NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

[Bellsprout]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

Well then it was a bad price then too, lol. Nah, it's just an arcade game, $50 for it is just ridiculous in my opinion. When a game as fantastic as NFL 2K5 could be had for $20 when it released, a game that looks okay at best is $50? Makes no sense to me honestly, lol. Not hating on the game or anything though, just not my style. But for $20 I would have been foolish not to give it a go.

NFL 2k5 and the whole 2k5 line for 20 bucks was the exception.

Almost all new games were 50 bucks for PS2. Comparing a new game now to a line of games who's price was an aberration and not the standard isn't fair.

[murph17]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

It'll be 30 bucks by black Friday..

sounds about right. i'll bite at that price. i would just pick it up used, but i'm pretty sure we can count on EA Online Pass being used for this title.

[Mintsa]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

I wonder if they can update rosters since the PS3/360 versions have online compatibility ???

(Ex: If Melo gets dealt etc....)

[NYYanks26]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

I'd be shocked if this game didn't drop to $29.99 at some point before the holidays.

[metal134]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

Wasn't NBA Jam the same price for the Snes and the Genesis back in the day? And now it's pretty much the same price for the 360 and ps3 with online play. So i ask this question. Why whine about the price tag when it was this price in the early 90's?

That's the counter-point you're going to roll with? Really? Guess what, the market has changed. As shocking as it is to believe, SNES era games have depreciated in value. NES games cost $40-$50 back in the day to. So if Capcom priced Mega Man 10 at $50, you would find that a fair price? Now, I understand that this version is significantly improved from the original NBA Jam, but I still don't feel that it's near worth $50. But I'm not going to whine about it, I'm just simply going to vote with my wallet and not buy it.

[DickDalewood]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

This is a full game, featuring online play and MULTIPLE modes, one of which (Remix Tour) is confirmed to take a good 30 hrs to complete... This is every bit as feature filled as just about every other game on the market, especially when considering the replay value that online play offers. How is this a ripoff?

[The GIGGAS]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

This is a full game, featuring online play and MULTIPLE modes, one of which (Remix Tour) is confirmed to take a good 30 hrs to complete... This is every bit as feature filled as just about every other game on the market, especially when considering the replay value that online play offers. How is this a ripoff?

Because a Jam game was supposed to be bundled in with Elite... disregard that it wasn't as fully featured as the disc release is. It's all an EA cash grab!

[/tinfoil hat]

[TracerBullet]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

No one cared about it being $50 on the Wii lol. Now it gets everything and more on the Wii and no one bothers to pay attention to the fact it now has all the modes which they eventually would have charged you money to get anyway. But no EA is money hungry. If anyone should coplain it's people who bought this on the Wii. All they get is a fancy control scheme if they even get that. Hell, it's still cheaper than a normal game.

[dickey1331]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

Im getting this and I see no problem with it being $50. I wonder if another company not named EA did this would the same people be complaining? Yeah it was gonna be free and Elite isnt coming out and the people wanted NBA Jam so EA put MORE features into the game then the "free" version and they make it cheaper then the norm for games and people complain?

[metal134]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

How is this a ripoff?

Because it's NBA Jam. Because despite the fact that it has some extra features that it didn't have 15 years ago, it is still essentially an SNES games.

[DirtyJerz32]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

$50 FOR THIS?!?!

You've got to be kidding me EA! I guess they're trying to get some money back that they lost from Elite not coming out this year. Or they really think an 2 on 2 basketball game is worth $50. Either way, this not even close to being worth that much money. I'd say $30 at most.

Good luck EA you will not be getting my money for this. Maybe went it goes on sale or something.

After reading the final feature list that's going to be included with NBA Jam I have to rethink the decision.

Heres why. I was going to buy NBA Elite 11 only to play NBA Jam anyway. I had no intentions of playing Elite after playing the demo. So I thought about and it and realized I was going to pay $63 for NBA Jam anyway. Now, I'm saving $10 which will be put towards another game.

[Blzer]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

No one cared about it being $50 on the Wii lol.

Probably because I don't own a Wii, but I think that it's ridiculous.

Besides, I would rather have the limited feature game anyway, much like the SNES version I played back in the day. Give me that one, a PSN downloadable version, for no more than $20. If I want to shell out that kind of cash for a fully featured basketball game, I'll take NBA 2K11. This game isn't the main course meal; it's the side dish, and it should be made/treated as such.

[metal134]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

That's just it. This is the SAME game it was 15 years ago. It has a few new modes, that's it. That's why it's not worth $50 because it's still a 15 year old game with a couple of new features.

[Pared]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

No one cared about it being $50 on the Wii lol. Now it gets everything and more on the Wii and no one bothers to pay attention to the fact it now has all the modes which they eventually would have charged you money to get anyway. But no EA is money hungry. If anyone should coplain it's people who bought this on the Wii. All they get is a fancy control scheme if they even get that. Hell, it's still cheaper than a normal game.

I can't believe it took someone this long in the thread to mention it.

No one was "up in arms" about the Wii's price. Now, it's the same exact game and people complain?

Give me a break.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: NBA Jam Release Date, 11/17 - 49.99 - Title Update in December (360, PS3)

I can't believe it took someone this long in the thread to mention it.

No one was "up in arms" about the Wii's price. Now, it's the same exact game and people complain?

Give me a break.

I think it's because they were going to get NBA Jam for free... even though it was a lighter, less featured game than what they're getting. Oh, and it's arcade-y, which isn't a problem when it's free.