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

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sirlonius

I don't recall one mention from the people that saw the game said that the game is trash and shouldn't be released and we are all fools....They just said it needs work and that in the end their preference was 2k anyways. So I'm going to wait for the final product to make my decison.

So you just dont recall the small z99 video from E3 calling it something worse than trash?



I guess you can't say that anymore

[keator]

Quote: Originally Posted by huntt26

EA should just take this game, put the players in college uniforms and call it March Madness. I'd buy it

this.....

[Brian_OS]

RIP NBA LIVE

[SNIFF202]

people are overexagerating NBA LIVE 13 WAS NOT THAT BAD JUST A LITTLE SLIDING WHICH CAN BE SORTED IM BUYING LIVE NO MATTER WHAT

[Sinner]

Getting a quality game for 20$ is never a bad thing...no different than when 2k did it with their games back in 04...bad part is along with many of you from what we have seen of the video and heard from Smallz who saw it I don't believe this will be considered a quality game.

The game looked like trash in the "leaked" video..no other way to say it. People should really be upset that EA is releasing the game the way it is and wanting feedback to help them move forward, IMO if that's the case put the game out for free and actually listen and use the feedback.

I may be in the minority here but I think this move is a couple years to late, when they released the Elite video and it got talked about pretty badly they should have released Elite for download and asked for feedback...maybe they would have received a little more respect and people wouldn't be as upset in thinking you guys had 2 years to bring something better and you bring this?! If they had done this with Elite people would of course been upset but at least felt like EA is trying to make this franchise better or thought maybe they want our feedback to actually help make the game better.

Seems like EA (and again my opinion) is treating its fans like we are all casual fans, tell them its Pre-Alpha they won't know the difference, tell them we're giving them the game cheap they won't know the difference. Have a little more respect for your fan base and maybe you will get some back. I won't put down anybody that buys Live if it isn't much further along than what we saw in the video..its their money and their choice...but they also shouldn't be upset with people who are critical of the way EA is handling Live...again my opinions

[bigdoc85]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Ill watch youtube and the forums and IF there is a demo(which im hearing is basically the same as the full game with some stuff just locked) and general impressions...im not shelling out money just to see. That's cool too.., but its sad you'd be getting a better deal with Live 10 and updated rosters. I have yet to find one post that says THEY OWE ME, and thats whats wrong with posts like these. We as consumers already showed we wouldnt buy crap on a stick. If im paying my hard earned money, I expect quality... there is no entitlement in that, thats expecting good service, thats what people want. Its too simple yet so not easily understood. I think you're going way overboard with this as well with the whole rights and consitution stuff, which you're treading close to the political line of the TOS so you need to let that go

I'm just venting a bit so don't take my posts too seriously. Glad I stirred up some discussion here. Need to liven things up for NBA Dead (I meant, Live). I would argue with your comment that we don't buy crap on a stick - -we do -- and we continue to do so. And we also must remember that we, as more established gamers, only represent a fraction of the gaming purchasers. I'm sure a ton of non-gamer parents just plunked down $60 at WalMart or Target for Madden 13. Heck, a few weeks ago my mother-in-law told me she was going to buy my son MLB2k12 (we already have The Show). I told her -- that's fine, but don't spend more than $40 for it. Of course, she goes to Toys 'R Us, pays $60 AND buys the stupid game warranty for an additional $5! Ugh!

[scatman]

I can't believe there are people willing to pay $20 for this. I'm sorry but that just seems asinine for something that at least to me, I couldn't tolerate that leaked youtube vid. I would ask anyone who seriously is considering buying this; why? What has EA done with basketball in the last 5 years that give you confidence in there ability to produce a solid title. I grew up playing the heck out of sports games. I just saw a video today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9u-yIMhK0) and that looks better than what was shown pre alpha stage live 13 and elite 11 combined!

Seriously, I played live growing up too. However I know quality when I see it. Please someone, give me the silver lining as to why I should explore this game. I have a hard time believing grown ups want to play a game that looks and plays this way. As 23 said, I'll look at youtube, maybe download the demo if there is one, but no way do I pay $20 for something I know I can't stand play, much less watch and thus it sits in my hard drive, or I delete it with no refund in site.

EA, you really want to get feed back, get a focus group, from here on OS and have them test it out. Or release the game for free. Anything EA makes on this is like found money. Go look at that vid and compare that to what we saw in pre alpha build....who would have thought in 2004 Live would become this? Sheesh!

[riggs6taters]

Well I'm not saying I'll pay 20 bucks for this but I damn sure won't pay 60$ for 2K. So we'll have to see if this looks any different than that trash "pre-alpha" video that was leaked.