I love nbalive05 edition but check this IF it's a THREATH...

[GloveGuy]

i said it once and i will say it one last time

if ESPN was really any compitition for live they would not have dropped the price to 20 bucks.

I still disagree. The way I look at it, the $20 price tag and the name "Live" even each other out. That's why the race between ESPN NFL and Madden has been pretty close this year, because now people who are just looking for a football game for 2005 will see the name "Madden" which sells more than the actual game, and the $20 price tag, and more than likely, choose the game that's cheaper.

It's not as if ESPN games this year are really worth only $20. If I were forced to I would have thrown in that extra 30 for ESPN NFL, but it just wasn't necessary. It's just a tactic to expand their fan base, boost sales and make sure that in the following years, less people will fall for what I call, the "EA Sports Eye-Candy."

[Point God]

i said it once and i will say it one last time

if ESPN was really any compitition for live they would not have dropped the price to 20 bucks.

well I'm pretty sure another development team joined up with VC and Take-Two, and that other team paid VC and/or Take-Two so they can release all of the ESPN games for 20 dollars, it has nothing to do with Live!

[Sauru]

you keep saying people buy live cause of the name. imo this is wrong. maybe people who have played live for awhile will just buy it since it is what they are used to, but espn players probably do the same thing. they just have not been around as long. its the new people, who have not grabbed a bball game before, those are the people that a name will take effect on and say whatever you want but ESPN is a far bigger name than NBA Live ever will be. if i knew nothing about either game and never played either of thier older games i would go to the store, see the ESPN name slapped on the box and i would instantly think it was the top dog. i mean ESPN is ESPN, they are the kings of sports. they got the name

[GloveGuy]

That's not what I meant. It has nothing to do with the fans who visit these forums. I know why they buy NBA Live. There's people like you guys for ESPN who visit the ESPN forums and bash Live all day.(More than you guys bash ESPN. It's actually quite annoying.)

But there's more people out there than you think who aren't real fans of either and are just looking to buy a basketball game. They've heard of EA Sports and they've seen the Freestyle commercials, and that could quite simply be their reason for choosing NBA Live.

I realize how important the ESPN brand name is to Sega's marketing tactics, but I still don't think it measures up to the EA Sports brand name. This is video games, not sports shows. Also, ESPN has had a history of adding their name to awful video games. ESPN NBA 2Night rings a bell.