NBA Live 09 has finally hit the European Playstation Store today, but was already in the marketplace for about almost two weeks. The anticipated game tries to be different from its revolutionary and fantastic prequel NBA Live 08 - and to make thinks clear - that is a tough mission...
Techtorial: Amazon has updated its warehouse giving away big discounts to used games with prices starting from 22 cents going up.
Publishers insist on devaluing used games at their own peril; a strong secondary market supports a healthy primary market, and packing games with one-time-use codes for certain content erodes that relationship.
I'm not convinced that there's a major problem with this policy. Do you think this will dissuade people from buying games at all? People who buy used still get the core game; new buyers simply get an added bonus. If the used buyers end up loving the game and want to pay for the extra content, they can. If they bought the game used for $40 and end up paying $10 for the extra content, they're still saving money.
And if the policy does in fact drive people to buy more games new, couldn't one argue that including codes in new games is important to new game sales?
Personally, I prefer this option to other measures to curb second-hand sales, like excessive DRM or increased prices.
That's my only real issue with this policy; the fact that they claim it's for "server maintenance" or whatever BS excuse they are coming up with. As it was said in the article, when the first guy trades it in and the second guy picks it up it all balances out. I wouldn't really have any issues with it if they weren't lying to us. Just tell the truth, you are charging because you are tired of getting hosed out of money on used game sales.
The video game market is so huge that it shocks me that some Publishers are complaining about lost profits, and going so far as to try and discourage people from buying a game used.
Stephen King has more used books circulating around than almost any other author, and I have never heard him complain. If people are making games as an art form, then isn't the point for people to play them any way they can?
Amazon.com has bundled "NBA Live 09", "The Bigs" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" Playstation 3 video games into 1 $20 package. That's around $7 per game and approximately $30 discount if you would buy these games separately.
I didn't read the article, so who knows if they agree. But I played the demo and that's my take.
They think so too.
It says that it's a better game than NBA Live 08
Ok, i am a huge basketball Fan. I play atleast 3-4 days out of the week. Won the dunk contest at my school last semester, and let me tell you guys something... NBA live is the most unrealistic (playing) basketball game on the planet second to NBA 08(Sony's First Party Game). The game looks amazing Graphically the best. but the players are all Stiff, dribbling is sub par/atrocious, and everything about it is scripted. u can 360 windmill with absolutely no momentum. just terrible.
NBA 2k series is by far the greatest team ever put together to develope a basketball game. i used to be a live fan until i played NBA 2k6, never looked back since. i will give EA credit for making the game look photo realistic all they need to do now is get the game play down. but there is no way a true basketball fan would consider NBA live a "good game" its made for ppl who like the flashy dunks and dont care too much for realism(when it comes to game play)