaintuna

Some of the comments in this thread are pure comedy, especially those saying that an athlete on a game cover does not translate into sales. NEWSFLASH.....games aren't sold or not sold based on the biased views on message boards, bloggers' journals and paid-review sites. OS probably generates LESS than 1% of all sports games titles sales GLOBALLY....meaning what is liked or disliked here is IRRELEVANT to actual business numbers. If anyone doesn't think that having a premier athlete like LeBron on a video game cover will NOT translate into a HUGE spike in sales (compared to the previous version), then I have some Enron stock to sell you! Look at to what having Jordan (then Magic, Jordan and Bird) on the cover of NBA 2K did for their sales. Think 2K would have sold anywhere near what it did in those years had Patrick Ewing or Clyde Drexler been on the cover? Please.

Seriously, just stop embarrasing yourself with unsubstantiated comments as such

[noshun]

Quote: Originally Posted by captaintuna

... I have some Enron stock to sell you!

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Seriously, just stop embarrasing yourself with unsubstantiated comments as such

If he has Enron stock, then hes not smart business wise either....lol.. cause he's still trying to sell it. sarcasm.

[captaintuna]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Seriously, just stop embarrasing yourself with unsubstantiated comments as such

Way to ignore the FACTS of my post and only focus on a cover of a completely different and obsolete NBA game franchise no less. Seriously you're trying to compare Sony's NBA series with EA's NBA Live?

And I'm embarrassing myself? Thanks for the laugh. I needed that.

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by captaintuna

Way to ignore the FACTS of my post and only focus on a cover of a completely different and obsolete NBA game franchise no less. Seriously you're trying to compare Sony's NBA series with EA's NBA Live? And I'm embarrassing myself? Thanks for the laugh. I needed that.

Looks to me like both NBA 09 and e-Lite are obsolete games and this one will be too if they don't do something quick

The FACT is I just debunked that post about LeBron being on the cover there is no guaranteed

selling spike and you have ZERO proof to back up what you just stated

Its already been proved wrong once that if a game is crappy it doesnt matter if LeBron is there or not.