NBA Jam Coming To 360 And PS3, Just Not As You Expected
Be careful, there's a sting in the tail.
Published: 11:00, 03/08/2010 by eccelex.
5EA have confirmed that a high definition version of the Wii’s NBA Jam will indeed be available on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Hurrah!
EA have also confirmed that these hi-def versions will only be available through a download code supplied with new copies of NBA Elite 11. Wait… what?
To clarify, EA Sports’ Jordan Edelstein had this to say to ESPN:
… for the PS3 and 360, we want people to try ‘Elite’. We feel like ‘NBA Elite 11′ is a great product and we want people to give it a chance and see all the changes we’re making.
So as a way to say thanks to these people, we are going to let them experience ‘Jam’. It’s not the full product, but it’s a good portion of it.
So EA finally release essentially a demo version of a game that people do want tied in with a game that people don’t want.
Thanks, EA. Thanks a whole bunch.
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03/08/2010 at 11:04
Member since: Forever
This sucks. really, really badly. Boo you EA, BOOOOOO!!!!
If you really want loads of people to buy NBA Elite then make it a) Really good b) Really cheap. Don’t bribe people, else they won’t have faith in it at all.
I also ‘like’ how its essentially only a demo version, whereas the Wii is getting the full NBA Jam. Nevermind I shall be a Wii owner before too long and then I’ll be able to not only play the proper NBA Jam but also FIFA Street bundled in to FIFA 11
In fact it does appear the Wii is getting lots of EASports loving
03/08/2010 at 11:10
Member since: Jul 2010
this is a business maneuver at its most calculated. how do you maximise profits for a mediocre game with correlating sales records? Jam in (geddit?) an exclusive, albeit glorified, demo of a better game to bolster that game’s sales and effectively destroy its resale value.
But then it’ll be interesting to see if this actually works for EA, because I can’t see it happening…
03/08/2010 at 11:07
Member since: May 2009
what is NBA Jam and what makes it so special? aren’t all EA sports games just a lame re-make of the previous years entry?
03/08/2010 at 11:12
Member since: Forever
One of the funniest local multiplayer games ever.
Nothing to do with the EA annual franchises, of which NBA Elite will be the latest.
03/08/2010 at 12:57
Member since: Forever
One of the funniest? Is it really bad? Or does it make a lot of jokes?
03/08/2010 at 12:01
Member since: Jun 2009
If you didn’t own a Megadrive you would’t understand
03/08/2010 at 11:08
Member since: Sep 2009
This is a brilliant sales technique! Now less people will buy the game! Bravo
03/08/2010 at 13:37
Member since: Oct 2008
Looks like it’ll be the same way with MOH. Dont want the game but do want MOH : Frontline.
03/08/2010 at 11:11
Member since: Feb 2009
i’m glad i’m not a fan of basketball games.
03/08/2010 at 11:16
Member since: Apr 2010
Surely if they are only releasing an extended demo they will release the full product for download eventually. If it is nearly done anyway, once Elite flops they might as well release what they know is going to sell!
03/08/2010 at 12:34
Member since: Jul 2009
Nose your face cutting spite off your to
03/08/2010 at 20:01
Member since: Feb 2009
yoda, is that you?
03/08/2010 at 12:42
Member since: Oct 2008
Sounds like you get access to the demo if you buy Elite. Then the full version of Jam will be on the store at a later point. So whats the problem? Or am i missing something?
03/08/2010 at 12:48
Member since: Forever
“…will only be available through a download code supplied with new copies of NBA Elite 11…”
03/08/2010 at 13:03
Member since: Oct 2008
“So as a way to say thanks to these people, we are going to let them experience ‘Jam’. It’s not the full product, but it’s a good portion of it.”
Sounds like a demo to me.
03/08/2010 at 13:07
Member since: Oct 2008
Just read the U.S PS blog post. Thats a bit sucky.
03/08/2010 at 13:47
Member since: Apr 2010
Just so people aren’t confused, NBA Elite is NOT a new franchise, it is the new name for NBA Live. We don’t yet know if it’s crap. Tbh I always liked the NBA Live ganes
03/08/2010 at 14:53
Member since: Mar 2009
So basically you can get a hi-def demo version, but you can’t get the full version in hi-def?
03/08/2010 at 16:02
Member since: Apr 2010
Yup, basically… The wonders of marketing huh?
03/08/2010 at 20:03
Member since: Jun 2009
you could probably buy a SNES/Megadrive with 4 controllers and 4-way and NBA Jam for about half the price of NBA Elite…