ESRB outs NBA Jam on Xbox 360 and PS3

@mikeymilkshake FROM DOWN TOWN.

@nighttime He's on Fire!

I guess you can say this ESRB update is THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN.

@A Moose
That turn of phrase COULDN'T BUY A BUCKET.

@Xoonaka
For sure. I was easily going to get this for Wii... then the rumors started about it being multiplatform... and now I'm definitely getting it on one of the other systems.

@Yeah TB

I still don't think this is the same as the Wii version. My money is on this being a port of the arcade original as a digital release, while the remake gets the full retail version (at least for now) on the Wii.

@CobraClutch Well we already know about it for the Wii, this announcement is just talking about the 360 and PS3 versions that EA needs to confirm.

But the Wii is the popular multiplayer console. Everyone I know has four Wii Remotes and Nunchucks, most even have four Wii Motion Plus attachments. All I play is local multiplayer, on all three consoles, and barely anyone I know has a full compliment of Xbox 360 or DualShock 3 controllers.

@Dance Love Pop

But your grandmother, mother-in-law, and 5 year old cousin aren't going to play this, so that eliminates three of the players right there.

@Vcize; Oh, ho ho ... Clever girl.

I'll take actual human contact over online multiplayer any day of the week, thanks. Especially with a game like NBA Jam. Mind, I'll most likely be playing this on PS3 anyways, but the point still stands that more people enjoy more multiplayer on Wii than PS3 or 360.

@Dance Love Pop
have you heard of this thing called xbox live multiplayer that no longer limits players to only local multiplayer. you can with play with your friends/family anywhere in the world! i understand more people have a wii than xbox live but just because someone doesn't have 4 controllers doesn't mean they don't play multiplayer games. anyways i hope this is coming to xbla and not a full retail game as i don't see how they can pack $60 worth of content into this. but, i would gladly pay an xbla price for this nostalgia.

@Dance Love Pop

Maybe if you count Wii Bowling and Crazy J's Adventure Party Games with your sister in-law, but for actual games I'm sorry, but you're way off.

Besides, online play is essential to those of us that grew up since the original NBA Jam came out. It was awesome to have buddies come over after school and play some games or go outside for three hours until dinner, but that's not really an option any more with them all living around different parts of the country. Even with my local pals, I can't exactly have them coming over ever day after work (which ends much later than school) for a few hours with a wife around, especially when kids start to enter the equation.

Most of my (and many grown up's gaming, I would imagine) takes place late at night nowadays, as that's the only time there really is for it. So even with local friends being able to hop online for an hour makes it much more realistic than driving across town at midnight on a weekday, and means we can play every night rather than once every couple weeks.

And with the XBL party system, it basically IS the same thing as being in the same room together anyway. The only difference is you have to get your own beer.

@Vcize

and theres the nail in the coffin

I never understood why it was Wii exclusive, that was a terrible idea.

@Gib

Considering its a full retail release (with a retail price), I can't imagine this is a XBLA/PSN game, unless its a spendy one.

@SisypheanLife
If its is retail, I think they'll price it at $40 or $50. There's no way they can charge $60 for this game alongside NBA elite. I was really hoping for a $15 PSN release.

@Gib

I meant to say that its a full retail release for the Wii, and there's no way they would release it on disc for the Wii for $40 and XBLA/PSN for $15.