NBA Live 15 Demo Details

EA Sports is now just a week away from the launch of their next hoops game in NBA Live 15, unfortunately many won’t get to try out the game first hand.

As we reported last week, there will be no NBA Live 15 pre-release demo. For those wanting to try out the game prior to release, you will need to pony up the $4.99 to sign up for EA Access. Those participating in the service will be given a chance to play the game on October 23, for six hours.

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Remember, EA Access is only on Xbox One, meaning PlayStation 4 gamers will have no opportunity to play NBA Live 15 prior to its October 28 release. The demo for the game will come out on October 28, but has some unfortunate stipulations as well.

Here’s what EA had to say:

"All other Xbox ONE gamers will have access to the same six-hour trial beginning on October 28 when the game launches.PlayStation 4 hoopsters will have access to a classic game demo beginning on October 28. The demo includes a “Finals Atmosphere” Cleveland vs. Oklahoma City matchup with five-minute quarters. Ballers can also play through the adidas Learn LIVE Tutorial featuring Damian Lillard."

EA Sports closed out the release saying, “Sign up for EA Access now and experience NBA LIVE 15 on October 23!” While that sounds great, it just isn’t good publicity. EA Sports is asking for gamers, or really just Xbox One owners, to pay $5 to play a demo of their game.

At this point, NBA Live 15 is a completely unproven entity. Sure, the ratings reveals have been great and the screenshots look fantastic. Unfortunately, that’s not why you buy a video game, especially at $60.

Last season, NBA Live 14 flopped so hard it would have made even LeBron James blush. The game quickly found itself at discounted and sale prices as sales suffered. EA Sports is likely trying to make sure that doesn’t happen this year, and that’s fair. The problem is you have an unproven product.

Make a great game, believe in the process, execute on that, and then watch it sell because you have done so. EA Sports took a lot of time off between NBA Live iterations, and it was to be expected that NBA Live 14 would struggle, but hiding this years product in hopes of gaining purchases on day on doesn’t seem like the best strategy either.

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