NBA Live 13 News Post

NBA Live 13 a $20 Digital Release This October?

08:17 PM - August 30, 2012 by 22cedric

It looks like NBA Live 13 is coming out as a digital release after all and not a full on $60 AAA title if the report from IRB Gamer today is to be believed. This seems a pretty big admission that Live simply isn't ready for prime-time obviously, which also obviously seems to be the case. What a mess.

IRB Gamer has the scoop:

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	"It�s been almost 3 years since we�ve released an NBA title,� the EA rep said. The tactic is to get feedback from gamers. However, it�s a bit risky to not run it as the AAA title as thedecision has been made to NOT put the game on disc. Live will be looking at a price point around $19.99,� equaling out to 1600 Microsoft Points or $20 PlayStation Network card.

What do you guys think? Smart decision by EA? Does this mean Live isn't up to par quality wise?

Sound off!

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# 181 starryclub @ 08/31/12 04:41 AM

I actually respect them for doing this. Obviously they are not up to par with 2K, everyone knows it. So they want to get a basketball game on the market anyway, so the digital download for 1/3 of the cost, instead of pushing out an inferior product shows some sense.

Now if this doesn't work, please make MVP baseball.

# 182 qbdaprizzle @ 08/31/12 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Shakedowncapo

word.....o_0

# 183 TreyIM2 @ 08/31/12 07:41 AM

Please don't take this as a defense of EA, which I believe many of u will try to translate this as, but WHERE is this 'They had 3 years..' stuff coming from???? Mathematics takes that back to 09, before Live 10 even came out, to this point...

# 184 Caveman24 @ 08/31/12 08:24 AM

come on EA smh

# 185 jwtucker710 @ 08/31/12 09:41 AM

Wow. I guess by now since there has been nothing on NBA LIVE 13, it would seem like that's the case to release it as a download. I won't buy it judging from those early screenshots and horrible video (if I'm going to spend $$ it will be toward 2K13). But even if there were planning a downloadable version about a month away, why not give customers previews? Also, wonder what happened with the development of LIVE 13? EA has poorly mismanaged this, which is a bit odd, knowing how thoroughly they develop games in the past. My reasoning is it's because of "market share" 2K has over EA at this point. They probably got to mid-June and thought there was no way LIVE 13 could recoup their costs for development. That said, all EA had to do was revamp LIVE 10 and tweak a few things and I think people would have bought it. Likely wouldn't be as good as 2K, but still ... at least you're offering customers an alternative if they get tired of 2K or just want something different.

Bad move EA!
Good job on Madden, however.

# 186 jwtucker710 @ 08/31/12 09:45 AM

EA really needs to clear the air on this. Press release or something. It's Labor Day weekend and no cover for LIVE or anything. Just info from May and June.

# 187 DBMcGee3 @ 08/31/12 09:55 AM

Virtua Fighter 5 was $15 and you expect me to pay $20 for this trash? C'mon man!

# 188 jwtucker710 @ 08/31/12 09:56 AM

I highly doubt LIVE 13 will be released. There is absolutely nothing on EA's upcoming game release schedule concerning LIVE. Something went wrong with the development/programming team and EA doesn't want to let this out of the bag. Just guessing, throwing it out there, but I bet the dev team got fired or they quit after the poor showing at E3. Or, someone on the lead dev team suddenly left. Either way, EA flubbed up concerning LIVE. They should just come out and tell us the direction LIVE is at least going. Come on Peter Moore!! Wass up!!

# 189 jwtucker710 @ 08/31/12 09:56 AM

http://www.ea.com/coming-soon

Nothing on LIVE 13.

# 190 mlp111 @ 08/31/12 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TreyIM2


	Please don't take this as a defense of EA, which I believe many of u will try to translate this as, but WHERE is this 'They had 3 years..' stuff coming from???? Mathematics takes that back to 09, before Live 10 even came out, to this point...

you should read bro, its in like every article EA has put out

# 191 barimanlhs @ 08/31/12 10:25 AM

I dont know if anyone else has mentioned or noticed, but on EAs gameface thing, there is no option to even choose a basketball player.....so it likely means that there will be no create a player or "MyPlayer" mode, but thats not terribly surprising. I do find it a little strange that you cant even choose a basketball player, even if it cant be used in game, its the same face for any EA game.

# 192 NYJin2011tm @ 08/31/12 10:27 AM

They should just give up at this point.

# 193 sarlndr @ 08/31/12 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DonWuan


	You dont think this will crack 50k? I guarantee* majority in this thread will buy the game no matter what comments are left.*

No way! It's an insult to the people in this threads intelligence to even say that. If you had said a 1/4 of the people on this thread, then I might have agreed with that.

There's just no way that I can justify shelling out $20 for this game from what I've seen.

# 194 Nathan_OS @ 08/31/12 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DonWuan


	You dont think this will crack 50k? I guarantee majority in this thread will buy the game no matter what comments are left.

No

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# 195 Nathan_OS @ 08/31/12 10:36 AM

I think people don't realize how disappointing this ish is man

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# 196 iClutch @ 08/31/12 10:37 AM

**** this. I'm done with E.A, I'm sick of this ****. I'm hanging up my Live sneakers, I can't lie to myself anymore. Get your head out of your *** E.A.

# 197 jmood88 @ 08/31/12 10:40 AM

I never paid too much attention to this hip hop gamer dude but he has no idea what he's talking about. Now he's saying that all of his statements about Live and 2K were given to him by some unnamed VP of marketing.

# 198 bigdoc85 @ 08/31/12 10:42 AM

This is great deal for EA. They will make money on this. That said, it's not likely to be a great product and I would rather pay $60 for NBA2k but for EA, this will be a success. Heck, for $20, a lot of people will download this out of curiosity and EA makes money.

# 199 Drewski @ 08/31/12 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jmood88


	I never paid too much attention to this hip hop gamer dude but he has no idea what he's talking about. Now he's saying that all of his statements about Live and 2K were given to him by some unnamed VP of marketing.

Ah anonymous sources, the Broussard route

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# 200 kingeo19 @ 08/31/12 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jmood88


	I never paid too much attention to this hip hop gamer dude but he has no idea what he's talking about. Now he's saying that all of his statements about Live and 2K were given to him by some unnamed VP of marketing.

Part of his secret conversation with VP of marketing.

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