NBA Jam HD Hitting Stores In November, Will Cost 50 Bones

Our exhaustive effort to mention NBA Jam HD at least once a week is coming to a sudden close. EA has announced the details we've been scrounging for, confirming that the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of NBA Jam will cost $50 and will ship on November 17. Also, this version will indeed ship with the Remix Tour (just like its Wii counterpart did) and is set to offer two-on-two local and online play out of the box.

But not all planned features will make it in the game by release day. In December, EA plans to build on the online offering by releasing a no-cost title update that adds Remix games, a progression and unlock system called Online Progression, and a three-person cooperative mode dubbed Jam Party. 
 
  

really?

As much as I'd love to pick up the game, being a disk based release and costing $50 is outrageous in my mind.  Chances are I'll never buy, it's not the type of game that I'd actually put a disk in for.  Incredibly disappointing.

meh.

seems awfully pricey

What?!?

doesn't this contain all the features of the wii version? what's wrong with it being priced at 50$? 

nope.avi

Considering this was going to be free, I wouldn't pay more than 29 for this.

I love the hell out of oldschool Jam, but I'm still skeptical about this newfangled version.

I don't see the issue with the price.  $50 for this seems fine to me.

way too expensive as far as im concerned : |

Yeah, 15 dollar downloadable title.  Just what I expecte- WAIT WHAT?

no way in hell am I paying 50 bucks for that

EA... the lesser evil.
 
:/

31 quid?! Jesus, thats insane. If you're going to charge that much, make it a full retail game. 
 
This was going to be my first ever sports game as I'm fond of the original. Not any more.

well EA has just lost a sale.

Just because $50 sounds like the original $15 price, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

" doesn't this contain all the features of the wii version? what's wrong with it being priced at 50$?  "

Now I don't have to buy Elite to get Jam on my consoles. And it'll have everything that the Wii version had and more, and it is the same price as the Wii version? Joy.

What a cluster fuck. Whatever the true value of this game, it doesn't even matter anymore. Everyone knows that it was at one point it was going to be a free bonus game, and will see the new price as a rip off.

" @AjayRaz said:

" doesn't this contain all the features of the wii version? what's wrong with it being priced at 50$?  "

Nothing. Gamers are just feeling entitled as usual. It comes with everything the Wii version had and plans to add more for free. Do people think they deserve cheaper prices for the same product as the Wii? It doesn't help that Nicholson fuels the flames in the subtitle. "

" Why are people saying this was going to be free?  It wasn't, you had to buy NBA Elite to get it, that's technically not free.  Now you're getting a better game, cheaper. "

50 dollars seems like a lot...

50 bucks for being able to play extreme fake basketball?

I'm fine with it. It would've been the only reason NBA Elite was selling anyways. 
 
MY question is can you play 2 players locally, and go online with that? It must be able to, and that's gotta be fun as hell.

Good thing I can grab this at 20 from an EA friend. I have been playing the Wii version which is pretty awesome despite the lack of Online.

15$ download or 10$ in the bargain/used bin in 6 months your choice EA.

$50 for an incomplete game? Sign me up!

...Why do people keep referring to it being free, when originally technically you would have to buy a 60 dollar game for a version of this game that wouldn't have as much on it.  Hell when that was going on I remember people being pissed about having to get NBA Elite to get this game.  Joking about how they were going to buy NBA Elite and then sell it while keeping the NBA Jam code.
 
ON TOP OF ALL THAT... you guys seriously thought it was going to be a 20 dollar game?  SERIOUSLY?  On top of the licensing fees of the NBA and getting the Jam license to begin with.  This is a title that people have been waiting all year for.  Hell I'm happy they made it a 50 dollar game instead of a 60 dollar game.  Oh you people would be whining to high heaven about it if that was the case.  
 
Actually now that I think about it, this wasn't even going to be on PS3 or 360 when it was first announced.  But because everyone cry and moaned about it they finally agreed to put it out for those system.  Really should EA just stop trying to please you people?  Because I'm starting to think nothing they do would be good enough.
 
Me personally, I'm going to buy this, and enjoy it.

I don't care how much it costs on a Wii. I can even overlook the fact that it was promised as an extra to another game, PR blunder aside.  It all comes down to the fact that this is an Arcade game, something you start up every now and then to have a laugh with a friend. Something that's on your harddisk for a quick spin if you need it. Something that costs 1200 points.
 
All my opinion of course, but I think I am far from alone in this.  I think they are setting themselves up for a flop at this pricepoint. It's not too late, put it on XBLA for 1200 points and make a ton more money because everyone will want it.

" @angelfan91 said:

" Why are people saying this was going to be free?  It wasn't, you had to buy NBA Elite to get it, that's technically not free.  Now you're getting a better game, cheaper. "

Yes, let's all pretend that this is a great deal when something that was meant to come free with a new, modern sports game is suddenly priced at $50.  It's practically a bargain! "

lol, $50?  /nope

R.I.P., NBA Jam breaking news.

Should've at least been a discounted like $30 or $40 game. I'm not surprised it's the same price as the Wii version though, but I think that should've been less too. I'll wait for it to be the price of a downloadable game, knowing that I won't play too much of it.

" @Dork_Metamorphosis said:

" @angelfan91 said:

" Why are people saying this was going to be free?  It wasn't, you had to buy NBA Elite to get it, that's technically not free.  Now you're getting a better game, cheaper. "

Yes, let's all pretend that this is a great deal when something that was meant to come free with a new, modern sports game is suddenly priced at $50.  It's practically a bargain! "

 The thing the whiners are conveniently missing is that the version of JAM that was going to come with Elite 11 was severely gimped. It was going to only feature exhibition mode, and a basic online exhibition mode. Now it has everything that the Wii version has, plus it's in HD, and has all the single-player modes, and come December it will have a more fully featured online mode. For the same price as the Wii version, which is only a few weeks old. Expecting to pay less for more is foolish. "

" Considering this was going to be free, I wouldn't pay more than 29 for this. "

HA! 
 
EA never learn.... 

waaaah

So according to EA, Elite 11 is actually worth $10-25?  So noted.

" @Naughton said:

" @Dork_Metamorphosis said:

" @angelfan91 said:

" Why are people saying this was going to be free?  It wasn't, you had to buy NBA Elite to get it, that's technically not free.  Now you're getting a better game, cheaper. "

Yes, let's all pretend that this is a great deal when something that was meant to come free with a new, modern sports game is suddenly priced at $50.  It's practically a bargain! "

 The thing the whiners are conveniently missing is that the version of JAM that was going to come with Elite 11 was severely gimped. It was going to only feature exhibition mode, and a basic online exhibition mode. Now it has everything that the Wii version has, plus it's in HD, and has all the single-player modes, and come December it will have a more fully featured online mode. For the same price as the Wii version, which is only a few weeks old. Expecting to pay less for more is foolish. "

There is something that's often said about a fool and his money, and it isn't that he refuses to pay $50 for an ancient arcade game "in HD".  "

" @Naughton said:

" @Dork_Metamorphosis said:

" @angelfan91 said:

" Why are people saying this was going to be free?  It wasn't, you had to buy NBA Elite to get it, that's technically not free.  Now you're getting a better game, cheaper. "

Yes, let's all pretend that this is a great deal when something that was meant to come free with a new, modern sports game is suddenly priced at $50.  It's practically a bargain! "

 The thing the whiners are conveniently missing is that the version of JAM that was going to come with Elite 11 was severely gimped. It was going to only feature exhibition mode, and a basic online exhibition mode. Now it has everything that the Wii version has, plus it's in HD, and has all the single-player modes, and come December it will have a more fully featured online mode. For the same price as the Wii version, which is only a few weeks old. Expecting to pay less for more is foolish. "

There is something that's often said about a fool and his money, and it isn't that he refuses to pay $50 for an ancient arcade game "in HD".  "

" Yeah, 15 dollar downloadable title.  Just what I expecte- WAIT WHAT? "