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[VPhys]

Is this EA's answer to the $19.99 price tag?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

probably not.

 

[Alex Anderson]

The dunk competition crap seems to be what they're advertising most in the commercials. What's sad is that the strategy will probably work too. >_<

 

[VPhys]

Exactly, that is what I'm seeing every hour in commercials. I was thinking, "I think they expect gamers to value this dunk contest thingy as worth the additional $30 (combined with brand loyalty of course)".


But, it just might work... ??

 

[Mrbob]

I thought the buy two get one free was EA's answer to 19.99?

 

[Takuan]

But, it just might work... ??

You know it will. Live will still beat ESPN in sales when all's said and done, though it won't be by such a landslide as usual.

 

[VPhys]

You know it will. Live will still beat ESPN in sales when all's said and done, though it won't be by such a landslide as usual.

True. But I would never think that ESPN would outsell Live. By "working" I meant something like EA maintaining their same marketshare that they have enjoyed previously, or simply by gamers buying Live over ESPN based on this feature.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

NBA LIVE has a lot to recommend it, including some good AI, but IMO the All Star Weekend is total boring crap.

 

[Schmo Florez]

This exact topic came up at work today. While lloking at the Best Buy ad i recommended ESPN to my co-worker to which he replied, "But does it have a dunk contest like NBA Live?"