The early preview of Live last year was actually a display of the PC version of the game (Can't really blame them for showing the game at it's highest resolution, at it's graphical best). The PC models and faces look EXACTLY like the early preview and might I add look 10X better with recent patches.
Few examples: (To view images copy and paste into your browser) http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_benji1.jpg , http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/Jen-tmac1.jpg ,http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_lebron2.jpg , http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_sheed.jpg , http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th...n_romicide.jpg, http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_td.jpg, http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_tp1.jpg, http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_vc.jpg., http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/th-screen_gira.jpg , http://www.nbalive.org/files/pics/Jen-webber.jpg (Ok, I got a little carried away

Obviously once you switch to the console you lose that crisp resolution and the results are what you've been witnessing. Live2005 definately looks to have tremendous potential based on all the news and offcourse Live2004, so let's wait patiently for the results, something tells me we're in for a surprise!
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