14 DAY TRIAL // NBA fans were left disappointed last week when EA announced that the first title in its much anticipated new basketball series, NBA Elite 11, has been delayed and won't meet its official release date.
At least there was one silver lining to the cloud, as the remastered version of the retro classic NBA Jam was confirmed to be released as a standalone game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, not just for the Nintendo Wii.
Up until then, EA said that only those who purchased NBA Elite 11 would be able to download a bare-bone version of NBA Jam, as opposed to the full pledged Wii edition.
Now, things are changing, with the creative director of NBA Jam, Trey Smith, said that the team is trying to put in as much content as possible from the Wii version into the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of NBA Jam.
"I'll tell you, we're doing everything in our power to get as much on there as possible. I mean, we had online up. It was a really basic online feature set. We're trying to blow that out. And then you get Remix. We're trying to throw it all in there," Smith revealed to a Toronto sports radio.
The major difference between the original downloadable NBA Jam for the PS3 and 360 and the retail disc-based Wii edition was the inclusion of a Remix Tour, which featured unique content like boss battles, different gameplay modes and new types of challenges.
Judging by this new statement, it seems that EA is going into a whole new direction with its basketball strategy, and might even launch NBA Jam on a retail disc for the all three consoles, at a full price.
This would definitely be the right move, as it has been predicted that with the delay of NBA Elite 11, the company will lose around 60 million U.S. dollars as well as many of its dedicated fans, which will opt to buy the title's main rival, NBA 2K11, developed by 2K Games.
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